For the first time ever, two professors – finance Professor Stanley B. Block and biology Professor Phil Hartman – received the Chancellor’s Award during Fall Convocation. Chancellor Victor Boschini said that while he does not plan to make an annual tradition of selecting two winners, he will if, like this year, two equally deserving candidates emerge. The Wassenich Award for Mentoring in the TCU Community, was presented to Student Development Services Assistant Dean Carrie Zimmerman, director of the First-Year Experience.

Block founded the Education Investment Fund at TCU in 1973. His students manage a $1.5 million portfolio that prepares them for careers on Wall Street and elsewhere. He has published 35 books and more than 50 journal articles and is and is a leading finance textbook author. The Neeley School of Business has selected Block as its outstanding teacher seven times.

Hartman, who has received numerous teaching and scholarship awards, is a respected researcher in the study of DNA repair mechanisms and aging. He has published 56 peer-reviewed papers, made 63 presentations at professional conferences and meetings and obtained $640,000 in grants, including four from the National Institutes of Health.

Zimmerman coordinates Frog Camp and orientation, speaks at Monday at TCU, works with the TCU Leadership Program and is literally the first TCU staff member most students and parents meet.