97-03-19 Distinguished Teaching & Scholar Awards

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY PRESENTS HIGHEST FACULTY HONORS TO 16

     COLUMBUS -- Sixteen faculty members have been chosen as this 
year's recipients of The Ohio State University's highest honors, 
the Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching and the Distinguished 
Scholar Award.  They will receive their awards at a reception 
April 23.

     The Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching honors faculty 
members who have done a superior job of teaching.  Recipients are 
nominated by students and colleagues, and chosen by a committee 
of alumni, students and faculty.  They receive a cash award of 
$3,000 and a $1,200 increase in their base salaries.

     Teaching Award recipients also are inducted into the Academy 
of Teaching, which provides leadership on improving teaching at 
Ohio State.

     The Distinguished Scholar Award recognizes exceptional 
scholarly accomplishments by senior professors who have compiled 
a substantial body of research, as well as the work of younger 
faculty members who have demonstrated great scholarly potential.

     Recipients are nominated by their departments and chosen by 
a committee of senior faculty, including several past recipients 
of the award.  Distinguished Scholars receive a $3,000 honorarium 
and a $20,000 research grant to be used during the next three 
years.

     Funding for the awards is provided by private donations to 
the university and by The Ohio State University Alumni 
Association.

     The 1997 Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching recipients 
are:

     --  John Chidley, assistant professor of allied medicine; 
Joseph Ferrar, professor of mathematics; Richard Furnstahl, 
associate professor of physics; Stuart Lishan, associate 
professor of English at Ohio State's Marion campus; Michael 
Mangino, professor of food science and technology and the Ohio 
Agricultural Research and Development Center; Stephen Melville, 
associate professor of history of art, art and English; Franklin 
Proano, associate professor of comparatives studies, Marion; 
Ronald Solomon, professor of mathematics; Kathleen Stone, 
professor of adult health and illness; and Norman Uretsky, acting 
chairperson and professor of pharmacy.

     The 1997 Distinguished Scholar Award recipients are:

     --  Walter Burnside, professor of electrical engineering; 
Kevin Cox, professor of geography; Joseph Lynch, professor of 
history; Alan Randall, professor of agricultural economics; 
Barbara Reskin, professor of sociology; and G. Neil Robertson, 
professor of mathematics.

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Contact:  Ruth Gerstner, University Communications, 292-8424.


[Submitted by: Von Vargas  (vargas.12@osu.edu)
               
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