Martha L.
Loudder
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Year Awarded: 2003
College: Business
Award Level: Teaching
Jerome
Loving
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Year Awarded: 2007
Jerome Loving has taught at Texas A&M University since 1973, and has served as Distinguished Professor since 2003. He received all three of his degrees in English: B.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1964; M.A., Duquesne University, 1970; and Ph.D., Duke University, 1973. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation (2002) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (2007). He has also received two Fulbright Fellowships (in Russia and France), and taught on another occasion as visiting professor at the Sorbonne. His field of specialization is Nineteenth-Century and Early Twentieth-Century American Literature.
Dr. Loving is the author or editor of nine books and many scholarly articles, including biographies of Walt Whitman and Theodore Dreiser, both published by the University of California Press. His Walt Whitman: The Song of Himself (1999) was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 2000. He is currently finishing a biography of Mark Twain, which is supported as a "We the People" project by the National Endowment for the Humanities and scheduled for publication in 2010, on the hundredth anniversary of the author's death.
College: Liberal Arts
Award Level: Research
Joanne
Lupton
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Year Awarded: 2007
Joanne Lupton earned her bachelor’s degree from Mt. Holyoke College and her Ph.D. in Nutrition from the University of California at Davis. She is also holder of the William W. Allen Endowed Chair in Human Nutrition. Her research is directed on the effect of diet on colon physiology and colon cancer, with a particular focus on dietary fiber and n-3 fatty acids. Dr. Lupton’s research is supported by grants from the National Space Biomedical Research Institute [NSBRI], NASA, and the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute.
During her career at Texas A&M University, Dr.Lupton has mentored more than 50 master’s and doctoral students. She is president-elect of the American Society for Nutrition, and is Program Leader for nutrition, physical fitness and rehabilitation for the NSBRI. In 2004, Dr. Lupton was honored with the Dannon/American Society for Nutrition mentoring award, and is a lifetime associate of the National Academy of Sciences.
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Research
Candida
Lutes
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Year Awarded: 1984
College: Liberal Arts
Award Level: Student Relations
Robert
Lytton
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Year Awarded: 1996
College: Engineering
Award Level: Research
Debra
Maceo
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Year Awarded: 2012
Debra Maceo joined the faculty of Texas A&M University at Galveston in 1994 as a part-time lecturer for the physical education program. When she was recruited, the initial thought was that she could offer kinesiology electives, such as aerobics and dance that would be more appealing to young women. After 15 years, it’s safe to say that hiring Mrs. Maceo was a decision that changed the culture of TAMUG for the better.
Her warm and welcoming personality as well as impressive teaching ability allowed her to bond with the students. And her passion for dance quickly ignited a passion for the fine arts and artistic expression that had been fairly dormant before her arrival. After one semester, word spread about the witty, engaging dance instructor and registration sky rocketed. The one class a semester offering turned quickly into a three-to-four classes a semester offering. Young men who had never formally learned to dance were signing up for additional classes. Mrs. Maceo used the dance class to build students’ confidence. It wasn’t long before she was working with the students to develop a Fine Arts Association that rapidly grew to be one of the largest student organizations on campus.
From a student development standpoint, the skills and confidence that Mrs. Maceo builds within many of the students is just as important as the knowledge they acquire in the classroom. She is so highly respected by the student body that she was one of the first to be selected as a SALT Camp namesake. In addition, she has been selected as advisor of the year, and continually rates among the best in her teaching evaluations. Mrs. Maceo has truly distinguished herself through her incredibly powerful relationships with students.
