President Rex E. Lee honored several of Brigham Young University's top faculty, staff and administrative personnel during the opening session of the annual University Conference Monday.
This year's Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, the university's top faculty honor, is C. Wilfred Griggs, professor of ancient scripture. Griggs has received international acclaim for his research in Coptology and Egyptology and for his work as director of Egypt's Fayum excavation since 1982. His outstanding reputation with the Egyptian government resulted in BYU's successful mounting of the Ramses II exhibit in 1985-86, and his direction of DNA studies on mummies in an ancient Christian cemetery in Egypt led to his invitation to direct similar studies on Egypt's royal mummies.Griggs will deliver his lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 8 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall of the Harris Fine Arts Center. The public is welcome.
Other faculty awards include:
Karl G. Maeser Excellence in Teaching Awards went to Robert T. Barrett, associate professor of design; Ronald W. Leavitt, associate professor of microbiology; Nora Kay Nyland, associate professor of food science and nutrition; and Warner P. Woodworth, professor of organizational behavior.
Receiving Karl G. Maeser Excellence in Research and Creative Arts Awards were Peter W. Bates, professor of mathematics; Rex G. Cates, professor of botany and range science; C. Arden Pope, professor of economics; and Caroline Prohosky, assistant professor of dance.
The Wesley P. Lloyd Award for Distinction in Graduate Education went to Spanish and Portuguese professor Merlin H. Forster, while Abraham O. Smoot Citizenship Awards were given to Alan F. Keele, professor of Germanic and Slavic languages, and June Leifson, professor of nursing.
The Alumni Professorship Award was given to zoology professor Richard A. Heckmann, while the Phi Kappa Phi Award went to N. Paul Johnson, professor of animal science and director of BYU's Ezra Taft Benson Agriculture and Food Institute.
The annual Sigma Xi Lecture will be given March 21, 1996, at 7:30 p.m. in 321 ELWC by zoology professor Robert Seegmiller.
Named Alcuin Fellows by the university this year were Grant M. Boswell, associate professor of English; Donna Lee Bowen, associate professor of political science; Lora Beth Brown, assistant professor of food science and nutrition; Lee D. Hansen, professor of chemistry and biochemistry; and Paul Y. Hoskisson, associate professor of ancient scripture.
This year's Sponsored Research Achievement Award went to chemical engineering professor Calvin H. Bartholomew, while the Annual Technology Transfer Award went to Milton L. Lee, professor of chemistry and biochemistry.
The Karl G. Maeser General Education Professorships were awarded to Juliana Boerio-Goates, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and Arthur R. Bassett, professor of humanities, classics and comparative literature.
Top staff and administrative personnel included Jill Broderick Powell, secretary for the department of managerial economics, who received the Fred A. Schwendiman Performance Award; and Ted C. Hindmarsh, communications and academic living administrator for Student Auxiliary Services, who was given the Ben E. Lewis Management Award.
The President's Annual Appreciation Awards for administrative and staff personnel went to Kenneth W. Anderson, Continuing Education; Stanley Boyer, BYU Bookstore; Emilio Bussio, Custodial Services; Scott M. Carrasco, Dining Services; R. Wayne Hansen, Career Placement Services; Richard Harker, Custodial Services; Linda L. Jensen, American Heritage; Allen C. Ostergar, Missionary Training Center; Robyn Pinegar, Travel Study; Ford L. Stevenson, Admissions and Records; Lonette Stoddard, Mathematics; and Von C. Wright, Carpenter Shop.