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 | |
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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 | |
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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. |
|
Manhart, James |
(Appointed 2011) - BIOL B.S., Kansas State University, 1972; M.S., Kansas State University, 1979; Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1984; Research Interests: Microsatellite and other genetic markers and their application to population genetics of rare and endangered and invasive plants. |
|
O'Brien, Daniel |
(Appointed 1997) - CHEM B.S., University of Virginia, 1954; Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1961; |
|
Rahe, Maurice |
(Appointed 2011) - MATH B.A., Pomona College, 1965; M.S., Stanford University, 1970; Ph.D., Stanford University, 1976; Research Interests: Ergodic theory. |
|
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 | |
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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. |
|
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. |
|
Fackler, John |
(Appointed 2012) - 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 2008) - CHEM B.S., Texas A&M University, 1957; Ph.D., Rice University, 1962; Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (1975); 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 2010) - 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. |
|
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. |
|
Hall, Timothy |
(Appointed 2011) - BIOL B.S., University of Nottingham, 1962; Ph.D., University of Nottingham, 1965; Research Interests: Gene networks and regulation of expression; Rice biotechnology; Epigenetics. |
| Professor Emeritus | ||
| Name | Biography | |
|
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; |
|
Blakley, G. Robert |
(Appointed 2011) - MATH A.B., Georgetown University, 1954; M.S., University of Maryland, 1959; Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1960; Research Interests: Cryptography. |
|
Boggess, Albert |
(Appointed 2013) - MATH B.S., University of Texas Austin, 1975; Ph.D., Rice University, 1979; Research Interests: Several complex variables. |
|
Borosh, Itshak |
(Appointed 2011) - MATH M.Sc., Hebrew University of Jersusalem, 1961; Ph.D., Weizmann Institute of Science, 1966; Research Interests: Number theory. |
|
Bryan, Ronald |
(Appointed 2011) - PHYS B.S., Yale University, 1954; Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1961; Research Interests: Theory of nucleon-nucleon interaction; elementary particles. |
|
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. |
|
Church, David |
(Appointed 2011) - PHYS B.A., Dartmouth College, 1961; M.S., University of Washington, 1963; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1969; Research Interests: Stored-ion collisions and spectroscopy; polarization spectroscopy; multicharged ions. |
|
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; |
|
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; |
|
Hensley, Douglas |
(Appointed 2011) - MATH B.A., University of Kansas, 1970; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1974; Research Interests: Number theory. |
|
Hiebert, John |
(Appointed 2000) - PHYS A.B., Harvard University, 1956; M.S., Yale University, 1960; Ph.D., Yale University, 1964; Research Interests: Experimental nuclear physics. |
|
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. |
|
Hu, Chia-Ren |
(Appointed 2011) - PHYS B.Sc., National Taiwan University, 1962; Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1968; Elected Fellow, American Physical Society (2003); Research Interests: Condensed matter theory; theory of superconductivity; superfluid 3He; quantum computing; electromagnetic scattering; anisotropy and symmetry related questions in high-temperature superconductors; spintronics; quantum computing. |
|
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. |
|
Lacey, H. Elton |
(Appointed 2002) - MATH B.A., Abilene Christian University, 1959; M.A., Abilene Christian University, 1961; Ph.D., New Mexico State University, 1963; Research Interests: functional analysis. |
|
Lewis, Daniel |
(Appointed 2011) - MATH B.S., Louisiana State University, 1966; M.S., Wroclaw University, 1966; M.S., Louisiana State University, 1968; Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1970; Ph.D., Moscow State University, 1972; Dr. S., Sofia University, 1982; Research Interests: Functional analysis. |
|
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. |
|
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: Instrumentation in nuclear medicine. |
|
Patterson, Comer |
(Appointed 2011) - BIOL B.A., University of Texas Austin, 1964; Ph.D., University of Texas Austin, 1971; Research Interests: Physiology of photosynthesis in the cyanobacteria. |
|
Pearcy, Carl |
(Appointed 2011) - MATH B.A., A&M College of Science, 1954; M.S., A&M College of Science, 1956; Ph.D., Rice University, 1960; Research Interests: Functional analysis. |
|
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. |
|
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 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. |
|
Rowe, Marvin |
(Appointed 2010) - CHEM B.S., New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 1959; Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 1966; Research Interests: Dating ancient archaeological rock and cave paintings. Developing a technique to determine non-destructive radiocarbon dates on perishable organic archaeological artifacts. Developing at least two or three new instrumental experiments. Setting up a plasma-chemical apparatus at Qatar so he can continue his radiocarbon research projects and incorporate undergraduate students.. |
|
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; |
|
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. |
|
Speed, F. Michael |
(Appointed 2013) - STAT B.S., St. Mary's University, 1964; M.S., St. Mary's University, 1965; Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1969; Elected Fellow, American Statistical Association (2006); Research Interests: Computational statistics, biostatistics, linear models, applied statistics, multivariate methods, environmental and industrial statistics, teaching statistics real time. |
|
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. |
|
Watson, Rand |
(Appointed 2010) - CHEM B.S., Colorado School of Mines, 1962; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1966; Research Interests: Inner-shell ionization and X-ray emission in fast ion-atom collisions; interaction of high energy ions with atoms and molecules, with emphasis on charge distributions and dissociation processes. |
|
Wilson, Hugh |
(Appointed 2011) - BIOL B.A., Kent State University, 1970; M.A., Kent State University, 1972; Ph.D., Indiana University, 1976; Research Interests: Angiosperm evolution and systematics; origin and differentiation of domesticated species. |
|
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); |
| Professor Emeritus (A) | ||
| Name | Biography | |
|
Duller, Nelson |
(Appointed 2010) - 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. |
|
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. |
| 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. |
| Regents Professor Emeritus | ||
| Name | Biography | |
|
Clark, Robert |
(Appointed 2011) - PHYS B.A., Yale University, 1963; Ed.D., Yale University, 1967; Ph.D., Yale University, 1968; Fellow, American Physical Society (1997); Oersted Medal, American Association of Physics Teachers (1995); |
| Senior Lecturer Emerita | ||
| Name | Biography | |
|
Hyman, Marian |
(Appointed 2010) - CHEM B.A., Hunter College, 1966; Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1982; Research Interests: Analytical chemistry. |
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