Recipients of Distinguished Graduate Faculty Awards
The Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award is made annually to those faculty who have distinguished themselves nationally and internationally for excellence
in research and graduate education. Normally, up to two faculty are selected annually by a group of faculty peers. Recipients receive an honorarium and deliver a public lecture following selection for this award.
| Faculty Name | Department | Year |
| Hilmer H. Laude | Agronomy | 1955-56 |
| John F. Helm | Architecture and Applied Arts | 1955-56 |
| Alvin B. Cardwell | Physics | 1956-57 |
| Charles H. Scholer | Applied Mechanics | 1956-57 |
| Arthur D. Weber | College of Agriculture | 1957-58 |
| Howard T. Hill | Speech | 1957-58 |
| Leon R. Quinlan | Landscape Architecture | 1958-59 |
| Charles M. Correll | History | 1958-59 |
| Fred L. Parrish | History | 1959-60 |
| Francis D. Farrell | President Emeritus | 1959-60 |
| Holly C. Fryer | Statistics | 1960-61 |
| Kling L. Anderson | Agronomy | 1960-61 |
| A. M. Guhl | Zoology | 1961-62 |
| H. Henley Haymaker | Botany | 1961-62 |
| Robert Katz | Physics | 1962-63 |
| Erle E. Bartley | Dairy and Poultry Science | 1963-64 |
| Roy Langford | Psychology | 1964-65 |
| V. D. Foltz | Bacteriology | 1965-66 |
| Brewster Rogerson | English | 1966-67 |
| John A. Johnson | Grain Science and Industry | 1967-68 |
| R. Kenneth Burkhard | Biochemistry | 1968-69 |
| Clifton E. Meloan | Chemistry | 1969-70 |
| Robin Higham | History | 1970-71 |
| Angelo C. Garzio | Art | 1971-72 |
| L. T. Fan | Chemical Engineering | 1972-73 |
| Ivan D. Teare | Agronomy | 1973-74 |
| Stanley E. Leland | Veterinary Pathology | 1974-75 |
| Richard Consigli | Biology | 1975-76 |
| Dudley Williams | Physics | 1976-77 |
| Frederick W. Oehme | Surgery and Medicine | 1977-78 |
| Elmer G. Heyne | Agronomy | 1978-79 |
| Donald W. Setser | Chemistry | 1979-80 |
| James F. Shepard | Plant Pathology | 1980-81 |
| Roger Fedde | Anatomy and Physiology | 1981-82 |
| Nasir Ahmed | Electrical Engineering | 1982-83 |
| William Fateley | Chemistry | 1983-84 |
| Patrick Richard | Physics | 1984-85 |
| Burton I. Kaufman | History | 1984-85 |
| Horst Leipold | Pathology | 1985-86 |
| Jonathan Holden | English | 1985-86 |
| Terry C. Johnson | Biology | 1986-87 |
| Michael W. Suleiman | Political Science | 1986-87 |
| Cornelia Butler Flora | Sociology | 1987-88 |
| Richard N. McDonald | Chemistry | 1987-88 |
| Margo Kren | Art | 1988-89 |
| Gerald R. Reeck | Biochemistry | 1988-89 |
| Patricia J. O'Brien | Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work | 1989-90 |
| Bikram S. Gill | Plant Pathology | 1989-90 |
| Brian S. Spooner | Biology | 1990-91 |
| Benjamin R. Tilghman | Philosophy | 1990-91 |
| Albert N. Hamscher | History | 1991-92 |
| Kenneth J. Klabunde | Chemistry | 1991-92 |
| C. Lewis Cocke | Physics | 1992-93 |
| Jane A. Westfall | Anatomy and Physiology | 1992-93 |
| John J. Landolo | Pathology and Microbiology | 1993-94 |
| Robin E. Denell | Biology | 1993-94 |
| Donald J. Mrozek | History | 1993-94 |
| Thomas E. Roche | Biochemistry | 1994-95 |
| Theodore L. Hopkins | Entomology | 1994-95 |
| Gary W. Conrad | Biology | 1995-96 |
| Jan E. Leach | Plant Pathology | 1995-96 |
| E. Wayne Nafziger | Economics | 1995-96 |
| Alexander G. Ramm | Mathematics | 1996-97 |
| Christopher M. Sorensen | Physics | 1996-97 |
| Frank Blecha | Anatomy and Physiology | 1997-98 |
| Talat Rahman | Physics | 1997-98 |
| Rollin Sears | Agronomy | 1997-98 |
| Larry Takemoto | Biology | 1998-99 |
| Marsha Frey | History | 1999-00 |
| Eric Maatta | Chemistry | 1999-00 |
| George Keiser | English | 2000-01 |
| Paul Seib | Grain Science and Industry | 2000-01 |
| Scot H. Hulbert | Plant Pathology | 2001-02 |
| Joseph Vincent Ortiz | Chemistry | 2001-02 |
Larry E. Erickson | Chemical Engineering | 2002-03 |
James Shanteau | Psychology | 2002-03 |
Dale Herspring | Political Science | 2003-04 |
David Norman | Agricultural Economics | 2003-04 |
Dallas Johnson | Statistics | 2004-05 |
Duy Hua | Chemistry | 2004-05 |
Allen M. Featherstone | Agricultural Economics | 2005-06 |
Edgar Chambers IV | Human Nutrition | 2005-06 |
Subbarat Muthukrishnan | Biochemistry | 2006-07 |
Philine Wangemann | Anatomy and Physiology | 2006-07 |
Delores J. Feld Takemoto | Biochemistry | 2007-08 |
James H. Edgar | Chemical Engineering | 2007-08 |