February 8, 2007

University pays tribute to 111 for important recognition

111 faculty members were honored last quarter by President Henry S. Bienen and Provost Lawrence B. Dumas at the 2006 Faculty Recognition Dinner.

The annual dinner pays tribute to those who have brought distinction to the University by their important recognition from societies and agencies outside the University.

The honorees and their awards are listed here.

Luis A. N. Amaral: Distinguished Young Scholar in Medical Research, W. M. Keck Foundation

Guillermo A. Ameer: Early Career Development Award, National Science Foundation

Zdenek P. Bazant: Foreign Member, Accademia Nationale dei Lincei (Italy)

Robert O. Bonow: Distinguished Service Award, American College of Cardiology; Distinguished Achievement Award, American Heart Association

Francesca M. Bordogna: Fellow, National Humanities Center

Catherine L. Brinson: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Linda J. Broadbelt: Distinguished Scholar Award, US-UK Fulbright Commission

Bruce G. Carruthers: Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Aaron M. Cassidy: Concert Music Division Award, American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers

William J. Catalona: Charles Huggins Award, Society of Urologic Oncology; Donald S. Coffey Physician-Scientist Award, Prostate Cancer Foundation; and Golden Glove Award, National Prostate Cancer Coalition

Navdeep Chandel: Anthony Linnane Young Investigator Award, Mitochondria Research Society

Wei Chen: Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, Society of Automotive Engineers International

Yan Chen: Early Career Award, U.S. Department of Energy

Dante R. Chialvo: Fellowship, Fulbright Scholar Program, Council for International Exchange of Scholars

Jamie L. Collings: Faculty Teaching Award, American College of Emergency Physicians

Averill A. Curdy: Writers' Award, Rona Jaffe Foundation

Isaac M. Daniel: P. S. Theocaris Award, Society for Experimental Mechanics

Mark S. Daskin: Fellow, Institute of Industrial Engineers; Inductee, Edelman Academy, Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences

Tracy C. Davis: Distinguished Scholar's Prize, American Society for Theatre Research

Sumitraji Dhar:  Early Career Contributions in Research Award, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Micaela di Leonardo: Residential Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities

James N. Druckman: Emerging Scholar Award, American Political Science Foundation Section on Elections, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior; Erik Erikson Early Career Award, International Society of Political Psychology; Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences; Founders' Award, Presidency Research Group

Andrea E. Dunaif: Berthold Medal, German Endocrine Society; Honorary Doctorate, University of Athens (Greece)

Greg J. Duncan: Social Policy Award for Best Research Journal Article, Society for Research on Adolescence

Pablo L. Durango-Cohen: Early Career Development Award, National Science Foundation

Lee Epstein: Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Horatio Espinosa: Young Investigator Medal, Society of Engineering

Richard J. Finno: Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award, American Society of Civil Engineers

Wendi L. Gardner: Early Career Contribution Award, International Society for Self and Identity

Erwin Goldberg: Honorary Degree, Binghamton University, State University of New York 

Kathleen L. Grady: Nursing and Social Sciences Excellence in Research Award, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation

David Green: Outstanding Life Achievement Award, Hemophilia and Thrombosis Research Society

Paul A. Greenberger: Distinguished Service Award, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology

Bartosz A. Grzybowski: Award, Pew Scholars Program in Biomedical Sciences; Faculty Early Career Development Award, National Science Foundation; Unilever Award, American Chemical Society Division of Colloids and Interfaces

Karsten T. Hansen: Dennis J. Aigner Award for Best Article, Journal of Econometrics

Eszter Hargittai: Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences

Daniel A. Harrington: First Place Research Award, Society for Pediatric Urology

Mary J. C. Hendrix: Henry Gray Award, American Association of Anatomists

Mark Hersam: Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, U.S. Government; Peter Mark Memorial Award, American Vacuum Society

Darlene Clark Hine: Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Barton J. Hirsch: Social Policy Award for Best Authored Book, Society for Research on Adolescence

Brian M. Hoffman: Member, National Academy of Sciences

Wallace J. Hopp: Education Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers; Fellow, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society; Fellow, Production and Operations Management Society

Joel L. Horowitz: Member, International Statistical Institute

John O. Hunwick: Distinguished Africanist Award, African Studies Association

Joseph T. Hupp: Carl Wagner Memorial Award, Electrochemical Society

Ian F. Hurd: Robert O. Keohane Prize, Internal Organization

J. Larry Jameson: Member, Institute of Medicine

Carl R. Johnson: Fellowship, Fulbright Scholar Program, Council for International Exchange of Scholars

John R. Keene: Writers' Award, Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation

