Memorial University's top professors

Outstanding teachers and researchers recognized: (L-R ): Front row: President Axel Meisen; Dr. Tran Gien, Physics and Physical Oceanography; Dr. Ronald Rompkey, English Language and Literature; Back row: Dr. John Quaicoe, Enginereing and Applied Science; Dr. Chris Loomis, vice-president (research and international relations); Dr. Christopher Marshall, Classics; Dr. Kristina Szutor, Music; Dr. Evan Simpson, vice-president (academic); Dr. Peter Pope, Anthropology.

Each year, Memorial University acknowledges the contributions of exceptional members of its faculty with the President's Awards for Distinguished Teaching and the President's Awards for Outstanding Research, and by naming University Research Professors.

Dr. Ronald Rompkey, English Language and Literature, and Dr. Tran Gien, Physics and Physical Oceanography, were each named University Research Professors, a designation above the rank of professor. This is the most prestigious award Memorial gives for research, and goes to faculty who have demonstrated a consistently high level of scholarship and whose research is of truly international stature. The designation carries with it a $5,000 research grant and a reduced teaching schedule.

Dr. Christopher Marshall, Classics, Dr. Kristina Szutor, Music, and Dr. Peter Pope, Anthropology, each received the President's Award for Outstanding Research, presented in recognition of researchers who have made outstanding contributions to their scholarly disciplines. Each award includes a $5,000 research grant.

Drs. Norman Garlie, Faculty of Education, and John Quaicoe, Engineering and Applied Science, were each awarded the President's Award for Distinguished Teaching in recognition of the crucial nature of teaching excellence in the Memorial University community. Each winner of the teaching award receives a $5,000 grant contributed by the Memorial University Alumni Association.

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