This listing of faculty and student awards from the spring semester is a continuation of a listing presented in May. Congratulations to all!
The Cornell chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta, a faculty-run honor society for the colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Human Ecology and Veterinary Medicine, each year honors faculty members and students for distinguished scholarship and service. The 1996 awardees are: for distinguished teaching Gary W. Evans , professor, design and environmental analysis, College of Hu man Ecology, and Geraldine Gay, associate professor of communication, College of Agriculture and Life Sci ences; for distinguished research Steven D. Tanksley , professor of plant breeding, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; for distinguished extension programming Richard C. Derksen, assistant professor of agricul tural and biological engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; for excellence in administration Carol L. Anderson, associate director, Cornell Coop erative Extension. Three sophomores with the highest grade point average in their respective colleges were honored: Adrienne P. Bentley, College of Veterinary Medicine; Matthew A. Hollander, College of Human Ecology; and Danielle Trichilo, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Charles Williamson, associate professor in Mechani cal and Aerospace Engineering, is the winner of this year's Tau Beta Pi and Cornell Society of Engineers 1995-96 Excellence in Teaching Award. This award is presented to a faculty member, elected by the engineering student body, for outstanding performance in the teaching of engineering curricula.
Two graduate students have been awarded the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) fellowship: Arthur A. Daemmrich (science and technology) and Jaimey R. Fisher (German studies). The fellowship is for one academic year. It covers tuition and fees, carries a generous stipend and provides round-trip air transpor tation. The recipients study or engage in research at a German university of their choice.
Graduate students Ulrich B. Krotz and Thomas N. Lampert, both in government, have been awarded the Cornell-Berlin and the Cornell-Heidelberg fellowships, respectively.