--- title: "President's Medal" date: 2022-03-08T15:18:00-05:00 author: Mei Lu canonical_url: "https://president.umd.edu/administration/presidential-recognition/presidents-medal" section: Pages --- # 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 April 20, 2026** and can be **submitted through one of the following methods:** 1. [Online submission form](https://president.umd.edu/administration/presidential-recognition/faculty-and-staff-convocation/presidential-medal-and-distinguished-service-award-nomination) 2. 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. --- ## Past Winners 2025 **Bonnie Thornton Dill** 2024 **Robert "Bob" Infantino, Jr.** 2023 **Gloria Aparicio Blackwell** 2022 **Warren L. Kelley** 2021 **Ritu Agarwal** 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