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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Promoting Academic Excellence at UNL

Faculty Awards and Honors Outstanding Research & Creative Activity Award (ORCA)

ORCA Winners Since 1978
Year Winner Department
2006 Ruma Banerjee Biochemistry
2006 Wheeler Winston Dixon Film Studies/English
2005 Parks M. Coble History
2005 Anthony F. Starace Physics & Astronomy
2004 Alan Kamil Biological Sciences
2004 Susan Rosowski English
2003 Stephen Ragsdale Biochemistry
2003 John Turner Classics and Religious Studies
2002 Hilda Raz English
2001 Gary Moulton History
2001 Brett Ratcliffe Nebraska State Museum
2000Pill-Soon SongChemistry
2000Ross ThompsonPsychology
1998John Janovy Jr.Biological Sciences
1998Karen KuncArt & Art History
1996David R. BeukelmanSpecial Disorders and Communication Disorders
1996David J. SellmyerPhysics & Astronomy
1995Moira FergusonEnglish
1995Reuben D. RiekeChemistry
1994Oyekan OwomoyelaEnglish
1993John R. HibbingPolitical Science
1992Stephen C. BehrendtEnglish
1992James L. Van EttenPlant Pathology
1991Robert AudiPhilosophy
1990L. Keith JacobshagenArt & Art History
1989John R. HardyPhysics & Astronomy
1989David NicholasHistory
1988Dermot P. CoyneHorticulture
1988Susan WelchPolitical Science
1987Robert BeadellMusic
1987James A. R. SamsonPhysics & Astronomy
1986Louis CromptonEnglish
1985Mihir R. BanerjeeBiological Sciences
1985Frederick C. LuebkeHistory
1984Paul A. JohnsgardBiological Sciences
1984Paul A. OlsonEnglish
1983Naba K. GuptaChemistry
1983James A. RawleyHistory
1982Myron K. BrakkePlant Pathology
1982David P. ForsythePolitical Science
1981Charles O. GardnerAgronomy
1981Wallace C. PetersonEconomics
1980Ezekiel BaharElectrical Engineering
1980J. Michael DalyBiochemistry
1980Sang M. LeeManagement
1979Joseph H. MacekPhysics & Astronomy
1979Paul SchachGermanic Languages
1979John W. SchmidtAgronomy
1978Norman CromwellChemistry
1978Bernice SloteEnglish