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SUNY Distinguished Ranks...... 1-9 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards…………………………………………9-33 UB President’s Medal………………………………………………..33-35 UB Distinguished Professors...... 35-38 UB Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award…...... 38-39 UB Exceptional Scholars…………...... 39-48 UB President Emeritus and Mrs. Meyerson Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring…….48-49 UB Teaching Innovation Award…………………………………….49-51

SUNY Distinguished Ranks In recognition of exceptional faculty merit, the State University of New York Board of Trustees designates leading State University faculty members as Distinguished Professors. This rank is accorded to faculty who have distinguished their campus and State University communities through outstanding academic contributions, including scholarly publications, national and international research presentations, research findings, and the training of students. The trustees grant Distinguished Teaching Professorships to faculty members whose pedagogical accomplishments are extraordinary. They award Distinguished Service Professorships to those whose outstanding academic careers have included a particular focus on serving the university and its larger constituencies.

SUNY Distinguished Professors

Giuseppe Andres 8-19-91

Rajan Batta 11-15-13

Charles Bernstein 9-24-02

Guyora Binder 05-10-11

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Gregory Breit 1968

Harvey Breverman 03-23-99

Frank V. Bright 11-18-08

B. Richard Bugelski 1969

John M. Canty, Jr. 5-6-15

Douglas H. Clements 03-11-08

Tony S. Conrad 05-10-11

Michael C. Constantinou 11-6-14

Joan K. Copjec 3-24-09

Philip Coppens 04-29-92

Robert Creeley 4-24-89

Anne B. Curtis 05-04-16

Paresh Dandona 5-10-12

Jonathan S. Dewald 5-3-17

Colin G. Drury 03-20-07

Margarita L. Dubocovich 5-7-14

Stephen L. Dyson 05-04-16

John Eccles 9-1-68

Isaac Ehrlich 03-13-06

Leonard H. Epstein 05-11-10

Marvin Farber 1964

Leon Farhi 2-22-89

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Raymond Federman 3-29-90

David C. Felder 11-18-08

Irving Feldman 10-12-89

Leslie A. Fiedler 3-5-87

Francis Fincham 9-24-02

Jeremy D. Finn 11-15-13

Jerold C. Frakes 5-7-14

Joseph A. Gardella Jr. 11-15-13

James A Gardner 05-10-11

Rodolphe Gasche 11-27-07

Francis M. Gasparini 12-05-12

Robert J. Genco 09-28-89

Rene Girard 1971

Venugopal Govindaraju 11-17-10

Jorge J. E. Gracia 04-25-95

Bruce A. Holm 11-18-08

Suk-ki Hong 12-21-94

L. Nelson Hopkins III 12-05-12

George Hourani 1982

Susan Howe 09-24-02

Georg G. Iggers 11-28-78

Bruce H. Jackson 02-01-90

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Oliver Jones 1966

William J. Jusko 11-18-08

Paul R. Knight III 05-07-13

David A. Kofke 12-05-12

Daniel J. Kosman 05-07-13

Eckhard Krotscheck 11-15-13

George C. Lee 03-20-07

Gerhard Levy 1972

Philip LoVerde 03-16-04

Claes E.G. Lundgren 11-27-07

David M. Mark 03-20-07

Bruce D. McCombe 09-25-01

Felix Milgrom 04-22-81

Cristanne C. Miller 05-10-11

Vladimir Mitin 03-11-08

Marilyn E. Morris 05-04-16

Gene D. Morse 11-6-14

Timothy F. Murphy 05-10-11

Makau W. Mutua 03-20-07

George H. Nancollas 09-28-89

Raoul Naroll 1979

Mulchand S. Patel 11-18-08

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William E. Pelham Jr. 11-18-08