College: Texas A&M University at Galveston
Award Level: Individual Student Relationships
Ronald
Macfarlane
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Year Awarded: 1983
College: Science
Award Level: Research
Jackie
Maguoirk
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Year Awarded: 2000
College: Geosciences
Award Level: Staff
Arvind
Mahajan
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Year Awarded: 2004
College: Business
Award Level: Teaching
Arvind
Mahajan
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Year Awarded: 2015
Arvind Mahajan, Regents Professor and the Lamar Savings Professor of Finance in the Mays Business School, earned his Ph.D. from Georgia State University and joined the Texas A&M University faculty in 1980. He is known as a pioneer in international business education. His nominator says, “Simply stated, Arvind Mahajan is one of the best teachers I know. He has consistently excelled in educating our students at all levels.” Course evaluations, testimonials from peers, former and current students, and business executives, as well as the innovative teaching materials he has developed establish beyond a doubt that Dr. Mahajan is a demanding, deeply caring, and highly effective teacher. Supporters say that he affects students on multiple dimensions and his life mission is to broaden his students’ horizons, deepen their understanding, and help them succeed. And he has been doing this successfully at Texas A&M for 35 years! Over his career he has developed countless new courses, “internationalized” Aggies by taking them on Study Abroad expeditions, cultivated thousands of minds, and helped many students become successful scholars, executives, lawyers, and business professionals. While Dr. Mahajan motivates his students to do their best, he also demands the best from himself. A former student writes, “I would notice that Dr. Mahajan’s light was still on as I left the West Campus Library after a late night of studying. He was no doubt helping a student…or continuing his own research.” His nominator concludes, not much has changed since that student graduated; Dr. Mahajan’s light still remains on and students are always welcome.
College: Mays Business School
Award Level: Teaching
Sandra
Maldonado
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Year Awarded: 2015
Sandra Maldonado, a 17-year veteran staff member at Texas A&M University, is the business administrator for the Department of Communication in the College of Liberal Arts. She previously worked in similar capacities for the College of Medicine and the Veterinary Teaching Hospital. She is the recipient of the College of Liberal Arts Superior Service Award, the President’s Meritorious Service Award, and a College of Liberal Arts Staff Professional Development Grant. She holds an associate’s degree in business administration from Blinn College and is continuing her studies as a part-time student at Sam Houston State University. Her strengths include mentoring and developing other staff members, helping them appreciate the important roles they play in the success of higher education. In that, she serves as an excellent role model and mentor. Her positive attitude, patience, and strong work ethic are shared as staff are developed and promoted into leadership roles within the university. Her nominator says that she is the most talented, dedicated, and innovative staff member that he has worked with over his career. He says, “What separates her from other staff members…is the combination of her being a high performer and the demonstrated impact she has had on the lives of the people who work with her, both within our academic department and beyond.” She achieves her consistent and high level of performance by paying attention to the details of the job and going beyond what is expected. Her colleagues credit her with creating a supportive departmental climate and always exhibiting grace under pressure. In difficult circumstances, she has consistently demonstrated a pattern of stepping up and being a calming influence in the middle of a storm. A faculty member in the department concludes, “I cannot imagine where the department would be without her faithful service over the years.”
College: College of Liberal Arts
Award Level: Staff
Bani K.
Mallick
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Year Awarded: 2006
College: Science
Award Level: Research
Arthur
Martell
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Year Awarded: 1973
College: Science
Award Level: Research
Edward
Massingill
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Year Awarded: 2012
Edward Massingill joined the staff of Texas A&M University in 1980 as a custodial worker I for Physical Plant Custodial Services. In 1988, he was promoted to custodial worker II. He has been a senior custodian for the past 23 years. Altogether, Mr. Massingill has dedicated 31 years of outstanding service to the university.
For the past 15 years, Mr. Massingill has worked in the Large Animal Surgery in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. The area consists of four operating rooms, two patient preparation rooms, seven recovery stalls, and the entire Central Sterile Supply area. He is specifically responsible for keeping the area clean, disinfected, and decontaminated. The wellbeing and recovery of the patients depends on a number of factors, but one of the most important is the overall cleanliness of the surgical suite. As the surgery custodian, Mr. Massingill employs a unique set of skills to perform his job; these include strong customer focus, accountability, initiative, attention to detail, pride in his work, and a conscientious work ethic. He is a valued and important member of the team in the Large Animal Surgery and contributes greatly to the team’s success.
Mr. Massingill’s outstanding service has been recognized by Custodial Services many times throughout his career as the Employee of the Year for Crew B. In addition, he was nominated by his colleagues for the Employee of the Year award for all of Custodial Services. In 2011, he received the Candle Light Award from the Office of the Vice President for Administration.
College: Facilities
Award Level: Staff
Kaye L.
Matejka
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Year Awarded: 2006
College: Engineering
Award Level: Staff
Christopher
Mathewson
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Year Awarded: 1986
College: Geosciences
Award Level: Teaching
Reuben
May
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Year Awarded: 2013
Reuben May earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He joined the faculty of the College of Liberal Arts in 2005. His research expertise includes race and ethnicity, urban sociology and sociology of sport. His research has been widely honored and his book, Living Through the Hoop: High School Basketball, Race and the American Dream, received the book of the year award from the Association of Humanist Sociology.
