Distinguished Teachers Morse-Alumni
University of Minnesota Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education
Each year since 1965-66, the University of Minnesota has recognized a select group of faculty members for their outstanding contributions to undergraduate education. This honor is awarded to exceptional candidates nominated by colleges in their quest to identify excellence in undergraduate education. In addition to honoring individual faculty members, the award contributes to the improvement of undergraduate education at the University by publicizing their work to serve as a resource for the whole faculty.
The award, named for a former dean of General College, is made possible through generous support of the University of Minnesota Alumni Association and the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost.
Current Award Recipients
Civil, Environmental & Geo- Engineering
College of Science & Engineering
Twin Cities
Applied Economics
College of Food, Agricultural & Natural Resource Sciences
Twin Cities
Studies in Justice, Culture & Social Change
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Duluth
2023 Award Recipients
English, Linguistics, & Writing Studies
College of Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Duluth
2022 Award Recipients
2021 Award Recipients
2020 Award Recipients
2019 Award Recipients
Agricultural Education, Communication & Marketing
College of Food, Agricultural & Natural Resource Sciences
2018 Award Recipients
2017 Award Recipients
2016 Award Recipients
2015 and Prior Award Recipients
Sarah Buchanan
French
Morris
Charles Randall Fletcher
Psychology
A. Peter Hilger
Construction & Facility Management
Rashné Jehangir
Postsecondary Teaching and Learning
Frank M. Kelso
Mechanical Engineering
Oliver Nicholson
Classical and Near East Studies
Ted M. Pappenfus
Chemistry
Morris
R. Lee Penn
Chemistry
Giancarlo Casale
History
Sehoya Cotner
Biology Program
Bradley Deane
Division of Humanities
Morris
Lorraine F. Francis
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Paul Imbertson
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ruth A. Lindquist
Adult and Gerontological Health Cooperative
Robert K. Poch
Postsecondary Teaching and Learning
Jane E. Wissinger
Chemistry
Jennifer Deane
Social Sciences
Morris
Christopher Dovolis
Computer Science & Engineering
Carrie Earthman
Food, Science & Nutrition
Karen LaBat
Design, Housing & Apparel
Rachel McCoppin
Liberal Arts & Education
Crookston
Susan Staats
Postsecondary Teaching & Learning
Susan Wick
Plant Biology
Dennis R. Becker
Forest Resources
Kathryn Pearson
Political Science
Serge Rudaz
Physics and Astronomy
Steven P. K. Sternberg
Chemical Engineering
Duluth
Ulrike Tschirner
Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering
Christopher J. Cramer
Chemistry
Kirsten Fischer
History
Jeanne L. Higbee
Postsecondary Teaching and Learning
Gary R. Jahn
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Soo-Yin Lim-Thompson
Early Childhood Education
Crookston
Susan C. Mantell
Mechanical Engineering
Michelle L. Page
Secondary Education
Morris
Scott Abernathy
Political Science
David Blank
Chemistry
Kent C. Kirkby
Geology & Geophysics
Gwen Rudney
Education
Morris
Julie Schumacher
English
Paul G. Siliciano
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics
Don Alstad
Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
Stephen B. Castleberry, Sr.
Marketing
Duluth
Carmen M. Latterell
Mathematics & Statistics
Duluth
Doreen Geller Leopold
Chemistry
John P. Loegering
Natural Resources
Crookston
Albert (Bud) H. Markhart, III
Horticultural Science
Justin Henry Rubin
Music
Duluth
James H. Stout
Geology & Geophysics
Todd Arnold
Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
Janet Schrunk Ericksen
English
Morris
Leon Hsu
Postsecondary Teaching & Learning
Timothy Johnson
Political Science
Terry J. Jones
Astronomy
Kristopher McNeill
Chemistry
Barry McQuarrie
Mathematics
Morris
Kristen C. Nelson
Forest Resources
Praveen Aggarwal
Marketing
Duluth
Jay C. Bell
Soil, Water, & Climate
Thomas R. Hoye
Chemistry
Patricia James
Postsecondary Teaching & Learning
Ned Mohan
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Paula L. O'Loughlin
Political Science
Morris
Joel B. Samaha
Sociology
Frederick Asher
Art History
Mark D. Distefano
Chemistry
Pareena Lawrence
Social Studies
Morris
James R. Leger
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Donald Liu
Applied Economics
Randall Charles Moore
Biological Sciences
Marshall D. Stern
Animal Science
Barbara Welke
History
Michael Dennis Browne
English
Amy Lee
Postsecondary Teaching & Learning
Kenneth R. Leopold
Chemistry
Gail Peterson
Psychology
Jon L. Pierce
Management Studies
Duluth
Michael E. White
Animal Science
Philip R. Baird
Natural Resources
Crookston
Pieranna Garavaso
Humanities
Morris
Howard D. Mooers
Geological Sciences
Duluth
Claudia Neuhauser
Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
John Watkins
English
Jon E. Anderson
Science & Mathematics
Morris
Robert J. Brooker
Genetics, Cell Biology & Development
Tom Chase
Mechanical Engineering
Lisa Disch
Political Science
Kent R. Mann
Chemistry
Andrew Elfenbein
English
Josephine Lee
English Language & Literature
Leslie Meek
Psychology
Morris
Patricia J. Bauer
Child Development
Andrea Berlin
Classical & Near Eastern Studies
Nancy E. Carpenter
Science & Mathematics
Morris
Tom Isbell
Theater
Duluth
Lary May
American Studies
August H. Nimtz, Jr.
