Six Faculty Honored With UPUTE Professorships

2008/04/23

Six member of the Texas A&M faculty have been honored with University Professorships for Undergraduate Teaching Excellence (UPUTE).  The award is conferred only upon the university’s most distinguished teachers of undergraduates — faculty who have exhibited uncommon excellence and devotion to the education of undergraduate students of Texas A&M.

The 2008 recipients are:

Dr. Jeffrey Conant (marketing) - Eppright Professorship

Dr. John Crompton (Recreation, Parks and Tourism Sciences) - Cintron Professorship

Dr. John Gold (Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences) – Cintron Professorship

Dr. Jay Porter (Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution) – Eppright Professorship

Dr. David Vaught (History) – Glasscock Professorship

Dr. David Toback (Physics) – Thaman Professorship 

Endowment for the Cintron Professorship is provided by the Hoblitzelle Foundation of Dallas in honor of Dr. R. H. Cintron ‘46.  The remaining Professorships are made possible through generous endowments by Melburn G. Glasscock, George and Irma Eppright, and Arthur J. and Wilhelmina Doré Thaman.