Academic Senate Recipients
Each year the UCLA Alumni Association presents Distinguished Teaching Awards to five Academic Senate faculty members. The highly prized awards are presented at the annual UCLA Alumni Association Awards Ceremony, and selection of recipients is based on recommendations of the Academic Senate Committee on Teaching. Nominations are solicited from academic departments during Fall Quarter.
The Luckman Distinguished Teaching Awards Program was established in late 1991 after receipt of a generous gift from Harriet and Charles Luckman. Awards given for 1992 through 1997 were named the Luckman Distinguished Teaching Awards.
1961
John F. Barron
(Economics)
Hector E. Hall
(Physiology)
Kenneth N. Trueblood
(Chemistry and Biochemistry)
1962
Charles W. Hoffman (Germanic Languages)
Thomas P. Jenkin
(Political Science)
Ken Nobe
(Chemical Engineering)
1963
Carl W. Hagge
(Germanic Languages)
Wendell P. Jones
(Education)
Robert H. Sorgenfrey
(Mathematics)
Saul Winstein
(Chemistry and Biochemistry)
1964
Mostafa A. El-Sayed
(Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Leon Howard
(English)
Moshe F. Rubinstein
(Civil and Environmental Engineering)
1965
E.A. Carlson
(Biology)
W.R. Hitchcock
(History)
Allen Parducci
(Psychology)
William R. Romig
(Microbiology and Molecular Genetics)
1966
George A. Bartholomew
(Biology)
William P. Gerberding
(Political Science)
Hans Meyerhoff
(Philosophy)
Joseph E. Spencer
(Geography)
1967
Basil Gordon
(Mathematics)
J.A.C. Grant
(Political Science)
William Matthews
(English)
David S. Saxon
(Physics and Astronomy)
E.K.L. Upton
(Physics and Astronomy)
1968
Edward W. Graham
(Chemistry and Biochemistry)
W. James Popham
(Education)
Sydney C. Rittenberg
(Microbiology and Molecular Genetics)
Robert P. Stockwell
(Linguistics)
Fred N. White
(Physiology)
1969
Robert J. Finkelstein
(Physics and Astronomy)
Douglas S. Hobbs
(Political Science)
J.E. Phillips
(English)
Raymond M. Redheffer
(Mathematics)
Margret I. Sellers
(Microbiology and Immunology)
1970
Ehrhard Bahr
(Germanic Languages)
Joseph Cascarano
(Biology)
B. Lamar Johnson
(Education)
Daniel Kivelson
(Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Richard D. Lehan
(English)
1971
Vernon E. Denny
(Chemical Engineering)
Peter N. Ladefoged
(Linguistics)
Arthur D. Schwabe
(Medicine)
Duane E. Smith
(Political Science)
Andreas Tietze
(Near Eastern Languages and Cultures)
1972
Barbara K. Keogh
(Education)
James N. Miller
(Microbiology and Immunology)
David S. Rodes
(English)
Ned A. Shearer
(Speech)
Charles A. West
(Chemistry and Biochemistry)
1973
Kirby A. Baker
(Mathematics)
David Evans
(Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Albert Hoxie
(History)
Nhan Levan
(Electrical Engineering)
Judith L. Smith
(Physiological Science)
1974
Robert B. Edgerton
(Anthropology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences)
David S. Eisenberg
(Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Victoria A. Fromkin
(Linguistics)
Robert C. Neerhout
(Pediatrics)
Andrea L. Rich
(Speech)
1975
Alma M. Hawkins
(World Arts and Cultures)
Morris Holland
(Psychology)
Paul M. Schachter
(Linguistics)
Stanley A. Wolpert
(History)
Richard W. Young
(Neurobiology)
1976
Marianne Celce-Murcia
(Teaching English as a Second Language and Applied Linguistics)
Jesse J. Dukeminier
(Law)
George R. Guffey
(English)
Marilyn L. Kourilsky
(Education)
Chand R. Viswanathan
(Electrical Engineering)
1977
Michael J.B. Allen
(English)
Henry M. Cherrick
(Dentistry)
Richard C. Maxwell
(Law)
J. William Schopf
(Earth and Space Sciences)
Verne N. Schumaker
(Chemistry and Biochemistry)
1978
William R. Allen
(Economics)
Michael E. Jung
(Chemistry and Biochemistry)
J. Fred Weston
(Management)
Thomas D. Wickens
(Psychology)
Johannes Wilbert
(Anthropology)
1979
Steven Krantz
(Mathematics)
Paul I. Rosenthal
(Communication Studies)
Christopher Salter
(Geography)
James H. White
(Mathematics)
Stephen C. Yeazell
(Law)
1980
A.R. Braunmuller
(English)
Fredi Chiappelli
(Italian)
Kenneth L. Karst
(Law)
Richard F. Logan
(Geography)
Ronald F. Zernicke
(Physiological Science)
1981
Arnold J. Band
(Near Eastern Languages and Cultures)
Charles L. Batten, Jr.