Paras N. Prasad 03-25-97

Chunming Qiao 5-3-17

Dean Pruitt 11-16-89

Hermann Rahn 1972

Peter A. Rogerson 5-10-12

Eli Ruckenstein 09-01-81

Stephen Rudin 03-11-08

Frederick Sachs 11-27-07

Richard Salvi 11-22-11

Barry Smith 03-16-04

Tsu-Teh Soong 03-16-04

Sargur N. Srihari 03-25-97

Edward H. Steinfeld 5-10-12

Esther S. Takeuchi 11-17-09

Dennis E. Tedlock 09-24-02

John E. Tomaszewski 5-3-17

Maurizio Trevisan 11-27-07

David J. Triggle 05-24-89

Jean Wactawski-Wende 11-05-15

Lois M. Weis 11-28-06

Leendert Westerink 1974

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Aidong Zhang 5-7-14

SUNY Distinguished Service Professors

Selig Adler 1975

Sebastian G. Ciancio 06-19-01

James Coover 4-29-92

Alan Drinnan 5-14-94

Saul Elkin 04-24-96

David M. Engel 04-20-04

Charles P. Ewing 04-29-03

Newton Garver 04-25-91

Peter H. Hare 11-07-97

Thomas E. Headrick 05-28-93

John T. Ho 04-25-95

Kenneth Inada 4-22-92

D. Bruce Johnstone 04-12-05

Robert Ketter 1988

Virginia Leary 7-29-93

Mark J. Lema 05-04-16

Murray Levine 04-25-95

Oren R. Lyons 05-28-06

Dennis Malone 4-25-91

Lynn M. Mather 05-07-13

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Norman Mohl 4-25-00

James P. Nolan 04-24-96

Charles V. Paganelli 11-07-97

John F. Quinan 04-12-05

H. Raghavendra Rao 05-11-10

Robert Rossberg 7-19-90

Norman Solkoff 1990

Claude E. Welch 04-24-89

Wolfgang Wölck 05-29-98

Henry Woodburn 1972

SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professors

James B. Atleson 04-30-01

Jim D. Atwood 11-15-13

Beverly P. Bishop 04-29-92

Harold Brody 04-25-95

Alexander C. Brownie 05-28-93

Kay-Kyung Cho 05-14-94

Diane R. Christian 11-07-97

Robert J. Daly 05-01-90

Charles H. V. Ebert 04-24-89

Murray J. Ettinger 05-24-89

J. Ronald Gentile 5-29-98

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Reid R. Heffner Jr. 5-4-16

Clyde F. Herreid 09-01-88

Perry M. Hogan 04-24-96

Ronald J. Huefner 05-28-93

Kenneth F. Joyce 04-24-96

Mark H. Karwan 05-11-10

Carl R.F. Lund 5-31-07

Roger W. Mayne 04-30-01

James E. McConnell 06-20-00

John A. Meacham 04-27-99

Elizabeth B. Mensch 04-20-04

Charles E. Mitchell 04-20-04

Joseph C. Mollendorf 05-04-16

Mirdza E. Neiders 04-23-02

Jerry M. Newman 04-27-99

Russell J. Nisengard 04-25-91

Johannes M. Nitsche 11-6-14

John J. Peradotto 05-01-90

William J. Rae 04-25-00

Gerald R. Rising 10-16-86

Joyce E. Sirianni 04-29-92

Kenneth J. Takeuchi 5-13-08

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Warren H. Thomas 09-01-77

Joseph J. Zambon 5-13-08

SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities In 2002, the State University of New York announced the creation of the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, designed to recognize outstanding academic and creative achievements across a broad spectrum of scholarly and artistic fields. Recipients of the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities are university faculty members who consistently go above and beyond their teaching and professional duties to make extraordinary contributions to their respective fields.

2002

. Susan Howe . Barry Smith

2003

. Deborah D. L. Chung . Huw M. L. Davies . William J. Jusko . Richard J. Salvi

2004

. Anthony S. Conrad . Michael C. Constantinou . David A. Kofke . Eugene D. Morse . Alan Selman

2005

. Joseph A. Gardella, Jr. . Claes E.G. Lundgren . John Henry Schlegel 9

2006

. Douglas H. Clements . Marilyn Emily Morris . Thomas Peter Ralabate

2007

. Athol D. Abrahams . Venugopal Govindaraju . H. Reghavendra Rao . Andrei M. Reinhorn . Thomas A. Szyperski

2008

. Robert M. Straubinger . Frank A. Scannapieco . Mary Ann Jezewski

2009

. Carol S. Brewer . Matthew S. Dryer . Myung Mi Kim

2010

. John M. Canty Jr. . Timothy J. Dean

2011

. Paschalis Alexandridis . Paul R. Knight III

2012

. Anthony L. Auerbach . Jonathan P. Bird

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2013

. Richard B. Bankert . Chunming Qiao . Zhen Yan

2014

. Stelios T. Andreadis . Steven J. Fliesler . Elad I. Levy

2015

. Stella N. Batalama . Ralph H.B. Benedict . Ann M. Bisantz . Sriram Neelamegham

2016

. Chang Wen Chen . Jeffrey Errington . Mark G. Frank . Jeffrey Lackner . Hui Meng

2017

. Michel Bruneau . Anthony A. Campagnari . Gregory A. Fabiano . Donald Edward Mager . Jinhui Xu

SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service The State University of New York announced the inauguration of the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service in 2004. This newly established honor acknowledges faculty who have made sustained and wide-ranging service contributions to a broad

11 array of university constituents. Recipients of the Award for Excellence in Faculty Service have distinguished themselves through exceptional service to the university and to their communities, as well as to their disciplinary, professional, and faculty governance organizations at the statewide, national, and international levels.

