President’s Medal

Criteria

This award is the highest honor the university community can bestow. The recipient of this award will be a member of the community with an exemplary record of sustained service and acknowledged contribution to the quality of life on campus. The candidate's career should be distinguished by a dedication to the fulfillment of the campus' goals and mission, by professional accomplishments and campus service, and must reflect the core values of the University. Particular emphasis will be placed on contributions that have had a wide-ranging and enhancing influence on the entire university community.

Eligibility

Any full-time member of the campus community may be nominated for the President's Medal. A nominee must have at least ten years of full-time employment on the campus (in one or more capacities).

Nomination Materials

All nomination packets must be received by May 7, 2021 and can be submitted through one of the following methods:

1. Online submission form
2. By email to Cornelia Kennedy ckennedy@umd.edu
3. Printed and mailed to:
   President's Awards Advisory Committee
   c/o Office of the President
   1115 Main Administration Building
   University of Maryland
   College Park, MD  20742

If printing and submitting your nomination by mail, the materials should include:

• A coversheet listing the name of the nominee, the award for which the individual is being nominated, and the name of the nominator.
• A nomination letter 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 of the nominee (President’s Medal and President’s Distinguished Service Awards-exempt).
• At least two, but no more than three, seconding letters of nomination from outside the primary unit in which the individual is employed may accompany the nomination or may be sent under separate cover.

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Past Winners

2020 
Marcio A. Oliveira
Division of Information Technology and Division of Academic Affairs

2019
Linda Clement
Student Affairs

2018
Darryll Pines
A. James Clark School of Engineering

2017
Jerry L. Lewis
Office of Undergraduate Studies

2016
S. James Gates Jr.
Department of Physics

2015
Donna B. Hamilton
Division of Academic Affairs and Department of English

2014
Ann G. Wylie
Department of Geology

2013
James A. Yorke
Departments of Mathematics and Physics, and Institute for Physical Science and Technology

2012
Robert S. Gold
Professor and Former Dean, School of Public Health

2011
Charles F. Wellford
Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice

2010
Herb Rabin
Professor, Senior Associate Dean and Director
Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute

2009
Jordan A. Goodman
Professor, Department of Physics

2008
Susan L. Bayly, Esq.
General Counsel
President's Office of General Counsel

2007
Victor Korenman
Associate Provost for Academic Planning and Programs (Retired)
Professor Emeritus of Physics

2006
William L. Fourney
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering

2005
Gerald R. Miller
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

2004
Dr. George E. Dieter
Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering and Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor of Engineering

2003
Professor Ralph D. Bennett, Jr.
School of Architecture

2002
Dr. Charles F. Sturtz
Retired Vice President for Administrative Affairs
Special Assistant to the President for Real Estate Development

2001
Dr. Irwin L. Goldstein
Dean, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences

2000
Dr. William L. Thomas, Jr.
Vice President for Student Affairs

1999
Dr. Ira Berlin
Distinguished University Professor, Department of History

1998
Dr. Marie Smith Davidson
Chief of Staff, Office of the President

Dr. Rudolph P. Lamone
Professor, Robert H. Smith School of Business

1997
Dr. David Driskell
Professor, Department of Art

1996
Dr. Robert L. Gluckstern
Professor, Department of Physics

Dr. Jack Minker
Professor, Department of Computer Science

1995
No President's Medal awarded

1994
Dr. George H. Callcott
Professor, Department of History

1993
Dr. Margaret W. Bridwell
Director, University Health Center

Dr. Eugenie Clark
Professor Emerita, Department of Zoology

1992
Dr. Don C. Piper
Professor, Department of Government and Politics

1991
Dr. Dudley Dillard (posthumously)
Professor Emeritus and Former Chair, Department of Economics

1990
Dr. Jacob K. Goldhaber
Acting Dean, Graduate Studies and Research and Professor of Mathematics

1989
Dr. Graciela Nemes
Professor Emerita, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures

1988
Dr. J. Robert Dorfman
Dean, College of Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Dr. Thomas M. Magoon
Director of the Counseling Center and Professor of Education and Psychology

1987
Dr. Richard H. Jaquith
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Professor Emeritus of Chemistry

1986
Dr. Donald Maley
Professor Emeritus and Former Chair, Department of Industrial, Technological and Occupational Education

1985
Dr. Paul P. Traver
Professor, Department of Music and Director of the University of Maryland Chorus