Hill earns Piper Professorship

Rodney Hill, professor of architecture at Texas A&M, added another award to his lengthy list of teaching honors May 2 when he was named a Piper Professor by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation.

Hill, honored for the achievement with a Wright Gallery reception hosted by the College of Architecture June 3, was one of ten academicians receiving the 2011 award, which includes a $5,000 honorarium. The honorees were selected by the Piper Foundation from nominations of superior educators submitted by Texas college and university presidents.

The [Piper Foundation] (http://www.everychanceeverytexan.org/about/scholars/mspabout.php) , in addition to recognizing faculty members, helps financially limited, but worthy young men and women attend colleges and universities by contributing funds for their education.

A feature article, “ [Under the Spell of Rodney Hill] (http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e1e19b3d#/e1e19b3d/27) ,” published in a recent issue of the Texas A&M Foundation’s Spirit magazine, highlights the architecture professor’s outstanding teaching and mentoring skills that have earned him the respect and admiration of generations of Texas A&M students.

An award-winning architect, an expert in environmental psychology and a futurist, Hill, who joined the Texas A&M faculty in 1969, is also holder of the Harold L. Adams '61 Endowed Interdisciplinary Professorship in Architecture.

Since joining the Texas A&M faculty in 1969, Hill’s honors include the Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence Award from Texas A&M University, the Texas Society of Architects Award for Outstanding Educational Contributions in Honor of Edward J. Romieniec, Texas A&M’s Eppright Professorship in Undergraduate Teaching Excellence and the David Tanner Champion of Creativity Award from the American Creativity Association.