Award Recipients List
Distinguished University Professor
| Name | Department | Award Date |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Brown | Department of Geology | 2025 |
| Reza Ghodssi | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | 2025 |
| Abba Gumel | Department of Mathematics | 2025 |
| Donald Milton | Department of Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health | 2025 |
| Reinhard Radermacher (Deceased) | Department of Mechanical Engineering | 2025 |
| Nan Ratner | Department of Hearing & Speech Sciences | 2025 |
| Christopher Reynolds | Department of Astronomy | 2025 |
| Chunsheng Wang | Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | 2025 |
| John Fisher | Fischell Department of Bioengineering | 2024 |
| John Horty | Department of Philosophy | 2024 |
| Alan Kaufman | Department of Geology | 2024 |
| Melanie Killen | Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology | 2024 |
| Howard Milchberg | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering / Department of Physics | 2024 |
| Min Wu | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2024 |
| Ralph Dubayah | Department of Geographical Sciences | 2023 |
| Sharon Fries-Britt | Department of Counseling, Higher Education and Special Education | 2023 |
| Liangbing Hu | Department of Materials Science and Engineering | 2023 |
| Matthew Kirschenbaum | Department of English | 2023 |
| Tom Porter | Department of Animal and Avian Sciences | 2023 |
| Sennur Ulukus | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2023 |
| Lai-Xi Wang | Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2023 |
| Bala Balachandran | Department of Mechanical Engineering | 2022 |
| Dmitry Dolgopyat | Department of Mathematics | 2022 |
| Richard Greene | Department of Physics | 2022 |
| Gary LaFree | Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice | 2022 |
| Robert Lent | Department of Counseling, Higher Education and Special Education | 2022 |
| Zhanqing Li | Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science | 2022 |
| Liangli Yu | Department of Nutrition and Food Science | 2022 |
| Katharine Abraham | Joint Program in Survey Methodology Department of Economics |
2021 |
| Sonalde Desai | Department of Sociology | 2021 |
| William Jeffery | Department of Biology | 2021 |
| Chris Justice | Department of Geographical Sciences | 2021 |
| Michael Pecht | Department of Mechanical Engineering | 2021 |
| Eric Wachsman | Department of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
2021 |
| Bill Fagan | Department of Biology | 2020 |
| James Farquhar | Department of Geology | 2020 |
| Dinesh Manocha | Department of Computer Science Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
2020 |
| Peter Reuter | School of Public Policy | 2020 |
| Aravind Srinivasan | Department of Computer Science | 2020 |
| Ruth Zambrana | Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies | 2020 |
| Patricia Alexander | Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology | 2019 |
| Sean B. Carroll | Department of Biology | 2019 |
| Albert S. Kyle | Department of Finance | 2019 |
| Frances Lee (Retired) | Department of Government & Politics | 2019 |
| Mark P. Leone | Department of Anthropology | 2019 |
| Ming Lin | Department of Computer Science | 2019 |
| KJ Ray Liu (Retired) | Department of Civil Engineering | 2019 |
| Sally S. Simpson (Retired) | Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice | 2019 |
| Richard J. Walker | Department of Geology | 2019 |
| John S. Baras | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2018 |
| Peter Carruthers | Department of Philosophy | 2018 |
| Paul Gekker | School of Music | 2018 |
| Theodore Jacobson | Department of Physics | 2018 |
| Isaak Mayergoyz | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | 2018 |
| Ritu Agarwal (Retired) | Decision, Operations & Management Technologies | 2017 |
| Thomas M. Antonsen | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2017 |
| Catherine Fenselau Cotter (Retired) | Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2017 |
| Michele Gelfand (Retired) | Department of Psychology | 2017 |
| Mikhail Anisimov | Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | 2016 |
| William E. Bentley | Institute for Bioscience & Biotechnology Research | 2016 |
| Ramalingam Chellappa (Retired) | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2016 |
| Larry S. Davis (Retired) | Department of Computer Science Institute for Advanced Computer Studies |
2016 |
| Arthur M. Eckstein (Retired) | Department of History | 2016 |
| Xiangdong Ji | Department of Physics | 2016 |
| Steven Mansbach (Retired) | Department of Art History & Archaeology | 2016 |
| Rabindra Mohapatra (Retired) | Department of Physics | 2016 |
| Gary Rubloff | Department of Materials Science & Engineering The Institute for Systems Research |
2016 |
| Mary Helen Washington (Retired) | Department of English | 2016 |
| Catherine Carr | Department of Biology | 2015 |
| Jordan A. Goodman | Department of Physics | 2015 |
| Christopher R. Monroe (Left UMD) | Department of Physics | 2015 |
| Margaret A. Palmer | Department of Entomology | 2015 |
| Michel Wedel | Department of Marketing | 2015 |
| Inderjit Chopra | Department of Aerospace Engineering | 2014 |
| James F. Drake | Department of Physics Institute for Physical Science & Technology |
2014 |
| Sylvester James Gates | Department of Physics | 2014 |
| Jeffrey C. Herf (Retired) | Department of History | 2014 |
| Christopher Jarzynski | Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Institute for Physical Science & Technology |
2014 |
| Dianne P. O'Leary | Department of Computer Science | 2014 |
| Ingmar Prucha | Department of Economics | 2014 |
| Robert S. Levine | Department of English | 2013 |
| Hanan Samet | Department of Computer Science University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computing |
2013 |
| Ben Shneiderman (Retired) | Department of Computer Science | 2013 |
| Ray St. Leger | Department of Entomology | 2013 |
| Anthony Ephremides (Retired) | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Institute for Systems Research |
