Teaching Awards
Striving to be ever better, every day.
As a part of the University of Rochester community, Simon Business School is defined by Meliora: a relentless endeavor to be ever better. Each year we recognize faculty members who exhibit excellence in the classroom and who inspire our students with several prestigious awards.
The Gerald and Deanne Gitner Award for Teaching Excellence
Established in 2016 by Gerald Gitner ’68S (MBA) and his wife, Deanne, the Gitner Prize recognizes a junior faculty member for teaching and research excellence, as well as their overall impact on Simon Business School and the University of Rochester. The recipient is selected by a committee of faculty and students, and is presented during Commencement ceremonies.
A retired airline industry CEO, Gerald Gitner received his Simon Business School MBA in May 2015, 47 years after attending the School. The degree presentation stemmed from an e-mail to former Dean Andrew Ainslie from Gitner’s son, Seth, explaining that his father left Simon just before graduating to pursue a career in the airline industry after his final thesis was rejected. The thesis topic was “Government Bureaucracy in Securing Airline Routes.” Gitner soon became the youngest vice-president in Trans World Airlines (TWA) history, later rising to CEO of the company. He went on to become an airline industry titan with senior-level roles at Texas International Airlines, Pam American World Airways, Texas Air Corp., and to co-found People Express Airlines.
Gerald Gitner and former Dean Andrew Ainslie.
Meet our past recipients:
Superior Teaching Awards
The Superior Teaching Award is presented to faculty members who most exemplify scholarship and excellence in teaching. The recipients are enthusiastic and insightful in their classroom presentations, are generous with their time and energy, and demand excellence of themselves and students.
Superior Teaching Awards are awarded each year at commencement by the following groups: the first-year full-time MBA class, all graduating full-time and part-time MBA students, each full-time MS class, and the graduating Executive MBA Class.
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First-Year MBA Superior Teaching Award
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Heikki Rantakari 2023
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Ravi Mantena 2022
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Jeanine Miklos-Thal 2021
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Ravi Mantena 2020
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Ravi Mantena 2019
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Ravi Mantena 2018
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Greg Dobson 2017
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Gregg A. Jarrell 2016
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Gregg A. Jarrell 2015
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Gregg A. Jarrell 2014
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Paulo Albuquerque 2013
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Clifford W. Smith Jr. 2012
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Ravi Mantena 2011
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Abraham Seidmann 2010
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Gregg A. Jarrell 2009
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Gregg A. Jarrell 2008
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Sanjog R. Misra 2007
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- Second-Year MBA Superior Teaching Award
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Jeanine Miklos-Thal 2023
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Ravi Mantena 2022
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Takeaki Sunada 2021
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Mitch Lovett 2020
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Gregory H. Bauer 2019
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Carol Shuherk 2018
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Guy Arie 2017
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Gregg A. Jarrell 2016
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Paul Ellickson 2015
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Gregg A. Jarrell 2014
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Paulo Albuquerque 2013
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Ryan McDevitt 2012
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Gregg A. Jarrell 2011
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Gregg A. Jarrell 2010
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Daniel Burnside, Vera Tilson 2009
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Gregg A. Jarrell 2008
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Gregg A. Jarrell 2007
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Gregg A. Jarrell 2006
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- MS Accounting Superior Teaching Award
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Heidi Tribunella 2023
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Glenn Huels 2022
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Heidi Tribunella 2021
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Bryce Schonberger 2020
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Bryce Schonberger 2019
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Charles Wasley 2018
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- MS Business Analytics Superior Teaching Award
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Zach Roth 2023
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Avery Haviv 2022
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Takeaki Sunada 2020
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Avery Haviv 2019
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Avery Haviv 2018
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- MS Finance Superior Teaching Award
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Charles Wasley 2023
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Tom Estad 2022
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Christian Opp 2021
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Robert Novy-Marx, Charles Wasley 2020
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Robert Novy-Marx 2019
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Gregg A. Jarrell 2018
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- MS Marketing Analytics Superior Teaching Award
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Linda Daley 2023
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Avery Haviv 2022
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Avery Haviv 2020
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Avery Haviv 2019
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Mitch Lovett 2018
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- MS Superior Teaching Award (Replaced by program specific awards in 2018.)