2004

. Joseph A. Gardella Jr. . D. Bruce Johnstone

2006

. LeAdelle Phelps

2008

. Gayle A. Brazeau

2011

. Charles L. Stinger

2012

. Mark J. Lema

2014

. Li Lin . Bernard A. Weinstein

2017

. Albert H. Titus

SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching Recipients of the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, instituted by State University of New York chancellor Ernest L. Boyer in 1973, have demonstrated outstanding teaching ability through superb classroom performance. They are scholars who bring to their classes broad academic interests, rigorous and innovative teaching methodology, and current, far-reaching knowledge. Their concern for students is evidenced by the individual attention they accord each student and by their commitment

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1973

. Saul Elkin . Rae Ann Hawkes . Elizabeth L. Kennedy . Irving H. Shames . Norman Solkoff . Warren H. Thomas . Howard Tieckelmann . Sol W. Weller

1974

. Charles H.V. Ebert . Leslie A. Fiedler . Richard D. Fly . Kenneth M. Kiser . George R. Levine . Hinrich R. Martens . John Moran . Orville T. Murphy . Gordon E. Swartz . Claude E. Welch

1975

. Thomas C. Barry . Orville Beachley Jr. . Charles Bernheimer . Beverly P. Bishop . Winston W. Chang . Colin G. Drury . William Hamilton . David Hays . Elaine M. Hull

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. John J. Peradotto . Milton Plesur . Sherwood P. Prawel

1976

. William S. Allen . Charles V. Clemency . Robert Cooper . Charles H.V. Ebert . Bernard R. Gelbaum . Roger Lane . Dean MacGillivray . James E. McConnell . James Stimson

1977

. Norman Baker . W. Leslie Barnette . Robert J. Daly . Dorothy F. Glass . Ronald J. Huefner . James P. LaFountain . Joseph Masling

1978

. Robert Bereman . B. Richard Bugelski . Ira Cohen . Richard Jarvis . Catherine L. Olsen . Robert G. Pope . Joyce E. Sirianni

1979

. Judith S. Ronald

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1980

. Leo C. Curran . Jeannette M. Ludwig . Charles Petrie . Neil Schmitz

1981

. Jacques G. Benay . Albert G. Fadell . Robert Gumtow . Clyde F. Herreid . Gerald R. Rising . Joseph J. Tufariello . Thomas Weber

1982

. Jerry M. Newman . Donald Nichols . Carmelo A. Privitera . Scott W. Williams

1983

. John S. King . Robert Kurland . Erika A. Metzger

1985

. James B. Brady . Michael H. Frisch . Joseph C. Mollendorf

1986

. Kenneth J. Takeuchi

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1987

. Robert D. Allendoerfer . Philip R. Perry

1988

. Frank J. Krzystofiak . Jonathan F. Reichert

1989

. Joseph F. Atkinson . Barbara J. Bono . Mark H. Karwan . Charles M. Severin . Albert J. Steegman Jr.

1990

. Kah-Kyung Cho . David A. Gerber . Arun K. Jain . Neil Yerkey

1991

. J. Ronald Gentile . Jack Katz . Christopher A. Loretz . Carl R. F. Lund . Robert E. Mates . Harriet R. Simons

1992

. Jennifer Crocker

1993

. John A. Meacham . William J. Rae

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. Mary Anne Rokitka . Phillips Stevens Jr.

1994

. Victor A. Doyno . Richard J. Gonsalves . Richard T. Hull . Michael W. Kibby . David A. Kofke . Charles E. Mitchell . Judith S. Robinson

1995

. Richard R. Almon . Stephen J. Free . Stacy C. Hubbard . Michael S. Hudecki . James N. Jensen . William A. Miller . Johannes M. Nitsche . Judith H. Tamburlin . Margarita Vargas

1996

. Christina L. Bloebaum . Joseph A. Gardella Jr. . Francis M. Gasparini . Gerald B. Koudelka . James R. Meindl . Joseph R. Natiella

1997

. Shahid Ahmad . Michael P. Long . Triantafillos J. Mountziaris

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1998

. Rodney L. Doran . Michael G. Fuda . Philip G. Miles . Richard T. Sarkin . M. Beth Tauke . Nancy P. Zimmerman