(English)
Lucien B. Guze
(Medicine)
Gerald Lopez
(Law)
Andy Wong
(Dentistry)
1982
Dean Bok
(Neurobiology)
Robin S. Liggett
(Architecture and Urban Design, Urban Planning)
William Melnitz
(Theater)
Joseph K. Perloff
(Medicine)
Karen E. Rowe
(English)
1983
Claude Bernard
(Physics and Astronomy)
Bryan C. Ellickson
(Economics)
Robert S. Elliott
(Electrical Engineering)
Albert D. Hutter
(English)
Charles M. Knobler
(Chemistry and Biochemistry)
1984
Robert Dallek
(History)
Hooshang Kangerloo
(Radiological Sciences)
Jeffrey Prager
(Sociology)
Stanley Siegel
(Law)
Sandra A. Thompson
(Linguistics)
1985
Patricia M. Greenfield
(Psychology)
David F. Martin
(Computer Science)
Mark W. Plant
(Economics)
Ross P. Shideler
(Scandinavian Section, Comparative Literature)
William D. Warren
(Law)
1986
Roger A. Gorski
(Neurobiology)
Patricia A. Keating
(Linguistics)
Leonard Kleinrock
(Computer Science)
Martin Wachs
(Urban Planning)
Scott L. Waugh
(History)
1987
Lawrence W. Bassett
(Radiological Sciences)
E. Bradford Burns
(History)
Kenneth W. Graham, Jr.
(Law)
Howard Suber
(Film and Television)
Richard A. Yarborough
(English)
1988
Alison G. Anderson
(Law)
Ann L.T. Bergren
(Classics)
Charles A. Berst
(English)
Michael J. Goldstein
(Psychology)
Richard L. Sklar
(Political Science)
1989
John B. Garnett
(Mathematics)
Kathleen L. Komar
(Comparative Literature, Germanic Languages)
William G. Roy
(Sociology)
Stephen Yenser
(English)
Eric M. Zolt
(Law)
1990
Peter M. Narins
(Physiological Science)
Gary B. Nash
(History)
John S. Wiley
(Law)
Merlin C. Wittrock
(Education)
Ruth Yeazell
(English)
1991
Michael R. Asimow
(Law)
Edward G. Berenson
(History)
Robert A. Bjork
(Psychology)
Margaret FitzSimmons
(Urban Planning)
Kenneth R. Lincoln
(English)
1992
Bruce L. Baker
(Psychology)
Paul B. Bergman
(Law)
Robert B. Goldberg
(Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology)
Peter E. Kollock
(Sociology)
Eugen Weber
(History)
1993
Calvin B. Bedient
(English)
Richard B. Kaner
(Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Katherine C. King
(Classics)
William G. Ouchi
(Management)
Bruce Schulman
(History)
1994
David A. Binder
(Law)
Jon P. Davidson
(Earth and Space Sciences)
Melvin Oliver
(Sociology)
Barbara L. Packer
(English)
E. Victor Wolfenstein
(Political Science)
1995
Noriko Akatsuka
(East Asian Languages and Cultures)
Douglas Hollan
(Anthropology)
V.A. Kolve
(English)
Jerome Rabow
(Sociology)
Paul V. Reale
(Music)
1996
Walter Allen
(Sociology)
Judith A. Carney
(Geography)
William M. Gelbart
(Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Phyllis A. Guzé
(Medicine)
Peter B. Hammond
(Anthropology)
1997
Uptal Banerjee
(Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology)
Christine D. Gutierrez
(Education)
Susan McClary
(Musicology)
Arnold B. Scheibel
