Distinguished Research Professor
These awards are given to honor academicians whose work is recognized as being of the highest levels of creativity by national and international leaders in the discipline.
- Leonard Poon - 2009
- Sarah Spence - 2009
- Juergen Wiegel - 2008
- Catherine M. Pringle - 2008
- Sidney Kushner - 2008
- Steven R. H. Beach - 2007
- Richard B. Meagher - 2007
- Robert E. Rhoades - 2006
- Doris Y. Kadish - 2006
- Michael Strand - 2006
- Dino J. Lorenzini - 2006
- J. Michael "Hawkeye" Pierce - 2006
- Ronald L. Bogue - 2005
- Ronald L. Simons - 2005
- Mary Ann Moran - 2005
- Francis B. Assaf - 2004
- Casimir C. Akoh - 2004
- Gary D. Grossman - 2004
- Randy W. Kamphaus - 2004
- Valery Alexeev - 2004
- Robert A. Scott - 2003
- Stephen P. Hubbell - 2003
- Patricia Adair Gowaty - 2003
- Carmon Colangelo - 2003
- Andrew H. Paterson - 2002
- Jared S. Klein - 2002
- Gary A. Dudley - 2002
- James N. Moore - 2002
- Arthur M. Horne - 2002
- Richard D. Winfield - 2001
- Donald M. Kurtz Jr. - 2001
- Thomas F. Murray - 2001
- Robert O. Teskey - 2001
- William W. Stueck, Jr. - 2001
- Branson W. Ritchie - 2000
- David J. Benson - 2000
- Gregory H. Robinson - 2000
- Noel Gregg - 2000
- Rick L. Tarleton - 2000
