Grants and Awards
2007
J. D. Patterson Research Grant, The life and work of Frederick Sanger: two-time Nobel Laureate in Chemistry.
2006
J. D. Patterson Research Grant, The life and work of Frederick Sanger: two-time Nobel Laureate in Chemistry.
2005
Honors Council Faculty Award, Carl Goodson Honors Program, Ouachita Baptist University.
J. D. Patterson Research Grant, The life and work of Frederick Sanger: two-time Nobel Laureate in Chemistry.
2004
2003-2004 Professor of the Year, Central Arkansas Section, American Chemical Society.
2003
J. D. Patterson Research Grant, The life and work of Frederick Sanger: two-time Nobel Laureate in Chemistry.
2001
J. D. Patterson Research Grant, The life and work of Frederick Sanger: two-time Nobel Laureate in Chemistry.
2000
J. D. Patterson Research Grant, The life and work of Frederick Sanger: two-time Nobel Laureate in Chemistry.
1999
Sabbatical, Arkansas Childrens Hospital Research Institute, Little Rock, Arkansas. Study of peanut allergen-immunoglobulin E binding site modification.
Interviews with Fred Sanger, two-time Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, his colleagues, and family.
1998
U.S. Professor of the Year nominee, Ouachita Baptist University, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
1993
Project Director, Southwestern Bell Foundation Grant, Ouachita Baptist University. Environmental analysis seminars and projects for high school student-teacher learning pairs.
1991
Outstanding Teacher Award, Ouachita Baptist University Student Senate.
Selected as Commencement Speaker by Senior Class, Ouachita Baptist University.
Faculty Summer Sabbatical, Ouachita Baptist University. History of science study.
1989
Project Director, National Science Foundation Research in Undergraduate Institutions Grant, Ouachita Baptist University. Transcription termination of E.coli galactose operon.
Project Director, Education for Economic Security Act Grant, Ouachita Baptist University. Training of grade-level resource teachers at grades 4-6, Pine Bluff Public Schools and a consortium other Pine Bluff area schools.
1988
Project Director, Education for Economic Security Act Grant, Ouachita Baptist University. Develop math/science video program for Arkansas Educational Television Network.
Project Director, Education for Economic Security Act Grant, Ouachita Baptist University. Training of grade-level resource teachers at grades 4-6, Pulaski County Public Schools and Fort Smith Public Schools.
1987
Project Director, Education for Economic Security Act Grant, Ouachita Baptist University. Training of grade-level resource teachers at grades 3-6, El Dorado Public Schools and Texarkana Public Schools.
Selected by Arkansas Department of Higher Education to represent Arkansas at the U.S. Department of Education National Exemplary Programs Meeting, Washington, D.C.
1985
Project Director and Writer, National Science Foundation Informal Science Education Grant, Ouachita Baptist University. Common Science: A newspaper column for small town newspapers.
Project Director, Education for Economic Security Act Grant, Ouachita Baptist University, Training of grade-level resource teachers at grades K-3, Hot Springs City Schools and a consortium of Southwest Arkansas public schools.
College Instructor Fellowship, American Society of Biological Chemists, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Development of in vitro splicing system for human fibroblasts.
1983
Research Grant, Ouachita Baptist University. Characterization of the terminator region of the galactose operon from E. coli.
1973
Research Grant, Ouachita Baptist University. Affinity chromatography of ribonucleases.
1969
Public Health Service Fellowship, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana. Fine structure analysis of ribonucleic acids.
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