Torres, a labor organizer and lawmaker who was among the first Latino congressmen from California in the 20th century, will receive the campus’s highest honor on July 22.
The prize from the Gold Shield Alumnae awards $30,000 to an exceptional professor with a record of undergraduate teaching, research and university service.
Drake most recently served as president of The Ohio State University from 2014 until this past week. Prior to that he was chancellor of UC Irvine from 2005 to 2014.