J. Ian Gray, Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies
Appointments with Vice President Ian Gray
MSU Office of Biobased Technologies (OBT)
MSU Product Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR)
How does MSU define research and scholarship?
How does MSU see the balance between research, teaching, and service?
How do I develop new teaching/research/outreach programs?
What are MSU’s research expectations for individual faculty members?
What are the university’s expectations for graduate student involvement in faculty research?
How can I be sure that I am complying with Federal legal requirements for export control and trade sanctions?
What are the policies for extramurally sponsored testing?
What are the policies for research involving human subjects? Animal subjects?
What is classified research? Does MSU do it?
What institutional rules and regulations govern classified research? Proprietary research? Classified research?
Will MSU accept publication restrictions in extramural research agreements?
Does the university have grant-writing workshops? Other grant-writing resources?
How do I transfer external funding from a previous university?
Where can I find information on federal funding sources, rules, and regulations?
What is the percent of external research funding to MSU from different agencies?
What happens to indirect costs from research grants? How are they distributed? When?
How can I identify funding for interdisciplinary research programs?
Are there specific grant incentives to foster interdisciplinary research?
What mechanisms are available to connect with individuals from different departments?
How do research centers link with faculty?
Is it possible to share equipment?
Are there opportunities for faculty to become involved in incubating small businesses?
What are the university’s policies on patents and royalties?
Guidelines and Nomination Form (PDF)
Deadlines: February and September each year. Call 355-0306 or email for dates.
Next deadline: February 8, 2010
J. Ian Gray, Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, Chair
John Beck, Labor and Industrial Relations
Joseph Francese, French, Classics, Italian
Mildred Horodynski, Nursing
Tomas Hult, Marketing
Ken Keegstra, Plant Research Lab, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Karen Klomparens, Dean, Graduate School
Manoochehr Koochesfani, Mechanical Engineering
Joan Rose, Fisheries and Wildlife
Joseph Walther, Communication, Telecommunications, Information Studies and Media
John Wilson, EconomicsKim Wilcox, Provost, ex officio
Nominations for Honorary Degrees
The Faculty Committee on Honorary Degrees is in the continuing process of developing a list of outstanding nominees to receive honorary degrees. The award of an honorary degree is a chance to bring attention to deserving individuals. Nominees should meet one or more of the following criteria:
- Distinguished graduate of MSU (any field)
- Distinguished scientist, humanist, scholar of the arts, or distinguished member of one of the professions (law, medicine, etc )
- Distinguished person in public life or business
It has been the practice not to nominate members of our own faculty. Self-nominations are not accepted.
Information should be as complete as possible so that the committee will be able to arrive at a decision based on the material submitted. Each nomination must include the following documentation:
- Honorary Degree Nomination Form. Form available here in PFD format. Note: The form now requires a dean’s signature.
- Nomination Statement (two-three pages) explaining why the nominee should be considered for an honorary degree from MSU.
Incomplete nominations cannot be reviewed by the committee. The original and 15 copies of the complete nomination packet must be submitted. Care should be taken so that candidates are not aware of their nomination.
Nominees do not need to have a connection with MSU but should exemplify the values inherent in MSU's mission and articulated in documents like the Boldness by Design initiatives.
Invitations to nominees are issued only by the president of Michigan State University. In addition, the president retains the option of designating speakers for the commencement ceremonies to receive honorary degrees.
Completed nominations should be coordinated through the dean's office of each college and forwarded to the Faculty Committee on Honorary Degrees, c/o the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, 232 Administration Building. Nominations may be submitted by individual faculty (active or retired), a group of individuals with at least one MSU faculty member, or an academic unit at any time. The committee typically meets near the beginning of fall and spring semesters.
