5/31/01

Bob Lowry

SIX PROFESSORS NAMED ALUMNI PROFESSORS AT AUBURN

AUBURN -- Six additional Auburn University professors have been awarded Alumni Professorships by the Auburn Alumni Association, says acting Provost John Pritchett.

They are Arthur Appel, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology; Eric Bakker, Department of Chemistry; Ruth Crocker, Department of History; Austin Hagan, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology; Christopher Newland, Department of Psychology; and David Rouse, Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures.

Professors receive a non-renewable $3,500 yearly salary supplement for five years, and are selected on the basis of outstanding teaching and research.

The new awards will be effective with the start of the 2001-02 academic year.

"The Auburn Alumni Association funds the Alumni Professor program because of its desire to support distinguished faculty," said Pritchett. "The program is designed to reward faculty members who have been recognized by their peers and colleagues as making outstanding and exceptional contributions to the university's academic programs."

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