(Neurobiology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences)
Ivan Szelenyi
(Sociology)
1998
George W. Bernard
(Dentistry)
Verónica Cortínez
(Spanish and Portuguese)
Wayne A. Dollase
(Earth and Space Sciences)
Jayne E. Lewis
(English)
Joshua S.S. Muldavin
(Geography)
1999
Grace Ganz Blumberg
(Law)
Alessandro Duranti
(Anthropology)
Richard H. Gold
(Radiological Sciences)
N. Katherine Hayles
(English)
Bernard Weiner
(Psychology)
2000
Scott H. Chandler
(Physiological Science)
Efraín Kristal
(Spanish and Portuguese)
Hector F. Myers
(Psychology)
David Sklansky
(Law)
Robert N. Watson
(English)
2001
Michael J. Colacurcio
(English)
Glen M. MacDonald
(Geography)
Kevin Terraciano
(History)
James W. Trent
(Education)
Brian Walker
(Political Science)
2002
Christopher R. Anderson
(Mathematics)
Steven G. Clarke
(Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Anne K. Mellor
(English)
Lee Todd Miller
(Pediatrics)
Grant S. Nelson
(Law)
2003
Joseph J. DiStefano III
(Computer Science, Medicine)
Robin L. Garrell
(Chemistry and Biochemistry)
A.P. Gonzalez
(Film, Television, and Digital Media)
Mitchell B. Morris
(Musicology)
Kirk J. Stark
(Law)
2004
David B. Kaplan
(Philosophy)
Kathryn A. Morgan
(Classics)
Mark R. Morris
(Physics and Astronomy)
Jesús Torrecilla
(Spanish and Portuguese)
Joan Waugh
(History)
2005
Roger Bourland
(Music)
Robert G. Fovell
(Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences)
Elma González
(Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Elizabeth A. Marchant
(Spanish and Portuguese)
Mike Rose
(Education)
Keith D. Stolzenbach
(Civil and Environmental Engineering)
2006
Robert A. Gurval
(Classics)
Patricia M. McDonough
(Education)
Albert J. Moore
(Law)
Kenneth A. Nagy
(Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
David L. Rigby
(Geography)
Geoffrey W. Symcox
(History)
2007
John A. Agnew
(Geography)
Devon Carbado
(Law)
Valerie J. Matsumoto
(Asian American Studies, History)
Behzad Razavi
(Electrical Engineering)
Daniel G. Solórzano
(Education)
Blaire Van Valkenburgh
(Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Non-Academic Senate Recipients
In spring of 1985, the Office of Instructional Development began sponsorship of awards to three instructors who are not members of the Academic Senate. This category includes lecturers and adjunct and clinical faculty members. All non-Academic Senate faculty members who are nominated by their departments are eligible. Recipients are selected by the Academic Senate Committee on Teaching, utilizing the same criteria as that used for Academic Senate members.
The Luckman Distinguished Teaching Awards Program was established in late 1991 after receipt of a generous gift from Harriet and Charles Luckman. Awards given for 1992 through 1997 were named the Luckman Distinguished Teaching Awards.
