External recognitions refer to any awards, fellowships and/or honorary memberships that are awarded to Texas A&M University faculty by entities unaffiliated with the Texas A&M University System. Not only do these recognitions increase the visibility of the university, but they provide deserving acknowledgment for the career achievements, innovative research and contributions to the fields where faculty specialize.
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Amongst the countless Texas A&M faculty members making significant impacts on society and the world, get to know the faculty members that have been honored with prestigious awards for their scholarship and excellence:
Prestigious Award Community Members
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Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences are world leaders in the arts and sciences, business, philanthropy and public affairs. These elected members join with other experts to explore challenges facing society, identify solutions, and promote nonpartisan recommendations that advance the public good.
Here is a list of Texas A&M University faculty that are also members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences:
- Roderic I. Pettigrew (2020)
- Donald J. Darensbourg (2019)
- Leif Andersson (International Honorary Member) (2018)
- Elaine S. Oran (2018)
- Karen Wooley (2015)
- Marcetta Y. Darensbourg (2011)
- Linda P.B. Katehi-Tseregounis (2011)
- Edwin L. (Ned) Thomas (2009)
- Marlan O. Scully (2008)
- Alan Needleman (2007)
- William Unruh (2003)
- Ronald A. DeVore (2001)
- Robert C. Kennicutt, Jr. (2001)
- Roger Howe (emeritus) (1993)
- David M. Lee (1990)
- Dudley Herschbach (emeritus) (1980)
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Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing are nursing leaders in education, management, practice and research. Fellowship status is more than recognition of one's accomplishments within the nursing profession, but also carries responsibilities to contributing time and energies to engaging with health leaders for the transformation of America's health system.
Here is a list of Texas A&M University faculty that are also American Academy of Nursing Fellows:
- Robin Page (2023)
- Elizabeth Wells-Beede (2022)
- Stacy Drake (2020)
- Nancy Downing (2019)
- Matthew Sorenson (2018)
- Stacey Mitchell (2017)
- Nancy Fahrenwald (2014)
- Nora Montalvo-Liendo (2013)
*Daniel Sheridan (retired) (2004)*
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Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) are a distinguished cadre of scientists, engineers and innovators who have been recognized for their achievements across disciplines, from research, teaching, and technology, to administration in academia, industry and government, to excellence in communicating and interpreting science to the public.
Here is a list of Texas A&M University faculty that are also AAAS Fellows:
- Lane Baker (2022)
- Richard Gomer (2022)
- Wendy Jepson (2022)
- Xiaohong Liu (2022)
- Michael Waters (2022)
Deborah Bell-Pedersen (2021)- Valen Johnson (2021)
- Robin Murphy (2021)
- Stephen Safe (2021)
- Virender K. Sharma (2021)
- Kathy Svoboda (2021)
- Reginald W. Taylor (2021)
Mohammad Alam (2020)- Harold Boas (2020)
- David Cairns (2020)
- Paul Hardin (2020)
- M.N.V. Ravi Kumar (2020)
- William Murphy (2020)
- Karen Wooley (2020)
Eyad Masad (2019)- Lynne Opperman (2019)
- Ramesh Talreja - Science and Technology Fellow (2019)
- Ping Yang (2019)
Robert Chapkin (2018)- Jeff Cirillo (2018)
- Marcetta Y. Darensbourg (2018)
- Ali Erdemir (2018)
- Ethan Grossman (2018)
- David Stelly (2018)
Andrew Dessler (2017)- Binayak Mohanty (2017)
Karen-Beth Scholthof (2016)- Bir Bahadur Singh (2016)
- Jyotsna Vaid (2016)
- Renyi Zhang (2016)
- Hongcai Zhou (2016)
Marwan Khraisheh (2015)- Peter Kuchment (2015)
- Samba Reddy (2015)
- Haiyan Wang (2015)
Howard Newton (2014)- Patrick Stover (2014)
Perla Balbuena (2013)- Mark Barteau (2013)
- Raymond Carroll (2013)
- Frances Ligler (2013)
- Bani Mallick (2013)
- Matthew Sachs (2013)
Guoyao Wu (2012)- Sherry Yennello (2012)
David Threadgill (2010)
David Baltensperger (2009)- Tadhg Begley (2009)
- Clint Magill (2009)
Yassin Hassan (2008)- Frank Raushel (2008)
Kirk Winemiller (2007)
Kim Dunbar (2003)- John Gladysz (2003)
- Ken Muneoka (2003)
- Ryland Young (2003)
David Bergbreiter (2002)- David Russell (2002)
Barbara Gastel (2001)- John Ware Poston (2001)
James Womack (1999)
Karan Watson - Mentoring Award Winner (1998)
Fuller Warren Bazer (1989)- Ronald Douglas (1989)
Larry Keeley (1988)- Herbert Richardson (1988)
Peter Rentzepis (1985)
David M. Lee (1982)
Dudley Herschbach (emeritus) (1980)
* Lawrence Rauchwerger (retired) (2019)* ?
