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Alison Award
The Alison Award was established in 1978 by the Board of Trustees and is bestowed annually on the faculty member who best characterizes “the scholar-schoolmaster,” as exemplified by the Rev. Dr. Francis Alison, who in 1743, founded the institution that is now the University of Delaware. His first class of students became distinguished statesmen, doctors, merchants, and scholars. Three signed the Declaration of Independence and one signed the U. S. Constitution.
| Name | Department | Year | Named Professor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wendy K. Smith | Business Administration | 2025 | Dana J. Johnson Professor of Management |
| William Matthaeus, Professor | Physics and Astronomy | 2024 | Martin A. Pomerantz Chair of Physics & Astronomy |
| Joseph Fox, Professor | Chemistry & Biology | 2023 | Professor |
| Thomas S. Buchanan, Professor | Mechanical Engineering & Biomedical Engineering | 2022 | George W. Laird Professor of Mechanical Engineering |
| Yan Jin, Professor | Plant & Soil Sciences | 2021 | Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences |
| Norm Wagner, Professor | Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | 2020 | Unidel Robert L. Pigford Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Stuart Binder-Macleod, Professor | Physical Therapy | 2019 | Edward L. Ratledge Professor of Physical Therapy |
| Debra Hess Norris, Professor | Art Conservation | 2018 | Unidel Henry Francis du Pont Chair in Fine Arts |
| Patricia DeLeon, Professor | Biological Sciences | 2017 | Trustees Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences |
| Mary Dozier, Professor | Psychological & Brain Sciences | 2016 | Unidel Amy E. du Pont Chair in Child Development |
| Cecil Dybowski, Professor | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2015 | Professor |
| Abraham Lenhoff, Professor | Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | 2014 | Allan P. Colburn Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
| Paul Quinn, Professor | Psychological & Brain Sciences | 2013 | Professor |
| Joel Best, Professor | Sociology | 2012 | Professor |
| Roberta Golinkoff, Professor | School of Education | 2011 | Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Chair |
| David Kirchman, Professor | Marine Studies | 2010 | Maxwell P. & Mildred H. Harrington Professor Emeritus of Marine Studies |
| Lynn Snyder-Mackler, Professor | Physical Therapy | 2009 | Alumni Distinguished Professor |
| Chin-Pao Huang, Professor | Civil & Environmental Engineering | 2008 | Donald C. Phillips Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering |
| Mark Miller, Professor | Political Science | 2007 | Emma Smith Morris Professor of Political Science & International Relations |
| George W. Luther III, Professor | Marine Studies | 2006 | Maxwell P. & Mildred H. Harrington Professor of Marine Studies |
| George Hadjipanayis, Professor | Physics & Astronomy | 2005 | Richard B. Murray Professor of Physics & Astronomy |
| Mark A. Barteau, Professor | Chemical Engineering | 2004 | Robert L. Pigford Chair |
| Leo Lemay, Professor | English Literature | 2003 | H. F. du Pont Winterthur Professor |
| Peter Kolchin, Professor | History | 2002 | Henry Clay Reed Professor of History |
| Tsu-Wei Chou, Professor | Mechanical Engineering | 2001 | Unidel P.S. du Pont Chair of Engineering |
| George Hsiao, Professor | Mathematical Sciences | 2000 | Carl Rees Professor |
| John S. Boyer, Professor | Marine Studies | 1999 | Charles P. Messick Professor Emeritus of Public Administration |
| Carol Hoffecker, Professor | History | 1998 | Richards Chair Emerita of History |
| Donald Peters, Professor | Center for Disabilities Studies | 1997 | Amy Rextrew Professor Emeritus of Individual & Family Studies |
| Donald Sparks, Professor | Plant & Soil Sciences | 1996 | Unidel S. Hallock du Pont Chair |
| Frank Scarpitti, Professor | Sociology | 1995 | Edward F. & Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor Emeritus of Sociology |
| John Rosenberger, Professor | Animal and Food Sciences | 1994 | Alumni Distinguished Professor |
| Stanley Sandler, Professor | Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | 1993 | Henry Belin du Pont Chair of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering |
| Burnaby Munson, Professor | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 1992 | C. Eugene Bennett Chair of Analytical Chemistry |
| John R. Mather, Professor | Geography | 1991 | Professor |
| T. W. Fraser Russell, Professor | Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | 1990 | Allan P. Colburn Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering |
| Carroll E. Izard, Professor | Psychological & Brain Sciences | 1989 | Trustees’ Distinguished Professor Emeritus |
| Harry Shipman, Professor | Physics & Astronomy | 1988 | Annie Jump Cannon Professor of Physics & Astronomy |
| John Kraft, Professor | Geological Sciences | 1987 | H. Fletcher Brown Professor Emeritus of Geology |
| Julio da Cunha, Professor | Art and University Honors Program | 1986 | Professor |
| Roberta Colman, Professor | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 1985 | Willis F. Harrington Professor Emerita of Chemistry & Biochemistry |
| E. Wayne Craven, Professor | Art History | 1984 | H.F. du Pont Winterthur Professor Emeritus of Art History |
| Gerard Mangone, Professor | Marine Studies | 1983 | University Research Professor of International and Maritime Law |
| Arthur B. Metzner, Professor | Chemical Engineering | 1982 | H. Fletcher Brown Professor Emeritus |
| John A. Munroe, Professor | History | 1981 | H. Rodney Sharp Professor Emeritus |
| William I. Homer, Professor | Art History | 1980 | H. Rodney Sharp Professor Emeritus |
| Robert Pigford, Professor | Chemical Engineering | 1979 | Professor |