Notable Ohio University faculty

Distinguished Professors

Ohio University instituted the "Distinguished Professor" award, described as follows from the official university web site:

The Distinguished Professor Award recognizes outstanding scholarly and creative accomplishments and is the highest permanent recognition attainable by faculty at Ohio University. Recipients must have attained tenure and completed a minimum of five years of service at Ohio University. Among the privileges granted to Distinguished Professors is the honor of annually naming an undergraduate student to receive a year's full-tuition scholarship, lifetime designation title of Distinguished Professor, a one-quarter paid research leave, stipend, and travel support. The award, first given in 1959, is supported by an endowment provided by Edwin and Ruth Kennedy to the Baker Fund.^[1]

A list of the Distinguished Professors elected since 1959 follow with the year of their election. Short biographies are given on the Distinguished Professor website, in some cases current web pages are also provided.

• Karl F. Ahrendt (1973), Distinguished Professor of Music
• Charles C. Alexander (1989), Distinguished Professor of History
• Alexander Arhangelskii (2003), Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
• Gladys Balin (1986), Distinguished Professor of Dance
• Ursula Belden (2000), Distinguished Professor of Theater
• Gerardine Botte (2015), Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering
• John F. Cady (1959), Distinguished Professor of History
• Thomas Carpenter (2013), Distinguished Professor of Classics
• Wai-Kai Chen (1978), Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering
• Norm S. Cohn (1968), Distinguished Professor of Plant Biology
• Robert DeMott (1998), Distinguished Professor of English
• Wayne Dodd (1993), Distinguished Professor of English
• David A. Drabold (2005), Distinguished Professor of Physics
• John E. Edwards (1962), Distinguished Professor of Physics
• Roger Finlay (1991), Distinguished Professor of Physics
• Christopher France (2014), Distinguished Professor of Psychology
• John Lewis Gaddis (1983), Distinguished Professor of History
• Lowell E. Gallaway (1974), Distinguished Professor of Economics
• Alexander Govorov (2016), Distinguished Professor of Physics
• Peter R. Griffiths (1980), Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
• Steve Grimes (2001), Distinguished Professor of Physics
• Carl G. Gustavson (1971), Distinguished Professor of History
• Mark Halliday (2011), Distinguished Professor of English
• Alonzo L. Hamby (1996), Distinguished Professor of History
• Robert Hikida (1997), Distinguished Professor of Biology
• George E. Hill (1963), Distinguished Professor of Education
• Kenneth A. Holroyd (2002), Distinguished Professor of Psychology
• William D. Huntsman (1968), Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
• Surender K. Jain (1999), Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
• Peter Jung (2009), Distinguished Professor of Physics
• Paul Murray Kendall (1959), Distinguished Professor of English
• Roma A. King, Jr (1969)., Distinguished Professor of English
• George R. Klare (1979), former Dean and Distinguished Professor of Psychology.
• John Kopchick (2012), Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Sciences
• Raymond O. Lane (1972), Distinguished Professor of Physics
• Judith Yaross Lee (2016), Distinguished Professor of Communication Studies
• Harvey C. Lehman (1959), Distinguished Professor of Psychology
• Tadeusz Malinski (2006), Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
• John M. (Jack) Mathews (1977), Distinguished Professor of English
• Robert L. Morton (1960), Distinguished Professor of Education
• Dwight O. Mutchler (1960), Distinguished Professor of Art
• R. Damian Nance (2008), Distinguished Professor of Geology
• Troy W. Organ (1965), Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
• William W. Paudler (1970), Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
• Mark Phillips (2007), Distinguished Professor of Music
• Jacobo Rapaport (1981), Distinguished Professor of Physics
• Gar W. Rothwell (2004), Distinguished Professor of Plant Biology
• Charles Smith (2010), Distinguished Professor of Theater
• William U. Snyder (1970), Distinguished Professor of Psychology
• Lee C. Soltow (1976), Distinguished Professor of Economics
• Guido Stempel III (1982), Distinguished Professor of Journalism
• Edward W. Stevens (1998), Distinguished Professor of Education
• Edward Stone (1966), Distinguished Professor of English
• Hollis Summers (1964), Distinguished Professor of English
• Richard K. Vedder (1985), Distinguished Professor of Economics
• Thomas E. Wagner (1993), Distinguished Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Other notable Ohio University faculty

• Jon Edward Ahlquist, zoologist
• Khalid Albudoor, poet
• Jon Anderson, taught poetry
• Terry A. Anderson, journalist
• Eddie Ashworth, media arts and studies professor
• Erin Belieu, poet
• John Joseph Brady, journalist
• Frank Ching, taught drawing
• William E. Connolly, political theorist
• Samuel Crowl, Trustee Professor of English
• Antonio Cua, philosopher
• Stephen Custer, cellist
• Hamza El Din, composer
• Pam Durban, novelist
• Aethelred Eldridge, painter
• Walter S. Gamertsfelder, professor of philosophy, later dean and president of Ohio University
• David Macinnis Gill, novelist, taught English
• Frank Pierrepont Graves, taught education
• Melvin Helitzer, taught journalism
• Jeffrey Herf, taught history
• Paul Hersey, entrepreneur
• Granville Hicks, educator and writer
• David Hostetler, sculptor
• Josh Hyde, filmmaker
• Colette Inez, composer
• William Wartenbee Johnson, former trustee
• Daniel Keyes, author
• Brian Kiteley, novelist
• Kathy Krendl, former Provost, now President of Otterbein University.
• Karl Kroeger, composer
• P. Lal, poet
• Raymond Luebbers, electrical engineer
• Hilary Masters, taught writing
• Nathaniel Massie, former trustee
• Kevin Mattson, historian and critic
• Zakes Mda, taught English
• Dinty W. Moore, teaches English
• Benjamin M. Ogles, Dean at Brigham Young University, former dean of Arts and Sciences
• Charles L. Peterson, painter
• Cosmo Pieterse, playwright
• Ilmar Raag, film director
• J. Allyn Rosser, poet
• Alfred Ryors, taught mathematics; former Ohio University president
• Eve Shelnutt, poet
• Brian Smith, photographer
• Thomas S. Smith, former Provost
• Pete Souza, photojournalist that later chronicled Barack Obama's presidency
• Darrell Spencer, taught creative writing
• David E. Sweet, taught political science
• Joe Tait, taught sportscasting
• Eli Todd Tappan, taught mathematics
• Mark Tatge, taught journalism
• Walter Tevis, taught creative writing
• William Thon, taught painting
• Shane Tilton, teaches electronic media
• James J. Whalen former executive vice president
• Robert Whealey, taught history
• Lawrence Witmer, paleontologist
• Mark Wunderlich, poet
• Sarah E. Wyatt, plant molecular biologist

References

1. ↑ "OHIO : Distinguished Professors | Distinguished Professors Home". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-29.