Since 1955, The Association of Former Students and Texas A&M University have recognized outstanding members of Texas A&M’s faculty and staff for their commitment, performance and positive impact on Aggie students, Texas citizens and the world around them.
In recognition of their achievements, each recipient will receive a monetary gift, an engraved watch and a commemorative certificate, all made possible by the generous donors to The Association of Former Students. Recipients will also be honored on April 25 at the Faculty Affairs Spring Awards Ceremony in the Memorial Student Center’s Bethancourt Ballroom.
The selection process for this award is rigorous, with the recipients chosen by a campus-wide committee composed of faculty, staff, students and former students. The award is a testimony to the esteem and high regard in which colleagues hold the recipients.
The 2025 recipients are:
Administration
- Amy Waer ’23, College of Medicine
- Donna Lang ’88, College of Marine Sciences & Maritime Studies
Extension, Outreach, Continuing Education, and Professional Development
- David P. Anderson, Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Graduate Mentoring
- François P. Gabbaï, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences
- Kim E. Dooley ’84, Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communications, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Individual Student Engagement
- Shawn Ramsey ’90, Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
- Tracey Forman ’99, Disability Resources, Division of Student Affairs
Research
- Jaime Grunlan, J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
- James Batteas, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences
- Jean-Louis Briaud, Zachry Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
- Stephen B. Smith, Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
- Xiaohong Liu, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences
Staff
- Chareny Rydl, Residence Life, Division of Student Affairs
- Madeline Dillard, Transportation Services, Operations
Teaching
- Aaron Becker, Department of Information & Operations Management, Mays Business School
- Asha Rao ’96, Department of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences
- Jennifer Michele Griffith ’98, Department of Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health
- Lee A. Fitzgerald, Department of Ecology & Conservation Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
- Leslie C. Kelso-Winemiller, Department of Ecology & Conservation Biology, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
- Linda Radzik, Department of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences
- Michelle Henderson Pozzi ’09, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
- Robert Milman ’86, Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine
- Sara DiCaglio, Department of English, College of Arts & Sciences
- Soon Mi Lim ’06, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences
Distinguished Achievement Award University Level: Criteria & Nomination Information
