Paul E.
Hardin
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Year Awarded: 2017
Paul Hardin, University Distinguished Professor and holder of the John W. Lyons Jr. '59 Chair, earned his Ph.D. in genetics from Indiana University. Following postdoctoral training at Brandeis University, he was a faculty member of the biology faculty at Texas A&M University as an assistant professor from 1991 to 1995. He then moved to the University of Houston as an associate professor with tenure and was later promoted to professor. He returned the faculty of the Texas A&M College of Science in 2006. Dr. Hardin’s research helped to establish the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a premier model organism for studying the circadian clock. He discovered the first circadian feedback loop in gene expression in the brain of the fruit fly, which established the mechanistic framework for circadian timekeeping in circadian transcription, interlocking feedback loops within the timekeeping mechanism, and the presence of circadian clocks in peripheral tissues. Each discovery has profoundly affected science’s understanding of the role of the human clock in health and disease. In recognition of his contributions to the field of rhythms research, Dr. Hardin received the Aschoff-Honma Prize from the Honma Life Science Foundation in Japan. He served as president of the world’s premier society for the research of circadian biology, the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms. He also belongs to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Genetics Society of American, and the Society for Neuroscience. He has authored more than 96 publications and been cited more than 6,500 times. “In many ways the history of Paul’s work is the history of where the field has gone,” a colleague from Dartmouth University wrote. “The successful prosecution of this effort has propelled Hardin into the top ranks of chronobiologists in the world today.”
College: Department of Biology
Award Level: Research
Paul
Harms
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Year Awarded: 1981
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Teaching
Tonna
Harris-Haller
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Year Awarded: 2010
College: College of Science
Award Level: Staff
Meatra
Harrison
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Year Awarded: 1994
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Extension/ Continuing Education
Fred
Harrison
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Year Awarded: 2009
College: Physical Plant
Award Level: Staff
Darald
Hartfiel
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Year Awarded: 1974
College: Science
Award Level: Teaching
Herman Otto
Hartley
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Year Awarded: 1972
College: Science
Award Level: Research
Sandee M.
Hartsfield ’70
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Year Awarded: 2005
College: Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Science
Award Level: Teaching
Samuell R.
Hawes ’81
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Year Awarded: 2018
Colonel Samuell R. Hawes, USA (Ret), received a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University and master’s degrees from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the National Defense University. He has been a member of the commandant’s staff since September 2009 and previously served with the United States ROTC program at Texas A&M before his retirement from active duty. While a student at Texas A&M, Col. Hawes was a member of the Corps of Cadets. He achieved the rank of cadet major, commanded Company A-1 as a senior cadet, and was a member of the Ross Volunteer Honor Company. As an ROTC cadet he completed U.S. Army Airborne and Ranger School, received the Marshall Award as the most outstanding senior Army ROTC cadet at Texas A&M, and was recognized as an Army ROTC Distinguished Military Graduate. Upon graduation, he was commissioned as an infantry second lieutenant. He served 28 years in the Army in many of the Army’s most storied units, including command of the Second Battalion, Twenty Eighth Infantry Regiment. He served his final three years at Texas A&M as a professor of military science and retired from the Army in 2009. As the assistant commandant for recruiting with the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets, he has helped the Corps grow to more than 2,550 cadets, the largest Corps in forty years. In 2014, he was appointed as the Honorary Colonel of the 28th U.S. Army Infantry Regiment. He also serve as a class agent for the Texas A&M Class of 1981.
College: Division of Student Affairs
Award Level: Staff
Leslie
Hawkins
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Year Awarded: 1971
College: Education and Human Development
Award Level: Teaching
Melanie
Hawthorne
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Year Awarded: 1996
College: Liberal Arts
Award Level: Teaching
Wayne
Hayenga
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Year Awarded: 1995
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Continuing Education/Professional Development
William C.
Hearn
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Year Awarded: 2007
William Hearn exemplifies the highest standards of the institution he serves, especially its traditions and ideals. He graduated from Texas A&M in 1963 with a degree in Animal Sciences and a U.S. Army commission. In 1967, he served in Vietnam and was actively engaged in some of the fiercest combat of that campaign. His decorations include the silver star and two bronze stars for bravery under fire. In 1974, he arrived at the Galveston campus as its Senior Student Affairs Officer. Despite his responsibilities being expanded to include a sixteen month appointment as Interim Vice President and CEO of the campus, his true dedication has always been to the students.