* Gary Acuff (retired) (2014)*
* Dudley Poston (retired) (2014)*
* Jonathan Coopersmith (retired) (2013)*
* Nancy Amato (retired) (2013)*
* David Zuberer (retired) (2004)*
* Clifford Spiegelman (deceased) (2002)*
* Arthur Schwab (retired) (2001)*
* John Fackler (deceased) (1990)*
* Gilbert Rowe (retired) (1990)*
* Gerald North (retired) (1987)*
* Darwin J. Prockop (retired) (1985)*
* Edward C.A. Runge (deceased) (1967)*
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The membership of the American Law Institute consists of eminent judges, lawyers, and law professors selected on the basis of professional achievement and demonstrated interest in improving the law. Likewise, the Institute elects individuals who reflect the excellence and diversity of today's legal profession to further its law reform work.
Here is a list of Texas A&M University faculty that are also American Law Institute members:
- Fatma Marouf (2021)
- Peter K. Yu (2020)
- Nancy Welsh (2020)
- Huyen Pham (2019)
- Glynn S. Lunney, Jr. (2018)
- Andrew P. Morriss (2015)
- Irene Calboli (2015)
- Randy Gordon (2008)
- Mary Margaret Penrose (2008)
- Robert B. Ahdieh (2007)
- Susan S. Fortney (2007)
- Michael Z. Green (2006)
- James Paul George (2001)
- William H. Henning (2001)
- Cullen M. Godfrey (1998)
- Frank Elliott (1981)
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The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program annually awards more than 400 U.S. citizens with opportunities to teach, conduct research, and carry out professional projects in over 135 countries.
Here is a list of Texas A&M University faculty that are also Fulbright Scholar award recipients:
- Kathleen O'Reilly - India (2023-2024)*
- Christopher Thron - Cameroon (2023-2024)*
- Adam Kozaczka - Canada (2023-2024)*
- Derya Akleman - Turkey (2023-2024)*
Mikko Tuhkanen - Norway (2022-2023)*- Karl Woodmansey - Nepal (2022-2023)
- Martin Regan - Japan (2022-2023)*
- Daniel Conway - Australia (2022-2023)*
- Christian Brannstrom - Uruguay (2022-2023)*
- Eduardo Espina - Paraguay (2022-2023)*
Vijay Singh - India (2021-2022)*- Sarah Hamer - Guatemala (2021-2022)*
- Maria B. Alves - France (2021-2022)*
- Kevin Burgess - Malaysia (2021-2022)*
Ahmed Amine Benzerga - Algeria (2020-2021)
Jyotsna Vaid - Canada (2019-2020)*- Hojun Song - Australia (2019-2020)*
- Vijay Singh - India (2019-2020)*
- Diana O'Brien - Austria (2019-2020)
- JoAnn Lutz - Cambodia (2019-2020)*
- Quan Li - Spain (2019-2020)*
- Satish Bukkapatnam - France (2019-2020)*
Gary Voelker - Italy (2018-2019)*- Joseph Awika - Ethiopia (2018-2019)*
- Robert Wells - New Zealand (2018-2019)*
- Christopher Thron - Nigeria (2018-2019)*
- Monica Hernandez - Spain (2018-2019)*
- Sonia Hernandez - Mexico (2018-2019)*
Irene Calboli (Fulbright Specialist Award winner) - Cambodia (2017-2018)*- Iman Borazjani - Austria (2017-2018)*
- Bani Mallick - India (2017-2018)*
- Gil Rosenthal - Italy (2017-2018)*
Julio Bernal - Mexico (2016-2017)*- Wendy Jepson - Brazil (2016-2017)*
- Valerie Hudson - Australia (2016-2017)*
- David Matarrita-Cascante - Chile (2016-2017)*
Brian Linn - United Kingdom (2015-2016)*- Luca Quadrifoglio - Italy (2015-2016)*
- Barbara Sharf - Singapore (2015-2016)
- Di Wang - China (2015-2016)
- Jason West - France (2015-2016)*
- Anthony Guiseppi-Elie (Fulbright Specialist Award winner) - Argentina (2015-2016)*
- Terry Howard Anderson - Czech Republic (2015-2016)*
Larry Yarak - Ghana (2014-2015)- Jay Angerer (Fulbright Specialist Award winner) - Peru (2014-2015)
Luis Tedeschi - Brazil (2013-2014)*- Megha Parajulee - Nepal (2013-2014)*
