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NIU Faculty Fulbright Scholars
Name Year Country NIU Department
David Wagner 1952 Italy History
Homer Sherman 1957 Austria Education
Heinze Osterle 1958 Germany Foreign Languages
Robert Kuller 1960 Taiwan Math
William Haendel 1960 England Art
Joseph Martellaro 1960 Italy Economics
Jan Swenson 1960 Italy Art
David Bower 1961 Germany Art
Thomas Blomquist 1962 Italy History
Marvin Rosen 1962 England History
Morton Frisch 1963 Sweden Political Science
Michael Gelven 1963 Germany Philosophy
Louis Mustari 1963 Italy Art
Elwood Smith 1963 Germany Music
Harold Smith 1964 Thailand Sociology
Lester Levy 1965 Finland Economics
Harold Smith 1965 Thailand Sociology
Rudy Bisanz 1966 Germany Art
John Kerr 1967 Portugal Foreign Languages
Gaylen Kapperman 1968 Germany Ed Psych
Harvey Smith 1968 France History
David Williams 1968 Philippines Comm. Disorders
Brantley Womack 1969 Germany Political Science
Bond Woodruff 1970 Ghana Psychology
Bond Woodruff 1971 Ghana Psychology
James Beaudry 1972 Taiwan Sociology
Avodo Elkholy 1972 Middle East Sociology
Morton Frisch 1972 Sweden Political Science
Jon Hartmann 1972 Thailand Foreign Languages
Richard Cooler 1973 Thailand Art
Bruce Lincoln 1973 Russia History
James Norris 1973 Ghana History
David Williams 1973 Philippines Comm. Disorders
Daniel Wit 1973 Netherlands International Pgms.
David Piatak 1974 Yugoslavia Chemistry
Ladd Thomas 1974 Thailand Political Science
Walter Kathkovsky 1975 Thailand Psychology
Donald Maxfield 1976 Thailand Geography
Robert Albritton 1978 Thailand Political Science
Clark Neher 1978 Philippines/Thailand Political Science
Susan Russell 1978 Philippines Anthropology
Edgar Sherenou 1978 Thailand Political Science
Ladd Thomas 1978 Thailand Political Science
Marvin Powell 1979 Germany History
Cosette Kies 1979 Brazil Library Science
Ronald Provencher 1979 Thailand Anthropology
Richard Cooler 1980 Malaysia Art
Terry Oggel 1980 Korea English
Robert Wessing 1980 Indonesia Anthropology
John Niemi 1981 Finland Adult Education
Roslyn Raney 1981 Austria Foreign Languages
Robert Wessing 1981 Indonesia Anthropology
Alexander Adducci 1982 Germany Theatre
Richard Cooler 1982 Burma/Malaysia Art
Rodolphe deSeife 1982 Morocco Law
Kenneth Honea 1982 Romania Anthropology
Barbara Posadas 1982 Philippines History
Roslyn Raney 1982 Austria Foreign Languages
James Stewart 1982 Iceland Technology
William Swatos 1982 Iceland Sociology
Moshe Czudnowski 1983 Taiwan Political Science
Peter Meserve 1983 Chile Biology
Richard Preston 1983 Brazil Physics
Marvin Starzyk 1983 Russia Biology
William Williams 1983 England English
Nancy Wingfield 1983 Austria/Germany History
Carol Compton 1984 Thailand Foreign Languages
Theodore Kisiel 1984 Germany Philosophy
Donald Murray 1984 Indonesia English
Donald Murray 1985 Indonesia English
Eugene Perry 1985 Mexico Geology
Clark Neher 1986 Thailand Political Science
Patricia Payne 1986 Poland History
Ronald Provencher 1986 Malaysia Anthropology
Richard Quinney 1986 Ireland Sociology
William Fash 1987 Honduras Anthropology
Michael Gonzales 1987 Peru History
David Stern 1987 Colombia Law
John Dalton 1988 Germany Student Affairs
Kenneth Honea 1988 Romania Anthropology
Theodore Kisiel 1988 Germany Philosophy
