University Distinguished Professors
The highest academic recognition awarded by the University, the title of University Distinguished Professor is bestowed upon a small number of full professors at any one time on the basis of outstanding scholarship and achievement. Professors receiving this title hold the distinction for the duration of their association with Colorado State University.
The purposes of the University Distinguished Professorships are 1) to confer honor upon faculty members for outstanding scholarship and 2) to symbolize the continuing commitment of Colorado State University to the pursuit of excellence.
2022 University Distinguished Professor Recipients
Department of Chemistry;
Postdoctoral Studies, Chemistry and Biochemistry (University of California, Los Angeles); Ph.D., Organic Chemistry (Harvard University)
Department of Anthropology & Geography;
Ph.D., Anthropology (Binghamton University); M.A., B.A., Anthropology (Colorado State University)
Department of Animal Sciences;
Ph.D., Animal Science (University of Illinois); M.S., Animal Science (Arizona State University); B.A., Psychology (Franklin Pierce College)
Department of Music and Director of Orchestras;
M.M., Conducting (San Francisco State University); B.A., Music (University of Southern California)
Department of Atmospheric Science;
Ph.D., Atmospheric Science (Colorado State University); M.S., Physical Geography (University of the Witwatersrand); H. Dip. Ed., (University of the Witwatersrand); B.S., B.S. Hons, Mathematics & Geography (University of the Witwatersrand)
University Distinguished Professors - Current
*In alphabetical order*
Department of Economics;
Ph.D., Economics (University of London); M.Sc., Economics (London School of Economics and Political Science); B.A., Economics & Political Science (Yale University)
Department of Anthropology & Geography;
Ph.D., M.A., Anthropology (Southern Methodist University); B.A., English (Southern Methodist University)
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering;
Ph.D., M.S., Electrical Engineering (Colorado State University); B.S., Electrical Engineering (Indian Institute of Technology)
Department of Chemistry;
Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts, Amherst); M.S., B.S. (Shangrao Normal University/Nankai University)
Department of Human Development & Family Studies;
Ph.D., Human Development & Family Studies (The Pennsylvania State University); M.S., B.S., Psychology (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University)
Department of English;
M.F.A., Creative Writing, Poetry (University of North Carolina Greensboro); B.A., English (Stanford University)
Department of Biology;
Ph.D., M.Sc., Botany (University of Wyoming); B.Sc., Biology (Idaho State University)
Department of Atmospheric Science;
Ph.D., M.S., Chemical Engineering (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena); B.S. Chemical Engineering (Manhattan College)
Department of Bioagricultural Sciences & Pest Management;
Ph.D., Plant Pathology (University of Wisconsin-Madison); M.S., B.S., Microbiology (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering;
Ph.D., Physics (Colorado State University); B.S., Physics (University of Rosario)
Department of Soil & Crop Sciences;
Ph.D., Systems Ecology/Agroecology (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences); M.Sc., Forest Ecology (Colorado State University); B.Sc., Forest Biology (Colorado State University)
Department of Biology;
Ph.D., Biology (Colorado State University); M.S., Environmental Science (Indiana University Bloomington); B.A., Biology (Hendrix College)
Department of Atmospheric Science;
Ph.D., Atmospheric Science (University of California, Los Angeles); M.S., B.S., Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering (Ohio State University)
Departments of Chemistry and Atmospheric Science;
Ph.D., Physical Chemistry (University of Florida); M.Sc., Physical Chemistry (University of Mysore); B.Sc., Physics & Chemistry (University of Mysore)
Departments of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Physics;
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering (Colorado State University); B.S., Physics (University of Rosario)
Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Pathology;
D.V.M. (Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine); B.S. (California Institute of Technology)
Department of Biology;
Ph.D., Plant Pathology (University of Kentucky); B.A., Biology (University of Kentucky)
Department of Geosciences;
Ph.D., Geosciences (University of Arizona); B.S., Geology (Arizona State University)
University Distinguished Professors - Emeritus
*In alphabetical order*
Dr. Barry Beaty
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Dr. Patrick Brennan
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Dr. Jack Cermak
Department of Civil Engineering
(deceased)
Dr. Katherine Browne
Department of Anthropology & Geography;
Ph.D., M.A., Anthropology (Southern Methodist University); B.A., English (Southern Methodist University)
Dr. Mortimer Elkind
Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences
(deceased)
Dr. Donald Estep
Department of Statistics
Dr. Howard Evans
Department of Zoology and Entomology
(deceased)
Dr. Ann Fisher
Department of Occupational Therapy
Dr. Marshall Fixman
Department of Chemistry
(deceased)
Dr. Louis Hegedus
Department of Chemistry
Dr. Ed Hoover
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Dr. Willard Lindsay
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
(deceased)
Dr. Karolin Luger
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dr. C. Wayne McIlwraith
Department of Clinical Sciences
Dr. Albert Meyers
Department of Chemistry
(deceased)
Dr. Gordon Niswender
Department of Biomedical Sciences
(deceased)
Dr. Ian Orme
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
(deceased)
Dr. Philip Risbeck
Department of Art and Art History
Dr. Bernard "Bernie" Rollin
Department of Biomedical Sciences Department of Animal Sciences
Department of Philosophy
(deceased)
Dr. Holmes Rolston III
Department of Philosophy
Dr. Stanley Schumm
Department of Earth Resources
(deceased)
Dr. George Seidel Jr.
Department of Biomedical Sciences
(deceased)
Dr. Gary Smith
Department of Animal Sciences
Dr. John Sofos
Department of Animal Sciences
Dr. Graeme Stephens
Department of Atmospheric Science
Dr. John Stille
Department of Chemistry
(deceased)
Dr. Takumi Tasuchiya
Department of Agronomy
(deceased)
Dr. Thomas Vonder Haar
Department of Atmospheric Science
Dr. John Wiens
Department of Biology
Dr. Robert Williams
Department of Chemistry
(deceased)
Dr. Stephen Withrow
Department of Clinical Sciences