Robert
Murray, Jr. ’43
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Year Awarded: 1962
College: Staff
Award Level: Student Relations
Henry
Musoma '00
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Year Awarded: 2017
A native of Zambia, Henry Musoma is assistant director of the Center for International Business Studies (CIBS). After earning his doctorate in educational leadership at Texas Christian University, he joined the faculty of the Mays Business School in 2012. His nominator wrote, “His students are inspired by him to make a positive difference, and Dr. Musoma, himself, personifies his oft-repeated exhortation: ‘You can count the number of seeds in an orange, but you can never count the number of oranges in a seed.’ If the seeds in the orange represent the number of students Henry has served and influenced, that number may be nearly uncountable; but the good work those students are inspired to accomplish (the oranges in the seed) is so vast as to be beyond measure.” In addition to his duties with CIBS, his supporters say that Dr. Musoma helps students internalize a vision of who and what they can be by helping them raise their vision beyond the immediate. He inspires students to be better people. As one former student put it, “Dr. Musoma cares…about helping students discover themselves and to become extraordinary people in life.” He models what he envisions for his students. By being generous with his time, story and resources; he helps students see what is possible. He creates opportunities. A good example is the annual trip to Africa. Each year, Dr. Musoma creates a life-changing opportunity for Regents Scholars and convinced leaders at Philip’s 66 to fund the trip. The result is a two-week international experience for students who would not otherwise be able to travel ? including many who have never left Texas. And, he listens ? witness the continual flow of students to his office. These are not just students in his classes, they are also students who hear him speak in other venues and believe he is someone with whom they can connect.
College: Center of International Business Studies
Award Level: Student Relations
Jeffrey
Musser
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Year Awarded: 2016
Jeffrey Musser, clinical professor in the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, earned his D.V.M. from Virginia Tech and his Ph.D. in pharmacology from North Carolina State. He joined the faculty of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in 2000. Dr. Musser teaches in the undergraduate, graduate, and professional curriculums and has been training the next generation of professionals and scientists for more than 15 years. The emphasis of his teaching and research is the development of the clinician scientist, which is undergraduate and professional students continuing on to graduate programs and research experiences. Dr. Musser teaches both here and abroad and was instrumental in the development of the Texas A&M University Costa Rica Biomedical Science Semester Abroad Program and the BIMS Germany Summer Abroad Program. He has developed many new undergraduate and professional/graduate courses, mentored more than 30 Texas A&M students in independent research projects, mentored international faculty in curriculum development and teaching skills, and been invited to serve as an external evaluator, examiner, and thesis reviewer at many international universities. Among his awards and honors, Dr. Musser has been a recipient of The Association of Former Students College-Level Teaching Award, the Montague-CTE Scholar Award, and the Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award. His nominator describes his teaching style as passionate, compassionate, personal, creative, animated and indefatigable. A former student describes him as an extraordinary professor who “ignites a passion for learning in his students that they were unaware they possessed.” Another former student describes him as a superior teacher who “instills in his students the knowledge and desire necessary to thrive in both the classroom and life.”
College: College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Award Level: Teaching
Syed
Naqi ’67
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Year Awarded: 1981
College: Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Science
Award Level: Teaching
Krishna R.
Narayanan
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Year Awarded: 2018
Krishna Narayanan earned a bachelor’s from Coimbatore Institute of Technology, a master’s from Iowa State University and a doctorate from Georgia Institute of Technology. He joined the faculty of the College of Engineering in 1998 and is the holder of Eric D. Rubin ’06 Professorship. Dr. Narayanan has been an innovator in education, an inspiring and caring teacher to thousands of students at Texas A&M, and a personal mentor to several undergraduate and graduate students. In the last few years, he has distinguished himself as a passionate advocate of activities that enhance and personalize the educational experience of students at Texas A&M. His research interests are in coding theory, information theory, and signal processing with applications to wireless networks, data storage, and data science. He is passionate about technology-enabled teaching and innovative pedagogical approaches. Among his honors and awards are the National Science Foundation Career Award and the Best Paper Award from the IEEE Signal Processing for Data Storage Technical Committee, recognizing his work on soft decision decoding of Reed Solomon codes. He was elected a Fellow of the IEEE for contributions to coding for wireless communications and data storage, and he serves as an editor for coding techniques for the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. He was elected to the board of governors of the IEEE Information Theory Society in 2015. He has also received the Professional Progress in Engineering Award given each year to one outstanding alumnus of Iowa State University who is under the age of 44. In addition, The Association of Former Students College-Level Award in Teaching, and a Dean’s Excellence Award from the College of Engineering.
College: Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Award Level: Teaching
William
Nash
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Year Awarded: 1988
College: Education and Human Development
Award Level: Extension/ Continuing Education
Jack
Nation
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Year Awarded: 1995
College: Liberal Arts
Award Level: Teaching
Joseph
Natowitz
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Year Awarded: 1988
College: Science
Award Level: Research
Donald
Naugle ’65
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Year Awarded: 2000
College: Science
Award Level: Teaching
Wendell
Nedderman ’49
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Year Awarded: 1959
College: Engineering
Award Level: Teaching
Robert
Nevels
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Year Awarded: 2000
College: Engineering
Award Level: Teaching
H. Joseph
Newton
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Year Awarded: 2005
College: Science
Award Level: Administration
John
Nielsen-Gammon
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Year Awarded: 1996
College: Geosciences
Award Level: Teaching
Claire
Nixon ’77
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Year Awarded: 1994
College: Business
Award Level: Teaching
Gerald
North
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Year Awarded: 1993
College: Geosciences
Award Level: Research
Simon
North
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Year Awarded: 2009
College: College of Science
Award Level: Teaching
Donna
Norton
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Year Awarded: 1982
College: Education and Human Development
Award Level: Teaching
Mohamed
Nounou '95
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Year Awarded: 2012
Mohamed Nounou received his Ph.D. from the Ohio State University in 2000, after which he worked for two years in industry, served on the faculty of the United Arab Emirates University for four years, and joined the faculty of Texas A&M University at Qatar in 2006. During his five years on the TAMUQ faculty he has consistently received exceptional student evaluations that reflect the quality of his teaching.