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Gregg A. Jarrell 2017
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Gregg A. Jarrell 2016
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Gregg A. Jarrell 2015
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Gregg A. Jarrell 2014
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Anzhela Knyazeva 2013
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Anzhela Knyazeva 2012
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- EMBA Superior Teaching Award
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Ravi Mantena 2023
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Roberto Colangelo 2022
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Ravi Mantena 2021
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Ravi Mantena 2020
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Gregory H. Bauer 2019
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Gregory H. Bauer 2018
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Ravi Mantena 2017
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Gregory H. Bauer 2016
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Clifford W. Smith Jr. 2015
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Gregory H. Bauer 2014
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Gregory H. Bauer 2013
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Gregory H. Bauer 2012
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Gregory H. Bauer 2011
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Gregory H. Bauer 2010
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Lawrence J. Matteson 2009
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Michael J. Barclay (posthumously) 2008
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Clifford W. Smith Jr. 2007
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Michael J. Barclay 2006
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Clifford W. Smith, Jr 2005
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Clifford W. Smith, Jr 2004
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Teaching Honor Roll
Each academic term we recognize the faculty members who have earned the highest course and instructor evaluations across all of our MS and MBA programs (Full-Time and Part-Time MS and MBA, Part-Time Professional MBA, and Executive MBA) are named to the Graduate Teaching Honor Roll. Additionally, the Undergraduate Teaching Honor Roll recognizes faculty who have earned the highest evaluations for teaching business courses in our undergraduate business program.
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2023 Spring A
Zach Roth
Andras Miklos
Takeaki Sunada
Ravi Mantena -
2023 Spring B
Pavel Zryumov
David Tilson
Jeanine Miklos-Thal
Ravi Mantena -
Spring Undergraduate 2023
Drew Marsherall
Prema Iyer
Jason Xiao
Paul Shanahan -
2022 Summer
Ravi Mantena
Glen Huels -
2022 Fall A
Jason Xiao
Urs Waelchli|
Glenn Huels
Hana Choi -
2022 Fall B
Thomas Patterson
Jonathan Shipley
Greg Shaffer
Yukun Liu -
Fall Undergraduate 2022
Daniel Keating
Paul Shanahan
Prema Iyer
Elena Nescio
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- 2019-2021
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2021 Fall A
Jeanine Miklos-Thal
Carol Shuherk
Jason Xiao
Weiguang Wang
Paul Ellickson
Jim Brickley -
2021 Fall B
Young Sun Lee
Linda Daley
Thomas Patterson
Takeaki Sunada
Avery Haviv -
2021 Summer
Avery Haviv
Paul Nelson
Mitch Lovett -
2021 Spring A
Ravi Mantena
