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Honors and Awards
The mission of TMS is to promote the global science and engineering professions concerned with minerals, metals, and materials.

 

Recipient: 2009 Educator Award

The Educator Award was established in 1985 to recognize outstanding contributions to education in metallurgical engineering and/or materials science and engineering. The award is not limited to the classroom but also includes recognition of innovative ways of educating the general populace.

Recipient Jonathan A. Dantzig
Recipient Photo“When I look at the list of former recipients of the TMS Educator Award, I see the names of educators for whom I have the greatest respect, and indeed whom I always looked up to as leaders. I am deeply honored to be included in the lives and careers of students and colleagues and I hope that I have been, and will be, able to do so.”

Biography:
Jonathan A. Dantzig, a retired mechanical engineering professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was selected for outstanding contributions to materials processing education through award-winning classroom teaching and industrial short courses, development of innovative undergraduate and graduate classes, and textbook writing.

Dantzig received his undergraduate, graduate, and doctorate degrees from Johns Hopkins University between 1972 and 1977. He has earned numerous awards during his career and is a past recipient of the TMS Bruce Chalmers Award in 2005.


Jonathan Dantzig receiving his award from Diran Apelian in February 2009.
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