to excellence, commitment to the profession, concern for others, visions of what could be, acceptance of diversity, and forthrightness" Other awards The Eastern Communication Association presented him with its most prestigious awards including its Everett Lee Hunt Scholarship Award in 1989 and again in 1997, identified him one its Distinguished Research Fellows in 1996 and Distinguished Teaching Fellows in 1998. In 1993, he received the National Kenneth Burke Society's Distinguished Service Award and its National Kenneth Burke Society's Life-Time Achievement Award 1999. At Indiana State University, he was awarded the President's Medal for "exemplary performance as a faculty member" in 1999 and was identified as the 2001 Distinguished Professor of the College of Arts and Sciences. References External links Personal website University of Minnesota alumni Indiana State University faculty North Dakota State University faculty George Mason University faculty Temple University faculty Queens College, City University of New York faculty Ball State University faculty Communication theorists 1944 births 2020 deaths