Departmental Legacy Scholars

This category includes "giants" from each department who spent time at the University before national and international awards evolved to recognize exceptional scholarship in those respective fields.

C.B. Burnham

1972
Agronomy and Plant Genetics
Joseph Valasek

Joseph Valasek

1965
Physics
Jonas J. Christensen

Jonas J. Christensen

1964
Plant Pathology
Katharine J. Densford

Katharine J. Densford

1959
Dean of the School of Nursing
William Anderson

William Anderson

1957
Political Science
H.K. Hayes

H.K. Hayes

1952
Agronomy and Plant Genetics

Ralph Hall Brown

1948
Geography
Florence Goodenough

Florence L. Goodenough

1947
Child Development
Richard Hartshorne

Richard Hartshorne

1941
Geography