Dr. Todd R. Klaenhammer, Distinguished University Professor and William Neal Reynolds Professor of Food Science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, is one of four N.C. State University faculty members awarded the 2007 Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence.

The NCSU Board of Trustees presented the medals May 10 during the university's Honors Baccalaureate and Celebration of Academic Excellence. The Holladay Medal is the highest honor bestowed on a faculty member by the trustees and the university.

Klaenhammer, a member of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, has served N.C. State for more than 28 years. He pioneered the industrial application of molecular genetics to dairy lactic acid bacteria.

In addition to Klaenhammer, this year's honorees are Drs. H. Lee Allen Jr., C.A. Schenck Distinguished Professor of Forestry and Environmental Resources; Ruben G. Carbonell, Frank Hawkins Kenan Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; and Walt Wolfram, William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of English.

-NCSU News Services