Faculty Emeritus

The emeritus titles are conferred upon individuals who have made significant contributions to Texas A&M University through long and distinguished service in administration, teaching, research, and/or service while holding the positions identified by these titles.

Associate Professor Emerita
	Name	Biography
	Caris, Nina	(Appointed 2003) - BIOL B.A., Miami University, 1970; M.S., Miami University, 1974; Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1984; Research Interests: physiological ecology with emphasis on osmoregulation in estuarine and freshwater invertebrates; science education.

Associate Professor Emeritus
	Name	Biography
	Jenkins, Omer	(Appointed 1998) - STAT B.A., North Texas State University, 1955; M.B.A., North Texas State University, 1962; Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1972; Research Interests: Statistical sampling and experimental design.
	O'Brien, Daniel	(Appointed 1997) - CHEM B.S., University of Virginia, 1954; Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1961;
	Rizzo, Peter	(Appointed 2008) - BIOL B.A., Indiana University, 1967; M.A., Indiana University, 1968; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1972; Research Interests: histones and histone-like proteins in eukaryotic algae; dinoflagellate chromosome structure.

Distinguished Professor Emeritus
	Name	Biography
$Portrait of James Bramble$	Bramble, James	(Appointed 2007) - MATH Ed.D., Brown University, 1953; M.A., University of Maryland, 1955; Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1958; Research Interests: numerical analysis.
$Portrait of Charles Chui$	Chui, Charles	(Appointed 2000) - MATH B.S., University of Wisconsin, 1962; M.S., University of Wisconsin, 1963; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1967; Research Interests: Approximation Theory.
	Lunsford, Jack	(Appointed 2008) - CHEM B.S., Texas A&M University, 1957; Ph.D., Rice University, 1962; Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (); American Chemical Society Creative Research in Homogeneous or Heterogeneous Catalysis, Shell Oil Company (2001); Award in Petroleum Chemistry, American Chemical Society (1996); Paul H. Emmett Award In Fundamental Catalysis, North American Catalysis Society (1975); Research Interests: physical/nuclear chemistry.
	Sawyer, Donald	(Appointed 1996) - CHEM B.S., University of California, Los Angeles, 1953; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1956;

Distinguished Professor Emeritus (A)
	Name	Biography
	Arnowitt, Richard	(Appointed 2004) - PHYS B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1948; M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1948; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1953; Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, American Physical Society (1994); Research Interests: High-energy theory; astro-particle physics.
	Fackler, John	(Appointed 2008) - CHEM B.A., Valparaiso University, 1956; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960; Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry, American Chemical Society (2001); Fulbright Research Scholarship - Columbia, Fulbright Scholars Program (1967); Research Interests: Coordination and organometallic chemistry; spectra, structures and reactivities; Jahn-Teller ions; sulfur ligands; metal-metal bonding; bioinorganic compounds; transition metal catalysis; ylide compounds of transition elements; gold, silver, and copper chemistry.
	Lunsford, Jack	(Appointed 2000) - CHEM B.S., Texas A&M University, 1957; Ph.D., Rice University, 1962; Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (); American Chemical Society Creative Research in Homogeneous or Heterogeneous Catalysis, Shell Oil Company (2001); Award in Petroleum Chemistry, American Chemical Society (1996); Paul H. Emmett Award In Fundamental Catalysis, North American Catalysis Society (1975); Research Interests: physical/nuclear chemistry.
	Parzen, Emanuel	(Appointed 2009) - STAT Ed.D., Harvard University, 1949; M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1951; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1953; Noether Award for Nonparametric Statistics, American Statistical Association (2005); Noether Senior Scholar, American Statistical Association (2005); Samuel S. Wilks Memorial Medal, American Statistical Association (1994); Research Interests: Statistical science-developing statistical methods for time series analysis, data analysis, and change analysis.