Mr. Hearn has been instrumental in assuring that all traditions and policies of Texas A&M University are maintained and practiced at Galveston. Students and cadets at TAMUG mirror the student body at College Station, including Muster, yell practice, and attendance at sports events, all as a result of Mr. Hearn’s commitment to fostering the sharing of the Aggie spirit and experience.
College: Student Affairs (TAMUG)
Award Level: Administration
Sallye
Henderson ’72
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Year Awarded: 2003
College: General Academics
Award Level: Individual Student Relations
James
Hennigan ’54
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Year Awarded: 1980
College: Engineering
Award Level: Student Relations
James
Hennigan ’54
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Year Awarded: 1996
College: Engineering
Award Level: Teaching
A. Paul
Henry
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Year Awarded: 1996
College: MSC Stage Programs
Award Level: Student Relations
James D.
Herman ’86
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Year Awarded: 2008
James Herman’s teaching excellence is evidenced by the numerous recognitions he has received, including The Association of Former Students College-Level Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching (2006), Montague--Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar (2004-2005), Outstanding Professor of Biomedical Science Teaching Award (1999), and the Richard Davis Teaching Award (1997).
His teaching philosophy can be summed up as follows: “The student drives the educational process; we must design a learning environment and situations which enhance the student’s educational experience….As an educator, my role is not simply to impart knowledge, but to train students to learn, to teach students to think, and provide students with valuable tools that can be used in the classroom and their future careers.” This philosophy is exemplified in comments on student evaluations. A former student stated, “Dr. Herman stood out from all my other professors as someone with a genuine interest in me individually, and in his passion for teaching.”
James Herman is married and has 3 sons. When he is not in the classroom, he is busy with his son’s activities and serves as a Young Life leader. Dr. Herman feels that he can have the greatest impact on the world by challenging future veterinarians, physicians, dentists, etc., to think, understand, and reason in their careers. He has been in the classroom fulltime for 12 years, and enjoys it all tremendously.
College: Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Science
Award Level: Teaching
Donald
Herring ’62
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Year Awarded: 1979
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Teaching
Howard
Hesby
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Year Awarded: 1993
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Student Relations
Howard
Hesby
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Year Awarded: 1974
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Teaching
Harrison
Hierth
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Year Awarded: 1971
College: Liberal Arts
Award Level: Teaching
Edward
Hiler
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Year Awarded: 1973
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Research
Rodney
Hill
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Year Awarded: 1985
College: Architecture
Award Level: Teaching
Rodney
Hill
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Year Awarded: 1992
College: Architecture
Award Level: Student Relations
Kim
Hill
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Year Awarded: 2011
Dr. Kim Quaile Hill is the Cullen-McFadden Professor of Political Science. He has been a faculty member at Texas A&M since 1988. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Rice University. Professor Hill has published widely on national, state, and local government in the United States. His most recent research advances general theory on the process of democratic representation in American government. He is the President of the Southern Political Science Association, and he previously served as editor of the American Journal of Political Science, widely considered the leading scientific journal in his discipline. Professor Hill also teaches one or more 200 or 300-level undergraduate courses every long semester. He has published several peer-reviewed articles on teaching political science in the American Political Science Association's leading journal of teaching and the discipline, PS: Political Science and Politics. One of these articles was subsequently profiled in The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Chronicle Review (Section 2, May 31, 2002). In 2007 Professor Hill was awarded the University Writing Center award for exceptional achievement in writing-intensive courses for undergraduates. That year he was also awarded the College of Liberal Arts Research Award for "Distinguished achievement in the study of empirical democratic theory and American politics."
College: Liberal Arts
Award Level: Teaching
Karen E.
Hillier
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Year Awarded: 2003
College: Architecture
Award Level: Teaching
Jesus
Hinojosa ’58
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Year Awarded: 1993
College: Architecture
Award Level: Staff