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Departmental Legacy Scholars
This category includes two or three "giants" from each department who spent time at the University before national and international awards evolved to recognize exceptional scholarship in those respective fields.
| Awardee |
Discipline |
Year of Award |
William Anderson
For more than fifty years a prominent scholar, advisor, teacher, activist-reformer, and disciplinary leader in political science |
Political Science |
1916-1957 |
Ralph Hall Brown
One of the country's most eminent historical geographers, author of the classic books "Mirror for Americans" and "Historical Geography of the United States" |
Geography |
1929-1948 |
C.B. Burnham
Pioneering plant geneticist, who contributed to our knowledge of basic genetic mechanisms and wrote a unique textbook. In retirement, led scientific effort to restore the American Chestnut.
|
Agronomy & Plant Genetics |
1938-1972 |
Jonas J. Christensen
Pioneer in the genetics of plant pathogens, a superb teacher and a contributor to international agriculture |
Plant Pathology |
1925-1964 |
Katharine J. Densford
Developed administrative, teaching and treatment techniques that came into common use in hospitals and schools throughout the world |
Dean of the School of Nursing |
1930-1959 |
Richard Hartshorne
One of geography's most prominent theorists and historians, noted for his classic book "The Nature of Geography"
|
Geography |
1924-1941 |
H.K. Hayes
Researcher, teacher, and author in plant breeding, who developed techniques for breeding hybrids and disease resistance used today, and who wrote an internationally adopted textbook |
Agronomy & Plant Genetics |
1915-1952 |
Joseph Valasek
Discoverer of the phenomenon of ferroelectricity, the electrical analog of ferromagnetism, one of the most important physical science discoveries ever made at Minnesota |
Physics |
1922-1965 |
(updated March 30, 2007)
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