University Awards

Academic Federation, Excellence in Research Award

  • Frank M. Mitloehner, professor of animal science – 2006
  • John E. Reuter, professor of environmental science and policy – 2002
  • Marilyn S. Townsend, specialist in nutrition – 2011
  • Alison L. Van Eenennaam, specialist in animal science – 2009
  • Christoph F. Vogel, professor of environmental toxicology – 2008


Academic Federation, Excellence in Teaching Award

  • Elizabeth A. Applegate, lecturer in nutrition – 1996
  • Alida A. Morzenti, lecturer in animal science – 1998
  • Dana B. Van Liew, lecturer in animal science – 2002


Academic Federation, James H. Meyer Distinguished Achievement Award

  • Melvin R. George, specialist in plant sciences – 2007
  • James I. Grieshop, specialist in human and community development – 1995
  • James E. Hill, specialist in plant sciences – 1999
  • Harry O. Walker, lecturer in land, air and water resources
  • Frank G. Zalom, professor of entomology
  • Crampton Beecher, lecturer in agronomy and range science
  • Eugene L. Begg, professor of land, air and water resources
  • Lester J. Berry, specialist in agronomy and range science
  • L. Peter Christensen, specialist in viticulture and enology
  • Gordon L. Huntington, professor of land, air and water resources
  • Thomas F. Leigh, professor of entomology
  • Sherman J. Leonard, researcher in food science and technology
  • Armand R. Maggenti, professor of nematology
  • Noel F. Sommer, specialist in pomology


Academic Senate, Distinguished Teaching Award for Undergraduate Teaching (2006 and later)

  • Elizabeth A. Applegate, lecturer in nutrition – 2009
  • David E. Block, professor of viticulture and enology – 2008
  • Randy A. Dahlgren, professor of land, air and water resources – 2008
  • Jay A. Rosenheim, professor of entomology – 2011
  • Mark W. Schwartz, professor of environmental science and policy – 2010


Academic Senate, Distinguished Teaching Award for Graduate and Professional Teaching (2006 and later)

  • Gary B. Anderson, professor of animal science – 2006
  • Bruce D. Hammock, professor of entomology – 2008
  • Richard J. Sexton, professor of agricultural and resource economics – 2012


Academic Senate, Distinguished Teaching Award (2005 and earlier)

  • Thomas E. Adams, professor of animal science – 2000
  • Gary B. Anderson, professor of animal science – 1991
  • Michael G. Barbour, professor of plant sciences – 1988
  • C. Christopher Calvert, professor of animal science – 2003
  • Eric E. Conn, professor of biochemistry – 1974
  • Edward J. DePeters, professor of animal science – 1998
  • Thomas R. Famula, professor of animal science – 1999
  • Theodore C. Foin, professor of plant sciences – 1996
  • Charles R. Goldman, professor of environmental science and policy – 2002
  • Richard W. Harris, professor of plant sciences – 1975
  • Jerry L. Hedrick, professor of animal science – 2002
  • Adel A. Kader, professor of plant sciences – 2003
  • Michael J. Lewis, professor of food science and technology – 1989
  • Janet D. Momsen, professor of human and community development – 2002
  • Anita M. Oberbauer, professor of animal science – 2002
  • Seymour I. Schwartz, professor of environmental science and policy – 1995
  • Arthur M. Shapiro, professor of entomology, and evolution and ecology – 1990
  • Vernon L. Singleton, professor of viticulture and enology – 1987
  • Robert M. Thornton, professor of botany – 1975
  • James E. Wilen, professor of agricultural and resource economics – 2004
  • Ernest M. Gifford, professor of botany – 1986


