Carol A.
Rice
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Year Awarded: 2006
College:
Award Level: Continuing Education/Extension/Outreach
Don
Rice
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Year Awarded: 1993
College: Engineering
Award Level: Extension/ Continuing Education
James
Richardson
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Year Awarded: 1992
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Research
James
Richardson
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Year Awarded: 2009
College: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Graduate Mentoring
Jeanne
Rierson
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Year Awarded: 1989
College: Engineering
Award Level: Student Relations
Enrique
Rigsby
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Year Awarded: 1998
College: Liberal Arts
Award Level: Teaching
Sheran
Riley
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Year Awarded: 1996
College: President's Office
Award Level: Staff
Edward
Rister '74
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Year Awarded: 2011
Dr. M. Edward Rister ’74 has been on the Texas A&M faculty since June 1981 after receiving his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Michigan State University. His teaching and research relate to Rural Entrepreneurship and Production Economics, with emphases on water and energy. He has been recognized for teaching excellence at the department, college, and university level, including The Association of Former Students’ University Level Distinguished Teaching award in 2002. His current teaching activities focus on the Rural Entrepreneurship capstone courses where students develop comprehensive business plans for rural business ventures. Because of the individual attention he gives to each student, these courses are recognized as not only being rigorous and applied, but serving an important role in their professional development. Appreciative former students have helped secure endowments to support student-learning activities in the courses and annual donations to support scholarships. During 2002-2006, he served as Associate Head for Undergraduate Programs in the Department of Agricultural Economics, leading curricular revisions and expanding development activities for students outside the classroom. His publication list includes 47 refereed journal articles; 80 research bulletins; 18 invited presentations; 173 presented papers and posters; 17 international presentations; and numerous other presentations, grant reports, and computer software programs. He has chaired 35 graduate programs plus involved 11 undergraduate students in his research programs. He has served as a committee member on an additional 38 graduate committees.
One former student commented, “You might include his uncanny and infamous ability to keep up with and regularly visit former students – those who have traveled with Dr. Rister know ... it doesn’t matter what state or what county, Ed has a former student there and he will call to touch base and arrange a visit! Though we affectionately harass Ed over this, it is a testament to the lasting impact and relationships Ed has with many of his former students ... including myself. ... He continually proves himself invaluable to the education, careers, and lives of many students.”
College: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Individual Student Relationships
M. Edward
Rister ’74
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Year Awarded: 2002
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Teaching
Kurt W.
Ritter
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Year Awarded: 2004
College: Liberal Arts
Award Level: Teaching
Norman
Rode ’26
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Year Awarded: 1957
College: Engineering
Award Level: Teaching
Charles
Rodenberger
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Year Awarded: 1962
College: Engineering
Award Level: Teaching
Jon E.
Rodiek
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Year Awarded: 2006
College: Architecture
Award Level: Teaching
Bob
Roger ’70
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Year Awarded: 1981
College: Liberal Arts
Award Level: Student Relations
Kenita
Rogers ’86
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Year Awarded: 2013
Kenita Rogers earned her B.S. from West Virginia University and her D.V.M. from Louisiana State University. She completed an internal medicine residency at Texas A&M, earned her M.S. and joined the College of Veterinary Medicine faculty 26 years ago. She is a Diplomate of the American College of Internal Medicine and holds the Dr. Charles H. and Mildred Kruse Bridges Chair in Veterinary Medical Education in the Office of the Dean.
Her nominator writes, “Dr. Rogers’ record in the CVM is one of sustained leadership and service to students that is superlative both in terms of breadth and effectiveness.” In a nutshell, she is outstanding because she: builds strong relationships with students based on trust, caring, respect, and fairness; helps students step out of their own boundaries; is passionate about creating and maintaining a climate that is welcoming to all; is creative and visionary in structuring the best possible learning experience; is a quintessential role model for these future veterinary professionals; and has a highly developed sense of humor that never fails to engage students in a most productive way. These interrelated qualities give her exceptional skills as a mentor and make her a visionary leader in veterinary medical education.
A supporter writes that even early in her career, “Kenita displayed the uncanny ability to both encourage her students, yet hold them accountable for their preparation and actions.” A colleague adds that she is “. . . a gifted clinician, teacher, and administrator, who has focused her considerable talents to help our veterinary students achieve their individual goals and dreams. She is tireless in her efforts for each of our students. . . .” Her nominator concludes, “. . . she is a woman of principle, integrity, and humility who helps make the CVM a great place to be.”
College: College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Award Level: Individual Student Relations
Julie S.
Rogers ’88
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Year Awarded: 2005
College: Architecture
Award Level: Teaching
Herbert
Roller
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Year Awarded: 1976
College: Science
Award Level: Research
Edward
Romieniec
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Year Awarded: 1977
College: Architecture
Award Level: Teaching
Daniel
Romo '86
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Year Awarded: 2011
Dr. Daniel Romo started his career at A&M seventeen years ago and has since been continuously funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Welch Foundation. One of his truly outstanding achievements was the total synthesis of the marine spongederived natural product, pateamine A (PatA), along with a designed and simplified but equally potent derivative. The synthesis of a PatA-biotin conjugate enabled identification of the protein receptor of PatA as eIF4A, an initiation factor involved in protein synthesis that has become an important target for the development of anticancer agents. Elegant and concise syntheses of fatty acid synthase and proteasome inhibitors have enabled numerous collaborations that continue to garner interest from pharmaceutical companies. In the area of synthetic methodology, his research is synonymous with a class of heterocycles known as beta-lactones given his contributions to asymmetric routes and applications of these strained ring compounds. A recent project is directed toward novel methods for natural product derivatization for mode-of-action studies. He has published close to a hundred papers and has five patents related to natural product-based therapeutic agents; such parents have led to research partnerships with several pharmaceutical companies. His awards include an NSF CAREER Award, an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, a Zeneca Award for Excellence in Chemistry, a Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, a Novartis Lectureship, a Pfizer Award for Creativity in Organic Synthesis, and an Excellence in Innovation Award. He served as a regular NIH Study Section Member since 2004. A recent honor is the NIH Method-to-Extend-Research-In-Time (MERIT) Award.
One Distinguished professor wrote, “Consistent high regard has followed the research accomplishments of Daniel throughout his career. This can be gleaned from the abundance of awards that have been bestowed on him.” He continues, “The impact of Daniel's research extends beyond pure science. Daniel’s spectacular accomplishments, not only in chemical research but also in science education, help Texas A&M University fulfill its ambition for national and international prominence.”
College: College of Science
Award Level: Research
Lloyd
Rooney
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Year Awarded: 1999
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Research
C. Parr
Rosson
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Year Awarded: 1997
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Continuing Education/Professional Development
Allen
Roussel, Jr.
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Year Awarded: 1999
College: Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Science
Award Level: Teaching
Edward
Runge
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Year Awarded: 1988
College: Agriculture and Life Sciences
Award Level: Staff
Lynn
Ruoff
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Year Awarded: 1997
College: Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Science
Award Level: Teaching
B. Don
Russell
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Year Awarded: 1999
College: Engineering
Award Level: Research
David H.
Russell
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Year Awarded: 2004
College: Science
Award Level: Research
Leon
Russell ’65
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Year Awarded: 1979
College: Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Science
Award Level: Student Relations