ANN ARBOR—Nineteen University of Michigan faculty
members will be recognized for their teaching, scholarship,
service and creative activities at a dinner Oct. 6.

Awards to be presented include two Amoco Foundation
Teaching Awards, five Distinguished Faculty Achievement
Awards, five Faculty Recognition Awards, two Distinguished
Faculty Governance Awards, the Regents’ Award for
Distinguished Public Service, the University Press Book
Award, the Distinguished Research Scientist Award, and the
Research Scientist Recognition Award.

Amoco Foundation Faculty Teaching Awards, which
recognize excellence in undergraduate education, will go to
Brian P. Coppola, associate professor of chemistry, and
John A. Whittier-Ferguson, associate professor of English.
Award criteria include the array of courses taught, the
development of new courses or revitalization of existing
courses, and the strength of the faculty member’s advising
and mentoring skills related to undergraduate teaching.
The award stipend is $1,000.

Distinguished Faculty Achievement Awards, which
recognize extraordinary achievements in teaching, scholarly
research or creative endeavors, will be presented to John
P. Hayes, professor of electrical engineering and computer
science; Fred J. Karsch, professor of physiology; K.M.
Jairam Menon, professor of biological chemistry and
research scientist in the Reproductive Sciences Program;
William R. Roush, the Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor
of Chemistry; and Henry T. Wright, professor of anthropology and curator of the Museum of Anthropology. Each recipient will receive a $1,500 stipend.

Five faculty will receive Faculty Recognition Awards:
David T. Burke, associate professor of human genetics;
Kathleen Canning, the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor,
associate professor of history and of women’s studies, and
program director of the International Institute; Charles R.
Doering, professor of mathematics; George W. Kling,
associate professor of biology and assistant research
scientist, Center for Great Lakes and Aquatic Sciences; and
William H. Pearson, professor of chemistry.

Faculty Recognition Award recipients have made
substantive contributions to the University through
significant achievements in research and other scholarly
activities; demonstrated excellence in teaching, advising
and mentoring; and participated in service activities.
Each recipient will receive a $1,000 stipend.

Sheila Feld, professor of social work, and John T.
Lehman, professor of biology and research scientist, Center
for Great Lakes and Aquatic Sciences, will receive
Distinguished Faculty Governance Awards, which recognize
faculty governance participation over a period of several
years, with an emphasis on Universitywide service. Feld
and Lehman each will receive $1,500.

Robert E. Megginson, associate professor of mathematics, will receive the Regents’ Award for Distinguished Public Service, which includes a $1,000 stipend. The award recognizes public service activities that relate closely to teaching and research and reflect professional and academic expertise.

Kathryn L. Beam, senior associate librarian and curator of the Humanities Collection of the University’s Special Collections Library, and Traianos Gagos, associate professor of papyrology and Greek, assistant research scientist in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and archivist of the University Library, will receive the University Press Book Award for their CD-ROM “The Evolution of the English Bible: From Papyri to King James.” This is the first time the award has been given for an electronic work published by the U-M Press. Beam and Gagos each will receive $1,000.

Thomas E. Carey, Distinguished Research Scientist in
the Kresge Hearing Research Institute, will receive the
Distinguished Research Scientist Award. The award
recognizes a research scientist or senior research
scientist for exceptional scholarly achievement: the
discovery and dissemination of new knowledge, the
development of innovative technology, or the development of
concepts that lead to significant advances in science,
education, health, the arts or humanities. The award also
recognizes exceptional ability to convey the excitement and
significance of scholarship and creative activities to the
educated public. Carey will give a public lecture in
conjunction with the award and receive a grant of $3,000
per year for four years.

The Research Scientist Recognition Award, which
carries a $1,000 stipend, will be presented to Michael D.
Uhler, senior associate research scientist in the Mental
Health Research Institute and associate professor of
biological chemistry. The Research Scientist Recognition
Award recognizes scholarly promise in primary research
faculty related to the discovery and dissemination of new
knowledge or the development of innovative technology or
concepts that lead to significant advances in science,
education, health, the arts or humanities.