- Bradford Wilcox - Ecuador (2013-2014)*
W. Timothy Coombs (Traditional Fulbright Scholarship recipient) - Estonia (2012-2013)*- Frederick T. Davies - Indonesia (2012-2013)
- Chester Sidney Dunning - United Kingdom (2012-2013)
- Randall William Davis - Argentina (2012-2013)*
- Valerie Hill-Jackson - United Kingdom (2012-2013)*
- Alan Kluver - South Korea (2012-2013)
- Ronald Edwards McBride - Turkey (2012-2013)
- Gregory Pappas - Argentina (2012-2013)*
- Christopher Thron - Cameroon (2012-2013)*
- Kathleen O'Reilly - New Zealand (2012-2013)*
Terry Howard Anderson - Indonesia (2011-2012)*- Dirk Boudreaux Hays - India (2011-2012)*
- Johanna Cushing Granville - Hungary (2011-2012)
- Srividhya Ragavan - India (2011-2012)*
- Ronnie G. Ward - Indonesia (2011-2012)*
Joan Patricia Mileski - Belgium (2010-2011)- John Rush Gold - Chile (2010-2011)
- Sharon Lisa Gursky-Doyen - Philippines (2010-2011)*
- Huyen Pham - Vietnam (2010-2011)*
Jason Christopher Parker - Argentina (2009-2010)*
Brian Linn - Singapore (2008-2009)*- Christopher Kerth - Uruguay (2008-2009)*
- F. Gregory Gause - Kuwait (2008-2009)*
- Dennis William Jansen - Ireland (2008-2009)*
- Wilford Dana Gardner - Greece (2008-2009)
- Paul Douglas Almeida - Costa Rica (2008-2009)
- Jonathan Charles Coopersmith - Japan (2008-2009)
Richard Theobald Woodward - Costa Rica (2007-2008)*- Andreas Polycarpou - Cyprus (2007-2008)*
- JoAnn Lutz - Jordan (2007-2008)*
- Robert Hetland - Germany (2007-2008)*
- Adam Ramsay Seipp - Germany (2007-2008)*
Ercan Sirakaya Turk - Russia (2006-2007)- Charles Andrew Johnson - Japan (2006-2007)
- Dennis Alfred Berthold - Belgium (2006-2007)
Douglas Joel Sherman - Portugal (2005-2006)- Nancy Klein - Greece (2005-2006)*
- Ira Dworkin - Congo (2005-2006)*
Suzanne Mary Droleskey - South Korea (2004-2005)*- Iftekharuddin M. Choudhury - Bangladesh (2004-2005)*
- David H. Byrne - Brazil (2004-2005)*
- Dale Baum (Fulbright Distinguished Professor) - Korea (2004-2005)
Lynne Masel Walters - Germany (2003-2004)- Sharon Lisa Gursky-Doyen - Indonesia (2003-2004)*
Claire Grace Williams - Canada (2002-2003)- Arnold Paul Krammer - Germany (2002-2003)*
- David Wayne Goodman - Canada (2002-2003)
- John Rush Gold - Norway (2002-2003)
John C. Groth - Austria (2001-2002)- Bernd Wuersig - New Zealand (2001-2002)
- Roy Bernard Flemming - Canada (2001-2002)
- Samuel Cohn - Brazil (2001-2002)
- Terry Howard Anderson - Ireland (2001-2002)*
- Paul Channing Adams - Canada (2001-2002)
Larry J. Reynolds - Belgium (2000-2001)*- Rodolfo M. Nayga Jr. - Netherlands (2000-2001)*
- John Matis - India (2000-2001)*
- Susan S. Fortney (2000-2001)*
- David Szymanski - Portugal (1999-2000)
- Clyde Munster - Belgium (1999-2000)*
- Charles Futrell - Portugal (1999-2000)
- Frederick Davies Jr. - Peru (1999-2000)
- Benigno Aguirre - Uruguay (1999-2000)
Vijay Singh - Austria (1998-1999)*- Thomas Reynolds - Peru (1998-1999)
- Walter Kamphoefner - Germany (1998-1999)*
- Robert Harmel - Denmark (1998-1999)*
- George Bates - Mexico (1998-1999)
Mazhar Islam - Bangladesh (1997-1998)
Kirk Winemiller - Venezuela (1996-1997)*- Robert Slater - Peru (1996-1997)
- Daniel Padberg - Italy (1996-1997)
- Alan Lessoff - Germany (1996-1997)
- Thomas Gail - South Africa (1996-1997)
- Paul Christensen - Norway (1996-1997)
- Ewing Campbell - Spain (1996-1997)
Derek Morris - Germany (1995-1996)- James Matis - India (1995-1996)*
- Clarissa Kimber - Taiwan (1995-1996)
- Gerald Daniel Keim - Austria (1995-1996)
- Suzanne Gyeszly - Hungary (1995-1996)
Lawrence Wolken - Republic of China (1994-1995)- Lynne Masel Walters - Hungary (1994-1995)
