The nation’s first one million dollar endowed chair in human
sciences (formerly home economics) was established at the Florida
State University in March, 1986. The Mack and Effie Campbell Tyner
Chair resulted from a major gift by two sisters, in addition to
donations from more than 300 other alumni and friends and a $400,000
matching gift from the State of Florida. The earnings from the
endowment are used to bring distinguished professors, internationally
renowned researchers, leaders in business, and highly respected
professionals to the university system to work with students,
faculty, and constituents. The Tyner Eminent Scholar Chair contributes
to the College’s goal of providing the finest education
in the country for aspiring professionals in the field of Human
Sciences. The fund now supports the Tyner Chair, the Tyner Lecture
Series, and Tyner Scholar Awards for outstanding graduate students.
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2000-2001 |
Dr.
Richard Lerner, Bergstrom Chair in Applied Development
Science at Tufts University. The 1994-95 Tyner Eminent Scholar,
returned to give a lecture “Contributions of the engaged
university: Promoting the positive development of America’s
youth and families, “ in conjunction with FSU Sesquicentennial
and CHS’s Celebration Week. |
1999-2000 |
Ms.
Susan M. Watkins, Designer and Manager of Portable Environments,
LLC and Professor Emeritus in Apparel Design, Cornell University. |
1998-1999 |
Dr.
Richard D. Palmiter, Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington,
Seattle.
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1997-1998 |
Dr.
James Banks, Professor of Education and Director of the
Center for Multicultural Education, University of Washington. |
1994-1995 |
Dr.
Richard M. Lerner, Director of the Institute for Children,
Youth & Families and Professor of Family & Child Ecology,
Michigan State University |
1993-1994 |
Mr.
Jerry Vereen, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Riverside Manufacturing Company and the International Apparel
Federation in Berlin, Germany |
1990-1991 |
Mr.
William Ruben, Expert in Merchandise Retailing, President
& Chief Executive Officer of Bonwit Teller |
1989-1990 |
Dr.
John Edward Kinsella, Director of Cornell University’s
Institute of Food Science and Fulbright Fellow Food/Nutritional
Biochemistry |
1988-1989 |
Nobel Laureate in Medicine and Psychology
Dr. Konrad Bloch, Biochemistry |
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Susan M. Watkins,
professor emeritus at Cornell University and designer and manager
of the consulting company Portable Environments, LLC, was the
Mack and Effie Campbell Tyner Eminent Scholar for 1999-2000
in
the Department of Textiles and Consumer Sciences. An internationally
known scholar in functional design, her research has examined
product development in areas such as athletic and military uniforms,
protective clothing and special needs.
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