1999

. Carrie Tirado Bramen . John Ringland . Vijay C. Swamy

2000

. Frank V. Bright . Todd M. Hennessey . Deidre Lynch . Roger W. Mayne . Alfred D. Price . Bernard A. Weinstein

2001

. Kemper E. Lewis . Mirdza E. Neiders . Athos Petrou

2002

. Alexander N. Cartwright . Huw M. Davies . Cyrus K. Madnia . Patricia R. McCartney . Natalie C. Simpson

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2003

. Jim D. Atwood . Suzanne S. Dickerson . Maria S. Horne . L. Vance Watrous

2004

. Jean Brown . Michael R. Detty . Sarah Elder . Kathleen M. Karlinski-Boje . D. Joseph Mook

2005

. Christopher S. Cohan . Charles R. Fourtner . Jeri J. Jaeger

2006

. Paschalis Alexandridis . Scott G. Grant

2007

. Rajan Batta . Hong Luo . Lewis Mandell . David F. Schmid

2008

. Robert E. Cohen . Kenneth A. Kim . Yvonne Krall Scherer . Sampson Lee Blair . Kate Rittenhouse-Olson . Troy D. Wood

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2009

. Paul E. DesJardin . Michael P. Farrell . Dimitrios A. Pados

2010

. Alfredo Aguirre . Nancy Campbell-Heider . David L. Fertig . Andrew M. Stott . Jiyuan Yu

2011

. John Cerne . Ernesto G. DeNardin . Debra Anne Street

2012

. Daniel B. Hess . Charles D. Lindsey . Carine M. Mardorossian . Jessie Poon

2014

. Sean J. Bennett . Gary F. Dargush . William H. Kinney . Alan J. Lesse . Christopher Mele . William D. Solomon

2015

. Peter G. Bradford . Steven Miller . Mary Nell Trautner

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2016

. Mark Bartholomew . Katharina Dittmar

2017

. Amy C. Graves Monroe . William Allan Prescott, Jr.

SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching The State University of New York announced the inauguration of the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching in 2013. The Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching recognizes consistently superior teaching by adjunct faculty at the graduate, undergraduate, or professional level. Recipients of this award have demonstrated outstanding support for intellectual growth of individual students and the use of relevant contemporary data from their disciplines in their teaching. This recognition is a system-wide acknowledgment of the contributions and dedication to high quality education by adjunct teaching faculty.

2014

. Kimberly E. Javor

2016

. Paul Schifferle

SUNY Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Librarianship The Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Librarianship, first awarded in 1977, is presented to honor exceptional skill-both professional and scholarly-in librarianship. The Award in Librarianship pays tribute to noteworthy contributions to the library profession and extraordinary service to the university.

1977

. Carol J. Bradley . Shirley Hesslein

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1978

. Manuel Lopez

1979

. Shonnie Finnegan . C.K. Huang

1981

. Nancy Fabrizio

1982

. Marianne Goldstein

1983

. Marcia L. Zubrow

1985

. Judith Hopkins . William McPheron

1986

. Charles A. D'Aniello

1987

. Nina Cascio

1989

. Lilli Sentz . Dorothy C. Woodson

1990

. Christopher Densmore . Karen F. Smith

1991

. Michael R. Lavin . Serafino Porcari 22

1992

. Margaret R. Wells

1993

. Gemma DeVinney . Terence McCormack

1994

. Judith Adams-Volpe . Susan L. Dow

1995

. Gayle J. Hardy-Davis . Cynthia Hepfer

1996

. Jean Decker . Donald Hartman

1997

. Edward Herman . Glendora Johnson-Cooper . Nancy Schiller

1998

. William Hepfer . Ellen McGrath

1999

. Ellen M. Gibson . Sharon A. Gray . Susan M. Neumeister

2000

. Susan Davis Bartl . Deborah Husted-Koshinsky

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2001

. Nancy Bren Nuzzo

2002

. Renee B. Bush . Karen D. Senglaup

2003

. Mary F. Miller

2004

. Karen L. Spencer

2005

. H. Austin Booth

2006

. Amy G. Lyons . Ben Wagner

2007

. Marilyn M. Kramer . Lori J. Widzinski

2008

. Cynthia A. Bertuca . Cynthia A. Tysick . Daisy P. Waters

2010

. Nancy M. Babb . John M. Bewley

2011

. Elizabeth G. Adelman

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2012

. Joseph L. Gerken . Dean Hendrix . Laura L. Taddeo

2013

. David J. Bertuca . Charles F. Lyons

2014

. Christopher V. Hollister

2015

. Theodora Belniak . Michelle L. Zafron

SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Professional Service Introduced in 1977, the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Professional Service honors members of the professional staff whose extraordinary service contributions have significantly enriched the university. The Award in Professional Service is presented to professional staff members who serve energetically, innovatively, and knowledgeably in their fields.