Paul Ellickson
Vera Tilson
Greg Bauer -
2021 Spring B
Heidi Tribunella
Ravi Mantena
Tom Estad
Young Sun Lee -
Fall Undergraduate 2021
Elena Nescio
Dan Keating
Rajeshwari Lyer
Elizabeth Mohr -
Pre-Fall 2021
Avery Haviv
Paul Nelson
Mitch Lovett -
2020 Fall A
Mitch Lovett
Jason Xiao
Heikki Rantakari -
2020 Fall B
Young Sun Lee
Tom Estad
Ricky Roet-Green
Yukun Liu -
2020 Summer
Vera Tilson
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2020 Spring A
Michael Raith
Paul Nelson
Heidi Tribunella
Ravi Mantena -
2020 Spring B
Urs Waelchli
Mitch Lovett
Daniel Burnside
Liza Mohr -
2019 Fall A
Jason Xiao
Avery Haviv
Rajiv Dewan
Glenn Huels -
2019 Fall B
Thom Shaw
Greg Shaffer
Abraham Seidmann
Huaxia Rui -
2019 Summer
Yufeng Huang
Paul Shanahan
Yixin Chen*
Heikki Rantakari* -
2019 Spring
Urs Waelchli
Liza Mohr
Ravi Mantena
Glenn Huels
Dennis Kessler -
2019 Winter
Avery Haviv
Gregory H. Bauer
Bryce Schonberger
Ravi Mantena
Jeanine Miklos-Thal
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2018 Fall
Paul Ellickson
Glenn Huels
Jason Xiao
Rajiv Dewan
Michael Gofman -
2018 Summer
Yufeng Huang
Paul Shanahan
Glenn Huels -
2018 Spring
Charles Wasley
Glenn Huels
Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
Gregory H. Bauer
Urs Waelchli -
2018 Winter
Gregg A. Jarrell
Ravi Mantena
Jeanine Miklos-Thal
Robert Novy-Marx
Greg Shaffer -
2017 Fall
Rajiv Dewan
Glenn Huels
Dmitry Orlov
Greg Shaffer
Jason Xiao -
2017 Summer
Glenn Huels
Rick Cardot
Robert Arscott (PhD) -
2017 Spring
Jeanine Miklos-Thal
Urs Waelchli
Glenn Huels
Gregory H. Bauer
Yufeng Huang -
2017 Winter
Gregg A. Jarrell
Ravi Mantena
Jim Brickley
Greg Dobson
Roy Jones -
2016 Fall
Paul Ellickson
Gregg A. Jarrell
Glenn Huels
Ron Kaniel
Greg Shaffer -
2016 Summer
Roy Jones
Anisha Nyatee
Ronald M. Schmidt -
2016 Spring
Jeanine Miklos-Thal
Glenn Huels
Urs Waelchli
Gregory H. Bauer
Michael Raith -
2016 Winter
Gregg A. Jarrell
Mitch Lovett
Garret Johnson
Glenn Huels
Dennis Kessler
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2015 Fall
Huaxia Rui
Gregg A. Jarrell
Paul Ellickson
Rajiv Dewan
Greg Shaffer -
2015 Summer
Ronald M. Schmidt
Glenn Huels
Abraham Seidmann
Paul Ellickson
Roy Jones -
2015 Spring
Vera Tilson
Dennis Kessler
Avery Haviv
Ron Kaniel
Delores Conway*
Rob Ready* -
2015 Winter
Ravi Mantena
Gregg A. Jarrell
Rob Ready
Mitch Lovett
Guy Arie -
2014 Fall
Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
Huaxia Rui
Gregg A. Jarrell
Lawrence J. Matteson
Paul Ellickson*
Jim Brickley* -
2014 Summer
Glenn Huels
Ronald M. Schmidt
Sam Ogie
Paul Shanahan
Roy Jones -
2014 Spring
Tolga Tezcan
Joanna Wu
Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
Gregory H. Bauer
Vera Tilson -
2014 Winter
Dennis Kessler
Vera Tilson
Gregg A. Jarrell
Joanna Wu
Roy Jones -
2013 Fall
Jim Brickley
Paul Ellickson
Gregg A. Jarrell
Diana Knyazeva*
Mitch Lovett*
Huaxia Rui* -
2013 Summer
Gregory H. Bauer
Balaraman Ranjan (PhD)
Paul Shanahan
Roy Jones
Ronald M. Schmidt -
2013 Spring
David Oliveiri
Gregory H. Bauer
Anzhela Knyazeva
Ron Kaniel*
Jerold Warner* -
2013 Winter
Dennis Kessler
Gregg A. Jarrell
Paulo Albuquerque
Ravi Mantena
Vera Tilson
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2012 Fall
Paulo Albuquerque
Gregg A. Jarrell
Paul Nelson
Joanna Wu
Edi Pinker -
2012 Summer
Gregory H. Bauer
Ronald M. Schmidt
Paul Shanahan
Candace Miller
Wreetabrata Kar -
2012 Spring
Paulo Albuquerque
Abraham Seidmann
Alexei Alexandrov
Gregory H. Bauer
Ron Kaniel -
2012 Winter
Diana Knyazeva
Gregg A. Jarrell