Professor Emeritus
	Name	Biography
$Portrait of Oliver Aberth$	Aberth, Oliver	(Appointed 1999) - MATH M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1951; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1962; B.S., City College of New York, 1980;
$Portrait of Jack Bryant$	Bryant, Jack	(Appointed 2001) - MATH B.A., Texas A&M University, 1959; M.S., Texas A&M University, 1962; Ph.D., Rice University, 1965; Research Interests: Image Analysis Mathematical Modeling Pattern Recognition.
	Cassone, Vincent	(Appointed 2009) - BIOL B.A., Colby College, 1975; M.S., University of Conneticut, 1977; Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1983; Research Interests: behavioral neurobiology; neurobiology of biological clocks; mechanisms of melatonin action.
	Dahm, Karl	(Appointed 2001) - BIOL B.S., University of Freiburg, Germany, 1958; Ed.D., University of Gottingen, Germany, 1961; Ph.D., University of Gottingen, Germany, 1964;
	Duller, Nelson	(Appointed 2009) - PHYS B.S., A&M College of Texas, 1948; M.A., Rice University, 1951; Ph.D., Rice University, 1953; Research Interests: Nuclear magnetic resonance; development of instrumentation for advanced undergraduate laboratories.
	Foster, Billy	(Appointed 1996) - BIOL B.S., North Texas State University, 1955; M.S., North Texas University, 1962; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1965;
	Freund, Rudolph	(Appointed 1993) - STAT M.A., University of Chicago, 1951; Ph.D., North Carolina State College, 1955; Research Interests: Statistical data analysis, applications of regression and linear models.
	Gates, Charles	(Appointed 1994) - STAT B.S., Iowa State University, 1950; M.S., North Carolina State University, 1952; Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1955; Research Interests: design and analysis of experimental data, estimation of wildlife abundance and modeling non-linear growth curves.
	Gingerich, Karl	(Appointed 1999) - CHEM B.S., Albert Ludwig Univeristy, 1951; M.S., Albert Ludwig Univeristy, 1954; Ph.D., Albert Ludwig Univeristy, 1957;
	Ham, Joe	(Appointed 2003) - PHYS B.S., University of Chicago, 1948; M.S., University of Chicago, 1951; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1954;
$Portrait of Darald Hartfiel$	Hartfiel, Darald	(Appointed 2005) - MATH B.S., Southwest Texas State University, 1962; M.S., University of Houston, 1966; Ph.D., University of Houston, 1969; Research Interests: matrix theory.
	Hazen, Edward	(Appointed 1992) - CHEM A.B., Dartmouth College, 1951; M.S., University of New Hampshire, 1957; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1963;
	Hiebert, John	(Appointed 2000) - PHYS A.B., Harvard University, 1956; M.S., Yale University, 1960; Ph.D., Yale University, 1964; Research Interests: physics education; computers in physics education.
$Portrait of Arthur Hobbs$	Hobbs, Arthur	(Appointed 2008) - MATH B.S., University of Michigan, 1962; Ph.D., University of Waterloo, 1971; Research Interests: graph theory.
	Hocking, Ronald	(Appointed 1994) - STAT B.S., Michigan College of Mining and Technology, 1954; M.S., University of Michigan, 1957; Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1962; Research Interests: Regression, mixed models and multivariate analysis.
	Huson, F. Russell	(Appointed 1997) - PHYS A.A., Casper College, 1957; M.A., San Diego State College, 1959; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1964;
	Kenefick, Robert	(Appointed 2007) - PHYS B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959; Ph.D., Florida State University, 1962; Research Interests: high-energy atomic collision processes; ion sources; ion trap.
	Kleerekoper, Herman	(Appointed 1978) - BIOL
	Krise, George	(Appointed 1982) - BIOL B.A., University of Texas, 1946; M.S., University of Texas, 1948; Ph.D., University of Texas, 1952;
	Matis, James	(Appointed 2009) - STAT B.S., Weber State College, 1965; M.S., Brigham Young University, 1967; Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1970; Fulbright Scholar, Fulbright Scholars Program (2000); Fulbright Scholar, Fulbright Scholar Program (1998); Distinguished Statistical Ecologist Award, International Association for Ecology (1995); Fulbright Research Scholarship - India, Fulbright Scholars Program (1995); Distinguished Achievement Medal - Section of Statistics and the Environment, American Statistical Association (1993); Research Interests: Biomathematics, compartmental analysis, statistical ecology and applied stochastic processes.
$Portrait of Carlton Maxson$	Maxson, Carlton	(Appointed 2002) - MATH B.S., State University of New York, Albany, 1958; M.A., University of Illinois, 1961; Ph.D., State University of New York, Buffalo, 1967; Fulbright Research Scholarship - Austria, Fulbright Scholars Program (1989); Research Interests: near rings.
	McIntyre, John	(Appointed 1996) - PHYS B.S., University of Washington, 1943; M.A., Princeton University, 1948; Ph.D., Princeton University, 1950; Research Interests: high-energy accelerator physics; colliding beams at very high energy.
	Peck, M. Larry	(Appointed 2006) - CHEM B.S., College of Idaho, 1962; Ph.D., Montana State University, 1971; Research Interests: improving science learning at all levels by development of innovative materials and technology; development of textbooks and lab manuals using familiar materials and equipment.
$Portrait of William Perry$	Perry, William	(Appointed 2007) - MATH B.A., Park College, 1967; M.A., University of Illinois, 1968; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1972; Research Interests: integral equations.
	Ringer, Larry	(Appointed 2004) - STAT B.S., Iowa State University, 1959; M.S., Iowa State University, 1962; Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1966; Research Interests: Applied statistics, survey sampling and reliability.
	Ringer, Larry	(Appointed 2006) - STAT B.S., Iowa State University, 1959; M.S., Iowa State University, 1962; Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1966; Research Interests: Applied statistics, survey sampling and reliability.
	Sanchez, David	(Appointed 2001) - MATH B.S., University of New Mexico, 1955; M.S., University of Michigan, 1960; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1964; Research Interests: ordinary differential equations.
	Sauer, Helmut	(Appointed 2007) - BIOL Ed.D., University of Marburg, 1965; Research Interests: cell cycle in development, specifically the interdependence of chromatic replication with transcriptional activation in Physarum.
	Schmitt, Richard	(Appointed 2005) - CHEM B.S., UC Santa Barbara, 1971; Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 1978; Research Interests: research is conducted in the field of heavy-ion nuclear reactions, emphasis is placed on angular momentum transfer in these reactions.
	Shapiro, Bernard	(Appointed 1987) - CHEM B.S., McGill University, 1952; A.M., Harvard University, 1954; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1957;
$Portrait of Kirby Smith$	Smith, Kirby	(Appointed 2008) - MATH B.A., Southern Methodist University, 1962; M.S., University of Wisconsin, 1964; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1969; Research Interests: Near rings.
	Smith, William	(Appointed 2003) - STAT B.S., Lamar University, 1959; M.S., A&M College of Texas, 1960; Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1967; Fellow, American Statistical Association (1994); Research Interests: Multivariate analysis, missing data methods, correspondence analysis.
	Sweet, Merrill	(Appointed 2003) - BIOL B.A., University of Conneticut, 1958; Ph.D., University of Conneticut, 1963; Research Interests: insect ecology and taxonomy of the family Lygaeidae.
	Zingaro, Ralph	(Appointed 1995) - CHEM B.S., City College of New York, 1946; M.S., University of Kansas, 1949; Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1950; Fulbright Research Scholarship - Argentina, Fulbright Scholars Program (1974);
	Zingaro, Ralph	(Appointed 2007) - CHEM B.S., City College of New York, 1946; M.S., University of Kansas, 1949; Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1950; Fulbright Research Scholarship - Argentina, Fulbright Scholars Program (1974);
	Zwolinski, Bruno	(Appointed 1991) - CHEM B.S., Canisius College, 1941; M.S., Purdue University, 1943; M.A., Princeton University, 1944; Ph.D., Princeton University, 1947;

