Alumni Award for Distinguished Contributions
to University Teaching

Generally, two awards, valued at $1,500 each, are made annually to honour and recognize distinguished teaching on campus and to provide incentive and encouragement for achieving excellence in this field. All full-time members of the teaching faculty at the University, with a minimum of five consecutive years of teaching at the University of Windsor are eligible to be nominated for the award. A faculty member may win the award only once in 10 years. Past applicants may be considered but must be re-nominated.

The Intent to Nominate form is required by the end of January with the balance of materials submitted by the beginning of March. Judging is completed by the end of March and the awards are given at Spring Convocation.

Click here to access the award criteria and the intent to nominate form.


List of Distinguished Recipients

2009
Dr. Geri Salinitri, BSc ’77, BEd ’78, MEd ’98, PhD ’04, Faculty of Education
Prof. Richard Moon, Faculty of Law

2008
Dr. Wayne Marino, Kinesiology
2007
Dr. Siyaram Pandey
Dr. Kenneth Cramer
Professor Lionel Walsh
2006
Dr. Akshai Aggarwal, Computer Science
Professor Donna-Marie Eansor LLB '80, Law
Dr. Alan Trenhaile, Earth Sciences
2005
Dr. Alan Sears, Sociology & Anthropology
2004
Dr. James Green BSc '82, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Murty Madugula, Engineering
Dr. Tina Pugliese '84, '85, '96, Dramatic Art
2003
Dr. D. Rosemary Cassano, Social Work
Dr. Gordon W. F. Drake, Head, Physics
2002
Dr. Richard A. Frost, Computer Science
2001
Dr. Daniel Britten, Mathematics & Statistics
Dr. Jonathan Lovett-Doust, Biological Sciences
Prof. Bernie Warren, Dramatic Art
2000
Dr. Suzanne Matheson, English Language, Literature & Creative Writing
1999
Dr. Harold W. Bird, Classical & Modern Languages & French
1998
Dr. Nihar Biswas, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Dr. Richard Moriarty '56, '59, Kinesiology
1997
Dr. Mervyn Franklin, Biological Sciences
Dr. Stuart Selby, Communication Studies
1996
Dr. Stephen Bertman, Classical & Modern Languages
Dr. Om P. Chandna '66, '68, Mathematics & Statistics
Prof. Ross Johnston, Business Administration
1995
Dr. Ian Crawford '64, Education
Prof. Richard Householder, Music
1994
Dr. Gerald Booth, Sociology & Anthropology
Dr. Eugene McNamara, English
1993
Dr. Donald Laing, Education
Dr. Frank Lemire, Mathematics & Statistics
1992
Dr. Reuben Hackam, Electrical Engineering
Dr. Noel Williams, Education
1991
Dr. J. E. Habowski, Biology
Dr. Nigel Hedgecock, Physics
1990
Dr. John McIntosh, Chemistry
Prof. Leigh West, Law
1989
Prof. Peter Burrell '62, Economics
Prof. Kenneth Long '65, '67 (deceased), English
1988
Dr. Roger J. Thibert '51, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Dr. Thomas F. Carney, Communication Studies
1987
Dr. A. Cormac Smith, Mathematics & Statistics
Dr. Robert A. Stager, Chemical Engineering