Political Science
Leslie A. Schiff
Microbiology
Cathrine Wambach
Postsecondary Teaching & Learning
Donna Z. Bliss
Nursing
William K. Durfee
Mechanical Engineering
Murray Stowe Jensen
Postsecondary Teaching & Learning
Joan M. Karp
Education
Duluth
Daniel Kelliher
Political Science
Paul T. Magee
Genetics, Cell Biology & Development
Dwight Purdy
Humanities
Morris
Gary C. Thomas
Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature
Stephen Adams
English
Duluth
Dorothy H. Anderson
Forest Resources
Peh H. Ng
Science & Mathematics
Morris
Gordon Hirsch
English
John W. Newstrom
Management Studies
Duluth
Robert O. Pepin
Physics
Theofanis G. Stavrou
History
Paul J. Strykowski
Mechanical Engineering
Jill Barnum
General College
Bart D. Finzel
Economics
Morris
Ann S. Masten
Child Development
Jim Perry
Forest Resources
Jeffrey Ratliff-Crain
Psychology
Morris
Karl A. Smith
Civil Engineering
Joel Weinsheimer
English
John S. Wright
English
John Beatty
Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
Denise A. Guerin
Design, Housing & Apparel
Jay Hatch
Postsecondary Teaching & Learning
Linda Miller-Cleary
English
Duluth
Lawrence Rudnick
Astronomy
E. Calvin Alexander, Jr.
Geology & Geophysics
John S. Anderson
Biochemistry
Russell F. Bey
Veterinary Pathobiology
Kenneth J. Heller
Physics
Engin Sungur
Science & Mathematics
Morris
W. Daniel Svedarsky
Natural Resources
Crookston
Eileen M. Zeitz
Foreign Languages & Literatures
Duluth
Jacquelyn N. Zita
Women's Studies
Terence H. Cooper
Soil, Water, & Climate
Gary R. Gray
Chemistry
Alan G. Hunter
Animal Science
Virginia T. Katz
Communication
Duluth
Willard Koukkari
Plant Biology
Judith A. Martin
Geography
Jennifred G. Nellis
Studio Art
Morris
Angelita D. Reyes
Women's Studies
Steve S. Smith
Political Science
Patrick J. Starr
Mechanical Engineering
Christopher M. Anson
English Language & Literature
David D. Biesboer
Plant Biology
Joan Garfield
Educational Psychology
Emily E. Hoover
Horticultural Science
Roger S. Jones
Physics
Helen Mongan-Rallis
Education
Duluth
Geoffrey Sirc
General College
Charles E. Speaks
Communication Disorders
Charles Sugnet
English Language & Literature
John L. Sullivan
Political Science
William I. Brustein
Sociology
James Farr
Political Science
Leslie B. Hansen
Animal Science
Linda Rae Hilsen
Instructional Development Service
Duluth
Laura Coffin Koch
Postsecondary Teaching & Learning
Alex J. Lubet
Music
Marvin Marshak
Physics
Roger Pierce Miller
Geography
Chris Paola
Geology
Thomas M. Scanlan
Rhetoric
John D. Allison
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Rose M. Brewer
Afro-American & African Studies
James A. Carlson
Humanities
Morris
William P. Cunningham
Genetics & Cell Biology
Donald M. Gillmor
Journalism & Mass Communication
Marti Hope Gonzales
Psychology
Joann M. Johnson
Health, Physical Education & Recreation
Duluth
Larry L. Miller
Chemistry
Ephraim M. Sparrow
Mechanical Engineering
Clare K. Woodward
Biochemistry
Ann Aiko Bergeron
