Evan Pugh University Professors
Each Evan Pugh Professor was chosen for the honor because he or she “has displayed the courage to pioneer in his or her field, the discipline to remain at the forefront of research, and the generosity of spirit to share these accomplishments with students.”
Criteria
Penn State’s official criteria, on which a committee of seven members judges a candidate on their “research publications, creative work or both, have been of the highest quality over a period of time, and [has shown] evidence of having contributed significantly to the education of students who later achieve recognition for excellence in the candidate’s discipline or interdisciplinary area.” The clause concerning students was added in 1973, after the first nine Evan Pugh University Professors had been appointed, to provide, said the Board of Trustees, “a more realistic program for the recognition of outstanding professors.”
Evan Pugh University Professors
*indicates current Evan Pugh University Professor
2024
- Réka Albert – Physics and Biology*
- Suresh Canagarajah – Applied Linguistics, English, and Asian Studies*
- Vijaykrishnan Narayanan – Computer Science and Engineering*
- Clive Randall – Materials Science and Engineering*
- S. Shyam Sundar – Media Studies*
2022
- Susan L. Brantley – Geosciences
- Mauricio Terrones – Materials Science and Engineering*
2020
- Penny Kris-Etherton – Nutrition
- Susan Trolier-McKinstry – Materials Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering*
2018
- Abhay Ashtekar – Physics
- Squire Booker – Chemistry*
- Akhlesh Lakhtakia – Engineering Science & Mechanics*
- Lynn Liben – Psychology*
2016
- Karen L. Bierman – Psychology and Human Development and Family Studies*
- Katherine H. Freeman – Geosciences*
- Thomas LaPorta – Electrical Engineering and Computer Science*
2014
- Nina G. Jablonski – Anthropology
- B. Frank Pugh – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Andrew F. Read – Biology, and Entomology*
2012
- Bruce Logan – Civil and Environmental Engineering*
- Jainendra Jain – Physics*
- James Kasting – Geosciences
2010
- Judith S. Bond – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Donald C. Hambrick – Management*
- Thomas E. Mallouk – Chemistry
2006
- Nigel Higson – Mathematics*
- Mary Jane Irwin – Computer Science and Engineering
2004
- Anthony Cutler – Art History
- Joanna Floros – Cellular and Molecular Physiology
2002
- Nina V. Fedoroff – Life Sciences
- Alan Walker – Anthropology and Biology
2000
- Richard B. Alley – Geosciences*
- Kenneth M. Weiss – Anthropology and Genetics
1998
- Robert D. Hume – English
- Aleksander Wolszczan – Astronomy and Astrophysics
1996
- James B. Anderson – Chemistry
- Paul F. Baum – Mathematics
- Leonard S. Jefferson – Cellular and Molecular Physiology
1994
- Moses H. W. Chan – Physics
- Judith F. Dunn – Human Development
- Hellmut Hager – Art History
- Masatoshi Nei – Biology
- Robert Plomin – Human Development
1986
- Welford Castleman – Chemistry
- Peter R. Gould – Geography
- Budugur Lakshminarayana – Aerospace Engineering
- Gerald E. McClearn – Health and Human Development
- William S. Pierce – Surgery
- Richard J. Santen – Medicine
- K. Warner Schaie – Human Development and Psychology
- Joseph J. Villafranca – Chemistry
- Stanley Weintraub – Arts Humanities
1985
- Harry R. Allcock – Chemistry
- Eric L. Cross – Electrical Engineering
- Gordon P. Garmire – Astronomy
- Anthony Pegg – Physiology
- Stanley H. Rosen – Philosophy
- William T. Sanders – Anthropology
- Nicholas Winograd – Chemistry
- Francis T. S. Yu – Electrical Engineering
1981
- George E. Andrews – Mathematics
- Paul T. Baker – Anthropology
- Rustum Roy – Solid State
- Elliot S. Vesell – Pharmacology
- Philip Young – English
1978
- Fred Rapp – Microbiology
1977
- Eugenio Battisti – Art History
- Stephen J. Benkovic – Chemistry
- Herschel W. Leibowitz – Psychology
1974
- Vernon J. Aspaturian – Political Science
- John L. Lumley – Aerospace Engineering
- Howard E. Morgan – Physiology
- Richard R. Nelson – Plant Pathology
- Philip S. Skell – Chemistry
- Philip L. Walker – Materials Science
1968
- John M. Anderson – Philosophy
- Erwin W. Mueller – Physics
1967
- Ernest C. Pollard – Biophysics
1966
- Hans A. Panofsky – Atmospheric Sciences
- Stuart Patton – Agricultural Sciences
1963
- Ferdinand G. Brickwedde – Physics
1961
- David H. Rank – Physics
1960
- Haskell B. Curry – Mathematics
- Woldemar A. Weyl – Physical Science