Melvin
Friedman
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Year Awarded: 1975
College: Geosciences
Award Level: Research
Raymond
Frisbie
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Year Awarded: 1979
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Extension/ Continuing Education
Edward
Fry
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Year Awarded: 2012
Ed Fry is the George P. Mitchell Professor of Physics and Associate Head for Development in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Science. He was Department Head for almost ten years. He has been employed in the department for 42.5 years. Dr. Fry is a recognized international leader in the foundations of quantum mechanics, in experimental laser physics, and in studies of light scattering phenomena. He is the author of more than 100 publications and has a long record of external funding. He is an excellent research mentor; 19 students have received the Ph.D. under his supervision. He is a Fellow of both the American Physical Society and the Optical Society of America. He was awarded the EG&G medal of the Society for Optical and Quantum Electronics and received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Texas A&M chapter of the Society of Sigma Xi.
As Department Head, Dr. Fry led a major resurgence of the department—dramatic increases in the number of faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and endowed chairs, as well as a new Physics building and the establishment of a new Astronomy program. His accomplishments are nothing short of exceptional. He played a major role in hiring two senior Nobel Prize winners and several leading faculty members in Astronomy. Overall, the department hired 25 tenured/tenure track faculty members during his term as Department Head. In addition, graduate enrollment increased by about 50 percent and external research funding increased by 81 percent. The number of endowed chairs increased from 2 to 12.
Ed Fry is recognized among administrators for his enthusiasm and tenacity, which have played a major role in his noteworthy successes. In short, he changed the culture in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in ways that simply do not appear in other departments.
College: Science
Award Level: Administration
Edward
Funkhouser
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Year Awarded: 1988
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Teaching
Ahmed
Gadalla
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Year Awarded: 1992
College: Engineering
Award Level: Teaching
Carl
Gagliardi
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Year Awarded: 2001
College: Science
Award Level: Teaching
Harold
Gaines
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Year Awarded: 1974
College: Staff
Award Level: Student Relations
Mary
Gartner
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Year Awarded: 2009
College: Division of Student Affairs
Award Level: Individual Student Relationships
Barbara
Gastel
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Year Awarded: 2012
Barbara Gastel has been a faculty member at Texas A&M for 22 years, currently serving as a faculty member in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Specializing in biomedical writing and editing, she coordinates the master’s program in science and technology journalism. After earning a bachelor’s degree from Yale and M.D. and master of public health degrees from The Johns Hopkins University, she completed an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) mass media fellowship at Newsweek. She then worked at the National Institutes of Health, taught science writing at MIT, and spent two years as a visiting professor at Peking University Health Science Center.
Dr. Gastel is contributing in a unique and extraordinary capacity to national and international outreach and professional development in science communication. She does so by writing textbooks in wide circulation, articles that help working scientists practice science communication, presenting workshops at professional meetings, and training graduate students for careers in science writing. More importantly, she has pioneered programs that teach science writing and editing to researchers and medical professionals not only in the United States but also in China, Mexico, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Rwanda, Ghana, and other developing nations. Her work has increased the ability of scientists around the world to share their research with each other across language barriers and to communicate science effectively to the public.
Dr. Gastel has accomplished more in the realm of science editing than nearly any other person. As such, she was recognized by the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences as an Honored Editor in the Life Sciences. This award is given to individuals who have distinguished themselves in the field. Only three other individuals have received this award since its establishment 17 years ago.
College: Veterinary Medicine
Award Level: Extension, Outreach, Continuing Education, and Pro
John Gordon
Gay
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Year Awarded: 1956
College: Staff
Award Level: Student Relations
Sue C
Geller
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Year Awarded: 2015
Sue Geller earned her Ph.D. from Cornell University. She has been on the faculty of Texas A&M for 33 years, serving as a professor of mathematics in the College of Science with a joint appointment in the Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. She has published research on both abstract algebra and on biostatistics. Dr. Geller has had a transformative effect on the pedagogical mission of the Department of Mathematics. She founded the department’s undergraduate honors program—one of the first such programs on campus—and has served for many years as its director. Her extensive and effective work with honors students was recognized in 2012 by the University Honors Program, which presented her the Director’s Award for Outstanding Service to Honors Programs. She also helped create a specialized track of the Master’s degree program in mathematics intended for prospective teachers. Her exemplary record of innovative teaching and effective mentoring was recognized in 2014 by the Texas Section of the Mathematical Association of America. Here are some comments from her former students. “I just got a job as an accountant at the school administration office in my hometown. I believe the skills I learned in your class played a huge role in helping me secure the job.” “Dr. Geller possesses several qualities that set her apart as an outstanding supporter of students… [She] strove to foster students’ learning outside of coursework. …Dr. Geller still stands out as one of the most influential and inspiring people I have met. I visited her fairly recently, and true to form, her office was filled with students. Even in that visit, she offered me advice and guidance for my academic career.”
