Cazier Professor Lifetime Achievement Award 

Overview

The Cazier Professor Lifetime Achievement award is given annually to recognize a current senior faculty member who has demonstrated 20+ years of consistent excellence in each aspect of their role statement. While the winner will be named that year's Cazier Professor, each winner will retain the title of Cazier Professor throughout their career.

Each dean will appoint a committee comprised of students, faculty, and administrative representation to select an outstanding professor from the college. From the college nominees, a committee consisting of a College Dean, the Chair of the Department Head Executive Committee, the Past-President of the Faculty Senate and representative from the Office of the Provost & Executive Vice President will review nominees and select an individual who will be named the Cazier Professor.

2026 Winner

Ronald B. Gillam

Ronald B. Gillam

Emma Eccles Jones College of Education & Human Services | Speech and Hearing Sciences

Ronald B. Gillam holds the Raymond and Eloise Lillywhite Endowed Chair in Speech-Language Pathology. His research, which has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Education, primarily concerns information processing, the neurobiology of language, language assessment, and language intervention effectiveness for school-age children with developmental language disorders. Over nearly four decades, Gillam has sustained a coherent and influential research program focused on developmental language disorders that spans basic science, assessment, intervention, and implementation, leaving a lasting legacy on theory and practice worldwide.

Congratulations to the 2026 Cazier Professor Lifetime Achievement Nominees!

Claudia Radel

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Claudia Radel

S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Agriculture & Natural Resources | Environment & Society (ENVS)

Past Recipients

  • 2025 - Charles Hawkins
  • 2024 - Steve Scheiner
  • 2023 - John Neely
  • 2022 - Nicholas Morrison
  • 2021 - Ryan Dupont
  • 2020 - John Seiter
  • 2003 - Allan J. Steed
  • 2002 - Fred R. Hunsaker
  • 2001 - James A. MacMahon
  • 2000 - Thomas S. Johnson
  • 1999 - Don C. Smellie
  • 1998 - Robert C. Lamb
  • 1997 - Izar A. Martinez
  • 1996 - Frank J. Redd
  • 1995 - A. Bruce Bishop
  • 1994 - Marvin G. Fifield
  • 1993 - Antone H. Bringhurst
  • 1992 - Oral L. Ballam
  • 1991 - William F. Lye
  • 1990 - Larzette G. Hale
  • 1989 - Rodney J. Brown
  • 1988 - Bartell C. Jensen
  • 1987 - Karen W. Morse

Criteria

Criteria for selection of nominees include:

  • Demonstrated record of sustained excellence in all aspects of the role statement
  • Commitment to serving the public through learning, discovery and engagement

Nomination Materials

Submission Deadline: January 23, 2026

The following required nomination materials must be prepared with 12 pt. font.

  • Two letters of support (3 page maximum)
  • A nominating letter from the department head (3 page maximum)
  • A letter of support from the college dean (3 page maximum)
  • A short CV that emphasizes the faculty member's contribution to each aspect of their role statement
Additional required materials (not provided to the selection committee):

  • A short biography (1000-1500 character count)
  • A professional portrait at least 1000 pixels high resolution, titled FirstName_LastName.jpg (not to be counted towards the 40 page total)
  • A candid photo: landscape-orientation photo (1920X1080 minimum size) of nominee engaged in activity related to their nomination (teaching, working with students, doing research in the office, lab or field, etc.)
  • A description why this individual received the College nomination (statement of 60-100 words or less from the Dean or selection committee chair).

Nominate Now

For more information on the Cazier Professor Lifetime Achievement Award, please contact:

Michele Hillard
Executive Assistant to the Provost
Phone: (435) 797-1167
Email: michele.hillard@usu.edu