Theater/Fine Arts
Duluth
John R. Freeman
Political Science
William H. Hanson
Philosophy
Klaus P. Jankofsky
English
Duluth
Karen Lofsness
Laboratory Medicine & Pathology
Robert G. McKinnell
Genetics & Cell Biology
Willis Peterson
Agricultural & Applied Economics
Leonard A. Polakiewicz
Slavic Languages & Literatures
James H. Rothenberger
Epidemiology
Raj G. Suryanarayanan
Pharmaceutics
Frederick A. Cooper
Classical & Near Eastern Studies/Art
Van D. Gooch
Biology
Morris
Nina M. Graves
Pharmacy Practice
Warren E. Ibele
Mechanical Engineering
Richard W. Lichty
Business & Economics
Duluth
Carol A. Miller
American Studies
Joan Iverson Nassauer
Landscape Architecture
Thomas K. Soulen
Plant Biology
Bert T. Swanson
Horticultural Science
Mary Susan Ubbelohde
Architecture
Lisa D. Albrecht
Social Work
William R. Charlesworth
Institute of Child Development
Terence Collins
General College
James F. P. Cotter
Geology
Morris
Laurie Schultz Hayes
Rhetoric
Alan B. Hooper
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, & Biophysics
Suhas V. Patankar
Mechanical Engineering
Louis H. Pignolet
Chemistry
Douglas F. Robertson
General College
Muriel B. Ryden
Nursing
Franklin H. Barnwell
Ecology & Behavioral Biology
Eugene Borgida
Psychology
Lillian Bridwell-Bowles
English
Edward L. Farmer
History
Maureen A. O'Brien
Economics
Duluth
Donald E. Otterby
Animal Science
W. Phillips Shively
Political Science
Steve R. Simmons
Agronomy & Plant Genetics
Cheryl L. Zimmerman
Pharmaceutics
Laura J. Duckett
Nursing
Raymond D. Duvall
Political Science
Phyllis Freier
Physics
Calvin Kendall
English
Barbara M. Killen
General College
Theodore P. Labuza
Food Science & Nutrition
Thomas M. Skovholt
Educational Psychology
Charles E. Walcott
Political Science
Jean Ward
Journalism
Fred M. Amram
General College
Iris D. Charvat
Botany
Maria L. Gini
Computer Science
Brian L. Job
Political Science
Walter H. Johnson
Physics
Gail A. Koch
General College
Susan K. McClary
Music
Martin W. Sampson, III
Political Science
Mark E. Wilson
Waseca
Curt L. Anderson
Business & Economics
Duluth
Bert Fristedt
Mathematics
David Lyle Giese
General College
George Green
History
Gary N. McLean
Vocational & Technical Education
Ronald John Sawchuk
Pharmaceutics
Michael J. Simmons
Genetics & Cell Biology
Janet D. Spector
Anthropology
Connie Weil
Geography
Mahmoud M. Abdel-Monem
Pharmacy
William A. Anderson
Waseca
Paul P. D'Andrea
Liberal Arts
Mariam Darce Frenier
History
Morris
Allen B. Johnson
General College
Richard W. Ojakangas
Geology
Duluth
Roland L. Peterson
Work, Community & Family Education
John E. Turner
Political Science
Candido P. Zanoni
General College
Wilbert H. Ahern
History
Morris
C. Eugene Allen
Animal Science
Thomas F. Brothen
General College
Clarke A. Chambers
History
Gerald M. Erickson
Classics
Harlan S. Hansen
Curriculum and Instruction
Patrick A. Kroll
General College
Verna L. Rausch
Medical School
D. Peter Snustad
Genetics & Cell Biology
Russell S. Adams, Jr.
