February 3, 2005

Faculty recognized for distinguished external awards

President Henry S. Bienen and Provost Lawrence B. Dumas recently honored 115 faculty members who have brought distinction to Northwestern by their important recognition from societies and agencies outside the University. The Faculty Honors Committee selected the most prestigious awards for recognition.

The honorees are:

• Emma K. Adam: William T. Grant Scholars Award, William T. Grant Foundation

• Kenneth L. Alder: Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize, History of Science Society; Dingle Prize, British Society for the History of Science; Donald Kagan Best Book in European History Prize, The Historical Society

• Guillermo A. Ameer: Young Investigator Award, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

• Alfred Appel Jr.: Deems Taylor Award for the Best Book about Popular Music, American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers

• Daniel H. Appella: Young Investigator Award, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

• Zdenek P. Bazant: Fellow, Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences

• Paul F. Berliner: Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

• Roman V. Bezrukavnikov: Research Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

• Craig R. Bina: Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America

• Martha Biondi: Fellow-ship, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, New York Public Library; Fellowship, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

• Robert C. Blattberg: Marketing Educator of the Year Award, Sales and Marketing Executives Association

• Caroline H. Bledsoe: Eileen Basker Memorial Prize, Society of Medical Anthropol-ogy; Amaury Talbot Prize for African Anthropology, Royal Anthropological Institute (U.K.)

• Galen V. Bodenhausen: Fellow, American Psychological Society

• Gary G. Borisy: Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences 

• Timothy H. Breen: Distinguished Book Award, National Society of Colonial Wars; Humboldt Research Award for Lifetime Achievement, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

• Wesley R. Burghardt: Fellow, American Physical Society

• John E. Butter: David E. Rogers Junior Faculty Education Award, Society of General Internal Medicine

• Hui Cao: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

• P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale: Fellow, American Psychological Association; Social Policy Award for Best Research Article, Society for Research on Adolescence

• Anjen Chenn: Distin-guished Scientist Award, Sontag Foundation

• Sumant S. Chugh: Young Investigator Grant, National Kidney Foundation

• Vincent L. Cryns: Out-standing Junior Faculty Award, Avon Foundation

• David W. Cugell: Henry P. Russe, MD, Citation for Exemplary Compassion in Healthcare, Institute of Medicine of Chicago

• Raymond H. Curry: Laureate Award, Illinois Chapter, American College of Physicians

• Peter Dallos: Guyot Prize, University of Groningen (Denmark)

• Stephen H. Davis: Member, National Academy of Sciences

• Robert P. Dick: Career Award, National Science Foundation

• Vinayak P. Dravid: Fellow, American Ceramic Society

• Greg J. Duncan: Fellowship, Russell Sage Foundation

• Dorothy D. Dunlop: Cited as One of the Top 10 Researchers for Advances in Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases, Arthritis Foundation

• Jason K. Eckardt: Fellow-ship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

• Joseph Epstein: National Humanities Medal, National Endowment for the Humanities

• Horacio D. Espinosa: Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

• Gary A. Fine: Lady Davis Fellowship, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

• Robert H. Fourer: Beale-Orchard-Hays Prize for Excellence in Computational Mathematical Programming, Mathematical Programming Society; Medallion Award, Institute of Industrial Engineers

• Lorenzo Gallon: Clinical Science Faculty Grant, American Society of Trans-plantation Council and Fujisawa Laboratories

• Franz M. Geiger: Career Award, National Science Foundation

• Dedre Gentner: Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

• Loren Ghiglione: Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

• Reginald Gibbons: O.B. Hardison Jr. Prize for Poetry, Folger Shakespeare Library

• Jerry Goldman: Teaching and Mentoring Award, Law and Courts Section, American Political Science Association

• Robert D. Goldman: Senior Scholar Award, Ellison Medical Foundation

• Jaime Grutzendler: New Scholar Award, Ellison Medical Foundation

• Jürgen Habermas: Kyoto Prize for Arts and Philosophy, Inamori Foundation (Japan)

• Karen Tranberg Hansen: Book Prize, Society of Economic Anthropology

• Allen W. Heinemann: Essie Morgan Excellence Award, American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers

• James A. Ibers: Martin J. Buerger Medal, American Crystallographic Association

• J. Larry Jameson: Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

• Donald L. Jones: Young Scholar Award, American Society of Hypertension

• Vassiliki Kalogera: Cottrell Scholar Award, Research Corporation

• Raymond J. Krizek: Doctorate Honoris Causa, University of Cantabria (Spain)

• Prem Kumar: International Award on Quantum Communication, Research Institute of Tamagawa University (Japan)

• Carole B. LaBonne: Cancer Research Scholar Award, General Motors Corporation

• Joseph B. Lambert: Harry and Carol Mosher Award, Santa Clara Valley Section, American Chemical Society

• Carol D. Lee: Fellowship, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences

• Frederick D. Lewis: Arthur C. Cape Scholar Award, American Chemical Society

• Liming Li: New Scholar Award, Ellison Medical Foundation

• Richard M. Lueptow: William M. Carey Award, National Fire Protection Association Research Foundation; Space Act Award, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Inventions and Contributions Board

