Piper Award Recipients

Piper Professor Program

Ten awards of $5,000 each are made annually by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation to professors for superior teaching at the college level. Selection is made on the basis of nominations submitted by each college or university in the State of Texas. Begun in 1958, with eight awards, the roster of Piper Professors includes outstanding professors from two and four-year colleges and universities, public and private.

Participation is by invitation only. To be eligible, candidates must be nominated through college/university President's Office. More information about the nomination process is available at http://www.everychanceeverytexan.org/funding/programs/ppnominationform.php.

SHSU Piper Professors:

  • 1961: Hazel Floyd, education
  • 1968: George Killinger, sociology
  • 1981: Mary Frances Park, education
  • 1984: Fisher Tull, music
  • 1987: Ralph Pease, English
  • 1992: Witold Lukaszewski, political science
  • 1998: Rolando V. del Carmen, criminal justice
  • 2004: Caroline Crimm, history
  • 2005: Vic Sower, management
  • 2006: James Olson, history
  • 2011: Frank Fair, philosophy
  • 2012: Balasundram Maniam, general business and finance
  • 2015: Joyce McCauley, education