Emeritus

2020

• Rohan Hemasinha, Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
• Craig Jones, Associate Professor, Teacher Education and Educational Leadership

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2019

• Richard Calvasina, Professor, Accounting and Finance
• Susan Harrell, Associate Professor, Administration and Law
• Keith Whinnery, Professor, Teacher Education and Educational Leadership

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2018

• Ron Belter, Associate Professor, Psychology
• Muhammad Rashid, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Karen Rasmussen, Professor, Division of Research and Strategic Innovation
• Steve Vodanovich, Professor, Psychology
• Bob Yeager, Professor, English

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2017

• Glenn Rohrer, Professor, Social Work
• Bruce Swain, Professor, Communication
• Caroline Thompson, Librarian, John C. Pace Library
• Norman Wilde, Professor, Computer Science

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2016

• Bill Carper, Professor, Management and MIS
• Klaus Meyer-Arendt, Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences
• Steven Philipp, Professor, Hospitality, Recreation and Resort Management

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2015

• Richard Podemski, Dean, Graduate School
• William Tankersley, Associate Professor, Government / Applied Science, Technology and Administration
• Laura White, Associate Professor, Computer Science

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2014

• Robert Fahnestock, Professor, Account and Finance
• Jerome Gurst, Professor, Chemistry
• Douglas Low, Librarian, John C. Pace Library
• Richie Platt, Associate Professor, Management and MIS

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2013

• Ron Bush, Professor, Marketing and Economics
• Suzette Doyon, Professor, Art
• Joan Duer, Professor, Psychology
• Thomas Groth, Professor, Communication Arts
• Martin Hornyak, Professor, Management and MIS
• Sam Mathews, Professor, Psychology
• Ed Ranelli, Dean, College of Business
• Cheryl Swanson, Professor, Justice Studies

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2012

• Rosemary Hays-Thomas, Professor, Psychology
• Ken Murrell, Professor, Management and MIS
• Richard Sjolander, Professor, Marketing and Economics
• C. E. Wynn Teasley, Professor, Management and MIS
• Greg Yost, Professor, Accounting and Finance

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2011

• No recipients

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2010

• Antonio Apap, Professor, Accounting and Finance
• Godfrey Franklin, Professor, Professional and Community Leadership
• E. Brian Peach, Professor, Management and MIS

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2009

• Ann Agnew, Professor, Teacher Education
• Carol Briscoe, Professor, Teacher Education
• Richard Earp, Professor, Computer Science
• William Mikulas, Professor, Psychology
• Mary Rogers, Professor, Professional and Community Leadership
• Rex Schmid, Professor, Teacher Education

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2008

• Richard Doelker, Professor, Social Work
• Lois Gilmer, Librarian, John C. Pace Library
• Glen Goltermann, Professor, Social Work
• Jay Gould, Professor, Psychology
• Swarna Krothapalli, Professor, Biology
• James Marsh, Professor, Physics
• Diana Page, Professor, Management and MIS
• Stephen Tanner, Professor, Chemistry

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2007

• Barry Arnold, Professor, Biology
• Ranga Krothapalli, Professor, CEDB
• Marilyn Lamborn, Professor, Nursing
• Mary Lowe-Evans, Professor, English
• James Miklovich, Professor, History
• Ronald Peake, Professor, Teacher Education
• Marylou Ruud, Professor, History

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2006

• William G. Howard, Associate Professor, Political Science
• Milton Usry, Professor, Accounting

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2005

• Jane Dysart, Professor, History
• James McGovern, Professor, History
• Grady Morein, Dean, John C. Pace Library
• Joseph Rawlins, Professor, Music
• Ralph Roberts, Professor, Management and MIS
• Peggy Toifel, Librarian, John C. Pace Library
• C. Ben Williamson, Professor, Health, Leisure and Sports
• P. C. Wu, Professor, Graduate Education

