Jerome P. Keating, professor and chair of management science and statistics,
and G.V.S. Raju,
professor of electrical and computer engineering
Peter T. Flawn Professorships: Jerome P. Keating and G.V.S. Raju
(May 6, 2002)--President Ricardo Romo this year created a new award
for UTSA faculty honoring Peter Flawn, a longtime, distinguished member
of the UT System family. A friend and mentor to Romo, Flawn was president
of UTSA during 1973-77 and twice served as president of UT Austin.
In bestowing the inaugural Peter T. Flawn Professorships at the 2002 Faculty
Honors Convocation to Jerome P. Keating and G.V.S. Raju, Romo
commended them for epitomizing, as does Flawn, the "best qualities of
the UT System and higher education in Texas."
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Jerome P. Keating, professor and chair of the Department of Management Science and Statistics in the College of Business, Keating joined UTSA in 1981 and is a former associate dean at the Downtown Campus for the Colleges of Sciences and Engineering.
During the past two decades, he has received many accolades, including two UTSA President's Distinguished Achievement Awards for Teaching Excellence (1989, 2001) and two Chancellor's Council Teaching Awards for excellence in teaching at the undergraduate level (1995, 2001). In 1990, he also was the UTSA nominee for the Minnie Stevens Piper Professor Award.
Keating was named a fellow of the American Statistical Association for his work in statistical research and education. His research and teaching interests also include estimation theory, product reliability assessment and multiple regression analysis.
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G.V.S. Raju, professor of electrical and computer engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering in the College of Engineering, Gottumukkala Raju is a former engineering division director whose research and teaching interests include intelligence systems, robotics and fuzzy logic automation.
Among his many professional attainments and honors, Raju was named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 1997, a distinction bestowed on members who have made outstanding contributions to the art and science of electrical, electronics and computer engineering, and related disciplines.
Cited for his work in the applications of system theory and for evaluation of U.S. engineering programs, Raju is one of only 244 Fellows elected for that year from a membership of over 300,000.
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Ashbel
Smith Professorships: Jeanne Reesman and Richard E.W. Adams
Peter T. Flawn Professorships: Jerome P. Keating and G.V.S. Raju
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