College: College of Science
Award Level: Individual Student Relationships
Ilene
Gentry
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Year Awarded: 2000
College: VP for Research & Associate Provost
Award Level: Staff
John
German
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Year Awarded: 1961
College: Engineering
Award Level: Teaching
Choo-Seng
Giam
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Year Awarded: 1978
College: Science
Award Level: Research
John
Giardino
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Year Awarded: 1996
College: Geosciences
Award Level: Teaching
John A.
Gladysz
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Year Awarded: 2013
John Gladysz joined the faculty of the College of Science in 2007 and holds the Dow Chair in Chemical Invention. He earned his B.S. from the University of Michigan and his Ph.D. from Stanford University. His honors include the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award and the Award in Organometallic Chemistry from the American Chemical Society, the von Humboldt Foundation Research Award for Senior Scientists, inaugural Fellow of the American Chemical Society, and editor in chief of Organometallics.
Dr. Gladysz’s research achievements are anchored in organometallic chemistry, and encompass creative multistep syntheses of complex target molecules, applications in organic synthesis, novel enantioselective and recyclable catalysts, incisive studies of reaction mechanisms, and a variety of physical techniques. They are remarkable for their originality, breadth of impact, and thorough execution, and often extend into physical organic chemistry or other fields for inspiration. He has more than 400 refereed research publications, 475 invited lectures at academic and industrial laboratories, and more than 150 invited lectures at meetings and symposia. Since coming to Texas A&M, Dr. Gladysz has worked to build a stronger research community through his leadership on the Distinguished Professor’s Executive Committee, which he currently chairs. His national and international service to the broader scientific community is a credit to the university, and the Department of Chemistry.
His nominator comments that Dr. Gladysz’s research is clearly at the frontier of synthesis, reactivity, catalysis, mechanism, structure, and bonding in chemistry, vividly conveying the vitality of these disciplines. Further, he says that Dr. Gladysz is totally committed to research and education. He runs a vibrant and productive research group and has consistently maintained an enviable level of excellence.
College: Department of Chemistry
Award Level: Research
Charles
Glover
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Year Awarded: 1990
College: Engineering
Award Level: Teaching
C.B.
Godbey
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Year Awarded: 1957
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Teaching
John
Gold
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Year Awarded: 1993
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Teaching
Richard
Gomer
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Year Awarded: 2016
Richard Gomer is the Thomas Powell '62 Professor of Biology. He received a B.A. in physics from Pomona College and Ph.D. in biology from Caltech. After doing postdoctoral work at the University of California at San Diego, he served as a member of the faculty at Rice University. While there, he was also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and an adjunct faculty member at Baylor College of Medicine. He moved his lab to Texas A&M and joined the faculty of the College of Science in 2010. Until 2003, Dr. Gomer split his research between astronomy—focusing on mass transfer in close binary stars—and developmental biology—focusing on the formation of tissues of defined size and composition. In 2003, he and a postdoctoral researcher in his lab found a potential therapeutic for fibrosing diseases, such as congestive heart failure, cirrhosis of the liver, end-stage kidney disease, and pulmonary fibrosis. After this discovery, he stopped his astronomy work to focus on developmental biology and fibrosis, and co-founded a company to pursue the potential therapeutic. In clinical trials, the therapeutic is showing good efficacy at reversing disease in patients with pulmonary fibrosis and patients with myelofibrosis, a bone marrow fibrosis. At Texas A&M, in addition to doing basic research, his lab has identified a potential therapeutic for a lung disease called acute respiratory distress syndrome, as well as two second-generation therapeutics for fibrosis. He has authored more than 160 high impact publications, serves on the editorial boards of four journals, and holds 13 patents. His recent awards include being named Inventor of the Year by the State Bar of Texas and a National Academies Education Fellow in the Life Sciences.
College: College of Life Science
Award Level: Research
D. Wayne
Goodman
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Year Awarded: 1997
College: Science
Award Level: Research
Patricia
Goodson
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Year Awarded: 2010
College: College of Education and Human Development
Award Level: Teaching
Ganesa
Gopalakrishnan
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Year Awarded: 1998
College: Science
Award Level: Teaching
Claude
Goswick, Jr.
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Year Awarded: 1980
College: Administration
Award Level: Staff
Frank
Gould
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Year Awarded: 1969
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Teaching
Norman
Grabo
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Year Awarded: 1983
College: Liberal Arts
Award Level: Research
Harris
Granger
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Year Awarded: 1982
College: Medicine
Award Level: Research