Two professors at Texas A&M University’s College of Architecture were honored this year for their excellence in the classroom by the Texas A&M’s Association of Former Students.
Debra Ellis, a senior lecturer in construction science, and George Mann, professor of architecture and holder of the Ronald L. Skaggs, FAIA & Joseph G. Sprague, FAIA, Endowed Chair in Health Design, received the association’s Distinguished Achievement Award during the college’s fall 2008 faculty and staff meeting help Aug. 22 in the Preston Geren Auditorium.
Thadd Hargett ’99, the association’s director of annual giving, presented Ellis and Mann with the awards as Jorge Vanegas, interim dean of the College of Architecture looked on.
“Today we join in honoring two of Texas A&M’s finest professionals with an award that the association of former students has proudly helped present for the last 24 years,” said Hargett.
In addition to her teaching duties, Ellis serves as the faculty adviser for the Texas A&M student chapter of the Society of Women in Construction. She holds a doctor of jurisprudence from the Baylor University School of Law (1993) and a B.S. from Texas A&M University (1990). She joined the Texas A&M faculty in 2000.
Mann, who began teaching architecture-for-health studios at the Texas A&M College of Architecture in 1966, has 48 years experience in the field. He is internationally known as a leader in health facilities design education.
“It is our distinct pleasure to recognize excellence among faculty members and offer a token of our appreciation of their profound impact among the Aggie network,” he said.