Dr. May routinely teaches Sociology of African Americans and Sociology of Sport, which both draw large numbers of students even though he prefers to teach early in the day. He has a well-deserved reputation for challenging his students to think in innovative ways and to further analyze how different perspectives relate to what is taken for granted.
He is known for engaging his students and for the enthusiasm and energy he brings to lectures. Students typically offer comments like these. “Dr. May was a prof who actually encouraged us to think and was curious about what we thought.” “He pushes for academic excellence in his students.” “Dr. May made the class exciting and worth coming to.” Indeed, Dr. May is known for different approaches including his “rhymes” and his occasional instructional rapping intermixed with the Socratic method. Another student comments, “Dr. May is an absolutely superb professor. He uses a remarkable method to get students to open their minds and think. This is the most interesting course I have ever taken at Texas A&M University.”
Dr. May was the recipient of the Dr. Martin Luther King visiting Professorship at MIT and was awarded the Sheila Biddle Ford Foundation Fellowship at Harvard University. He received three teaching awards while on the faculty of the University of Georgia.
College: Department of Sociology
Award Level: Teaching
Daniel A.
McAdams
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Year Awarded: 2018
Daniel McAdams earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin, a master’s from the California Institute of Technology, “Caltech,” and a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin. He joined the faculty of the College of Engineering in 2008 after serving as a faculty member at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. A professor of mechanical engineering, Dr. McAdams serves as associate department head for graduate programs and was recently awarded the Robert H. Fletcher Professorship. He teaches undergraduate courses in design methods, biologically inspired design, and machine element design, and graduate courses in product design and dynamics. Dr. McAdams’ research interests are in the area of design theory and methodology with specific focus on functional modeling; innovation in concept synthesis; biologically inspired design methods; inclusive design; and technology evolution as applied to product design. He is best known for the creation of the Functional Basis and its application in the creation of new methods to improve engineering design. Dr. McAdams was awarded the 2017 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the 2016-2017 Herbert H. Richardson Faculty Fellow Award from the College of Engineering, the 2015 Mechanical Engineering Industrial Advisory Council Outstanding Faculty Contribution Award, the 2014-2015 College of Engineering Dean’s Fellow designation, and the 2012 Design Studies award, for the best paper published in the journal Design Studies. He has edited a book on biologically inspired design.
College: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Award Level: Individual Student Relations
Thomas Edison
McAfee
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Year Awarded: 1957
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Student Relations
Mary Lea
McAnally
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Year Awarded: 2009
College: Mays Business School
Award Level: Teaching
Bruce A.
McCarl
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Year Awarded: 2010
College: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Research
Bruce
McCarl
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Year Awarded: 1994
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Research
William
McCulloch
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Year Awarded: 1987
College: Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Science
Award Level: Extension/ Continuing Education
Stephen
McDaniel
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Year Awarded: 2007
Stephen McDaniel earned his BBA in 1971 and MBA in 1972 from Texas A&M University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas in 1979. He served as Captain in the U.S. Army Signal Corps and in store operations with J.C. Penney. He now serves as Assistant Department Head and Master of Science Advisor in the Department of Marketing, Mays Business School. In addition to this work, he advises three student organizations - Breakaway Ministries, Freedom Ministries (Upstream Bible Study), and the Masters Marketing Association, and he is the cooperative education advisor for his department, and leader of the Marketing Study Abroad Program.
While on the faculty at Texas A&M, he has published over fifty articles in academic journals and is the co-author of two books. “Dr. Mac” (as his students call him) has been honored with a Fish Camp Namesake Award, a T-Camp Namesake Award, and a college level Association of Former Students Distinguished Service Award for Excellence in Teaching. He and his wife Nancy have been married 31 years. They have two children - Brian, 28, a missionary in Spain, and Sarah, 22, an elementary education major at Sam Houston State University.
College: Business
Award Level: Graduate Mentoring
Jackie
McDermott
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Year Awarded: 2003
College: President's Office
Award Level: Staff
John J.
McDermott
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Year Awarded: 1983
College: Liberal Arts/Medicine
Award Level: Teaching
John J.
McDermott
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Year Awarded: 1989
College: Medicine
Award Level: Research