List of Washington State University People - Notable Faculty

Notable Faculty

  • James Asay, Institute of Shock Physics researcher. Member, National Academy of Engineering.
  • LeRoy Ashby, Regents Professor of History, twice Washington Professor of the Year, author of "With Amusement for All: A History of American Popular Culture Since 1830."
  • Brett Atwood, print and online journalist. Co-founder of Rolling Stone Radio and former managing editor at Amazon.com, RealNetworks and Billboard magazine.
  • Rolla Kent Beattie, botanist
  • Buck Bailey, WSU baseball coach.
  • V.N. Bhatia, former WSU Honors Program director, Knight of Denmark, Dannebrog Order.
  • Anjan Bose, electrical engineering professor and former dean, developed training simulators and computational tools for reliable power-system operation. Member, National Academy of Engineering.
  • Walter Clore, horticulture researcher, Father of Washington Wine Industry.
  • R. James Cook, plant pathologist, cropping systems and biotechnology researcher, led first field test of a genetically modified organism in the Pacific Northwest. Member, National Academy of Sciences.
  • Rodney Croteau, leader in biosynthesis of cancer-fighting Taxol, expert on terpenoids. Member, National Academy of Sciences.
  • J. Thomas Dickinson, physicist, known for work in fracture, tribology and laser interactions with materials. Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  • William Henry Dietz ("Lone Star Dietz"), WSU football coach, won First Annual Rose Bowl, professional football coach.
  • Don A. Dillman, sociologist, Regents Professor, Foley Distinguished Professor of Government and Public Policy, major contributions to modern survey methods. Past president, American Association of Public Opinion Research. Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  • Elson S. Floyd, Professor, Higher Education Administration, and President, Washington State University
  • Roald H. Fryxell, WSU professor of geoarchaeology in the Department of Anthropology. The Fryxell crater on the Moon was named after him.
  • Norman S. Golding, food scientist, inventor of Cougar Gold cheese.
  • Yogendra Gupta, physicist, director of WSU Institute for Shock Physics. Fellow, American Physical Society. Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  • John Hirth, mechanical and materials engineer who characterized and modeled the behavior of materials at atomic and microstructural levels, including thin film formation useful to the semiconductor industry. Member, National Academy of Engineering.
  • Mark G. Kuzyk, physicist, discoverer of the Kuzyk limit and the Kuzyk quantum gap.
  • Kelvin Lynn, materials scientist, renowned for "positron annihilation" research. Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  • John M. Madsen, former dean and general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  • Frances K. McSweeney, psychologist known for work on behavior and reinforcement, with findings on short-term changes in reinforcer effectiveness. Was WSU Meyer Distinguished Professor of Psychology. Fellow, Association for Behavior Analysis.
  • Margaret Saunders Ott, pianist and music educator
  • Charles Pezeshki (Dr. Chuck), WSU professor of mechanical and materials engineering 1998–present, is currently the Past Chair of the University Faculty Senate. As the founder and Director of the Industrial Design Clinic, he is viewed by most MME students as the best WSU professor - of all time.
  • V. Lane Rawlins, professor of economics and WSU President Emeritus
  • Clarence A. "Bud" Ryan Jr., isolated and synthesized systemin, first polypeptide hormone found in plants, and discovered that plants produce natural insecticides in response to pest attacks. Member, National Academy of Sciences.
  • Yacov Shamash, Chairman, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Washington State University (1985-1992), Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Stony Brook University, Fellow of IEEE
  • Michael Skinner, molecular and reproduction biologist, discoveries in epigenetics including reduction in male fertility for four generations. Findings on "Discover" magazine's "100 top science stories of 2005."
  • Samuel H. Smith, WSU President Emeritus; former NATO post-doctoral fellow.
  • William Jasper Spillman, WSU professor of agriculture, wheat breeder, independently rediscovered Mendel's Law of Heredity, Father of Agricultural Economics.
  • Orville Vogel, WSU and USDA wheat breeder, developer of semi-dwarf wheat varieties that fueled the Green Revolution. Recipient, National Medal of Science.
  • Diter vonWettstein, plant geneticist, internationally recognized for genetically modifying barley for brewing processes and disease resistance. National Academy of Sciences foreign associate. Member, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences.
  • Allen I. White, WSU professor of pharmacy faculty 1940-1960, dean of the WSU College of Pharmacy from 1960-79. White pioneered off-campus training for the college.

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