Dr. Nounou is first and foremost an inspirational teacher. Students laud his unique ability to clearly present challenging engineering concepts. In the classroom, his spirited enthusiasm creates a stimulating atmosphere that makes learning both exciting and rewarding for his students. He routinely incorporates the results of his academic research into his courses, which allows his students to have front-row seats to observe the way his research unfolds. In addition, Dr. Nounou involves a number of his students in the research process, which has led to his mentoring several students through their own research projects. In fact, one of his former undergraduate students won the Richard E. Ewing Research Award for his work with Dr. Nounou, and is now continuing his graduate study at Stanford University.
Most importantly, Dr. Nounou is an outstanding role model for TAMUQ students. They can identify with his Middle Eastern heritage and view him as a person much like themselves who has achieved success in the international engineering community. He provides a fine example for them to emulate as they build their own careers.
Dr. Nounou is a truly valuable asset to the professional community in Qatar and the community of chemical engineering students, faculty, and professionals worldwide.
College: Texas A&M - Qatar
Award Level: Teaching
Worth D.
Nowlin ’57
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Year Awarded: 1979
College: Geosciences
Award Level: Research
Worth D.
Nowlin, Jr. ’57
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Year Awarded: 2002
College: Geosciences
Award Level: Research
Gerald
O'Donovan
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Year Awarded: 1973
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Teaching
Mary Ann
O'Farrell
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Year Awarded: 1997
College: Liberal Arts
Award Level: Teaching
Katherine O'Brien
O'Keefe
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Year Awarded: 1986
College: Liberal Arts
Award Level: Teaching
Steven M.
Oberhelman
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Year Awarded: 2004
College: Liberal Arts
Award Level: Teaching
Salvador Hector
Ochoa ’89
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Year Awarded: 2001
College: Education and Human Development
Award Level: Teaching
Rogelio
Oliva
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Year Awarded: 2013
Rogelio Oliva earned his Ph.D. from MIT. He joined the Mays Business School faculty in 2004 and is currently a Ford Faculty Fellow. He has taught in academic programs around the world, including institutions in Spain, Chile and Mexico. He has won twelve teaching awards at four universities, including four teaching awards here at Texas A&M.
Dr. Oliva is a master of the case study method of teaching, which is generally contrasted to a lecture and lab approach. Through case study and discussion, students determine universal principles. The instructor acts as a guide, asking questions to lead students to discover these principles themselves through analysis. Case teaching can be challenging. There are no lecture notes or PowerPoint slides to read from, no book with structure to follow, and students often unveil novel analysis or statements. So a teacher must be ready to deal with a wide variety of unanticipated events. As a consequence, there are many case teachers, but not many who are proficient.
His students find him to be a demanding teacher. But he consistently attains very high student evaluations. In addition to his in-class work, he gives seminars to faculty on how to teach case studies, he has written case studies and computer simulations that are used by thousands of students each year at top universities around the world, and he has published academic peer-reviewed articles both on teaching and rigorously employing case studies as research methods.
A former student remarked that he experienced so many moments of insight in Dr. Oliva’s class that he “actually went home exhausted” from the mental exercise. Dr. Oliva is an extremely valuable asset for Texas A&M and an outstanding teacher whose energy, enthusiasm and genuine love for teaching make him a great educator.
College: Department of Information and Operations Management
Award Level: Teaching
James
Olson
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Year Awarded: 2010
College: The Bush School of Government and Public Service
Award Level: Teaching
Robert
Olson ’66
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Year Awarded: 1973
College: Engineering
Award Level: Teaching
Joe L.
Outlaw ’87
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Year Awarded: 2008
Joe Outlaw is a Professor and Extension Economist with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service and Department of Agricultural Economics. He also serves as the Co-Director of the Agricultural and Food Policy Center, consulting with Congress about the likely consequences of agricultural policy changes.
Dr. Outlaw is a leader in agricultural and renewable energy policy analysis and education. He also is on the leading edge of farm-level agricultural policy analysis, biofuels, alternative technology assessment, and development of risk-based farm management decision aids. His work has made significant impacts on the viability of agriculture and rural communities across the nation. Wayne Cleveland, Executive Director, Texas Grain Sorghum Association, writes, “Joe’s ability to convey a non-sugar coated review of policy and its effect is really what sets him apart…His analyses and presentations leave very little room for misinterpretation and for these reasons he is a highly sought after speaker and has a very high acceptance level in the country as well as Washington, D.C.”
In 2002, he led a team of Extension economists who received awards for their 2002 farm bill education efforts from the American Agricultural Economics Association, the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, the National Public Policy Education Committee, USDA-FSA, and the Texas A&M University System Vice Chancellor for Agriculture.
Dr. Outlaw is originally from Devine, Texas. He received his B.S (1987), M.S. (1988), and Ph.D. (1992) degrees from Texas A&M University, all in agricultural economics. He is married to Natalie (’98) and has three children, Stephanie, Layne, and Dylan.
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Continuing Education/Extension