Agriculture
James L. Bowyer
Forest Products
John M. Dolan
Philosophy
Dennis R. Hower
General College
Mark A. Luker
Mathematical Science
Duluth
Paul C. Rosenblatt
Family Social Science
James B. Van Alstine
Geology
Morris
Kathleen M. Accola
Nursing
Thomas C. Buckley
General College
Tom Clayton
English
Clough W. Cullen
Waseca
Shirley N. Garner
English
Roland L. Guyotte
History
Morris
Archibald I. Leyasmeyer
English
Vernon B. Cardwell
Agronomy & Plant Genetics
James C. Cloyd
Pharmacy
Daniel F. Detzner
General College
Charles L. Matsch
Geology
Duluth
Peter Rosko
Business Administration
Everett Lavern Sutton
Music
Gerhard H. Weiss
German, Scandinavian & Dutch
Richard D. Ashmun
Business & Distributive Education
Robert L. Brown, Jr.
English
Jerome E. Gates
General College
Eugene E. Grossman
Psychology
Duluth
Joseph J. Latterell
Chemistry
Morris
Lura M. Morse
Food Science & Nutrition
Frederick W. Peterson
Art History
Morris
Harold F. Arneman
Soil Science
Abraham S. Berman
Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics
Peter A. French
Philosophy
Morris
Richard D. Goodrich
Agricultural Engineering
Patrick E. Hanna
Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacology
Stuart B. Schwartz
History
Dwaine R. Tallent
Business Administration
Duluth
W. Andrew Collins
Child Development
Vincent P. Hegerty
Agriculture/Human Ecology
Samuel Kirkwood
Biochemistry
Richard Leppert
Humanities
Roger G. Schroeder
Business Administration
George L. Shapiro
Liberal Arts
Fredric R. Steinhauser
General College
Philip P. Allen
Waseca
Evelyn Hansen
General College
James G. Henkel
Pharmacy
Ernest D. Kemble
Psychology
Morris
Kenneth J. Nafziger
Music
Morris
Mischa Penn
Anthropology
Betty W. Robinett
Linguistics
Karen R. Viskochil
Medicinal Technology
Julie A. Carson
English
Hollie L. Collins
Biology
Duluth
Patricia M. Fergus
English
Joseph A. Gallian
Mathematical Sciences
Duluth
Magnus Olson
Zoology
Michael Q. Patton
Sociology
Vera M. Schletzer
Continuing Education & Extension
James B. Togeas
Chemistry
Morris
Arthur Erdman
Mechanical Engineering
Thomas Kraabel
Religious Studies/Classics
Jane Maddy
Education
Duluth
Norman Moen
General College
Jack Moran
Institute of Technology
Howard Morris
Food Science & Nutrition
Katherine Nash
Studio Arts
Ted Underwood
History
Morris
James H. Brutger
Art
Duluth
Ronald Chastain
French & Italian
Roger Clemence
Architecture & Landscape Architecture
Forrest Harris
General College
Donald B. Lawrence
Botany
Bernice Lund
Mathematics
Morris
Arnett C. Mace
Forest Biology
Gerhard Neubeck
Family Social Science
Jooinn Lee
Political Science
Morris
Donald G. McTavish
Sociology
Sharon Wilford
Nursing
Thomas D. Bacig
Sociology/Anthropology
Duluth
Eric Klinger
Psychology
Morris
Fred E. Koller
Agricultural & Applied Economics
Warren G. Meyer
Distributive Education
Lewis G. Palmer
Mechanical Engineering
Leon Reisman
General College
Ronald Caple
Chemistry
Duluth
Harold Deutsch
History
Laddie Elling
Agronomy & Plant Sciences
John D. Helmberger
Agricultural & Applied Economics
George J. McCutcheon
General College
William O. Peterfi
Political Science
Morris
Robert C. Brasted
General Chemistry Program
Robert J. Falk
Psychology
Duluth
Clifton Gray
Psychology
Morris
David O. Kieft
History
Thomas Walz
University College
Val Woodward
Genetics & Cell Biology
Stanley Dagley
Biochemistry
Raymond Lammers
Speech & Theatre
Morris
Toni A. McNaron
English
John D. McRae
Pharmaceutics
Merle P. Meyer
Forestry
Theodore Uehling
Philosophy
Morris
Glen R. Berryman
Accounting
Paul A. Cartwright
Electrical Engineering
James C. Gremmels
English
Morris
David W. Noble
History
Robert Randleman
Industrial Education
Lawrence H. Smith
Agronomy & Plant Genetics
Abe B. Baker
Neurology
O. Truman Driggs, Jr.
History
Morris
Roxana R. Ford
Home Economics Education
George McCune
General College
William McDonald
Classics
John S. Meyers
Architecture
David Cooperman
Social Science Program
William Rosenthal
English
Duluth
Kenneth E. Winsness
Forestry