Calvin Lin, a Texas Computer Science Distinguished Teaching Professor, won the 2019-20 William David Blunk Memorial Professorship. The professorship recognizes a member of the faculty who has demonstrated an exceptional record in undergraduate teaching, and who shows special interest in and on behalf of undergraduate students.

Lin directs the Turing Scholars program, which he established in 2006 to create a tight-knit community focused on research and academic challenges for undergraduates. He previously won a Jean Holloway Award for Excellence in Teaching, a President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award, a Regents Outstanding Teaching Award and a College of Natural Sciences Teaching Excellence Award