1977

. James Blackhurst . Patricia Colvard . J. Warren Perry . Shirley Stout

1978

. Shirley Ahrens . Bertha Cutcher . Bernice Poss

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1980

. Arlene R. Bergwall . Gerald L. O'Grady . Robert J. Wagner

1981

. Frank J. Corbett . Marilou T. Healey

1982

. Michael Moran

1984

. June E. Licence

1988

. Marlene M. Cook . Frank T. Schimpfhauser

1990

. John A. Edens . Florence Fradin . Linda F. Grace-Kobas . Joseph J. Krakowiak . Muriel A. Moore

1991

. Nancy M. Kielar

1992

. Christine E. Sauciunac

1993

. Patricia A. Coty . Peter S. Gold . Donald F. Hanavan

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1994

. Raymond P. Dannenhoffer . Jane A. Liebner . Stephen M. Roberts

1995

. Rita Green Lipsitz . Judith K. Miller

1996

. Peter G. Avery . Dennis R. Black . Henry J. Durand . Joseph P. Lane

1997

. Martha A. Barton . Sandra J. Fazekas . Maryanne L. Mather . Leonard F. Snyder

1998

. John M. Grela . Eileen L. Hassett . Sean P. Sullivan . Nelson E. Townsend

1999

. Judith C. Applebaum . Madison L. Boyce . Elias G. Eldayrie . Pamela C. Jones

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2000

. Lawrence E. Chlebowy . Roger R. McGill . Barbara J. Ricotta . Regina S. Toomey

2001

. Josephine A. Capuana . Shelley Frederick . Albert "Budd" Termin . James O. Whitlock

2002

. Voldemar A. Innus . Janina L. Kaars . David J. Nuzzo . Stephen N. Wallace

2003

. Marguerite E. Knowles . Timothy J. Rutenber . John B. Sheffer II

2004

. Bruce Majkowski . Dean Millar

2005

. Diane M. Dittmar . David L. Gilles-Thomas . Stefanos C. Papazaharias

2006

. Barbara A. Burke . Joseph J. Hindrawan

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. Laura S. Mangan . Cheryl J. Taplin . Raymond D. Volpe

2007

. Michael F. Dupre . Mark C. Pitman . William J. Regan . M. Eileen Sylves . Courtney J. Walsh

2008

. Randall E. Borst . Priscilla B. Clarke . Andrea Costantino . Ellen A. Dussourd . Walter Simpson

2009

. Amy Loucks-DiMatteo . Dinesh K. Sukumaran

2010

. Mary Anne Rokitka . Steven L. Shaw

2011

. Michael D. Basinski . Erin E. Danna-Bailey . Peter H. Rittner . Letitia L. Thomas

2012

. Hadar Borden . Nancy C. Recupero . Robert J. Scalise

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2013

. Edward F. Brodka . Jacqueline T. Hollins . William J. McDonnell . Mary Virginia O'Brien . John J. Wood

2014

. Bárbara I. Ávila-Shah . Scott A. Hollander . Joseph O. Kerr . Cynthia M. Shore . Kurt F. Winter

2015

. Beth A. Corry . Elaine R. Cusker . John DellaContrada . Valerie A. Frerichs . Jacqueline Molik Ghosen . Krista Hanypsiak . Kevin Leary . Patricia Shyhalla

2016

. David G. Costello . Elizabeth R. Harding . Christina R. Hernandez . Kara Saunders . Roberta (Robin) Sullivan . Radhika Suresh . Cheryl B. Williams

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2017

. Gwen Appelbaum . Laura J. Barnum . Oscar A. Budde . Katharine P. Darling . Christa M. Greenberg . Joseph J. Helfer . Andrew Koenig . Jennifer Rosenberg . John S. Taylor, Sr.

SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Classified Service Established in 2008, the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Classified Service gives employees in the Classified Services system-wide recognition of exceptional achievements and superior performance of duties. The award in classified service honors those employees who continuously demonstrate outstanding achievement, commitment to excellence, and exemplary customer service.