Academic Senate, Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Award

  • Elizabeth Applegate, lecturer in nutrition – 2012
  • Kenneth H. Brown, professor of nutrition – 2006
  • Thomas A. Cahill, professor of land, air and water resources – 1994
  • Timothy Caro, professor of wildlife, fish and conservation biology – 2009
  • Charles R. Goldman, professor of environmental science and policy – 1993
  • Dolph E. Gotelli, professor of design – 2000
  • Richard E. Howitt, professor of agricultural and resource economics – 2008
  • John Largier, professor of environmental science and policy – 2012
  • Philip L. Martin, professor of agricultural and resource economics – 1994
  • Joy A. Mench, professor of animal science – 2007
  • Peter B. Moyle, professor of wildlife, fish and conservation biology – 1995
  • Joan M. Ogden, professor of environmental science and policy – 2007
  • Howard G. Schutz, professor of food science and technology – 2004
  • Daniel Sperling, professor of environmental science and policy – 1996
  • Judith S. Stern, professor of nutrition – 1995
  • Robert Washino, professor emeritus of entomology – 2012
  • John R. Whitaker, professor of food science and technology – 2005
  • Jeffrey C. Williams, professor of agricultural and resource economics – 2011
  • Seymour M. Gold, professor of plant sciences – 1997
  • Kenneth K. Tanji, professor of land, air and water resources – 1995


Academic Senate, Faculty Research Lecturers

  • George E. Bruening, distinguished professor of plant pathology – 1999
  • Emanuel Epstein, professor of land, air and water resources – 1980
  • Charles R. Goldman, professor of environmental science and policy – 1993
  • Bruce D. Hammock, professor of entomology – 2001
  • Alan M. Hastings, professor of environmental science and policy – 2007
  • Maynard A. Amerine, professor of viticulture and enology – 1964
  • Vigfus S. Asmundson, professor of poultry husbandry – 1947
  • Daniel I. Axelrod, professor of botany – 1986
  • Stanley F. Bailey, professor of entomology – 1960
  • Fred N. Briggs, former dean of the College of Agriculture and professor of agronomy – 1942
  • Frederick A. Brooks, professor of agricultural engineering – 1950
  • Harold H. Cole, professor of animal husbandry – 1944
  • John P. Conrad, professor of agronomy – 1948
  • Alden S. Crafts, professor of botany – 1954
  • Luther D. Davis, professor of pomology – 1952
  • Katherine Esau, professor of botany – 1946
  • Harold Goss, professor of animal husbandry – 1953
  • Lucille S. Hurley, professor of nutrition – 1988
  • Max Kleiber, professor of animal husbandry – 1945
  • Lysle D. Leach, professor of plant pathology – 1955
  • Emil M. Mrak, chancellor and professor of food technology – 1958
  • Herman J. Phaff, professor of food science and technology, and bacteriology – 1969
  • Charles M. Rick, Jr., professor of vegetable crops – 1961
  • Joseph M. Smith, professor of chemical engineering, and food science and technology – 1970
  • G. Ledyard Stebbins, professor of genetics – 1962
  • Frank J. Veihmeyer, professor of irrigation – 1949
  • T. Elliott Weir, professor of botany – 1968
  • Edward E. Wilson, professor of plant pathology – 1951
  • Albert J. Winkler, professor of viticulture and enology – 1957
  • Shang-Fa Yang, professor of vegetable crops – 1992


Chancellor’s Fellows

  • Scott D. Rozelle, professor of agricultural and resource economics – 2000–2005
  • Mark W. Schwartz, professor of environmental science and policy – 2003–2008
  • Johan Six, professor of plant sciences – 2011–2016
  • Andrew L. Waterhouse, professor of viticulture and enology – 2000–2005
  • Rosemary B. Woodroffe, professor of wildlife, fish and conservation biology – 2006–2011


UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement

  • Gary B. Anderson, professor of animal science – 1997
  • Joseph J. Cech Jr., professor of wildlife, fish and conservation biology – 2001
  • Randy Dahlgren, professor of land, air and water resources – 2012
  • Edward J. DePeters, professor of animal science – 2009


Distinguished Professor Emeritus, UC Davis Emeriti Association

  • Charles E. Hess, former dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental sciences and professor emeritus of plant sciences – 2010–2011
  • Alex McCalla, professor emeritus of agricultural and resource economics – 2011 – 2012