{"id":65366,"date":"2017-05-16T19:18:45","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T19:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/news\/dr-peter-j-kower-wins-2017-lu-thomasson-garrett-award-meritorious-teaching\/"},"modified":"2025-02-10T21:55:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T21:55:02","slug":"dr-peter-j-kower-wins-2017-lu-thomasson-garrett-award-meritorious-teaching","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/news\/dr-peter-j-kower-wins-2017-lu-thomasson-garrett-award-meritorious-teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Peter J. Kower wins 2017 Lu Thomasson Garrett &#8217;52 Award for Meritorious Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/faculty\/peterjkower\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-27891\" src=\"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/peter-j-kower-profile-247x300-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" \/>Dr. Peter J. Kower<\/a>, associate professor of Economics, was awarded the\u00a0Lu Thomasson Garrett \u201952 Award for Meritorious Teaching at 好色先生TV\u2019s Commencement on May 13, 2017. Last year\u2019s recipient, <a href=\"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/academics\/faculty\/robert-b-hornback\/\">Dr. Robert Hornback<\/a>, presented the award.<\/p>\n<p>This award was established in 1994 through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. David (Lu Thomasson) Garrett. The late Mrs. Garrett was a 1952 Oglethorpe graduate, an honorary degree recipient, and member emerita of the Board of Trustees. The prize is awarded annually to an outstanding faculty member selected by a committee of his or her peers.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kower joined\u00a0the Oglethorpe faculty in 2002. 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