• Melissa A. Macauley: Faculty Research Abroad Fel-lowship, Fulbright-Hays Foun-dation; Fellowship, Internation-al and Area Studies, American Council of Learned Societies/ Social Science Research Council/National Endowment for the Humanities; Research Award, Fulbright Scholar Program, Council for Inter-national Exchange of Scholars

• Yuri I. Manin: Abel Bicentennial Conference Doctorate Honoris Causa, University of Oslo (Norway); Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Georg Cantor Medal, German Mathematical Society

• Tobin J. Marks: Member, 2005 Hall of Fame, University of Maryland Alumni Associ-ation; Professor, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Institut Universitaire de France

• Sarah C. Maza: George Mosse Prize, American Historical Association

• Michael Mazzeo: Young Scholar Best Paper Award, Review of Industrial Organi-zation

• Thomas McDade: Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

• Douglas L. Medin: Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

• Chad A. Mirkin: Pioneer Award, National Institutes of Health

• Dominic E. Missimi: Crystal Award, Chicago Drama League

• Joel Mokyr: Foreign Member, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Italy)

• Thomas A. Mustoe: Lifetime Achievement Award, Wound Healing Society

• Barry L. Nelson: Distinguished Service Award, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences College on Simulation

• Barbara J. Newman: Fellowship, National Endow-ment for the Humanities

• Teri W. Odom: Victor K. LaMer Award, American Chemical Society; Career Award, National Science Foundation; Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, David and Lucile Packard Foundation

• Lauren M. Pachman: Clinical Research Award, American College of Rheumatology

• Benjamin I. Page: Award for Exceptional Distinguished Achievement, American Association for Public Opinion Research

• Eleftherios T. Papoutsakis: Merck Award for Cell Culture Engineering, Merck & Co., Inc.

• Dylan C. Penningroth: Avery O. Craven Award, Organization of American Historians

• Janet B. Pierrehumbert: Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

• Christopher K. Polk: Jensen Prize, Journal of Financial Economics

• David Protess: Puffin/ Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship, Puffin Foundation and The Nation Institute

• Ishwar Radhakrishnan: Scholar Award, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

• Nalini M. Rajamannan: Junior Physician-Investigator Award, American Federation for Medical Research

• Mark A. Ratner: Member, International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science; Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics, American Chemical Society; Foreign Member, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters

• Manijeh Razeghi: Fellow, Optical Society of America

• Lance J. Rips: Fellowship, Fulbright Scholar Program, Council for International Exchange of Scholars

• Bruce E. Rittmann: Member, National Academy of Engineering

• Elliot J. Roth: Dr. John W. Goldschmidt Award, National Rehabilitation Hospital

• Robert L. Satcher: Astronaut Candidate, NASA

• Mark A. Satterthwaite: Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

• Anthony J. Schaeffer: Eugene Fuller Triennial Prostate Award, American Urological Association

• Karl A. Scheidt: Career Award, National Science Foundation

• Peter I. Scheuermann: Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

• Tamar Seideman: Fellow, American Physical Society; Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation; Humboldt Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

• Ethan Shagan: Morris D. Forkosch Prize, American Historical Association

• Joel I. Shalowitz: Fellowship, Fulbright Scholar Program, Council for Inter-national Exchange of Scholars

• Karen R. Smilowitz: Career Award, National Science Foundation

• Jeremiah Stamler: Distinguished Scientist, American Heart Association

• Arthur L. Stinchcombe: Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award, American Sociological Association

• Samuel I. Stupp: Fellow, Biomaterials Science and Engineering, World Biomateri-als Congress; Award in Polymer Chemistry, American Chemical Society

• Andrei A. Suslin: Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study

• Jacob I. Sznajder: Recog-nition Award for Scientific Accomplishment, American Thoracic Society

• Kathleen A. Thelen: Max Planck Research Award for Humanities and Social Sciences, Max Planck Society and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

• John M. Torkelson: Inaugural Recipient, Polymer Physics Award, Wiley Journal of Polymer Science; Charles M. A. Stine Award, Materials Engineering and Science Division, American Institute of Chemical Engineering

• Steven M. Tovian: Timothy Jeffrey Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions to Clinical Health Psychology, American Psychological Foundation

• Brian Uzzi: Award for Scholarly Contribution, Admin-istrative Science Quarterly

• Richard P. Van Duyne: Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy, American Physical Society

• Linda V. Van Horn: Award for Excellence in Medical/ Dental Nutrition Education, Dannon Institute

• Thomas A. Volpe: Newcomb Cleveland Prize, American Association for the Advancement of Science

• Michael R. Wasielewski: I-APS Award in Photochem-istry, Inter-American Photochemical Society

• Julia R. Weertman: Gold Metal, American Society for Metals; Robert F. Mehl Award, Minerals, Metals and Materials Society

• Irwin A. Weil: Award for a Lifetime of Distinguished Service to Slavic Studies, American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages

• Mary J. Weismantel: Senior Book Prize, American Ethnological Society

• Bruce W. Wessels: Fellow, American Physical Society

• Miriam B. White: Fellow-ship, Fulbright Scholar Program, Council for International Exchange of Scholars

• Ying Wu: Career Award, National Science Foundation

• Mary A. Zimmerman: Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences