National Faculty Awards 2008-2009
ALBANY LAW SCHOOL
Kate Stoneman Award
Catherine Cerulli, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION
Fellowship Recipient
Daven Presgraves, Assistant Professor of Biology
AMERICAN ACADEMY IN BERLIN
Ellen Maria Gorrissen Fellow
Kenneth Gross, Professor of English
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Fellow
Richard Eisenberg, Tracy H. Harris Professor of Chemistry
Fellow
H. Allen Orr, Shirley Cox Kearns Professor of Biology
and University Professor
AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY
Fellow
Thomas Slaughter, Professor of History
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award
William D. Jones, C. F. Houghton Professor of Chemistry
2008 James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement
in the Teaching of Chemistry
Jack A. Kampmeier, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
Distinguished Fellow
Ronald Jones, Xerox Professor of Economics
AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY
Fellow
Richard Ryan, Professor of Psychology, of Psychiatry,
and of Education
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
Top 10 Biography, Adult Section (for “The Beautiful Soul of
John Woolman, Apostle of Abolition”)
Thomas P. Slaughter, Arthur R. Miller Professor of History
AMERICAN MUSICOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Vice President
Honey Meconi, Professor of Music, the College; and
Professor of Musicology, Eastman School
AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
2008 Alan Rosenthal Prize
David Primo, Associate Professor of Political Science
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
Richard Skalak Journal of Biomechanical Engineering Best
Paper Award
Renato Perucchio, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and of
Biomedical Engineering
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
Churchill Fellow
Andrew Eliot, Professor of Clinical & Social Sciences in
Psychology
CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Dragon Star Lecturer
Chen Ding, Associate Professor of Computer Science
COLLEGE STUDENT PERSONNEL ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK
STATE
2008 Distinguished Service to Higher Education Award
Logan Hazen, Director of Student Services and Visiting Assistant
Professor
COUNCIL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON
Darwin-Wallace Medal
H. Allen Orr, Shirley Cox Kearns Professor of Biology
and University Professor
DAVID AND LUCILLE PACKARD FOUNDATION
Fellowship Recipient
Daven Presgraves, Assistant Professor of Biology
DU PONT YOUNG PROFESSOR GRANT PROGRAM
Grant Recipient
Bradley L. Nilsson, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
ELLISON MEDICAL FOUNDATION
Senior Fellow Award
Henry Jasper, Assistant Professor of Biology
FALK FOUNDATION OF GERMANY
Adolf Windaus Prize
Ned Ballatori, Professor of Environmental Medicine
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
Fellow
Carmala Garzione, Associate Professor of Earth &
Environmental Sciences
GERMAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Honorary Membership
Richard Ryan, Professor of Psychology, of Psychiatry,
and of Education
GERMAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION
President
Celia Applegate, Professor of History
IBM CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES
Fellowship Recipient
Chen Ding, Associate Professor of Computer Science
INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS
Technical Innovation Award
Gaurav Sharma, Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer
Engineering
LANDMARK SOCIETY OF WESTERN NEW YORK
Special Citation Award
Mary Huth, Assistant Director of Rare Books & Special Collections,
Rush Rhees Library
Special Citation Award
Karl Kabelac, Emeritus University of Rochester Archivist
NEW YORK COUNCIL FOR THE HUMANITIES
Board Member
Joan Rubin, Professor of History
NEW YORK TIMES
Editor’s Choice (for “Fallen Giants”)
Stewart Weaver, Professor of History
OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
Fellow
James Zavislan, Associate Professor of Optics, of Dermatology,
and of Biomedical Engineering; and Center for Institute Ventures
Director
OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA AND SPIE—THE
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICAL ENGINEERING
2008 Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award (for
“Introduction to the Theory of Coherence and Polarization
of Light”)
Emil Wolf, Wilson Professor of Optical Physics and
Professor of Optics
THE SCIENTIST MAGAZINE
Top 10 Places to Work for Scientists in Life Sciences
University of Rochester
SOCIETY FOR ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHY
President
Deborah Modrak, Professor of Philosophy
SOCIETY FOR THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION
2008 Honorable Mention, Clifford Geertz Prize in the
Anthropology of Religion
Thomas Gibson, Professor of Anthropology
SOCIETY FOR IMAGING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2009 Edwin H. Land Medal
Duncan Moore, Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Professor of Optical
Engineering; Professor of Optics, of Biomedical Engineering, and
of Business Administration; and Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship
SUNY GENESEO
Honorary Doctorate of Science
Esther M. Conwell, Research Professor
TRINITY COLLEGE
Honorary Doctor of Letters
Joanna Scott, Professor of English