Alexei Alexandrov
Ron Kaniel
Paulo Albuquerque -
2011 Fall
Heidi Tribunella
Alexei Alexandrov
Diana Knyazeva
Joanna Wu
Ryan C. McDevitt -
2011 Summer
Engin Cakici (PhD)
Paul Shanahan
Ravi Mantena
Matthew Gustafson (PhD)
Ronald M. Schmidt -
2011 Spring
Alexei Alexandrov
Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
David Oliveiri
Sanjog Misra
Anzhela Knyazeva -
2011 Winter
Alexei Alexandrov
Gregg A. Jarrell
Diana Knyazeva
Paulo Albuquerque
Roy Jones
Lawrence J. Matteson -
2010 Fall
Barry Friedman
Alexei Alexandrov
Gregg A. Jarrell
David Oliveiri
Clifford W. Smith, Jr. -
2010 Summer
Gregory H. Bauer*
Ravi Mantena*
Irfan Safdar
Svenja Gudall
Kurt Wojdat -
2010 Spring
Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
Jim Brickley
Gregory H. Bauer
Charles Wasley
Wei Yang -
2010 Winter
Gregg A. Jarrell*
David Olivieri*
Toni Whited
Ravi Mantena
Greg Shaffer*
Heidi Tribunella*
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- 2007-2009
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2009 Fall
Heidi Tribunella
Jim Brickley*
Joanna Wu*
Greg Shaffer
David Tilson -
2009 Spring
Gregory H. Bauer
Alexei Alexandrov
Jim Brickley
Paulo Albuquerque
Michael Raith
Paul Nelson -
2009 Winter
Gregg A. Jarrell
Ravi Mantena
Daniel Burnside
Roy Jones
Sanjog Misra -
2008 Fall
Gregg A. Jarrell
Hiedi Tribunella
Ravi Mantena
Diana Knyazeva
Barry Friedman -
2008 Summer
Gregory H. Bauer
Irfan Safdar
Jerry Zimmerman
Jim Brickley
Ellen Zuroski -
2008 Spring
Lawrence J. Matteson
Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
Abraham Seidmann
Charles Wasley
Paul Nelson -
2008 Winter
Gregg A. Jarrell
Ravi Mantena
Sanjog Misra
Daniel Burnside
Edi Pinker
Heidi Tribunella -
2007 Fall
Gregg A. Jarrell
Edi Pinker
Irfan Safdar
Heidi Tribunella
Joanna Wu -
2007 Summer
Abraham Seidmann
Jerold L. Zimmerman
Ravi Mantena
Gerry Wedig
Jerold Warner -
2007 Spring
Irfan Safdar
Sameer Hasiga (PhD)
Jim Brickley
Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
Michael Raith -
2007 Winter
Irfan Safdar
Abraham Seidmann
Gregg A. Jarrell
David Oliveiri
Charles Wasley
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2006 Fall
Gregg A. Jarrell
Michael J. Barclay
David Oliveiri
Ronald M. Schmidt
Joanna Wu -
2006 Summer
Gregory H. Bauer
David Oliveiri
Heidi Tribunella
Abraham Seidmann
Charles Plosser -
2006 Spring
Sanjog R. Misra
Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
Gregory H. Bauer
Charles Wasley
Gregory Dobson -
2006 Winter
Gregg A. Jarrell
Greg Shaffer
Joanna Wu
Abraham Seidmann
Charles Wasley -
2005 Fall
Jim Brickley
Lawrence J. Matteson
Irfan Safdar
Michael J. Barclay
Jerold L. Zimmerman -
2005 Summer
Jerold L. Zimmerman
Gregory H. Bauer
Irfan Safdar
Charles I. Plosser
David Oliveiri -
2005 Spring
Sanjog Misra
Lawrence VanHorn
Lawrence J. Matteson
Michael Raith
Charles Plosser -
2005 Winter
Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
Robert A. Shumsky
Joanna Wu
Charles Wasley
David Oliveiri
Gregg A. Jarrell -
2004 Fall
Michael J. Barclay
Ronald M. Schmidt
Elizabeth Demers
Werner Schenk
Irfan Safdar -
2004 Summer
Irfan Safdar
Abraham Seidmann
Paul Nelson
David Oliveiri
Gerry Wedig
Gennaro Bernile -
2004 Spring
David Olivieri
Josko Brakus
Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
Robert A. Shumsky
Ludger Hentschel -
2004 Winter
Robert A. Shumsky
Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
Gregg A. Jarrell
Greg Shaffer
Abraham Seidmann
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2003 Fall
Michael J. Barclay