Richard Kieckhefer: Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Bryna R. Kra: Centennial Fellowship, American Mathematical Society

Richard Kraut: Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Sridhar Krishnaswamy: Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Todd A. Kuiken: Da Vinci Award for Innovative Engineering, National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Debiao Li: Fellow, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Michael M. Loriaux: Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques (France) 

James L. Mahoney: Early Career Development Award, National Science Foundation

Charles F. Manski: Honorary Doctorate, University of Rome-Tor Vergata

Tobin J. Marks: Member, Leopoldina (German Academy of Natural Sciences)

Thomas O. Mason: Outstanding Educator Award, Ceramic Educational Council

Bernard Matkowsky: Fellow, American Physical Society

Dan P. McAdams: Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award, Gerontological Society of America; Sarbin Award, American Psychological Association; William James Book Award for General Psychology, American Psychological Association

June M. McKoy: Fellow, American Geriatric Society

Seda O. Memik:Faculty Early Career Development Award, National Science Foundation

Phillip B. Messersmith: Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering; MERIT (Method to Extend Research in Time) Award, National Institutes of Health

Hooman Mohseni: Faculty Early Career Development Award, National Science Foundation

Joel Mokyr: Dr. A. H. Heineken Prize for History, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Richard I. Morimoto: Huntington Award for Excellence in Medicine, Huntington's Disease Society of America

Aldon O. Morris: Joseph Sandy Himes Award for Lifetime Scholarship, Association of Black Sociologists

Enrico Mugnaini: Campano d'Oro Alumni Award, University of Pisa (Italy); Corresponding Member, Instituto Lombardo di Scienze e Lettere, Milan (Italy); Honorary Degree, University of Salamonica (Spain); Honorary Degree, University of Turin (Italy)

Debjani Mukherjee: Fellowship, Fulbright Scholar Program, Council for International Exchange of Scholars

Toshio Narahashi: Fellow, Academy of Toxicological Sciences

Laura B. Nielsen: Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences

Abraham Nitzan: Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Teri W. Odom: Solid State Chemistry Faculty Fellowship, Exxon Mobil Corporation

Ann Orloff: Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation

Eleftherios T. (Terry) Papoutsakis: Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology

Thrasyvoulous Pappas: Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Eric A. Patrick: Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Abe Peck: Member, Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame, International Press Club of Chicago

Angela Ray: Book Award, Rhetoric Society of America; James A.Winans-Herbert A. Wichelns Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address, National Communication Association

Manijeh Razeghi: Fellow, American Physical Society

Jennifer Richeson: Fellow, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Hermann E. Riecke: Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Lance J. Rips: Book Award, American Association for Public Opinion Research

John W. Rudnicki: M. A. Biot Medal, American Society of Civil Engineers

Bradley B. Sageman: Fellow, Geological Society of America

Karla J. Fullner: Satchell Award for Investigators in Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease, Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Karl A. Scheidt: New Investigator Award in Organic Chemistry, Boehringer-Ingelheim Company

Paul T. Schumacker: Recognition Award for Scientific Accomplishment, American Thoracic Society

John J. Sciarra: Honorary Membership, International Society for Gynecologic Endoscopy

David N. Seidman: Albert Sauveur Achievement Award, American Society for Metals; International Fellow, American Society for Metals International

Hank Seifert: Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology

Surendra P. Shah: Member, National Academy of Engineering

Billy Siegenfeld: Dance Achievement Award for Outstanding Choreography, Ruth Page Center for the Arts

Wesley G. Skogan: Stephen Schafer Award, National Organization for Victim Assistance

Janine W. Spencer: Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques (France)

Ted Spiegel: Hall of Fame Inductee, Direct Marketing Association

Gary E. Swanson: Fellowship, Fulbright Scholar Program, Council for International Exchange of Scholars

J. Iasha Sznajder: Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad de Murcia (Spain)

Kathleen Thelen: Mattei Dogan Award, Society for Comparative Research, Yale University

Jacquelyn S. Thomas: H. Paul Root Award, Marketing Science Institute

Richard B. Thomson Jr.: Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology

John Varga: Doctor of the Year, Scleroderma Foundation

Joseph T. Walsh: William B. Mark Award, American Society for Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Garry Wills: Laureate, Lincoln Academy of Illinois

Steven M. Wolinsky: Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology

Linda M. G. Zerilli: Fellowship, Stanford Humanities Center, Stanford University

Brook A. Ziporyn: Fellowship, Fulbright Scholar Program, Council for International Exchange of Scholars

Laurie S. Zoloth: Public Service Medal, National Aeronautics and Space Administration