2009

. Candace A. Carroll . Lucille H. Kierejewski . Angela G. Reibel

2010

. Elizabeth G. Felmet . Rose Marie LoGrasso . Diane M. Szalda

2011

. Carolanne B. Cirincione . Julie M. Smith . Dawn Townsend

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2012

. Betsy A. Crooksy . Evelyn F. Hufford . Mary C. Schnepf

2013

. Teresa P. Dean . Patricia A. Thomann

2014

. Nancy F. Schimenti . Joyce A. Troy

2015

. Vickie Searight . Deborah Szurgyi . Paul Wilcox

2016

. Barbara Hammer . Carol Lennox . Mary O'Brien

2017

. Laura Palka . Jodi Reiner . Cheryl Tubisz

SUNY Chancellor's Award for Internationalization Created through an initiative of the State University of New York Office of International Programs in 2003, the Chancellor's Award for Internationalization recognizes and helps sponsor outstanding faculty and staff efforts that enable students to gain valuable academic experiences in parts of the world that are not commonly visited or studied. In supporting the development of unique overseas learning opportunities, the Award for

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Internationalization honors exceptional contributions to fostering international cultural and educational exchange.

2004

. Patrick F. McDevitt . Samuel M. Paley . John H. Stone . Jason R. Young

2005

. Maria S. Horne . D. Joseph Mook

2012

. Peter Biehl

UB President's Medal The University at Buffalo President's Medal shall be awarded in recognition of signal and extraordinary service to the University. Such service may comprise scholarly or artistic achievements, humanitarian acts, contributions of time or treasure, outstanding leadership, or any other act that makes a major contribution to the development of, or quality of life within, the University.

1990

. Charles M. Fogel

1992

. William B. Hoyt

1993

. Northrup R. Knox

1993

. Robert Wilmers

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1994

. John L. Hettrick, Sr.

1994

. Robert H. Rossberg

1995

. George C. Lee

1996

. Irving Freedman

1997

. Philip B. Wels

1998

. Lawrence P. Castellani

2000

. Mary E. Randolph

2000

. John N. Walsh III

2002

. Robert J. Wagner

2003

. Reginald B. Newman II

2007

. Stephen C. Dunnett

2008

. Robert Genco

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2010

. Robert G. Shibley

2012

. Angelo M. Fatta . Bruce D. McCombe

2013

. Diane R. Christian . Edmond J. Gicewicz

2014

. Robert D. Gioia . Nancy H. Nielsen

2015

. John T. Ho . Gerald S. Lippes

2016

. Paras N. Prasad . Claude E. Welch Jr.

2017

. Margarita L. Dubocovich . Francis M. Letro

UB Distinguished Professors The Office of the Provost created the rank of UB Distinguished Professors to honor full professors who have achieved national or international recognition as experts in their fields of study. UB Distinguished Professors are members of the faculty who have been full professors for a minimum of five years with a demonstrated record of excellence in artistic or scholarly contributions.

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2002

. Athol D. Abrahams . Guyora Binder . Frank V. Bright . Jonathan S. Dewald . Colin G. Drury . Stephen L. Dyson . Isaac Ehrlich . Peyman Givi . Alfred S. Konefsky . Howard K. Kuramitsu . Russ Miller . Frederick Sachs . Jeffrey Skolnick . Stanley Zionts

2003

. Huw M. L. Davies . Leonard H. Epstein . Michael F. Sheridan . Barbara H. Tedlock

2004

. Joan K. Copiec . Paresh Dandona . Jo L. Freudenheim . David A. Kofke . Timothy F. Murphy . Mulchand S. Patel . William E. Pelham Jr.

2005

. Lois M. Weis

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2007

. Francis M. Gasparini . David A. Gerber . William J. Jusko . Frank C. Zagare

2008

. Nallan C. Suresh

2009

. Paschalis Alexandridis . Venugopal Govindaraju . Daniel J. Kosman

2011

. Robert E. Baier . James E. Campbell . Paul R. Knight III . Teresa Quattrin . Stanley A. Schwartz . Thomas Szyperski

2012

. Ho-Leung Fung . James Olson . Athos Petrou . John Richard . Aidong Zhang

2013

. Anne B. Curtis . Stephen L. Jacobson . Jean-Jacques Thomas . Joseph P. Valente

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2014

. Carol S. Brewer . Steven J. Fliesler . Marilyn E. Morris . Mark T. Swihart . Lawrence Wrabetz

2015

. John H. Schlegel

2016

. Janet R. Morrow

2017

. Robert M. Straubinger . Gil I. Wolfe

UB Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award The Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award, established by UB's Graduate School in 2011, annually honors and publicly recognizes exceptional excellence in faculty mentoring of graduate students at UB. Award recipients are faculty members who have demonstrated outstanding and sustained support and development of graduate students from course completion through research and subsequent career placement. Nominees for the award must be current members of the UB Graduate Faculty and have held faculty appointment at UB for at least five years.

