C. Wendell
Horne, Jr. ’65
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Year Awarded: 1971
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Extension/ Continuing Education
Sewell
Hopkins
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Year Awarded: 1957
College: Science
Award Level: Research
Donald
Hood ’50
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Year Awarded: 1963
College: Geosciences
Award Level: Research
Clifford M.
Honnas
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Year Awarded: 2004
College: Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Science
Award Level: Student Relations
Mark
Holtzapple
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Year Awarded: 1991
College: Engineering
Award Level: Teaching
Mark T.
Holtzapple
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Year Awarded: 2018
Mark Holtzapple earned a bachelor’s from Cornell University and a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. After his formal education, he served at the U.S. Army Natick R&D Center where he developed miniature air-conditioning systems to cool soldiers encapsulated in chemical protective clothing. After retiring from the Army as a captain, he joined the faculty of the College of Engineering in 1986. A passionate teacher, his teaching awards include: Faculty of the Year, First Year Faculty Fellow, the Fluor Distinguished Teaching Award, Professor of the Year, the Corps of Cadets Teaching Award, the Tenneco Meritorious Teaching Award, the Dow Excellence in Teaching Award for Tenured Faculty, the General Dynamics Excellence in Teaching Award, and The Association of Former Students University- and College-Level Distinguished Achievement Awards in Teaching. A gifted researcher, Dr. Holtzapple focuses on technologies that enhance sustainability, such as biomass conversion to fuels and chemicals, high-efficiency engines, and water desalination. For his research, Dr. Holtzapple has received national and international recognition, including the Odebrecht Award for Sustainable Development, the Walston Chubb Award for Innovation, the McGraw-Hill Environmental Champion Award, and the President's Green Chemistry Challenge Award, which was awarded by the president and vice president of the United States. To commercialize his technologies, the following start-up companies have been formed: Terrabon, Earth Energy Renewables, StarRotor, CaliRotor (China), Theion, Cascade, and OF Water. Dr. Holtzapple infuses his real-world experience and entrepreneurial spirit into his classrooms and laboratories.
College: Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering
Award Level: Teaching
Ethan
Holt
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Year Awarded: 1970
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Research
James
Holste
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Year Awarded: 1988
College: Engineering
Award Level: Research
Shelley
Holliday ’01
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Year Awarded: 2013
Shelley Holliday earned her bachelor’s degree in architectural studies from the University of Nebraska and her master’s in civil engineering from Texas A&M. She joined the faculty of the College of Architecture in 2001. Including one year as a graduate assistant lecturer, this year marks her thirteenth year of teaching at Texas A&M and, by all accounts, it’s been an incredible year. In addition to today’s award, the students elected her to be the inaugural recipient of the Department of Architecture Undergraduate Faculty Award, and she received the 2011 Association of Former Students College-Level Distinguished Teaching Award.
Ms. Holliday’s teaching record is outstanding. She consistently garners high teaching evaluations from her students for courses at all levels in the department. Her nominators credit her expertise for the success of a new studio course that integrates architectural technology directly into the design studio experience. A top graduate student commented that Ms. Holliday’s “ability to keep aesthetically-minded design students engaged in mathematically and technically rich engineering concepts is no small feat and one that should be celebrated.” A colleague affirmed her teaching prowess saying that the juniors and seniors who take her structures course sing her praise. He summed up his thoughts with “I wish we had more faculty members with her attitude and aptitude for education.”
Before coming to Texas A&M for graduate school, Ms. Holliday served as a structural engineer for an architectural firm in Chicago. Although her time there was limited, she had the unique experience of working on several buildings that have been recognized as landmarks in contemporary architecture, most notably the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. One of her faculty colleagues says she applies this experience directly to her teaching. He points out that her experience allows her to “translate the abstract formula into the nuts, bolts and welds” the students need to understand and succeed.
College: Department of Architecture
Award Level: Teaching
Charles Donald
Holland
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Year Awarded: 1956
College: Engineering
Award Level: Research
Edwin
Holdredge
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Year Awarded: 1961
College: Engineering
Award Level: Teaching
Leon
Holbert
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Year Awarded: 1969
College: Engineering
Award Level: Extension/ Continuing Education
John L.
Hogg
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Year Awarded: 1989
College: Science
Award Level: Student Relations
Garlyn
Hoffman ’48
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Year Awarded: 1976
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Extension/ Continuing Education
Anton
Hoffman
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Year Awarded: 2007
Anton Hoffman earned a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. For 15 years he has been teaching anatomy to professional and undergraduate students at Texas A&M. One of his students has said of him, “His teaching style captures the classes’ attention and makes us feel like real participants in our own learning, rather than a room full of warm bodies sitting through yet another lecture.” Dr. Hoffman is a dynamic and motivating speaker, engaging the students with thought-provoking questions and discussions. He also is known for his ability to make the most confusing and complex concepts understandable, in part through his considerable skills as an anatomical illustrator. According to a former student, who is now a fellow teacher of anatomy, “In teaching a difficult class that has a reputation for making or breaking careers in medicine and veterinary medicine alike, it is truly an astounding achievement that Dr. Hoffman is genuinely adored by his students.”
College: Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Science
Award Level: Teaching
Robert
Hoermann ’58
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Year Awarded: 1981
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Extension/ Continuing Education
R.J.
Hodges, Jr.
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Year Awarded: 1978
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Extension
Price
Hobgood ’38
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Year Awarded: 1970
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Teaching
Michael A.
Hitt
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Year Awarded: 2008
Michael A. Hitt is a Distinguished Professor of Management at Texas A&M University and holds the Joe B. Foster Chair in Business Leadership. He joined Texas A&M in 1985. He has over 260 publications including 26 books. His research focuses on the strategies employed by multinational firms to be successful in a changing global competitive landscape. He is a former Editor of the Academy of Management Journal and is currently co-editor of the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. He has received several awards for his research including the Award for Outstanding Academic Contributions to Competitiveness and the Award for Outstanding Intellectual Contributions to Competitiveness Research from the American Society for Competitiveness. Dr. Hitt has received awards for the best article published in the Academy of Management Executive, Academy of Management Journal and the Journal of Management. He has received the Irwin Outstanding Educator Award and the Distinguished Service Award from the Academy of Management. He is a Fellow in the Academy of Management and in the Strategic Management Society. He is a former President of the Academy of Management and the current President of the Strategic Management Society. As an extension of his commitment to scholarship and the broader academic community, Dr. Hitt has worked with a number of Ph.D. students, many of whom are now successful scholars in the field.
He is proud of his two children who are both Aggies and successful professionals, Shawn (Class of ‘92) and Angie (Class of ‘96). He also has two grandchildren who are the light of his life, Mason (Class of 2023) and Michelle (Class of 2026).
College: Business
Award Level: Research
Michael A.
Hitt
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Year Awarded: 1991
College: Business
Award Level: Research
Teddy
Hirsch ’52
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Year Awarded: 1969
College: Engineering
Award Level: Research
Jesus
Hinojosa ’58
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Year Awarded: 1993
College: Architecture
Award Level: Staff
Karen E.
Hillier
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Year Awarded: 2003
College: Architecture
Award Level: Teaching
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
Edward
Hiler
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Year Awarded: 1973
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Research