Lyon's Arkansas Professors of the Year

Over the past 18 years of the Arkansas Professor of the Year Award's existence, the 13 award winners from Lyon College represent a range of disciplines and come from diverse academic backgrounds.

Past Arkansas Professors of the Year from Lyon, their discipline and their academic background:

2006 - Dr. Catherine Bordeau, associate professor of French; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

2005 - Dr. Scott M. Roulier, associate professor of political science; B.A. , University of Denver; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia.

2004 - Dr. Mark D. Schram, associate professor of biology; B.S., Southern Illinois University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Arkansas.

2003 - Dr. Robert G. Gregerson, Willie D. Bryan Associate Professor of Biology (Dr. Gregerson is the state's only two-time winner of the award); B.A., Wabash College;           Ph.D., University of Georgia.

2001 - Dr. Helen W. Robbins, associate professor of English; A.B., Smith College; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University.

2000 - Dr. Robert G. Gregerson, Bryan Associate Professor of Biology

1999 - Dr. David Stricklin, former associate professor of history; B.A., M.A., Baylor University; Ph.D., Tulane University.

1998 - Dr. James L. Rulla, former associate professor of mathematics; B.S., Southwestern University; Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin.

1997 - Dr. Bart L. Lewis, the late Fulbright Professor of Modern Languages; B.A., Southern Methodist University; M.A., Ph.D., University of New Mexico.

1994 - Dr. Scott W. Peterson, the former Bryan Professor of Biology; B.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of California at Davis.

1992 - Dr. Terrell Tebbetts, the Martha Heasley Cox Chair of American Literature; B.A., Hendrix College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Arkansas.

1991 - Dr. George Lankford, the former Bradley Professor in Social Sciences (now professor emeritus of folklore); B.A., Louisiana State University; B.D., Princeton Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Indiana University.

1989 - Dr. Roberta Bustin, the former Smith Professor of Chemistry (now professor emerita of chemistry); B.A., Lyon College; M.S., University of Arkansas; Ph.D., Louisiana State University.