The Student Alumni Association at Brigham Young University has honored 67 faculty members with its annual Excellence in Teaching Awards.
Since 1984, the Student Alumni Association has sponsored a series of programs to honor academic excellence on the BYU campus, according to program coordinator Ida Smith.The following is a list of this year's recipients:
College of Biology and Agriculture: Phil S. Allen and Sheldon Douglas Nelson, agronomy and horticulture; Roy Silcox, animal science; Paul Alan Cox and Kimball T. Harper, botany and range science; Nora Kay Nyland, food science and nutrition; Kim O'Neill, microbiology; and Kent M. Van De Graaff and John David Bell, zoology.
College of Education: Sally M. Todd, educational psychology; Brenda Sabey and Eula Ewing Monroe, elementary education; and J. Hugh Baird, secondary education.
College of Engineering and Technology: Richard L. Rowley, chemical engineering; A. Woodruff Miller, civil and environmental engineering; David M. Ward, electrical and computer engineering; Barry M. Lunt, manufacturing engineering and engineering technology; Brent H. Weidman, technology education and construction management.
College of Family, Home and Social Sciences: John P. Hawkins, anthropology; Catherine Burnham, clothing and textiles; Farrell E. Jensen, economics; Maxine Lewis Rowley, family sciences; Thomas Pearcy, history; Jeffrey F. Ringer, international studies; R. Richard Vetterli and Eric A. Hyer, political science; Harold L. Miller Jr., psychology; and Karen E. Gerdes, social work.
College of Fine Arts and Communications: Neil Hadlock, art; Larry McFarlane, communications; Richard Hull, design; Bryce Rytting, music; and Barta Heiner, theatre and film.
College of Humanities: Gary S. Williams, Asian and Near Eastern languages; Steven C. Walker, David L. Cowles and Richard Cracroft, English; Mark E. Bell, French and Italian; David Kay Hart, Germanic and Slavic languages; Arthur R. Bassett, humanities, classics and comparative Literature; James E. Falconer, philosophy; and J. Halvor Clegg, Spanish and Portuguese.
Law School: Jean Wegman Burns.
School of Management: David M. Cottrell and G. Fred Streuling, School of Accountancy and Information Systems; and Robert B. Murray, Institute of Business Management.
College of Nursing: Elaine Bond and Vickie Johnson.
College of Physical Education: Ron L. Rhodes, health sciences; Catherine H. Black, physical education-dance; Philip E. Allsen and Earlene Durrant, physical education-sports; and Gary K. Palmer, recreation management and youth leadership.
College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences: Theodore A. Norman, computer science; Gary Reid Lawlor, mathematics; Ross L. Spencer and Jean-Francois S. Van Huele, physics and astronomy; and Leland J. Hendrix, statistics.
Religious Education: Susan Easton Black, Dennis L. Largey, E. Dale LeBaron, Vern Dell Sommerfeldt and James A. Toronto.
Student Life: Gloria Schaffer Melendez, multicultural students; and William Fox, international students.