Texas Tech University Archives
Horn Professors, 1967-present
To be designated a Horn Professor is the highest honor received by a Texas Tech faculty member. The recognition is bestowed upon a faculty member who has attained national and/or international recognition in the areas of research or other creative, scholarly achievement. The nomination process is a highly tiered one, including several steps that include critical scrutiny by an evaluation committee, letters of support by prominent experts in the same field as the nominee, dossiers that demonstrate immense publication and scholarly service, and final ratification by the Board of Regents.
OP 32.09 outlines the nomination process and selection criteria. The Fall 2011 All Things Texas Tech e-newsletter features a article on Horn Professors titled " TTU Faculty: If You Aspire to be a Horn Professor, Consider This...!" (see the last 8 pages)
Below is a listing of Texas Tech University Horn Professors, arranged by year of appointment.
Appointment - 1967
- Carl Hammer, Jr., Classical and Romance Languages
- Alton Wade, Geology
- Ernest Wallace, History
- Elo J. Urbanovsky, Park Administration, Horticulture and Entomology
Appointment - 1968
- Henry J. Shine, Chemistry
- Willard Forest Williams, Agricultural Economics
Appointment - 1969
- A. Beatrix Cobb, Psychology
- Faye L. Bumpass, Classical and Foreign Languages
Appointment - 1970
- Richard A. Dudek, Industrial Engineering
- George Neff Stevens, Law
Appointment - 1971
- Warren Walker, English
Appointment - 1972
- Harold Ernest Dregne, Agronomy
- Richard William Hemingway, Law
- Clarence Everit Kincaid, Jr., Art
- Dan Moody Wells, Civil Engineering
Appointment - 1973
- Morris Sheppard Wallace, Education
- Russell William Strandtmann, Biology
Appointment - 1975
- Pill-Soon Song, Chemistry
Appointment - 1972
- Magne Kristiansen, Electrical Engineering
Appointment - 1978
- M. M. Ayoub, Industrial Engineering
- Henry A. Wright, Range and Wildlife Management
Appointment - 1979
- Robert J. Baker, Biological Sciences
- Richard Saeks, Electrical Engineering
Appointment - 1981
- William J. Conover, Business Administration
- Marion O. Hagler, Electrical Engineering
- Eric G. Bolen, Agricultural Sciences
Appointment - 1983
- David Leon Higdon, English
- Shelby D. Hunt, Business Administration
Appointment - 1984
- James G. Hunt, Business Administration
- Joseph E. Minor, Civil Engineering
Appointment - 1985
- John F. Walkup, Electrical Engineering
Appointment - 1986
- John A. Gillas, Music
- Janet W. Perez, Classical and Romance Languages
- J. Knox Jones, Biological and Museum Sciences
Appointment - 1987
- David B. Knaff, Chemistry
- Walter R. McDonald, English
- Willard B. Robinson, Architecture
Appointment - 1988
- Richard A. Bartsch, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Appointment - 1989
- Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn, School of Music
Appointment - 1990
- Raymond C. Jackson, Biological Sciences
- Allan J. Kuethe, History
Appointment - 1991
- Clyde F. Martin, Mathematics
- Kishor C. Mehta, Civil Engineering
Appointment - 1992
- Purnendu K. Dasgupta, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Harley Oberhelman, Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures
Appointment - 1994
- Sankar Chatterjee, Museum Science and Geosciences
- Rodney L. Preston, Animal Science and Food Technology
Appointment - 1996
- Clyde Hendrick, Psychology
Appointment - 1997
- E. Roland Menzel, Physics
- Henry Nguyen, Plant and Soil Sciences
Appointment - 1999
- Clyde Jones, Biological Sciences
- Kenneth Ketner, Institute for Studies in Pragmaticism
Appointment - 2000
- Daniel Benson, Law
- Stefan Estreicher, Physics
- Gerald Skoog, Education
- Henryk Temkin, Electrical Engineering
Appointment - 2001
- Frits Ruymagaart, Mathematics and Statistics
- William Westney, Music
Appointment - 2002
- Peter Westfall, Information Systems and Quantitative Sciences, 2002
Appointment - 2003
- Loretta Bradley, Education
- Wijesuriya Dayawansa, Mathematics and Statistics
Appointment - 2004
- Hafid Gafaiti, Classical and Modern Languages and Literature
Appointment - 2005
- Vivian Allen, Plant & Soil Science
- Susan Hendrick, Psychology
- Greg McKenna, Chemical Engineering
- Sunanda Mitra, Electrical Engineering
- Marilyn Phelan, Law
Appointment - 2006
- James C. Watkins, Architecture
- Michael Galyean, Animal and Food Sciences
Appointment - 2007
- William Casto, Alvin R. Allison Professor of Law
- Eileen Johnson, Curator of Anthropology at the Museum of Texas Tech University and Director of the Lubbock Lake Landmark
- W. David Nes, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Appointment - 2008 [ press release]
- Warren Ballard, Natural Resources Management
- Daniel Cooke, Computer Science
- David Larmour, Classical and Modern Languages and Literature
- Susan Saab-Fortney, School of Law
Appointment - 2010 [ press release]
- Linda Allen, Mathematics and Statistics
- Sindee Simon, Chemical Engineering
- Vickie Sutton, School of Law
Appointment - 2011
- Bruce Clarke, English
Appointment - 2012
- Thomas Knight, Agricultural Economics
Appointment - 2013
- Hongxing Jiang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Appointment - 2014
- William Hase, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Jingyu Lin, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Appointment - 2015
- Guigen Li, Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Andreas Neuber, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Brian Shannon, School of Law
Appointment - 2016
- Eric Hequet, Plant and Soil Science
Appointment - 2018
- Yehia S. Mechref, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Appointment - 2019
- Danny Reible, Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering
Appointment - 2020
- William "Bill" L. Gardner, Area of Management, Rawls College of Business
Appointment - 2021
- Katharine Hayhoe, Political Science and Co-Director of the Climate Center at Texas Tech
- Naïma Moustaïd-Moussa, Nutritional Sciences and Director of the Texas Tech Obesity Research Cluster
Appointment - 2022
- Mindy Brashears, Animal and Food Sciences, Director of the International Center for Food Industry Excellence
- Chau-Chyun Chen, Chemical Engineering and Distinguished Chair in Sustainable Energy
Appointment - 2023
- Nikhil Dhurandhar, Nutritional Sciences