In order to identify, celebrate, and encourage participation in Honors instruction by accomplished scholars, LAUNCH annually presents several Teacher/Scholar Awards.
A central objective of LAUNCH is to place students of exceptional promise under the tutelage of the most successful researchers and teachers at Texas A&M University. Scholars who are daily engaged in advancing the frontiers of knowledge in their fields often bring unparalleled excitement and innovation to the classroom.
A central objective of LAUNCH is to place students of exceptional promise under the tutelage of the most successful researchers and teachers at Texas A&M University. Scholars who are daily engaged in advancing the frontiers of knowledge in their fields often bring unparalleled excitement and innovation to the classroom.
Award Recipients
| Award Year | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|
| 2011-2012 | Dr. Jyotsna Vaid (Psychology) |
| 2010-2011 | Dr. Karen-Beth Scholthof (Plant Virology) and Dr. David Toback (Physics and Astronomy) |
| 2006-2007 | Dr. Charles R. Conrad (Communication), Prof. Rodney Hill (Architecture), and Dr. Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. (Psychology) |
| 2005-2006 | Dr. Sara Alpern (History) and Dr. Roland Allen (Physics and Astronomy) |
| 2004-2005 | Dr. Arvind Mahajan (Finance) and Dr. Michelle Taylor-Robinson (Political Science) |
| 2003-2004 | Dr. Patricia Phillippy (English) and Dr. David McWhirter (English) |
| 2002-2003 | Dr, Annie McGowan (Accounting), Dr. Mary Ann O'Farrell (English), and Dr. J. Martin Scholtz (Biochemistry and Biophysics) |
| 2001-2002 | Dr. Dennis Berthold (English) |
| 2000-2001 | Dr. David Bergbreiter (Chemistry), Dr. Victoria Rosner (English), and Dr. Jyotsna Vaid (Psychology) |
| 1999-2000 | Dr. Douglas Brooks (English), Dr. Timothy Mitchell (Spanish), and Dr. Donald Naugle (Physics and Astronomy) |
| 1998-1999 | Dr. Donald R. Dickson (English), Dr. Mardell McCuskey Shepley (Architecture), and Dr. Leroy G. Dorsey (Communication) |
| 1997-1998 | Dr. Larry Johnson (Veterinary Integrative Biosciences), Dr. Paul A. Parrish (English), and Dr. Betty M. Unterberger (History) |
| 1996-1997 | Dr. Jeffrey Conant (Marketing), Dr. Emily Davidson (Psychology), and Dr. Raghvendra Pandey (Electrical Engineering) |
| 1995-1996 | Dr. Melanie Hawthorne (French) and Dr. Christine Townsend (Agricultural Leadership) |
| 1994-1995 | Dr. Larry Oliver (English), Dr. Jeffrey W. Kelly (Chemistry), and Dr. Kurt Ritter (Communication) |
| 1993-1994 | Dr. Raymond C. Battalio (Economics), Dr. William Bedford Clark (English), and Dr. Nancy Joe Dyer (Spanish) |
| 1992-1993 | Dr. Susan S. Golden (Biology), Dr. George P. "Bud" Peterson (Mechanical Engineering), and Dr. Rand L. Watson (Chemistry) |
| 1991-1992 | Dr. Ozden Ochoa (Mechanical Engineering) and Dr. James Rosenheim (History) |
| 1990-1991 | Dr. Stephen Daniel (Philosophy), Dr. Gretchen Casper (Political Science), and Dr. George Kattawar (Physics and Astronomy) |
| 1989-1990 | Dr. R.J.Q. Adams (History), Dr. William Owen, and Dr. Nick Pace (Biochemistry and Biophysics) |
| 1988-1989 | Dr. Robert Ivie (Communication), Dr. John Lenihan (History), Dr. Katherine O'Keefe (English), Dr. Vivian Paul (Architecture), and Dr. Jeffrey Pommerville (Biology) |
| 1987-1988 | Dr. Mark B. Busby (English), Dr. Joseph B. Natowitz (Chemistry), Dr. Ethel A. Tsutsui (Biochemistry and Biophysics), and Dr. Andrew C. Vastano (Oceanography) |
| 1986-1987 | Dr. Robert W. Burch, Dr. Homer Carlisle, Dr. Dwight C. Conway, Dr. Ronald Darby, Dr. Donald J. Darensbourg, Dr. Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, Dr. Chester S.L. Dunning, Dr. Margaret J.M. Ezell, Dr. John R. Gold, Dr. Duane C. Kraemer, Dr. Harry P. Kroiter, Dr. Gerald E. Miller, Dr. Jack R. Nation, Dr. Comer O. Patterson, Dr. William Rundell, Dr. Steven N. Wiggins, Dr. James R. Wild |