Three faculty members at the University of Colorado at Boulder were named Distinguished Professors Thursday, Jan. 20, by the CU Board of Regents.
Marvin H. Caruthers, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, Marjorie K. McIntosh, professor of history, and J. Richard McIntosh, professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, received the prestigious designation in Denver during a monthly meeting of the CU Board of Regents. They join 15 other CU-Boulder faculty members who have been similarly honored since the Distinguished Professor designation was established in 1977.
According to Regents聮 laws, the designation of Distinguished Professor is bestowed on members of the university聮s faculty "who have distinguished themselves as exemplary teachers, scholars, and public servants, and who are individuals having extraordinary international importance and recognition."
Caruthers, a faculty member at CU-Boulder since 1973, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Sciences and was named a Guggenheim Fellow in 1981. In the early 1980s he laid the foundation for the development of automated gene synthesizers, important for chromosome mapping, DNA sequencing and the diagnosis of diseases and genetic disorders.
He holds a bachelor聮s degree from Iowa State University and a doctorate from Northwestern University.
Marjorie K. McIntosh, who has been at CU-Boulder since 1978, founded and was the first executive director of the Center for British Studies at CU-Boulder. She was named a Guggenheim Fellow in 1995 and an Elected Fellow of Great Britain聮s Royal Historical Society. She is the author of numerous articles and three books.
McIntosh holds a bachelor聮s degree from Radcliffe College, a master聮s degree from Harvard and a doctorate from Harvard.
J. Richard McIntosh, who has been a professor at CU-Boulder since 1970, is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. He also was named a Guggenheim Fellow in 1990 and is the winner of several national awards, including the American Cancer Society Scholar Award. He is currently an American Cancer Society Research Professor.
His research includes studying the mechanisms of chromosome movement, which is important in cancer research. McIntosh studies the structure of dividing cells using CU-Boulder聮s two-story tall high-voltage electron microscope.
He holds a bachelor聮s degree and a doctorate degree from Harvard.