Professor Emeritus (A)
	Name	Biography
	Matis, James	(Appointed 2000) - STAT B.S., Weber State College, 1965; M.S., Brigham Young University, 1967; Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1970; Fulbright Scholar, Fulbright Scholars Program (2000); Fulbright Scholar, Fulbright Scholar Program (1998); Distinguished Statistical Ecologist Award, International Association for Ecology (1995); Fulbright Research Scholarship - India, Fulbright Scholars Program (1995); Distinguished Achievement Medal - Section of Statistics and the Environment, American Statistical Association (1993); Research Interests: Biomathematics, compartmental analysis, statistical ecology and applied stochastic processes.
	Ringer, Larry	(Appointed 2004) - STAT B.S., Iowa State University, 1959; M.S., Iowa State University, 1962; Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1966; Research Interests: Applied statistics, survey sampling and reliability.
	Smith, William	(Appointed 2009) - STAT B.S., Lamar University, 1959; M.S., A&M College of Texas, 1960; Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1967; Fellow, American Statistical Association (1994); Research Interests: Multivariate analysis, missing data methods, correspondence analysis.
	Zingaro, Ralph	(Appointed 2006) - CHEM B.S., City College of New York, 1946; M.S., University of Kansas, 1949; Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1950; Fulbright Research Scholarship - Argentina, Fulbright Scholars Program (1974);

Professor Emeritus (J)
	Name	Biography
	Nelson, Paul	(Appointed 2003) - MATH B.S., Auburn University, 1958; M.S., University of New Mexico, 1962; Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 1969; Research Interests: transport theory.