Awards,Honors,and Scholarships:
Team members left to right: Dr. Ham Bozdogan, Dr. Peter Bearse, and
Dr. Alan Schlottmann while discussing their work on the world research
competition award in applied econometrics.

Won world research competition award in applied econometric
modeling among 28 worldwide participating teams to forecast
U.S. and Dutch food consumption during September 1996
Research Incentive Award of the Research Administration,
The University of Tennessee, October 2, 1996.

NSF Conference on Group Travel Award & UTK Research
Incentive Award to present an ivited paper at the
International Workshop on Statistical Mixtures in Aussois,
France during September 17-21,1995.

A finalist of Chancellor's Outstanding Teaching Award
April 1995 and the Hoechst-CelaneAse Teaching and Research
Award, the University of Tennessee, April 1995 & April 1996.

The University of Tennessee Professional Development Award,
January 1995. Evaluated and ranked among the 131 proposals
submitted across the campus.

Scholarly Activities Research Incentive Fund (SARIF) Award,
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, March 11, 1994.

Nominated for the Parzen Fund Prize for Statistical Innovation,
April 1994.This award is given to statisticians in North American
universities who have made outstanding and influential contributions
to the development of applicable and innovative statistical methods.

Nominated for Paul Minton Service Award in recognition of
individuals for outstanding service to the statistics profession,
January 1993.

Chancellor's Award for Research and Creative Achievement, The
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK), April 7, 1993. This award
is given each year to 10 UTK faculty who have recently made significant
contributions in their field of study. The award includes $2,500 cash
prize and Chancellor's Certificate of Citation.

The University of Tennessee Professional Development Award,
January 1993. Evaluated and ranked among the 151 proposals
submitted across the campus.

College of Business Administration Faculty Rsearch Fellowship
Award, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, May 1991 & 1992.

Computer-Based Instructional Materials (CBIM) award of the
College of Business Administration,the University of Tennessee.
Funded by the Ball Corporation Faculty Development Fund to
develop computer-aided symbolic computational modules in
multivariate statistical modeling,January 1991-January 1994.

Research Assignment Leave Award,Dean of the Faculty of
Arts & Sciences,University of Virginia,Spring 1988.

Invited to visit the Institute of Statistical Mathematics of Tokyo,
Japan as a Visiting Associate Professor and a Research Fellow by
the Institute and the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
of Japan, January to August 1988.

NSF Conference on Group Travel Award to present two
papers at the First Conference of International Federation
of Classification Societies (IFCS-87) in Aachen, West
Germany during June 29-July 1, 1987.

Graduate College Research Board Travel Awards, University of
Illinois at Chicago, 1980 and 1981.

President and Founding Member of OMEGA RHO International
Honorary Society in Operations Research, Management Sciences and
Systems Engineering of the University of Illinois, Chicago Campus
Chapter, 1978-1979.

Elected to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities
and Colleges by the University of Illinois at Chicago, 1978-1979.

NATO Science Fellowship, Turkish Scientific and Technological
Council, Office of the Prime Minister,1972 (declined due to
obligatory service requirement).

Caloust Gulbenkian Foundation Scholarships,Lisbon,Portugal:
1966-1967,1967-1968,and 1968-1969 at the University of
Wisconsin,Madison,Wisconsin.