Faculty Honors

Evan Pugh Professors

The 59 professors who have earned the Evan Pugh title (25 are currently teaching) are humanists as well as scientists. Their fields include: agriculture, anthropology, art history, arts and humanities, astronomy, atmospheric science, biophysics, chemistry, engineering (aerospace and electrical), English, geography, geosciences, health and human development, materials science, mathematics, medicine, microbiology, pharmacology, philosophy, physical science, physics, physiology, plant pathology, political science, psychology, the solid state, and surgery.

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."

Penn State's official criteria, on which a committee of seven—four Evan Pughs and three other faculty members—judges a candidate are: his or her "research publications or creative work or both have been of the highest quality over a period of time and... [he or she 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 Pughs had been appointed, to provide, said the Board of Trustees, "a more realistic program for the recognition of outstanding professors."

The following list of Evan Pugh Professors is given in reverse chronological order, followed by department and year appointed. Those actively teaching are in boldface and their names are linked to their faculty or departmental websites; links to articles in the on-line edition of Research/Penn State magazine are also provided where available.

• Nigel Higson (mathematics, 2006)
• Mary Jane Irwin (computer science and engineering, 2006)
• Anthony Cutler (art history, 2004)
• Joanna Floros (cellular and molecular physiology, 2004)
• Nina V. Fedoroff (life sciences, 2002); "Life's Jumps" (R/PS September 1995)
• Alan Walker (anthropology, 2002); "Missing Links" (R/PS September 1998)
• Richard Alley (geosciences, 2000); "Cracking the Ice" (R/PS September 2001)
• Kenneth M. Weiss (anthropology, 2000)
• Robert D. Hume (English, 1998)
• Alexander Wolszczan (astronomy & astrophysics, 1998); "Planets from the Very Start" (R/PS September 1997); "Free to Dream on the Universe" (R/PS , January 2001)
• James B. Anderson (chemistry, 1996)
• Paul F. Baum (mathematics, 1996)
• Leonard S. Jefferson (cellular & molecular biology, 1996)
• Moses H. W. Chan (physics, 1994); "The Critical Point" (R/PS May 2001)
• Judith F. Dunn (health & human development, 1994; resigned 1995)
• Hellmut Hager (art history, 1994)
• Masatos hi Nei (biology, 1994)
• Robert Plomin (health & human development, 1994; resigned 1995)
• A. Welford Castleman Jr. (chemistry, 1986); "Arresting Reactions" (R/PS January 1999); "Chemistry in the Clouds" (R/PS January 1997)
• Peter R. Gould (geography, 1986; deceased)
• Budugur Lakshminarayana (aerospace engineering, 1986; retired 2000)
• Gerald E. McClearn (health & human development, 1986)
• William S. Pierce (medicine, 1986; retired 1997)
• Richard J. Santen (medicine, 1986; resigned 1993)
• K. Warner Schaie (human development & psychology, 1986)
• Joseph J. Villafranca (chemistry, 1986; retired 1994)
• Stanley Weintraub (arts and humanities, 1986; retired 2000)
• Francis T.S. Yu (electrical engineering, 1985)
• Nicholas Winograd (chemistry, 1985)
• William T. Sanders (anthropology, 1985; retired 1993)
• Stanley H. Rosen (philosophy, 1985; retired 1994)
• Anthony E. Pegg (physiology, 1985)
• Gordon P. Garmire (astronomy, 1985); "A New Pair of Glasses" (R/PS September 1999)
• L. Eric Cross (electrical engineering, 1985; retired 1999)
• Harry R. Allcock (chemistry, 1985)
• Philip Young (English, 1981)
• Elliot S. Vesell (pharmacology, 1981)
• Rustum Roy (solid state, 1981)
• Paul T. Baker (anthropology, 1981)
• George E. Andrews (mathematics, 1981)
• Fred Rapp (microbiology, 1978)
• Herschel W. Leibowitz (psychology, 1977)
• Stephen J. Benkovic (chemistry, 1977)
• Eugenio Battisti (art history, 1977)
• Philip L. Walker (materials science, 1974)
• Philip S. Skell (chemistry,1974)
• Richard R. Nelson (plant pathology, 1974)
• Howard E. Morgan (physiology, 1974)
• John L. Lumley (aerospace engineering, 1974; resigned 1977)
• Vernon J. Aspaturian (political science, 1974)
• John M. Anderson (philosophy, 1968)
• Irwin W. Mueller (physics, 1968)
• Ernest C. Pollard (biophysics, 1967)
• Stuart Patton (agriculture, 1966)
• Hans A. Panofsky (atmospheric science, 1966)
• Ferdinand G. Brickwedde (physics, 1963)
• David H. Rank (physics, 1961)
• Woldemar A. Weyl (physical science, 1960)
• Haskell B. Curry (mathematics, 1960)