Newsletter article about honorary degree nominations, Winter 2007
|
Name |
Date Awarded |
Degree |
|
Abraham, Spencer |
Fall 1995 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Abrams, Talbert |
1961 |
Dr. of Engineering |
|
Adams, Arthur Stanton |
1954 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Adams, Walter |
Fall 1979 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Adams, Walter |
Fall 1991 |
Dr. of Humane Letters |
|
Addy, Frederick |
Spring 1999 |
Dr. of Humanities |
|
Ajzenberg-Selove, Fay |
Spring 1997 |
Dr. of Science |
|
Akers, Forest H. |
1958 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Alberts, Bruce M. |
Spring 1996 |
Dr. of Science |
|
Al-Sudeary, Abdelmuhsin M. |
Fall 1983 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Anderson, Marian |
Spring 1970 |
Dr. of Music |
|
Anderson, William G. |
Spring 2002 |
Dr. of Science |
|
Angell, James Burrill |
1907 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Anthony, Ernest Lee |
1954 |
Dr. of Agriculture |
|
Ariyoshi, George R. |
Winter 1979 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Armstrong, Parul Stuart |
1946 |
Dr. of Agriculture |
|
Angelou, Maya |
Spring 2005 |
Dr. of Humanities |
|
Asato, Genshu |
1958 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Atkinson, Richard |
Fall 1978 |
Dr. of Science |
|
Austin, Richard H. |
Spring 1985 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Azikiwe, Nnamidi |
1959 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Babcock, Howard Edward |
1941 |
Dr. of Agriculture |
|
Babcock, Warren |
1913 |
Dr. of Science |
|
Badran, Adnan |
Spring 2007 |
Dr. Science |
|
Bagley, William C. |
1940 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Bailey, Liberty Hyde |
1907 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Baker, Ray Stannard |
1917 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Baldwin, Wendy |
Spring 2001 |
Dr. of Science |
|
Ball, George W. |
Spring 1976 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Barbosa, Mario |
Spring 1976 |
Dr. of Science |
|
Barker, Robert |
Fall 1994 |
Dr. of Science |
|
Barkley, Alben William |
1950 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Bartlett, Thomas |
Winter 1978 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Bassett, Charles E. |
1913 |
Ms. of Horticulture |
|
Bauman, Dale E. |
Fall 2005 |
Dr. of Agriculture |
|
Beachy, Roger N. |
Fall 2001 |
Dr. of Science |
|
Beal, William James |
1905 |
Dr. of Science |
|
Beaumont, John W. |
1932 |
Dr. of Letters |
|
Beekman, Marvin E. |
Fall 1974 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Belen, Frederick Christian |
Spring 1967 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Beukema, Christian Fred |
Spring 1967 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Bevis, Howard Landis |
1955 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Binsfeld, Connie Berube |
Fall 1998 |
Dr. of Humanities |
|
Bird, Arthur C. |
1896 |
Ms. of Agriculture |
|
Bissell, George Welton |
1930 |
Dr. of Engineering |
|
Blackwell, David |
Spring 1969 |
Dr. of Science |
|
Blanchard, James J. |
Spring 1983 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Bohlen, Charles Eustis |
1960 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Bollinger, Lee C. |
Fall 2001 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Borges, Jorge Luis |
Winter 1972 |
Dr. of Humane Letters |
|
Borlaug, Norman E. |
Spring 1971 |
Dr. of Science |
|
Boulding, Kenneth Ewart |
Spring 1969 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Boyer, Ernest L. |
Spring 1979 |
Dr. of Humanities |
|
Brademas, John |
Fall 1992 |
Dr. of Humanities |
|
Breslin, Jack |
Spring 1986 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Brewster, Kingman, Jr. |
Fall 1969 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Briggs, James Elbert |
1959 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Briggs, Lyman James |
1932 |
Dr. of Science |
|
Broad, Eli |
Fall 2002 |
Dr. of Humanities |
|
Brody, Clark L. |
1960 |
Dr. of Agriculture |
|
Brohn, William David |
Fall 1996 |
Dr. of Fine Arts |
|
Bromley, D. Allan |
Spring 1994 |
Dr. of Science |
|
Brown, Lester R. |
Fall 2006 |
Dr. of Agriculture |
|
Brooke, Edward William |
Spring 1974 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Brooker, Robert E. |
Spring 1973 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Brooks, Anne E. |
Spring 1997 |
Dr. of Science |
|
Brown, Mark Malloch |
Fall 2002 |
Dr. of Humanities |
|
Brown, Prentiss Marsh |
1958 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Brownell, Samuel Miller |
1963 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Brulingame, Mark V. |
Spring 196 |
Dr. of Science |
|
Brundtland, Gro Harlem |
Spring 2008 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Bryan, Enoch Albert |
