Distinguished Professor Awards
Each year, Lander University chooses one of its faculty members to be honored as its Distinguished Professor of the Year. This award is given in recognition of that faculty member's exemplary performance as a classroom teacher, as a scholar in his or her chosen field of study, and service to Lander University and beyond.
The award consists of a medallion, which the recipient retains for the academic year in which the award is given. At the end of that year, the recipient turns over the medallion to the next recipient and in its replace receives a commemorative plaque.
Distinguished Professor Award Receipients
| Year | Distinguished Award Recipient |
| 2008 | Marshall Lynn Deanhardt |
| 2007 | Robert F. Stevenson |
| 2006 | James E. Benton |
| 2005 | Ralph C. Layland |
| 2004 | Michael E. Sonntag |
| 2003 | Andre' M. Lubecke |
| 2002 | Deborah M. Natvig |
| 2001 | Fordyce G. Lux, III |
| 2000 | Joseph D. Sloan |
| 1999 | Marilyn Mecca |
| 1998 | Jerald Hawkins |
| 1997 | Judy Bates |
| 1996 | Roxanna Albury |
| 1995 | Royce Caines |
| 1994 | Paul Criswell |
| 1993 | David Henderson |
| 1992 | Joe Chandler |
| 1991 | Marianne Lenti |
| 1990 | Doris Fitzgerald |
| 1989 | Gilbert Guinn |
| 1988 | Anthony Lenti |
| 1987 | Bruce White |
| 1986 | No Award Given |
| 1985 | Richard Fox |
| 1984 | Bettie Horne |
| 1983 | Edward J. Stampf, Jr. |
| 1982 | Lee Archie |
| 1981 | Janet Sipple |
| 1980 | Robert Phillips |
| 1979 | Larry Joe Cook |
| 1978 | Sheila Marino |
| 1977 | Joe Chandler |
| 1977 | Samrendra Singh |
| 1977 | Peter Vahjen |
| 1976 | No Award Given |
| 1975 | No Award Given |
| 1974 | Mary Lynn Polk |
| 1974 | M. F. Lide |
| 1973 | Herbert Ellis |
| 1972 | Howard Bateson |
| 1971 | John Hindman |
| 1970 | Harry Irwin |
| 1969 | Ann Warner |