2012

. Paschalis Alexandridis . Luis A. Colon

2013

. Diana S. Aga . Suzanne S. Dickerson . Thomas H. Feeley

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2014

. Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen . Sharon S. Evans

2015

. Rajan Batta . Anthony A. Campagnari . Yvonne K. Scherer

2016

. Margarita L. Dubocovich . Mark R. O'Brian

2017

. Venu Govindaraju . Jennifer Read

UB Exceptional Scholars - Sustained Achievement Award The Exceptional Scholar Award for Sustained Achievement was created by the University at Buffalo in 2002 to honor outstanding professional achievement that has been focused on a particular body of work over a number of years. This award was created to recognize an unprecedented accomplishment in a senior scholar's career, distinguishing a body of work of enduring importance that has gone beyond the norm in a particular field of study.

2002

. Paschalis Alexandridis . Anthony Auerbach . Rajan Batta . Ronald Berezney . Libuse Bobek . Gerard Bucher . Anthony Campagnari . James Campbell

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. Douglas Clements . Joan Copjec . John Corcoran . Huw Davies . Ernesto DeNardin . David Engel . Leonard Epstein . David Felder . Jo Freudenheim . Francis Gasparini . Elaine Hull . Robert Jacobi . Mary Ann Jezewski . William Jusko . Paul Knight . David Kofke . Suzanne Laychock . David Mark . Eugene Morse . Samuel Paley . Mulchand Patel . Peter Rogerson . Stephen Schanuel . Stanley Schwartz . Alan Selman . Stuart Shapiro . Nancy Smyth . Robert Steinfeld . Robert VanValin . Lois Weis . Roger Woodard . Chia Ping Yu . Frank Zagare

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2003

. Jean Brown . John Canty . Venugopal Govindaraju . Jeannette Johnson . Carolyn Korsmeyer . Daniel Kosman . John Richard . Stephen Rudin . Malcolm Slaughter . Nallan Suresh . Joseph Zambon . Aidong Zhang

2004

. Carol Brewer . Catherine Cornbleth . Richard Donahue . Marcus Dubber . Winston Lin . Claes Lundgren . Richard Ohrbach . David Pendergast . Jerrold Winter

2005

. Vivian Cody . Vladimir Mitin . Madhavan Nair . LeAdelle Phelps . Chungming Qiao . Ram Ramesh

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2006

. Wayne Anderson . Kee Chung . Jeremy Finn . Mark O'Brian . Andrei Reinhorn . John Yeh

2007

. Michel Bruneau . James Olson . G. Lawrence Sanders

2008

. Richard B. Bankert . Jonathan P. Bird . Rakesh Nagi . Sanjay Sethi

2009

. Stelios Andreadis . Richard E. Ellis . Jean Wactawski-Wende

2010

. Alexander N. Cartwright . James A. Gardner . Li Lin . Jerome A. Roth . Mark T. Swihart . Georgirene Vladutiu

2011

. Steven L. Dubovsky . Stephen L. Jacobson

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. Sriram Neelamegham . Hui Meng . Dimitrios Pados . Randall Rasmusson

2012

. Kazimierz Braun . Chang Wen Chen . Thomas A. Russo . Debabrata Talukdar . Zhen Yan

2013

. Joseph L. Izzo . Shambhu J. Upadhyaya . Bianca Weinstock-Guttman

2014

. Drucy S. Borowitz . Jeffrey R. Errington . Hanfeng Li . Natalia M. Litchinitser . Andrea Markelz . Laurie K. Read . Paul E. Tesluk

2015

. Chester H. Fox . Susan Zonglu Hua . Janet R. Morrow . Norma J. Nowak . Noreen Williams . Jinhui Xu

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2016

. Irus Braverman . Thomas H. Feeley . M. Laura Feltri . Murali Ramanathan . Kui Ren . Brahm H. Segal . Doreen Wackeroth

2017

. Sathy V. Balu-Iyer . Gino Biondini . Jian Feng . Kemper E. Lewis . Karin Michelson . Blaine Pfeifer

UB Exceptional Scholars - Young Investigator Award Introduced in 2002, the University at Buffalo's Exceptional Scholar Award for Young Investigators celebrates a recent superior achievement of a scholar in his/her field of study. Such an achievement will have distinguished the recipient as an up-and-coming scholar, as well as earned the individual acclaim for his/her work, which could be a published work or other scholastic or artistic endeavor.

