Cumulative

The Distinguished Academic Staff Award recognizes the outstanding achievements of those professionals who serve the University in advising, curriculum development, outreach, extension, research, and teaching. 

2022

• Rebecca Finneran - MSU Extension: Agriculture and Agribusiness Institute
• Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Lauren Gaines McKenzie - Communication Arts & Science: Dean's Office
• Jennifer New - Communication Arts & Sciences: Academic and Student Affairs
• Jody Schulz - MSU Extension: Children & Youth Institute
• Agriculture and Natural Resources

2021

• Madeleine Lenski - Human Medicine: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
• Stanley Moore - MSU Extension: Agriculture & Agribusiness Institute
• Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Daniel O'Keefe - MSU Extension: Michigan Sea Grant 
• Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Cheryl Williams-Hecksel - Social Science: Social Work

2020

• Diane Doberneck - University Outreach and Engagement
• James Lucas - Undergraduate Education
• Steven Pierce - Research and Innovation: Center for Statistical Training and Consulting
• Brandon Schroeder - MSU Extension: Michigan Sea Grant
• Agriculture and Natural Resources

2019

• Karen Kangas-Preston - Arts & Letters: Theatre
• Jo Latimore - Agriculture and Natural Resources: Fisheries & Wildlife
• Kendra Moyses - MSU Extension: Children and Youth Institute
• Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Mary Wilson - MSU Extension: Agriculture and Agribusiness
• Agriculture and Natural Resources

2018

• Jeffrey Judge - James Madison College
• Philip Schwallier - Agriculture and Natural Resources: Agriculture and Agribusiness, MSU Extension
• George Silva - Agriculture and Natural Resources: Agriculture and Agribusiness, MSU Extension
• Lois Wolfson - Agriculture and Natural Resources: Fisheries & Wildlife; Institute of Water Research

2017

• Jordan Burroughs - Agriculture and Natural Resources: Fisheries & Wildlife, MSU Extension
• Ann Hoffman - Communication Arts & Sciences: Undergradute Education
• Terry McLean - Agriculture and Natural Resources: Greening Michigan, MSU Extension
• Kaillathe Padmanabhan - Natural Science: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

2016

• Phillip T. Durst - Agriculture and Natural Resources: Agriculture and Agribusiness, MSU Extension
• Terry L. Gibb - Agriculture and Natural Resources: Greening Michigan, MSU Extension
• Marolee Neuberger - Human Medicine: Family Medicine
• Kurt H. Schindler - Agriculture and Natural Resources: Greening Michigan, MSU Extension

2015

• Lisa A. Bottomley - Agriculture and Natural Resources: Children and Youth Institute MSU Extension
• Lucy A. Maillette - Broad: Business Dean's Office
• Steven Poulios - Natural Science: Chemistry
• Pavel Sikorskii - Natural Science: Mathematics

2014

• Richard J. Hensh - Natural Science: Mathematics
• Jill L. O'Donnell - Agriculture and Natural Resources: Agriculture and Agribusiness, MSU Extension
• Gary L. Parsons - Agriculture and Natural Resources: Entomology
• Dean R. Solomon - Agriculture and Natural Resources: Extension Greening Michigan, MSU Extension

2013

• L. Charles Bokemeier - Broad: Business Accounting and Information Systems
• Debra A. Dotterer - Natural Science: Dean's Office
• Jane M. Herbert - Agriculture and Natural Resources: MSUE Greening Michigan Institute, MSU Extension
• Arlene E. Sierra - Osteopathic: Medicine Radiology, Human Medicine

2012

• Roger A. Betz - MSU Extension: Agriculture and Agribusiness
• John A. Courtney - Natural Science: Mathematics
• Hanni Nichols - Lyman Briggs
• Lela Vandenberg  - MSU Extension: Administration

2011

• Thomas A. Dudek - MSU Extension Extension: Agriculture and Agribusiness
• Rex L. LaMore - Outreach and Engagement: Outreach and Engagement Partnerships
• Michael J. Rich - Engineering: Composite Materials and Structures Center
• Stephen R. Stewart - MSU Extension: Extension Greening Michigan; Fisheries and Wildlife CES

2010

• Cynthia B. Mark - MSU Extension: Children, Youth, Families and Communities
• Howard L. Russell - Agriculture and Natural Resources: Plant Pathology; Institute of Agricultural Technology; Entomology, MSU Extension
• Michael Score - MSU Extension: Southeast Region
• Larry T. Zink - Agriculture and Natural Resources: Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, MSU Extension

2009

• David L. Epstein - Agriculture and Natural Resources: Entomology
• Craig J. Gunn - Engineering: Mechanical Engineering
• Joy Neumann Landis - Agriculture and Natural Resources: Entomology
• Lynne A. Zelenski - Broad Business: Accounting and Information Systems

2008

• Merle Heidemann - Natural Science: Science and Mathematics Education
• David P. Lusch - Social Science: Geography
• Valerie K. Nilson - Academic Student Services and Multicultural Issues: Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities
• Steven S. Poindexter - MSU Extension Extension: Southeast Region, Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station

2007

• Julie A. Chapin - MSU Extension: 4H Youth Development
• Lynn Forsblom - Social Science: Dean's Office
• Timothy J. Hinds - Engineering: Mechanical Engineering
• Sharon Anderson Schwille - Education: Teacher Education

2006

• Lori Faulkner - Communication Arts and Sciences: Human Environment and Design
• Cynthia Sarver - Engineering: Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
• Kathryn Severin - Natural Science: Chemistry
• Gertrude Sykes - Education: Teacher Education

2005

• Daniel G. Lee - Engineering: Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Dale R. Mutch - MSU Extension: Southwest Region
• Anne Schneller - Education: Dean's Office
• Eileen M. Wilson - Business: Dean's Office

2004

• Leslie L. Leone - Engineering: Dean's Office
• Elizabeth C. Moore - MSU Extension: Director's Office
• Cheryl M. Pell - Communication Arts and Sciences: Journalism
• Natalie Bement Rector - MSU Extension: Southwest Region

2003

• Larry A. Hembroff - Social Science: Public Policy and Research
• Paul Hunter - Natural Science: Chemistry
• Patricia Lowrie - Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs: Women's Resource Center
• Veterinary Medicine
• Susan B. Smalley - MSU Extension: Director's Office

2002

• Charles Pistis - MSU Extension: West Central Region
• Marilyn Rudzinski - MSU Extension: Southeast Region

2001

• Benjamin Bartlett - MSU Extension: Upper Peninsula Region
• Karen Busch - Osteopathic Medicine: Dean's Office
• Florence Harris - Assistant Provost for Academic Student Services and Multicultural Issues Supportive Services
• Ronald Kinnunen - MSU Extension: UP Region/Sea Grant Extension District

2000

• Thomas V. Atkinson - Natural Science: Chemistry
• Margaret A. Bethel - MSU Extension: West Central Region
• Joseph M. Cousins - International Studies and Programs: International Students and Scholars
• James P. LeCureux - MSU Extension: East Central Region

1999

• Stella Cash - Human Ecology: Food Science and Human Nutrition
• Madeline Dodson - Human Medicine Obstetrics: Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
• Elizabeth Phillips - Natural Science: Mathematics
• Gary Reid - Communication Arts: Telecommunication