Marvin Starzyk 1988 Russia Biology
Robert Albritton 1989 Thailand Political Science
Robert Chappell 1989 India Music
Jeff Chown 1989 Ireland Communication
Greg Schmidt 1989 Peru Political Science
Dwight King 1990 Thailand Political Science
David Stern 1990 Colombia Law
Thomas Weigel 1990 India Political Science
Morton Frisch 1991 Korea Political Science
Jeff Kowalski 1991 Mexico Art
Grant Olson 1991 Thailand Anthropology
Ronald Provencher 1991 Thailand Anthropology
Susan Russell 1991 Philippines Anthropology
Thomas Weigel 1991 India Political Science
Steven Messenger 1992 Costa Rica Geography
Peter Olson 1992 Germany Art Museum
Greg Schmidt 1992 Peru Political Science
Kurt Thurmaier 1992 Poland Public Administration
William Fash 1993 Honduras Anthropology
Algridas Marchertas 1993 Lithuania Engineering
Joel Milner 1993 Spain Psychology
Eugene Perry 1993 Mexico Geology
Robert Schneider 1993 Germany History
Robert Self 1993 Thailand English
Alexander Adducci 1994 Austria Theatre
Ibraham Ahmad 1994 Syria Statistics
Robert Albritton 1994 Thailand Political Science
Jon Hartmann 1994 Thailand Foreign Language
Mark Skidmore 1996 Japan Economics
Alexander Adducci 1997 Austria Theatre
Joszef Bujarski 1997 United Kingdom Biology
Donald Cress 1998 Germany Philosophy
Leila Porter 1998 Bolivia Anthropology
Greg Schmidt 1998 Peru Political Science
Dwight King 1999 Indonesia Political Science
Orayb Aref Najjar 1999 West Bank Communication
Eric Jones 2000 Netherlands History
Angela Powers 2000 Lithuania Communication
Emily Prieto 2000 Nigeria Sociology
Paul Ilsley 2002 Finland Education
Myron Kuropas 2002 Ukraine Education
Judy Ledgerwood 2002 Cambodia Anthropology
Kenton Clymer 2003 China History
Nadine Dolby 2003 Australia Education
Rebecca Houze 2003 Hungary Art
Lemuel Watson 2003 Belarus Education
Nancy Wingfield 2003 Czech Republic History
Winifred Creamer 2004 Peru Anthropology
Diane Jackman 2004 Thailand Education
Angela Powers 2004 Lithuania Communication
Eric Jones 2005 Malaysia History
Doris MacDonald 2005 Lithuania English
Elizabeth Sweet 2005 Russia Sociology
Jeff Brown 2006 Russia Law
Kerry Chermel 2006 Argentina Foreign Language
Biswa Datta 2006 Mongolia Math
Susan Vogel 2006 Israel Education
Jerome Bowers 2007 Norway History
Reed Scherer 2007 New Zealand Geology
Daniel Kempton 2007 Russia Political Science
Abul K.M. Azad 2008 U. Arab Emirates Engineering
Biswa Datta 2008 Egypt Math
Aaron Fogleman 2008 Germany History
Mirta Pagnucci 2008 Argentina Foreign Language
Mark Rosenbaum 2008 Cambodia Business
Sibel Kusimba 2009 Kenya Anthropology
Patrick Roberts 2010 Bosnia Herzegovina Education
Richard Siegesmund 2010 Ireland Art
Teresa Wasonga 2010 African Regional Education
Nancy Wingfield 2010 Ukraine History
Paul Wright 2010 Spain Kinesiology
Kheang Un 2011 Cambodia Political Science
Amy Levin 2013 Myanmar English
Giovanni Bennardo 2014 Italy Anthropology
Brian Sandberg 2014 France History
Gregory Beyer 2015 Brazil Music
Jui-Ching Wang 2016 Indonesia Music
Anne Hanley 2017 Brazil History
James Cohen 2019 Uruguay Education
Anne Hanley 2019 Brazil History
King Chung 2019 Brazil Communicative Disorders
Fred Markowitz 2020 Finland Sociology

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