Greg E. Shaffer
Daniel Burnside
Ludger Hentschel
Paul Nelson
Oliver Richard -
2003 Summer
Irfan Safdar (PhD student)
Gregory H. Bauer
Erwan Morellec
David Oliveiri
Shailendra Pandit (PhD Student) -
2003 Spring
Robert A. Shumsky
Charles Wasley
Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
Lawrence J. Matteson
Paul Wetenhall -
2003 Winter
Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
Gregg A. Jarrell
Lawrence J. Matteson
Elizabeth Demers
Gregory H. Bauer -
2002 Fall
Gregg A. Jarrell
Oliver Richard
Daniel Burnside
Lawrence J. Matteson
Gregory H. Bauer -
2002 Summer
Michael J. Barclay
Irfan Safdar
Steve Posavac
Jim Brickley
David Oliveiri -
2002 Spring
Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
Robert A. Shumsky
Christopher Jones
Steven Posavac
Greg Dobson -
2002 Winter
Robert A. Shumsky
Greg Shaffer
Gregg A. Jarrell
Charles Wasley
Gregory H. Bauer -
2001 Fall
Gregory H. Bauer
Leslie Marx
Oliver Richard
Erwan Morellec
Greg Shaffer -
2001 Summer
Michael J. Barclay
Mohammad Safdar
Erwan Morellec
Paul Nelson
Charles Wasley -
2001 Spring
Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
Andrew Leone
Nils Rudi
Lawrence Van Horn
Roy Jones
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2000 Fall
Oliver Richard
Terrence Hendershott
Gregory H. Bauer
Lawrence J. Matteson
Michael J. Barclay
Jerold L. Zimmerman -
2000 Summer
Micah Officer
Abraham Seidmann
Michael J. Barclay
Andrew J. Leone
Steven S. Posavac -
2000 Spring
Oliver Richard
Robert A. Shumsky
Lawrence Van Horn
Terry Hendershott
Fred Damiano -
2000 Winter
Gregory H. Bauer
Gregg A. Jarrell
Robert A. Shumsky
Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
Lawrence Van Horn -
1999 Fall
Michael J. Barclay
Gregory H. Bauer
James S. Linck
Greg Shaffer
Clifford W. Smith, Jr. -
1999 Summer
Michael J. Barclay
James S. Linck
Michelle L. Lowry
Micah Officer
Peter L. Waasdorp -
1999 Spring
Michael J. Barclay
Fred Damiano
Shailendra P. Jain
Lawrence J. Matteson
Robert A. Shumsky -
Michael J. Barclay
Fred Damiano
Shailendra P. Jain
Lawrence J. Matteson
Robert A. Shumsky1999 Winter
Ludger Hentschel
Gregg A. Jarrell
Andrew J. Leone
Leslie M. Marx
Clifford W. Smith, Jr. -
1998 Fall
Gregory H. Bauer
Janet Heyneman
Gregg A. Jarrell
Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
Jerold Zimmerman -
1998 Summer
Anwer Ahmed
Michael J. Barclay
A. Scott Keating
Ronald M. Schmidt
Abraham Seidmann -
1998 Spring
Gregory H. Bauer
Shailendra P. Jain
Andrew J. Leone
Robert Tyle
Ron Yeaple -
1998 Winter
Ray Ball
Ludger Hentschel
Gregg A. Jarrell
Stacey R. Kole
Clifford W. Smith, Jr. -
1997 Fall
Michael J. Barclay
Gregory H. Bauer
Gregg A. Jarrell
Abraham Seidmann
Clifford W. Smith, Jr. -
1997 Summer
Brian Archibald
Michael J. Barclay
Dhananjay K. Gode
Abraham Seidmann
Clifford W. Smith, Jr. -
1997 Spring
Brian Archibald
Michael J. Barclay
Frances X. Frei
Shailendra P. Jain
K. Ramesh -
1997 Winter
Ray Ball
Frances X. Frei
Gregg A. Jarrell
K. Ramesh
Ronald M. Schmidt -
1996 Fall
James Doyle
Barry Friedman
Gregg A. Jarrell
Lawrence J. Matteson
Abraham Seidmann -
1996 Summer
Brian Archibald
Michael J. Barclay
Jim Brickley
A. Scott Keating
Ronald M. Schmidt -
1996 Spring
Brian Archibald
Thomas Cooley
K. Ramesh
Ron Yeaple
Jerold Zimmerman -
1996 Winter
Janet Heyneman
Shailendra P. Jain
K. Ramesh
Ronald M. Schmidt
Clifford W. Smith, Jr. -
1995 Fall
Ray Ball
Gregg A. Jarrell
Abraham Seidmann
Clifford W. Smith, Jr.
Ellen Zuroski
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