2002

. Joseph Balthasar . Matthew Becker . Ann Bisantz . Jorge Canizares-Esguerra . John Crassidis . Gregory Dimitriadis . William Eggington . Jian Feng

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. Sarah Gaffen . Keith Kirkwood . Tanya LaPier . Sriram Neelamegham . Thomas Obst . Karen Randolph . Jolene Rickard . Patrick Smith . Hiroaki Suga . Debabrata Talukdar . Stephen Truscott . Deborah Waldrop . David Westbrook . Zhen Yan . Jiyuan Yu

2003

. Stylianos Andreadis . Josephine Anstey . Ana Mariella . Bacigalupo . Marc Bohlen . Jose Buscaglia . Mark Cameron . Steven Diver . Xin Lin . James Wooten

2004

. David Hershenov . Guofang Li . Athena Mutua . Feng Qin . Holger Schunemann . Ellen Smit 45

2005

. Jeffrey Errington . Daniel Hess . Hung Ngo . Satrajit Sinha

2006

. Marcia Boehmke . Igor Jankovic . Donald Mager . Yoshiko Nozaki . Mark Sutton . Albert Titus

2007

. Jochen Autschbach . Tony W. Tong . Christina Tsai

2008

. Gilberto Mosqueda . Sarah-Jeanne Salvy . Darren Treadway . Brian T. Tsuji

2009

. Gregory A. Fabiano . Mary Ann Meeker . Yong-Kyu Yoon . Hao Zeng

2010

. Matthew R. Bonner . Murat Demirbas . Matthew D. Disney

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. Gabriela Popescu . Sheng Zhong

2011

. Sarbajit Banerjee . Jason J. Corso . Charles D. Lindsey . Atri Rudra . Puneet Singla . Jennifer L. Temple

2012

. Heather M. Ochs-Balcom . Javid Rzayev . Sanjukta D. Smith . Wenjun Zheng

2013

. Jiyoung Park . Gesualdo Scutari . Jun Zhuang

2014

. Steven Y. Ko . Jun-Xu Li . Margaret W. Sallee . Eva Zurek

2015

. Iman Borazjani . David Dietz . Changhyun Kwon . Xuefeng Ren

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2016

. Samantha Barbas . Qiaoqiang Gan . Jonathan Lovell . Manoranjan Majji . Dhaval K. Shah . Hua (Helen) Wang

2017

. Ashley Brooke Barr . Walter N. Hakala . Juliane Nguyen . Lu Su . Zhi Sun . Chi Zhou

UB President Emeritus and Mrs. Meyerson Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring (formerly the UB Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity) This new award, which was established in the spring of 2011, recognizes the outstanding faculty mentorship that currently exists at UB and seeks to encourage further faculty commitment to and participation in the undergraduate research and creative experience.

2011

. John Ringland . Kate Rittenhouse-Olson . Kenneth J. Takeuchi . Jennifer L. Zirnheld

2012

. Maria S. Horne . Satpal Singh

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. Jun Zhuang

2013

. James Jensen . Kemper Lewis . Gail Willsky

2014

. Stephen Free . Rajendram Rajnarayanan . Beth Tauke

2015

. Ana Mariella Bacigalupo . Lance Rintamaki . Mark T. Swihart

2016

. Laura M. Anderson . Barbara J. Bono . Annette W. LeCuyer

2017

. Martha C. Bohm . John L. Crassidis . Walter N. Hakala

UB Teaching Innovation Award Established to honor exceptional educational pedagogy, UB's Award for Teaching Innovation was created in 2003 to recognize faculty who have contributed significantly to engaging students with new methods and approaches to teaching. The award recognizes faculty members whose innovative teaching methods have a demonstrable effect on enhancing student learning-outcomes.

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2003

. John Cotter

2006

. Curtis Haas

2007

. Deborah Waldrop

2008

. Yvonne K. Scherer . Robert G. Wahler

2009

. Mark Bartholomew . Joseph F. Salamone . Randy K. Yerrick

2010

. Daniel A. Brazeau . Albert H. Titus

2011

. Sathy V. Balu-Iyer . Marc S. Halfon . Theresa A. Winkelman

2012

. Sharon J. Hewner

2013

. Thomas E. Melendy

2014

. Deborah A. Moore-Russo

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2015

. William A. Prescott, Jr.

2016

. M. Susan Grinslade . Steven Y. Ko

2017

. Alexander Nikolaev . Jessica Poulin . Lukasz Ziarek

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