1985
L. Geoffrey Cowan
(Communication Studies)
Mary Elizabeth Perry
(History)
Linda Diane Venis
(English)
1986
David Cohen
(Mathematics)
Johanna Harris-Heggie
(Music)
Paul Von Blum
(Interdisciplinary)
1987
Carol D. Berkowitz
(Pediatrics)
Jeffrey I. Cole
(Communication Studies)
Cheryl Giuliano
(Writing Programs)
1988
Jeanne Gunner
(Writing Programs)
Art Huffman
(Physics and Astronomy)
David G. Kay
(Computer Science)
1989
S. Scott Bartchy
(History)
Bonnie Lisle
(Writing Programs)
Kenneth R. Pfeiffer
(Civil Engineering, Psychology)
1990
Lisa Gerrard
(Writing Programs)
Andres Durstenfeld
(Biology)
Dorothy Phillips
(Physiological Science)
1991
Marde S. Gregory
(Speech)
Betty A. Luceigh
(Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Cheryl Pfoff
(Writing Programs)
1992
Janet Goodwin
(Teaching English as a Second Language and Applied Linguistics)
Janette Lewis
(Writing Programs)
Yihua Wang
(East Asian Languages and Cultures)
1993
Stephen Dickey
(English)
Sondra Hale
(Anthropology)
Jutta Landa
(Germanic Languages)
1994
Steven K. Derian
(Law)
Linda Jensen
(Teaching English as a Second Language and Applied Linguistics)
Shelby Popham
(Writing Programs)
1995
Nicholas Collaros
(French)
Kristine S. Knaplund
(Law)
Christopher Mott
(English)
1996
Scott Bowman
(Political Science)
Timothy Tangherlini
(Scandinavian Section)
G. Jennifer Wilson
(Honors and Undergraduate Programs)
1997
William McDonald
(Film and Television)
Stuart Slavin
(Pediatrics)
Sung-Ock Sohn
(East Asian Languages and Cultures)
1998
Paul Frymer
(Political Science)
George Gadda
(Writing Programs)
Julie Giese
(English)
1999
Patricia Gilmore-Jaffe
(Writing Programs)
Emily Schiller
(English)
Scott Votey
(UCLA Emergency Medicine Center)
2000
Nicole Dufresne
(French)
Thomas Holm
(Law)
Richard P. Usatine
(Family Medicine)
2001
George Leddy
(Geography/International Development Studies)
Sandra Mano
(Writing Programs)
L. Jean Perry
(Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology)
2002
Steven Hardinger
(Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Colleen K. Keenan
(Nursing)
Cynthia Merrill
(Writing Programs)
2003
Marjorie A. Bates
(Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Anita McCormick
(Writing Programs)
Richard Stevenson III
(Dentistry)
2004
Andrew Hsu
(Philosophy)
Kimberly Jansma
(French and Francophone Studies)
Jennifer Westbay
(Writing Programs)
2005
Susan Griffin
(Writing Programs)
William Grisham
(Psychology)
Anahid Keshishian
(Near Eastern Languages and Cultures)
2006
Roger E. Bohman
(Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology)
Jo Ann Damron-Rodriguez
(Social Welfare)
Gerald Wilson
(Ethnomusicology)
2007
Nancy Ezer
(Near Eastern Languages and Cultures)
Fred A. Hagigi
(Health Services)
Eric Marin
(Film, Television, and Digital Media)
Gold Shield Faculty Prize
The $30,000 Gold Shield Faculty Prize, an award for academic excellence, was created by the Gold Shield Alumnae of UCLA in celebration of their fiftieth anniversary in 1986. The prize is funded by an endowment of $250,000 raised by Gold Shield for this purpose, which has grown to over $450,000. Guidelines provide that the prize "recognize and reward UCLA faculty members who have demonstrated extraordinary accomplishment in teaching and in research or creative activity...and who have made a significant contribution to undergraduate education." Preference for recipients is given to faculty members in mid-career who do not often receive the extra professional incentives available to distinguished senior faculty.
The Gold Shield Faculty Prize is awarded to each recipient for scholarly use. The awardee is selected every year by a committee of peers appointed by the Academic Senate. Student and Gold Shield representatives are included. Recipients must come from fields that have undergraduate programs at UCLA.
1986-88
Michael E. Jung
(Chemistry and Biochemistry)
1988-90
Patricia M. Greenfield
(Psychology)
1990-92
Jeffrey C. Alexander
(Sociology)
1992-94
J. William Schopf
(Earth and Space Sciences)
1994-96
Albert R. Braunmuller
(English)
1996-98
Peter M. Narins
(Physiological Science)
1998-00
Robert B. Goldberg
(Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology)
2000-02
Utpal Banerjee
(Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology)
2002-04
Richard B. Kaner
(Chemistry and Biochemistry)
2004-06
Andrea M. Ghez
(Physics and Astronomy)
2006-07
Robert N. Watson
(English)
2007-08
William J. Kaiser
(Electrical Engineering)