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Two FSU faculty earn Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor honor
Two Florida State University faculty members, one a scholar of Shakespeare and the other a nuclear astrophysicist, will be given the highest honor that the faculty bestow upon their own – they will each be named a Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor.
Professor of Physics Jorge Piekarewicz and Professor of English Gary Taylor have been selected to receive the honor for 2021-2022. Both professors are from the College of Arts and Sciences, FSU’s largest and most academically diverse college.
The Lawton Distinguished Professor Award was first presented in 1957 as the Distinguished Professor Award. It was renamed in honor of the late Vice President for Academic Affairs Robert O. Lawton in 1981.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (seminoles.com) – Leonard Hamilton, the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Florida State, was presented with the 2021 Ross Oglesby Award by the Garnet and Gold Key Leadership Honorary Society at its annual Homecoming Ceremony which was held virtually for the first time this year.
Founded in 1924, Garnet and Gold Key is the oldest leadership honor society on the Florida State campus. The society was formed to recognize the spirit of service, leadership and loyalty. Membership in the society is granted based on outstanding achievement and a diversified leadership experience.
The Oglesby Award, which originated in 1973, is given each year to a faculty or staff member who has, for 10 years or more, exemplified the highest order of integrity, service and commitment to the university and its students. The award was established in honor of Ross Oglesby who served as the Dean of Students and was a professor of government at Florida State before his passing in 1973