President’s Distinguished Service Awards
Exempt & Non-exempt
Criteria: The President's Distinguished Service Awards recognize exceptional performance, leadership, and service by a member of the University staff. The recipient of this award will have a record of exemplary performance and distinctive contributions to the operation of an administrative, academic, research, or service unit on campus. He or she will have clearly demonstrated initiative toward the improvement of University programs or campus activities and will have shown commitment to the campus community as a whole.
Eligibility: Any current full-time staff member, including academic administrators, who have been employed on campus for a total of ten years (in any of one or more capacities) for exempt and a total of 5 years for non-exempt, may be nominated for a President's Distinguished Service Award. (Individuals who hold a faculty appointment are NOT eligible for this award.) Up to five awards will be given annually for both exempt and non-exempt combined.
Nomination Materials:
Nominations can be submitted electronically using this link:
President's Distinguished Service Awards
or
Printed nomination materials can be mailed to:
President's Award Committee
c/o Office of the President
1128 Main Administration Building
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
- Each nomination should be submitted with a cover sheet listing the name of the nominee, the award for which the individual is being nominated, and the name of the nominator
- A letter of nomination should be submitted, clearly indicating why this individual should be so honored and how the individual exemplifies the criteria for this award
- A resume, curriculum vitae, or brief biographical sketch
- At least two, but no more than three, seconding letters of nomination may accompany the nomination or may be sent under separate cover
Past Winners
(In 1997 the Associate Staff and Classified Employee categories were abolished, and the awards were combined)
2019
Lorraine DiPrima
Department of Dining Services
Francis DuVinage
Office of Undergraduate Studies
Dolores Jackson
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Yusef Jones
Residential Facilities
Deborah Russell
Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
2018
Luis Alfonzo
Facilities Management
Joan Burton
Office of Undergraduate Studies
Cheryl Hill
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
John Romano
Center for the Advanced Study of Language
Terry Zacker
Division of Student Affairs
2017
Willie Brown
University Human Resources
Denise Clark
Division of Research
Mario Edwards
Dining Services
Joelle Presson
College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
Audrey Stewart
Facilities Management
2016
Gloria Aparicio Blackwell
Office of Community Engagement
Julia R. Heng
Department of Public Safety
Sharon A. La Voy
Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment
John D. Zacker
Division of Student Affairs
2015
Laura E. Dyer
Department of Public Safety
Stephen K. Gnadt
Stamp Student Union
Andrea J. Goodwin
Office of Student Conduct
Sara R. Lopez
Dining Services
Jeanette M. Payne
Facilities Management
2014
J. David Allen
Department of Transportation Services
Gabrielle A. Barnhart
Engineering Information Technology Office
Marcia V. Marinelli
University Counseling Center
Steven N. Petkas
Department of Resident Life
Alexis S. Thompson
Department of Transportation Services
2013
Tesfaye Bogale
Department of Dining Services
Barbara A. Gill
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Sharon E. Kirkland-Gordon
University Counseling Center
Joseph F. Mullineaux
Department of Dining Services
Rodney Page Tapp
Department of Building and Landscape Services
2012
Patricia C. Baker
Department of Fire Protection Engineering
James E. Diamond, III
Residential Facilities Building Systems
Robert Infantino
College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences
Luke Jensen
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equity Center
Arshad Mughal
Capital Budgeting, Facilities Planning
Alan R. Webbert
Stamp Student Union, Facilities
2011
Anna C. Connors
Business Services Specialist, Motor Transportation Services
Deborah Francis Grandner
Director, Department of Resident Life
Fletcher G. Kinne
Office Supervisor I, Department of Mathematics
Julie K. Phelps
Associate Vice President, Office of the Comptroller
Valencia L. Skeeter
Assistant Director/Academic Advisor
Department of African American Studies
2010
Ana Alonzo
Housekeeper
Department of Residential Facilities
Sue Briggs
Director
CIVICUS
Jon M. Dooley
Director
Residential Facilities
Thomas K. Mast
IT Telecommunications Specialist
Information Technology
Leigh Ryan
Director
Writing Center
2009
Greig Stewart
Executive Director
College Park Scholars
Vicky Foxworth
Director
Center for Leadership and Organizational Change
Jay P. Gilchrist
Director
Campus Recreation Services
Anthony H. (Tony) Chan
Electrical Technician III
Department of Psychology
Deborah P. Pruett
Program Management Specialist
Registrar's Office
2008
Linda A. Dalo
Program Management Specialist
College of Chemical and Life Sciences
Colleen (Coke) M. Farmer
Assistant Chair and Director of Undergraduate Programs
