The award for Excellence in Teaching is awarded each year at Commencement to a faculty member to recognize outstanding teaching performance. This award has been given since 1959. Citations read by the University President when the degrees are awarded are provided below by year.
For additional information on the Excellence in Teaching award, visit the Provost and Dean of the Faculty website here.
Citations from 1978-1979 were read by President Thomas Smith, 1980-2004 citations were read by President Richard Warch, and citations from 2005 through the current year were read by President Jill Beck.
1978 James Dana
1979 Ronald Mason
1980 Dorrit Friedlander
1981 Leonard Thompson
1982 James Ming
1983 Michael J. LaMarca
1984 Miriam Clapp Duncan
1985 Charles Breunig
1986 Mojmir Povolny
1987 Robert Rosenberg
1988 Peter Fritzell
1989 John Dreher
1990 David M. Cook
1991 Minoo Adenwalla
1992 Sumner Richman
1993 J. Michael Hittle
1994 William Bremer
1995 John Brandenberger
1996 Kenneth Bozeman
1997 Corry Azzi
1998 Daniel Taylor
1999 Franklin Doeringer
2000 Bruce Pourciau
2001 Steven Jordheim
2002 Bradford G. Rence
2003 Richard Sanerib
2004 Carol Lawton
2005 Fred Sturm
2006 Karen Carr
2007 Richard Bjella