The University’s Medal of Merit was given in recognition of contributions to human progress, primarily through sustained service to others in the community, state and region. In 1995, this honor was consolidated with the UD Medal of Distinction.  

1990

Martha Field Chapple Steel, director emeritus of the Wilmington Medical Center

1991

Robert J. Berndt, state senator

Marjorie J.S. Tilghman, retired history teacher and past president of the University of Delaware Alumni Association  

1992

Robert W. Grimble, retired DuPont executive and chairperson of the Academy of Lifelong Learning fundraising effort to build Arsht Hall

Lloyd Stuart Casson, vicar of the Parish of Trinity Church and St. Paul’s Chapel in New York and founder of the Delaware Opportunities Industrialization Center  

1993

Jane P. Maroney, Delaware state representative well-known for her work in human services and children’s issues

Jack Lewis, artist active in the Rehoboth Art League

Littleton P. Mitchell, community activist and long-time president of the Delaware State Conference of Branches of the NAACP  

1994

Joseph F. Hulihan, former president and chief operating officer of Diamond State Telephone

Burt C. Pratt, retired research scientist with DuPont and recipient of the 1988 Lifetime Achievement in Philanthropy Award from the National Society of Fund Raising Executives

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