OU Dean, Professors Inducted into Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame
Three educators at the University of Oklahoma were recently inducted into the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame for their distinctive achievements and contributions to higher education.
Honored were Dean JoLaine Draugalis of the College of Pharmacy, as well as Gallogly College of Engineering Professors Daniel Resasco and David Sabatini.
The three were among 11 who were inducted as part of the 2020 Hall of Fame Class. The group was recognized last month at the Oklahoma History Center in a ceremony that was delayed due to the pandemic.
Since 1994, the Oklahoma Higher Education Society has recognized individuals whose achievement and leadership in scholarship, teaching, research, administration, staff support, outreach and public service have brought honor and distinction to higher education in Oklahoma by inducting them into the Hall of Fame. To date, more than 200 individuals have been honored.
Draugalis has served as dean of the OU College of Pharmacy for more than 14 years. She also is an Edith Kinney Gaylord Presidential Professor, David Ross Boyd Professor and Regent’s Professor, and she holds the Phil C. and Fern Ashby Endowed Dean’s Chair.
Under her leadership, faculty members have substantially increased their research publications, state and federal grant funding, and national and international presentations. In addition to serving as dean, Draugalis is an active researcher. She conducts studies in pharmacy education program design, administration and evaluation; educational applications in pharmacoeconomic and outcomes research; and the scholarship of teaching and learning. She is the author of more than 125 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters and monographs.
Draugalis has won numerous awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and a Research Achievement Award in the Pharmaceutical Sciences from the American Pharmacists Association.
Resasco, a professor in the School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, joined the OU faculty in 1993 and holds the inaugural Gallogly Chair of Engineering. He specializes in the study of catalysts and nanomaterials for commercial and industrial applications.
Resasco is the author of more than 300 publications, holds more than 40 industrial patents, and has received approximately 27,000 citations in scientific literature. In 2003, Resasco was named a George Lynn Cross Professor, the highest research honor bestowed by OU. He has been honored with a number of national awards, most recently receiving the Excellence in Catalysis Award by the Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York, a prestigious regional organization with an awardee pool in national scope.
Sabatini was promoted to full professor in the School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science in 1999 and was named the Sun Oil Company Endowed Chair. In 2005, he received one of OU’s highest honors, David Ross Boyd Professor. His research focuses on physio-chemical processes for water and wastewater treatment.
In 2005, he co-founded and served as the OU’s WaTER Center’s first director, which has gained global recognition. Among many awards, he is a recipient of the Water Environment Federation Pioneer Award for Disinfection for his pioneering research in removing fluoride from drinking waters in developing countries.
Past Hall of Fame Inductees from OU
Draugalis, Resasco and Sabatini join 69 other OU faculty members and administrators who have been inducted into the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame since 1994. OU recipient names are listed below, along with their induction year. A complete list of all Hall of Fame inductees is available here.
M. Dewayne Andrews - 2013
Marcia Bennett - 2016
Belinda P. Biscoe - 2015
William Bennett Bizzell - 1997
Charles W. Bert III - 2011
Molly Shi Boren and David Lyle Boren - 2015
David Ross Boyd - 1995
Sidney DeVere Brown - 2000
Charles Butler - 2006
David A. Burr - 2000
Thomas D. Carey - 1997
William R. Carmack - 2010
George Lynn Cross - 1995
Billy L. Crynes - 2007
David A. Dary - 2008
Robert C. Dauffenbach - 2015
Robert Con Davis-Undiano - 2018
Nathaniel S. Eek - 1997
Floyd Wesley Emanuel - 2009
John E. Fagan - 2010
Jerry B. Farley - 1997
J. Rufus Fears - 2017
J. Clayton Feaver - 1998
Joseph Jerome Ferretti - 2011
Roger G. Harrison Jr. - 2017
Maggie Hayes - 2015
George Henderson - 2003
Penny Hopkins - 2018
Glen D. Johnson - 2016
James “Jeff” Kimpel - 2017
Alexander J. Kondonassis - 1998
Sivaramakrishnan Lakshmivarahan - 2014
Jacob F. Larson - 2007
David Levy - 2006
Jane Magrath - 2016
Charlies J. Mankin - 2007
Michael A. Mares - 2002
Nancy Mergler - 2013
David R. Morgan - 2011
J.R. Morris - 1996
Donna J. Nelson - 2013
Edgar A. O’Rear III - 2019
James P. Pappas - 2008
R. Leon Price - 2010
John W. Renner - 1999
Paul Risser - 2020
Gary D. Schnell - 2009
Ingrid Shafer - 2015
Paul F. Sharp - 1995
Eddie C. Smith - 2001
John T. Snow - 2009
Glenn R. Snider - 1998
Dorscine Spigner Littles - 2019
Kenneth E. Starling - 2012
David Swank - 2011
Melvin B. Tolson Jr. - 2014
Roy Troutt - 1994
Ronald J. Tyrl - 2011
Jerry B. Vannatta - 2016
Alan R. Velie - 2015
Douglas W. Voth - 2012
Mary Jo Watson - 2014
Frank Waxman - 2008
Jerome Weber - 2005
Thurman J. White - 1996
G. Raney Williams - 2003
Lloyd P. Williams - 2005
Daniel A. Wren - 2011
Article Published: Wednesday, December 15, 2021