1907 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Bunche, Ralph J. |
1964 |
Dr. of Laws |
|
Bunting, W. Clark |
Fall 2001 |
Dr. of Humane Letters |
|
Burmester, Ben |
Winter 1976 |
Dr. of Science |
|
Burnett, Edgar Albert |
1917 |
Dr. of Science |
|
Bush, John Nash Douglas |
Spring 1968 |
Dr. of Letters |
| Date Awarded |
Degree |
Name |
|
1885 |
Master of Science |
Charles Jay Monroe |
|
1886 |
Master of Science |
Samuel Johnson |
|
1886 |
Master of Science |
James Henry Wellings |
|
1887 |
Bachelor of Science |
James Cassidy |
|
1887 |
Master of Science |
Mason Daniel Chatterton |
|
1887 |
Master of Science |
Bela Hubbard |
|
1887 |
Master of Science |
Hal Clement Wyman |
|
1889 |
Master of Science |
Frederick Cleveland Miller |
|
1891 |
Master of Horticulture |
Theodatus Timothy Lyon |
|
1891 |
Dr. of Laws |
Allen Benton Morse |
|
1891 |
Master of Agriculture |
John T. Rich |
|
1891 |
Dr. of Laws |
Edwin Willits |
|
1893 |
Dr. of Laws |
Oscar Clute |
|
1893 |
Master of Horticulture |
Henry Graham Reynolds |
|
1895 |
Master of Horticulture |
Roland Morrill |
|
1896 |
Dr. of Science |
Robert Clark Kedzie |
|
1900 |
Master of Science |
A. B. Cardley |
|
1900 |
Master of Science |
Jason Elmer Hammond |
|
1900 |
Master of Science |
Wendall Paddock |
|
1905 |
Dr. of Science |
William James Beal |
|
1905 |
Dr. of Science |
Albert Kohn Cook |
|
1907 |
Dr. of Laws |
James Burrill Angell |
|
1907 |
Dr. of Laws |
Liberty Hyde Bailey |
|
1907 |
Dr. of Laws |
Enoch Albert Bryan |
|
1907 |
Dr. of Laws |
Rolla Clinton Carpenter |
|
1907 |
Dr. of Laws |
Herbert Winslow Collingwood |
|
1907 |
Dr. of Laws |
Mortimer Elwyn Cooley |
|
1907 |
Dr. of Science |
Charles Franklin Curtiss |
|
1907 |
Dr. of Laws |
Eugene Davenport |
|
1907 |
Dr. of Science |
Henry Hill Harrington |
|
1907 |
Dr. of Science |
William Arnon Henry |
|
1907 |
Dr. of Science |
Thomas Forsyth Hunt |
|
1907 |
Dr. of Laws |
Whitman Howard Jordan |
|
1907 |
Dr. of Science |
Gifford Pinchot |
|
1907 |
Dr. of Laws |
Winthrop Ellsworth Stone |
|
1907 |
Dr. of Science |
William Warner Tracey |
|
1907 |
Dr. of Science |
Henry Clay White |
|
1907 |
Dr. of Laws |
James Wilson |
|
1908 |
Master of Science |
Edward A. A. Grange |
|
1912 |
Dr. of Science |
Frank Stewart Kedzie |
|
1913 |
Dr. of Science |
Warren Babcock |
|
1913 |
Master of Horticulture |
Charles E. Bassett |
|
1913 |
Master of Horticulture |
James J. Jakaway |
|
1913 |
Master of Arts |
John Henry Moores |
|
1913 |
Dr. of Science |
William Alton Taylor |
|
1916 |
Dr. of Science |
Charles Christian Georgeson |
|
1917 |
Dr. of Laws |
Ray Stannard Baker |
|
1917 |
Dr. of Science |
Edgar Albert Burnett |
|
1917 |
Dr. of Science |
Arthur Burton Cordley |
|
1917 |
Dr. of Laws |
Charles William Garfield |
|
1917 |
Dr. of Science |
Clarence Preston Gillett |
|
1917 |
Dr. of Science |
Clarence Beaman Smith |
|
1920 |
Dr. of Science |
Hiram Taylor French |
|
1920 |
Dr. of Science |
Philip Bell Woodworth |
|
1922 |
Dr. of Agriculture |
Robert Sidey Shaw |
|
1923 |
Dr. of Veterinary Medicine |
Herman H. Halladay |
|
1924 |
Dr. of Agriculture |
Louis Guy Michael |
|
1924 |
Dr. of Agriculture |
Jason Woodman |
|
1925 |
Master of Science |
Jay William Slaughter |
|
1927 |
Dr. of Engineering |
Louis George Carpenter |
|
1927 |
Master of Home Economics |
Lenna Frances Cooper |
|
1927 |
Dr. of Laws |
Joseph Bell Cotton |
|
1927 |
Master of Hwy. Engineering |
Grover Cleveland Dillman |
|
1927 |
Dr. of Laws |
Howard Edwards |
|
1927 |
Dr. of Engineering |
Anson Marston |
|
1927 |
Dr. of Agriculture |
Frederick Blackmar Mumford |
|
1927 |
Dr. of Agriculture |
Herbert Windsor Mumford |
|
1927 |
Master of Home Economics |
Lydia Jane Roberts |
|
1927 |
Dr. of Engineering |
Frank Foster Rogers |
|
1927 |
Master of Horticulture |
Elmer Denison Smith |
|
1927 |
Dr. of Forestry |
James William Toumey |
|
1928 |
Dr. of Laws |
Edna Noble White |
|
1930 |
Dr. of Engineering |
George Welton Bissell |
|
1931 |
Dr. of Science |
Rufus Hiram Pettit |
|
1932 |
Dr. of Letters |
John W. Beaumont |
|
1932 |
Dr. of Science |
Lyman James Briggs |
|
1932 |
Dr. of Science |
Lawrence Twilley Clark |
|
1932 |
Dr. of Forestry |
Christopher Mabley Granger |
|
1932 |
Master of Home Economics |
Florence Louise Hall |
|
1932 |
Dr. of Agriculture |
John Clark Ketcham |
|
1932 |
Dr. of Letters |
Charles McKenny |
|
1932 |
Dr. of Science |
Richard A. Smith |
|
1932 |
Mechanical Engineering |
Horace Tucker Thomas |
|
1932 |
Dr. of Letters |
Dwight Bryant Waldo |
|
1932 |
Dr. of Agriculture |
Lucius Whitney Watkins |
|
1933 |
Dr. of Laws |
Major General Frank Parker |
|
1934 |
Dr. of Science |
James Henry Kimball |
|
1934 |
Dr. of Laws |
Dora Hall Stockman |
|
1935 |
Dr. of Agriculture |
James Harrison Skinner |
|
1936 |
Dr. of Engineering |
Henry Ford |
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