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2004

• Dean Allmon, Professor, Marketing and Eocnomics
• Carl Backman, Professor, Division of Academic Affairs
• Bonnie Bedics, Professor, Social Work
• John Cox, Professor, Management and MIS
• James Parker, Professor, Teacher Education
• Duncan Stewart, Associate Professor, Art
• James Weaver, Professor, Mathematics and Statistics

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2003

• Robert Anderson, Associate Professor, Government
• Charles D'Asaro, Professor, Biology
• Parks B. Dimsdale, Provost, Division of Academic Affairs
• M. Lal Goel, Professor, Government
• Charles Lemley, Professor, Educational Leadership
• William Martin, Professor, Teacher Education
• William Mountcastle, Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies
• David Myers, Professor, Government
• David Sherry, Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
• Charles Wentz, Associate Professor, Instruction and Performance Technology
• James Witt, Professor, Government

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2002

• Mike Bundrick, Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
• Linda Dye, Vice President, Division of Student Affairs
• Morris L. Marx, President, University of West Florida
• Fred Vallianos, Associate Professor, Psychology

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2001

• Juan Caballero, Professor, English and Foreign Languages
• Henry Chen, Professor, Marketing and Economics
• Thomas Committe, Professor, Accounting and Finance
• J. Laurence Day, Professor, Communication Arts
• Ronald Evans, Professor, English and Foreign Languages
• William Halpern, Associate Professor, Chemistry
• Mary Hood, Professor, Biology
• Wesley J. Little, Dean, College of Professional Studies
• Ray Oldenburg, Professor, Sociology and Anthropology
• Gayle Privette, Professor, Psychology

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2000

• Alfred Chaet, Professor, Biology

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• 1999 - Dallas Blanchard, Professor, Sociology and Anthropology
• 1999 - Kenneth Curtis, Vice President, Division of Student Affairs
• 1999 - Richard Smith, Professor, Physics
• 1998 - Theodore Elbert, Professor, Computer Science
• 1998 - Douglas Friedrich, Provost, Division of Academic Affairs
• 1998 - Tom Gross, Associate Professor, Health, Leisure and Sports
• 1998 - Royce Harbor, Professor, Computer Science
• 1997 - Hank Heuler, Associate Professor, Art
• 1997 - Frank Wittwer, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership
• 1996 - Donald Clause, Executive Director, Small Business Development Center
• 1996 - D. Pat Howe, Vice President, Division of University Advancement
• 1996 - Jack Keller, Professor, Psychology
• 1995 - Clarence Elebash, Professor, Finance and Economics
• 1995 - Roy Smith, Associate Professor, Business
• 1994 - Louise Jean Baldwin, Associate Professor, Nursing
• 1994 - Evelyn Davis, Associate Professor, Secondary Education and Technology
• 1993 - Robert Armstrong, Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies
• 1993 - Richard Hauck, Professor, English and Foreign Languages
• 1993 - George Pearce, Professor, History
• 1993 - Russell Robbins, Professor, Elementary and Secondary Education
• 1993 - James Yarling, Associate Professor, Elementary and Secondary Education
• 1992 - Frances Dunham, Professor, Psychology
• 1992 - Mary Hall, Associate Professor, Social Work
• 1991 - Arthur Doerr, Professor, Sociology, Anthropology, and Geography
• 1991 - Richard Einbecker, Associate Professor, Management
• 1990 - Gordon Eade, Professor, Elementary and Secondary Education
• 1990 - Seaton Smith, Professor, Elementary and Secondary Education
• 1989 - Herman Kranzer, Professor, Elementary and Secondary Education
• 1988 - James Robinson, President, University of West Florida
• 1987 - Ralph Eubanks, Communication Arts
• 1986 - Robert Novosad, Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
• 1986 - James Servies, Librarian, John C. Pace Library
• 1984 - Richard Wilson, Professor, Elementary and Secondary Education
• 1979 - Janet McCracken, Professor, Elementary and Secondary Education