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 and Soil Sciences | 2021 | Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences |
Thomas S. Buchanan Professor |
Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering | 2022 | George W. Laird Professor of Mechanical Engineering |