2012 |
| Abolhassan (Hassan) Jawahery | Department of Physics | 2012 |
| Stanley Presser | Department of Sociology Joint Program in Survey Methodology |
2012 |
| Maureen Cropper | Department of Economics | 2011 |
| Marc L. Nerlove (Retired) | Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics | 2011 |
| Raman Sundrum | Department of Physics | 2011 |
| Deverajan Thirumalai (Left UMD) | Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Institute for Physical Science & Technology |
2011 |
| Terence P. Thornberry (Retired) | Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice | 2011 |
| James B. Gilbert (Retired) | Department of History | 2010 |
| John C. Haltiwanger | Department of Economics | 2010 |
| Roberta L. Rudnick (Retired) | Department of Geology | 2010 |
| Ruth DeFries (Left UMD) | Department of Geographical Sciences | 2008 |
| Nathan A. Fox | Department of Human Development & Quantitative Methodology | 2008 |
| Ashwani Gupta | Department of Mechanical Engineering | 2008 |
| John Laub (Retired) | Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice | 2008 |
| Wallace Oates (Deceased) | Department of Economics | 2008 |
| Roland Rust | Marketing Department Center for Excellence in Service |
2008 |
| Jeffrey Bub | Department of Philosophy | 2007 |
| Patricia Hill Collins (Retired) | Department of Sociology | 2006 |
| Gilbert "Pete" Stewart (Retired) | Department of Computer Science | 2006 |
| Avram Bar-Cohen (Deceased) | Department of Mechanical Engineering | 2005 |
| Eitan Tadmor | Department of Mathematics Institute for Physical Science & Technology |
2005 |
| Rita Colwell (Retired) | University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies | 2004 |
| William Hodos (Retired) | Department of Psychology | 2004 |
| Jerrold Levinson (Retired) | Department of Philosophy | 2004 |
| Arie W. Kruglanski | Department of Psychology | 2003 |
| Howard B. Lasnik (Retired) | Department of Linguistics | 2003 |
| Ramamoorthy Ramesh (Left UMD) | Department of Materials Science & Engineering Department of Physics |
2003 |
| Stuart S. Antman (Retired) | Department of Mathematics Institute for Physical Science & Technology |
2001 |
| Benjamin R. Barber (Deceased) | Department of Government & Politics School of Public Policy |
2001 |
| Richard A. Etlin (Retired) | Architecture Program | 2001 |
| Eugenia E. Kalnay (Retired) | Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Science Institute for Physical Science & Technology |
2001 |
| William D. Phillips (Left UMD) | Department of Physics Institute for Physical Science & Technology |
2001 |
| George Ritzer (Retired) | Department of Sociology | 2001 |
| Allen Schick | School of Public Policy | 2001 |
| Katepalli R. Sreenivasan (Left UMD) | Department of Physics Institute for Physical Science & Technology Department of Mechanical Engineering |
2001 |
| Mark Turner (Left UMD) | Department of English | 2001 |
| Michael F. A'Hearn (Deceased) | Department of Astronomy | 2000 |
| Mark I. Friedlin (Retired) | Department of Mathematics | 2000 |
| George H. Lorimer (Retired) | Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2000 |
| Ellen Williams | Department of Physics Institute of Physical Science & Technology |
2000 |
| Millard Alexander (Retired) | Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Institute for Physical Science & Technology |
1999 |
| Theodor Diener (Deceased) | Department of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics | 1999 |
| Jan V. Sengers (Retired) | Institute for Physical Science & Technology Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
1999 |
| Ira Berlin (Deceased) | Department of History | 1998 |
| George Gloeckler (Retired) | Department of Physics Institute for Physical Science & Technology |
1998 |
| Stanley Plumly (Deceased) | Department of English | 1998 |
| Harriet B. Presser (Deceased) | Department of Sociology | 1998 |
| Lawrence Sherman (Left UMD) | Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice | 1998 |
| Sue C. Carter (Left UMD) | Department of Biology | 1997 |
| Elisabeth Gantt (Retired) | Department of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics | 1997 |
| Sergei P. Novikov (Retired) | Department of Mathematics Institute for Physical Science & Technology |
1997 |
| Richard Webb (Deceased) | Department of Physics | 1997 |
| Ivo Babuska (Deceased) | Department of Mathematics Institute for Physical Science & Technology |
1995 |
| Stephen Brush (Retired) | Department of History Institute for Physical Science & Technology |
1995 |
| Guillermo Calvo (Left UMD) | Department of Economics | 1995 |
| Sankar Das Sarma | Department of Physics | 1995 |
| David C. Driskell (Deceased) | Department of Studio Art | 1995 |
| Bruce L. Gardner (Deceased) | Department of Agriculture & Resource Economics | 1995 |
| Ted Robert Gurr (Deceased) | Department of Government & Politics | 1995 |
| Richard E. Just (Retired) | Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics | 1995 |
| Edward Ott (Retired) | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Department of Physics |
1995 |
| Jose Emilio Pacheco (Deceased) | School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures | 1995 |
| Azriel Rosenfeld (Deceased) | Center for Automation Research | 1995 |
| John D. Weeks (Retired) | Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Department of Physics Institute for Physical Science & Technology |
1995 |
| James A. Yorke (Retired) | Department of Mathematics Department of Physics Institute for Physical Science & Technology |
1995 |
| Roald Z. Sagdeev (Retired) | Department of Physics Institute for Physical Science & Technology |
1990 |
| Thomas Schelling | School of Public Policy Department of Economics |
1990 |
| Michael Fisher (Deceased) | Institute for Physical Science & Technology Department of Physics |
1988 |
| Louis Harlan (Deceased) | Department of History | 1984 |
| Mancur Olson (Deceased) | Department of Economics | 1980 |
| Samuel Schoenbaum (Deceased) | Department of English | 1980 |
| Robert W. Zwanzig (Deceased) | Institute for Physical Science & Technology | 1980 |