Texas Tech University Horn Professors, 1967-2011
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...!"

Also, a list of Emeritus faculty and Administrative Officers can be found here.

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 [biographical profile]
• 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 [biographical profile]

Appointment- 1977

• 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 [biographical profile]
• Richard Saeks, Electrical Engineering

Appointment- 1981 

• William J. Conover, Business Administration [biographical profile]
• Marion O. Hagler, Electrical Engineering
• Eric  G. Bolen, Agricultural Sciences

Appointment- 1983  

• David Leon Higdon, English
• Shelby D. Hunt, Business Administration [biographical profile]

Appointment- 1984   

• James G. Hunt, Business Administration
• Joseph E. Minor, Civil Engineering

Appointment- 1985   

• John F. Walkup, Electrical Engineering [biographical profile]

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 [biographical profile]
• Walter R. McDonald, English
• Willard B. Robinson, Architecture

Appointment- 1988 

• Richard A. Bartsch, Chemistry and Biochemistry [biographical profile]

Appointment- 1989 

• Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn, School of Music [biographical profile]

Appointment- 1990

• Raymond C. Jackson, Biological Sciences
• Allan J. Kuethe, History

Appointment- 1991 

• Clyde F. Martin, Mathematics [biographical profile, another bio]
• Kishor C. Mehta, Civil Engineering [vitae]

Appointment- 1992

• Purnendu K. Dasgupta, Chemistry and Biochemistry [vitae]
• Harley Oberhelman, Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures

Appointment- 1994

• Sankar Chatterjee, Museum Science and Geosciences [biographical profile, vitae, and wikipedia]
• Rodney L. Preston, Animal Science and Food Technology

Appointment- 1996

• Clyde Hendrick, Psychology

Appointment- 1997

• E. Roland Menzel, Physics [vitae, obituary]
• Henry Nguyen, Plant and Soil Sciences

Appointment- 1999

• Clyde Jones, Biological Sciences [biographical profile]
• Kenneth Ketner, Institute for Studies in Pragmaticism [biographical profile]

 Appointment- 2000

• Daniel Benson, Law [biographical profile]
• Stefan Estreicher, Physics [biographical profile]
• Gerald Skoog, Education
• Henryk Temkin, Electrical Engineering

Appointment- 2001

• Frits Ruymagaart, Mathematics and Statistics [biographical profile]
• William Westney, Music [biographical profile]

Appointment- 2002

• Peter Westfall, Information Systems and Quantitative Sciences, 2002 [biographical profile]

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 [biographical profile]
• Susan Hendrick, Psychology
• Greg McKenna, Chemical Engineering [biographical profile]
• Sunanda Mitra, Electrical Engineering
• Marilyn Phelan, Law

Appointment- 2006

• James C. Watkins, Architecture [biographical profile]
• Michael Galyean, Animal and Food Sciences [biographical profile]

Appointment- 2007 [press release]

• William Casto, Alvin R. Allison Professor of Law [biographical profile]
• 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 [personal webpage]

Appointment- 2008 [press release]

• Warren Ballard, Natural Resources Management [departmental profile]
• Daniel Cooke, Computer Science [departmental profile]
• David Larmour, Classical and Modern Languages and Literature [departmental profile]
• Susan Saab-Fortney, School of Law

Appointment- 2010 [press release]

• Linda Allen, Mathematics and Statistics [departmental profile]
• Sindee Simon, Chemical Engineering [departmental profile]
• Vickie Sutton, School of Law [departmental profile]

Appointment- 2011

• Bruce Clarke, English [departmental profile]
• Markus F. Miller, Neat Science and Muscle Biology [departmental profile]

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Last updated 9/20/11