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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
Robert Pigford Professor Emeritus	Chemical Engineering	1979	Professor
William I. Homer Professor Emeritus	Art History	1980	H. Rodney Sharp Professor Emeritus
John A. Munroe Professor Emeritus	History	1981	H. Rodney Sharp Professor Emeritus
Arthur B. Metzner Professor Emeritus	Chemical Engineering	1982	H. Fletcher Brown Professor Emeritus
Gerard Mangone Professor	Marine Studies	1983	University Research Professor of International and Maritime Law
E. Wayne Craven Professor Emeritus	Art History	1984	H.F. du Pont Winterthur Professor Emeritus of Art History
Roberta Colman Professor Emerita	Chemistry & Biochemistry	1985	Willis F. Harrington Professor Emerita of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Julio da Cunha Professor	Art and University Honors Program	1986	Professor
John Kraft Professor Emeritus	Geological Sciences	1987	H. Fletcher Brown Professor Emeritus of Geology
Harry Shipman Professor	Physics & Astronomy	1988	Annie Jump Cannon Professor of Physics & Astronomy
Carroll E. Izard Professor	Psychological & Brain Sciences	1989	Trustees’ Distinguished Professor Emeritus
T. W. Fraser Russell Professor Emeritus	Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	1990	Allan P. Colburn Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering
John R. Mather Professor	Geography	1991	Professor
Burnaby Munson Professor	Chemistry & Biochemistry	1992	C. Eugene Bennett Chair of Analytical Chemistry
Stanley Sandler Professor	Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	1993	Henry Belin du Pont Chair of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
John Rosenberger Professor	Animal and Food Sciences	1994	Alumni Distinguished Professor
Frank Scarpitti Professor Emeritus	Sociology	1995	Edward F. & Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor Emeritus of Sociology
Donald Sparks Professor	Plant & Soil Sciences	1996	Unidel S. Hallock du Pont Chair
Donald Peters Professor Emeritus	Center for Disabilities Studies	1997	Amy Rextrew Professor Emeritus of Individual & Family Studies
Carol Hoffecker Professor Emerita	History	1998	Richards Chair Emerita of History
John S. Boyer Professor Emeritus	Marine Studies	1999	Charles P. Messick Professor Emeritus of Public Administration
George Hsiao Professor Emeritus	Mathematical Sciences	2000	Carl Rees Professor
Tsu-Wei Chou Professor	Mechanical Engineering	2001	Unidel P.S. du Pont Chair of Engineering
Peter Kolchin Professor	History	2002	Henry Clay Reed Professor of History
Leo Lemay Professor	English Literature	2003	H. F. du Pont Winterthur Professor
Mark A. Barteau Professor	Chemical Engineering	2004	Robert L. Pigford Chair
George Hadjipanayis Professor	Physics & Astronomy	2005	Richard B. Murray Professor of Physics & Astronomy
George W. Luther III Professor	Marine Studies	2006	Maxwell P. & Mildred H. Harrington Professor of Marine Studies
Mark Miller Professor	Political Science	2007	Emma Smith Morris Professor of Political Science & International Relations
Chin-Pao Huang Professor	Civil & Environmental Engineering	2008	Donald C. Phillips Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Lynn Snyder-Mackler Professor	Physical Therapy	2009	Alumni Distinguished Professor
David Kirchman Professor	Marine Studies	2010	Maxwell P. & Mildred H. Harrington Professor Emeritus of Marine Studies
Roberta Golinkoff Professor	School of Education	2011	Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Chair
Joel Best Professor	Sociology	2012	Professor
Paul Quinn Professor	Psychological & Brain Sciences	2013	Professor
Abraham Lenhoff Professor	Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	2014	Allan P. Colburn Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Cecil Dybowski Professor	Chemistry & Biochemistry	2015	Professor
Mary Dozier Professor	Psychological & Brain Sciences	2016	Unidel Amy E. du Pont Chair in Child Development
Patricia DeLeon Professor	Biological Sciences	2017	Trustees Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences
Debra Hess Norris Professor	Art Conservation	2018	Unidel Henry Francis du Pont Chair in Fine Arts
Stuart Binder-Macleod Professor	Physical Therapy	2019	Edward L. Ratledge Professor of Physical Therapy
Norm Wagner Professor	Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering	2020	Unidel Robert L. Pigford Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Yan Jin Professor	Plant & Soil Sciences	2021	Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences
Thomas S. Buchanan Professor	Mechanical Engineering & Biomedical Engineering	2022	George W. Laird Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Joseph Fox Professor	Chemistry & Biochemistry	2023	Professor