Department of Kinesiology
Jeanne S. Martin
Administrative Assistant to the Chair and Graduate Secretary
Department of Geology
Linda H. Martin
Execuive Director
Web and New Media Strategies
Division of University Relations
Thai Q. Nguyen
Program Management Specialist
Photo Services Unit
2007
Javaune Adams-Gaston
Executive Director, Career Center
Mary Giles
Executive Secretary and Director, University Senate
Lois Reid
Academic Program Specialist, Department of Biology
Brenda D. Testa
Director, Department of Facilities Planning
2006
Joyce B. Brown
Department of Residential Facilities
Doris Climes
Housekeeping Department
Johnetta Davis
Graduate School Recruitment, Retention and Diversity
Traci L. M. Dula
University Honors Program
Thomas N. Ruggieri
Faculty Staff Assistance Program
2005
Jean Bennett
Assistant Director, Dining Services
Michael Colson
Associate Director, College Park Scholars
Gene Ferrick
Assistant to the Dean, College of Life Sciences
Wanda Howard
Supervisor, Housekeeping Services
Ron Mendenhall
Multi-Trade Supervisor III, Area Maintenance
2004
Dr. Jack T. Baker
Director of the Department of Operations and Maintenance
Facilities Management
Dr. Katherine Pedro Beardsley
Assistant Dean, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Ms. Lorraine DeSalvo
Department of Physics
Ms. Suzanne Hickes
Executive Administrative Assistant II
Office of the Vice President for University Relations
Ms. Besy V. Martinez
Zone Supervisor (MT Multi-Trades Supervisor II)
Department of Building and Landscape Services
2003
Ms. Shirley C. Browner
Academic Skills Counselor, Learning Assistant Service, Counseling Center
Mr. Steven T. Edwards
Director, Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute
Ms. Barbara B. Hope
Director, Data Administration/Data Architecture
Office of Information Technology
Ms. Marie Dory
Assistant Manager, Work Control Center
Office of Facilities Administration, Facilities Management
Ms. Collotta B. Moses
Team Leader - Housekeeping Services
Department of Building and Landscape Services
2002
Stephen A. Adams
Assistant Director of Operations, Stamp Student Union
Ms. Monica Herrera
Accounting Associate, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Ms. Darlene King
Program Management Specialist I, Department of History
Mr. Michael D. McNair
Colonel, Department of Public Safety
Ms. Eleanor Weingaertner
Assistant to the Vice President, Division of Research and Graduate Studies
2001
Mr. Jan R. Davidson
Associate Director, Department of Resident Life
Mr. Kenneth Krouse
Chief, University Police
Mr. William F. McLean
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
Ms. Maureen Meyer
Assistant Dean for Finance and Personnel
A. James Clark School of Engineering
Mr. Robert T. Stumpff
Coordinator, General Services
Department of Building and Landscape Services
Ms. Laura Wildesen
Assistant Director, Facilities Maintenance
2000
Ms. Judith Bair
Director, University Publications
Mr. Brian Darmody
Assistant Vice President for Research and Economic Development
Mr. Warren Kelley
Executive Assistant to the Vice President, Director of Planning and Research
Ms. Erica Kropp
Director, Office of Research Administration and Advancement
Ms. Nancy Marsanopoli
Executive Administrative Assistant III, Office of University Relations
Mr. Harry Teabout
Director, Building and Landscape Services
Mr. Larry Volz
Lieutenant, University Police
1999
Dr. Sacared Bodison
Clinical Director, University Health Center
Mr. Kevin Brown
Assistant Director/Landscape Services, Department of Building and Landscape Services
Ms. Regina Crawmer
Coordinator of Organization Services, Union and Campus Programs
Ms. Patricia S. Higgins
Director, Dining Services
Dr. Sylvia S. Stewart
Associate Vice President for Administrative Affairs
1998
Dr. Drury G. Bagwell
Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs
Ms. Sapienza Barone
Administrative Assistant
Office of the President
Mr. Shaun P. Fleming
Administrative Computer Center
Dr. Nancy E. Lindley
Department of Computer Science
Ms. Sheila F. Mahaffy
Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs
Ms. Joan W. Patterson
Executive Director
Office of Alumni Programs
Dr. John E. Van Brunt
Counseling Center
Ms. Rosemary Wainscott
Robert H. Smith School of Business
1997
Elizabeth L. Barksdale
Payroll Processing Supervisor Comptroller's Office
Susan L. Bayly
General Counse
Office of the President
Michele A. Eastman
Assistant Dean
College of Arts and Humanities
Jennifer Fajman
Director
Academic Information Technology Services
Susan L. Frazier
Assistant Director for Education and Personnel
Institute for Systems Research
Cynthia Roberts Hale
Assistant Dean
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Gary D. Kennedy
Director of Administrative Affairs
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Associate Staff Award Recipients
(In 1997 the Associate Staff and Classified Employee categories were abolished, and the awards were combined to become the President's Distinguished Service Awards)
1985
Dr. Margaret W. Bridwell
Director, University Health Center
Mr. James N. Newton
Director, Center for Minorities in Science and Engineering
Dr. James M. Osteen
Director, Campus Activities
