September 29, 2000
Contact: Ranjit Arab, University Relations, (785) 864-8855.
LAWRENCE - The recipients of the 2000 Higuchi/Endowment Research
Achievement Awards at the University of Kansas were recently
announced by KU officials.
The awards will be presented on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at KU's Adams Alumni Center.
Each winner will receive a $10,000 award to further their research
efforts. The professors chosen to receive this year's awards are:
* Marilyn J. Stokstad, Judith Harris Murphy distinguished professor
of art history at KU, who will receive the Balfour Jeffrey Award for
research achievement in humanities and social sciences.
* Patrick Richard, distinguished professor of physics at Kansas State
University, who will receive the Olin Petefish Award for research
achievement in the basic sciences.
* Glen K. Andrews, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at
the KU Medical Center, who will receive the Dolph Simons Award for
research achievement in the biomedical sciences.
* Rhonda J. Montgomery, professor of sociology and director of the
Gerontology Center at KU, who will receive the Irvin Youngberg Award
for research achievement in the applied sciences.
The awards were established in 1981 by the late Takeru Higuchi, KU
distinguished professor of chemistry and pharmacy and chair of the
department of pharmaceutical chemistry, along with his wife, Aya.
Higuchi created the award with the stipulation that faculty members
at all Kansas regents institutions be eligible. The annual awards are
named for people who have worked through the KU Endowment Association
to further KU's overall research program.
Recipients may use their awards for research materials, summer
salaries, fellowship matching funds, research assistance or other
support.
Stokstad received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. She has
written seven books and numerous exhibition catalogues on nearly
every form of art from the Middle Ages through the present.
Stokstad's introductory text, "Art History," has been adopted by
hundreds of colleges throughout the U.S. and abroad. She has
published more than 50 journal articles and has organized more than
30 museum exhibits. She has been on the boards of directors of
several professional societies, and has been president of both the
College Art Association and the International Center of Medieval Art.
Stokstad received the Chancellor's Club Career Teaching Award, and
she was the first art historian to be named the Governor's Arts
Awards Kansas Art Educator of the Year. She also is consultative
curator of medieval art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas
City, Mo.
Richard received his Ph.D. from Florida State University. As
principal investigator of Kansas State's atomic physics program since
its inception and director of the J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Richard
has established and operated the nation's most extensive
university-based accelerator facility dedicated to studying
ion-atomic collisions. He has published more than 200 papers and has
edited or contributed to numerous books. Richard served on several
National Academy of Science panels, on the National Academy Committee
on Atomic and Molecular Sciences, and on the American Physical
Society's divisional fellowship committee.
Andrews received his Ph.D. in cell biology from Baylor College of
Medicine. He has published more than 100 papers and has been
continuously funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the
National Institutes of Health since 1986. He received the Developing
Investigator Award at the KU Medical Center and has been honored as a
distinguished alumnus by Emporia State University. Andrews is
currently on a review panel for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Chevy Chase, Md.
Montgomery received her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of
Minnesota. Her research has focused on the role of families in
providing long-term care for the elderly, as well as on the
characteristics of successful care environments for persons with
dementia. She has authored or co-authored 39 books or chapters in
books. She has published 45 papers and has additionally presented
more than 50 scholarly papers. She has served as co-editor and
associate editor of the Encyclopedia of Sociology and as editor of
the journal Research on Aging. Montgomery currently serves on the
editorial advisory boards of five professional journals and as a
consulting reviewer for nine journals. She is a member of the
advisory board for the Ronald and Nancy Reagan Research Institute,
Los Angeles, and is a fellow in the Gerontological Society of America.
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