- Douglas Klein - United Kingdom (1994-1995)*
- Andrew Garay - Hungary (1994-1995)
- Donald Dickson Jr. - Kenya (1994-1995)
- Terry Howard Anderson - Republic of China (1994-1995)*
William Stewart - Japan (1993-1994)*- John Shadduck - United Kingdom (1993-1994)
- Robert Hoskisson - Italy (1993-1994)
- Clarence Dockweiler - Portugal (1993-1994)
- Frederick Davies, Jr. - Mexico (1993-1994)
- Lee Cronk - Kenya (1993-1994)
- Philip Berke - New Zealand (1993-1994)
Hsin-i Wu - Australia (1992-1993)- Arnold Paul Krammer - Germany (1992-1993)*
- Paul Fryxell - Argentina (1992-1993)
- Stjepan Mestrovic - Croatia (1992-1993)*
Stjepan Mestrovic - Croatia (1991-1992)*- Harold Goodwin, Jr. - Slovakia (1991-1992)
- Maria Garcia - United Kingdom (1991-1992)
- Lorence Bravenec - Slovakia (1991-1992)*
Kenneth Lewis White - Bangladesh (1990-1991)- Marla Kay Stone - Cyprus (1990-1991)
- Richard E. Shafer - Philippines (1990-1991)
- Jaime Lazarte - Peru (1990-1991)
- Gerald Daniel Keim - Germany (1990-1991)
- Julius Gribou - Poland (1990-1991)
- John Van Domelen - Madagascar (1990-1991)
- John Artie Browning - Israel (1990-1991)*
- Thomas Baldwin - France (1990-1991)
Paul Christensen - Austria (1989-1990)- Larry Yarak - Netherlands (1989-1990)
John Robertson - Germany (1987-1988)*- Robert Harmel - Norway (1987-1988)*
Jyotsna Vaid - India (1985-1986)*
James Matis - India (1983-1984)- Kevin Burgess - United Kingdom (1983-1984)*
Larry J. Reynolds - Belgium (1981-1982)*
*active Texas A&M faculty*
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The National Academy of Inventors Fellows Program was established to highlight academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society.
Election into National Academy of Inventors fellow status is the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors, and here is a list of Texas A&M University faculty that have earned this distinction:
- Ali Erdemir (2022)
- R. Stanley Williams (2022)
- Gerard L. Coté (2021)
- James E. Hubbard, Jr. (2021)
- Duncan Maitland (2020)
- Bill McCutchen (2020)
- Richard Miles (2020)
- Karen Wooley (2019)
- Mark A. Barteau (2018)
- M. Cynthia Hipwell (2018)
- Roderic I. Pettigrew (2018)
- Leif Andersson (2017)
- Frances Ligler (2016)
- John L. Junkins (2016)
- Marlan O. Scully (2015)
- Darwin J. Prockop (emeritus) (2014)
- B. Don Russell, Jr. (2014)
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National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships are competitive awards granted to individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing.
Here is a list of Texas A&M University faculty that are also National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship recipients:
- Amy Elizabeth Earhart (2021)
- Evan Haefeli (2019)
- Brian Linn (2018)
- David J. Vaught (2001)
- Craig W. Kallendorf (1992)
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The mission of the National Inventors Hall of Fame is to recognize inventors, promote creativity, and advance the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Here is the Texas A&M University faculty member that has earned induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame:
- Frances Ligler (2017)
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On November 27, 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace – the Nobel Prizes.
Here is a list of Texas A&M University faculty that are also Nobel Prize laureates:
- Bruce McCarl - Nobel Peace Prize (2007)
- David M. Lee - Nobel Prize in Physics (1996)
- Dudley Herschbach - Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1986)