Jewish Studies Committee Member

ELLEN GOLDRING
The 2004 Alexander Heard Distinguished Service Professor

April 8, 2004.  Nashville, TN.  The Alexander Heard Distinguished Service Professor Award was awarded to Jewish Studies Committee member Ellen B. Goldring at a ceremony held Thursday, April 8, 2004.

The award was created on the occasion of the retirement of Chancellor Heard in 1982. It is endowed with funds contributed by faculty, staff, and others.

The title is conferred upon a full-time faculty member, regardless of rank or school, for distinctive contributions to the understanding of problems of contemporary society. The purpose of the award is to encourage, recognize, and honor faculty members' contributions to the analysis and solution of contemporary social problems, broadly construed. Contributions may take the form of teaching, writing, basic or applied research, and consultative or other forms of service. Announcement is made at the Spring Faculty Assembly.

The recipient carries for one year the title Alexander Heard Distinguished Service Professor and receives a $2,500 cash award and an engraved silver tray.

Members of the Faculty are invited to submit nominations to the Faculty Senate. The Faculty Senate Consultative Committee reviews the nominations and makes recommendations to the Provost. Final selection is made by the Chancellor in consultation with the Provost.

Past Winners:

2004 Ellen B. Goldring (Educational Policy and Leadership)
2003 Virginia L. Shepherd (Pathology & Medicine)
2002 David J. Ernst (Physics)
2001 John J. Siegfried (Economics)
2000 Hugh Davis Graham (History)
1999 Jonathan I. Charney (Law)
1998 Paul K. Conkin (History)
1997 Kenneth A. Dodge (Psychology)
1996 Susan Ford Wiltshire (Classical Studies)
1995 Karl B. Schnelle, Jr. (Engineering)
1994 Thomas A. Mahoney (OGSM)
1993 H. Carl Haywood (Psychology)
1992 Richard A. Pride (Political Science)
1991 Liston O. Mills (Divinity)
1990 Frank A. Sloan (Economics)
1989 W. Anderson Spickard, Jr. (Medicine & Psychiatry)
1988 Frank L. Parker (Engineering)
1987 Walter Harrelson (Divinity)
1986 Alfred Baumeister (Psychology)
1985 Erwin C. Hargrove (Political Science)
1984 David Rabin (Medicine)
1983 David J. Wilson (Chemistry)