Bowling Green State University Trustees Friday named Dr. Fleming Fallon a Distinguished Teaching
Professor of public and allied health.
Fallon has taught in the College of Health and Human Services at BGSU since 1997, beginning as the
inaugural and only full-time faculty member in the program for its first five years.
The distinction is conferred upon faculty members holding the rank of professor who have demonstrated
extraordinary achievements as effective teachers in their discipline or across disciplines.
Fallon holds master’s and doctoral degrees in public health from Columbia University, a medical degree
from St. Georges University School of Medicine in Grenada, a Ph.D. in information science from St. Lucia
Health Sciences University, an MBA from the University of New Haven, plus two master’s degrees, in
microbiology and industrial psychology.
He has had a remarkable record of not only teaching but administration and publishing as well, according
to public and allied health department Chair Robert Harr. "Dr. Fallon’s entire career has been a
shining beacon of excellence in teaching, mentoring and applied research," Harr wrote in his
nomination letter.
In spite of his heavy administrative burden and course load, Fallon has consistently received
enthusiastic and positive course evaluations from students, and has published a text that enhances his
subject matter. "He has taught 60 traditional courses at BGSU, all receiving high student praise
and excellent evaluations. Since coming to BGSU, Dr. Fallon has developed six courses," Harr wrote,
adding the three undergraduate courses were "packed with inquiry modalities and critical thinking
exercises" long before the university decided to make those a formal part of general education.
Fallon was recruited to BGSU in 1997 to lead and help develop the Northwest Ohio Consortium for Public
Health, which included the University of Toledo the former Medical College of Ohio and BGSU. Formation
of the Master of Public Health degree involved the development of the curriculum that now includes five
specialty tracks.
"Dr. Fallon was instrumental in the successful accreditation and subsequent reaccreditation of the
unique regional consortial program," said Dr. Linda Petrosino, dean of the College of Health and
Human Development.