Dr. Glenn Ricart
Director, Computer Science Center
Mr. Jonathan R. Rood
Director, Communication Services
1986
Dr. Richard Berg
Director, Physics Lecture Demonstration Project
Dr. Gary Pavela
Director, Judicial Programs and Acting Director, Campus Activities
Dr. Shirley Sorensen
Coordinator of Undergraduate Programs, Department of Mathematics
Mr. James Otis Williams
Director, Nyumburu Cultural Center
1987
Dr. Susan R. Clabaugh
Director, Education Technology Center
Ms. Roselyn L. Hiebert
Director, Public Information
Dr. Barbara A. Jacoby
Director, Commuter Affairs
Mr. Eugene Sides
Chief of Police
Dr. Richard P. Stimpson
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
1988
Mr. Theodore R. Allen
Assistant Director, Physical Plant (Maintenance and Engineering)
Ms. Sharon L. Fries
Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Dr. James D. Greenberg
Director, Laboratory Experiences, College of Education
Mr. Elwood H. Gross
Assistant Director, Physical Plant (Custodial and General Services)
Dr. William R. Scales
Assistant Director, Counseling Center
1989
Mr. N. William Hartline
Assistant Director, Department of Procurement and Supply
Mr. Timothy Maugel
Director, Laboratory for Biological Ultrastructure
1990
Dr. Linda M. Clement
Director, Undergraduate Admissions
Mr. Leonard B. Jankowski
Director, Department of Campus Parking
Mr. Ronald C. Jones
Director, Procurement and Supply
Dr. Jerry L. Lewis
Director, Intensive Educational Development Program
1991
Mrs. Elizabeth D. Alley
Curator of Slides and Visual Resources, School of Architecture
Ms. Gladys Brown
Director, Human Relations Office
Mr. Matthew Sheriff
Director, Dining Services
Mr. William C. Spann
Director, Records and Registrations
1992
Mr. William F. Armstrong
Assistant Director and Manager of Minority Business Enterprise Program,
Department of Procurement and Supply
Mr. James F. Brewer
Director, Department of Physical Plant
1993
Mr. James E. Christensen
Associate Director, Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Dr. Marsha A. Guenzler
Associate Director, Stamp Student Union and Campus Programs
Dr. Gerry B. Strumpf
Director, Orientation
1994
Ms. Sylvia (Jan) Andrews
Staff Assistant, Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs
Mr. Eloy Areu
Director, Academic Data Systems
Ms. Roberta H. Coates
Associate Director of Campus Programs
Ms. Mary Ann Granger
Assistant Director, Office of Records and Registrations
Mr. Jud Samon
Coordinator, International Faculty and Student Services
Office of International Education Services
1995
Ms. Barbara J. Goldberg and Ms. Beverly J. Greenfeig
Co-Coordinators of the Returning Students Program
Counseling Center
Ms. Erytheia A. "Rythee" Lambert
Assistant Director, Department of Personnel Services
Mr. Jeffrey K. Lemich
Assistant Director, Academic Data Systems
Dr. Elizabeth L. Shearn
Math Learning Specialist, Learning Assistance Service
1996
Ms. Gloria Bouis
Program Director, Office of Human Relations
Dr. Patricia Mielke
Director, Resident Life
Ms. Barbara Riggs
Associate Director, Office of Records and Registrations
Classified Employee Award Recipients
(In 1997, the Associate Staff and Classified Employee categories were abolished, and the awards were combined to become the President's Distinguished Service Awards)
1990
Ms. Susan J. Harris
Account Clerk III, Commuter Affairs
Ms. Patricia Moreland
Administrative Specialist II, Counseling Center
Ms. Dolores M. Mulligan
Office Secretary III, Undergraduate Studies
Ms. Sibylle G. Sampson
Director of Business and Finance, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Ms. Jacqueline A. Schwier
Supervisor, Personnel Officer II, Department of Personnel Services
1991
Mrs. Hazel B. Moran
Office Clerk II, Records and Registrations
Ms. Linda M. Scovitch
Executive Administrative Aide to the Vice President for Student Affairs
1992
Ms. Janet W. Cooper
Administrator of Graduate Programs, Department of Mathematics
Ms. Mary D. Gibson
Administrative Aide, Department of Resident Life
Ms. Paula R. Mandelman
Team Leader/Buyer, Department of Procurement and Supply
Ms. Charlotte Neal
Administrative Aide, Department of Radio-Television-Film
1993
Captain Richard William Doran
Campus Police
Ms. Carol Prier
Executive Administrative Aide, College of Engineering
Ms. Marie T. Smith
Cook II, Department of Dining Services
1994
Ms. Victoria L. Brewer
Administrative Aide I, Department of Education Policy, Planning and Administration
Ms. Angela Domanico
Desk Supervisor, Nonprint Media Services, Hornbake Library
Ms. Jodie Cohen Gray
Account Clerk IV, Department of Computer Science
Ms. Melvina M. (Millie) Lindenberger
Executive Administrative Aide I, College of Life Sciences
Ms. Betty J. Ohler
College of Agriculture
Mr. Charles F. Stubbs, Jr.
Assistant Supervisor, Department of Special Services
1995
Ms. Kathryn Troth Karam
Program Analyst I, Department and Spanish and Portuguese
Languages and Literatures
Ms. Carroll Linkins
Office Secretary III, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy
Ms. Carol L. Warrington
Inservice Educator II, Computer Science Center
1996
Ms. Randi Dutch
Manager, Rossborough Inn
Ms. Elfrieda "Elllie" Ramsay
Office Supervisor, Fellowship Office, Graduate School