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The Honored Professor Award

Since 1987, the president of Smith College has annually presented the Honored Professor Award to a faculty member who has given long and distinguished service to the college. The president selects the honored professor based on distinction in teaching, scholarship and contributions to the academic community, and presents the award at Commencement.


Recipients

  • 1987: Adrienne Auerswald
  • 1988: Ty Unno
  • 1989: Helen Searing
  • 1990: Leo Weinstein
  • 1991: Quentin Quesnell and Jean Higgins
  • 1992: Stanley Elkins
  • 1993: Marshall Schalk
  • 1994: Jeanne Powell
  • 1995: Malgorzata Pfabé
  • 1996: Cynthia Taft Morris
  • 1997: Peter Rose
  • 1998: Philip Green
  • 1999: Ken Hellman
  • 2000: Susan Van Dyne
  • 2001: Jill deVilliers and Peter deVilliers
  • 2002: Thomas Derr and Dennis Hudson
  • 2003: Randall Bartlett
  • 2004: Donald Robinson
  • 2005: Myron Glazer
  • 2006: Howard Nenner
  • 2007: Marjorie Senechal
  • 2008: Mahnaz Mahdavi
  • 2009: David Cohen
  • 2010: Daniel Horowitz and Helen Horowitz
  • 2011: Thomas Riddell
  • 2012: John Patrick Coby
  • 2013: Donna Divine
  • 2014: Donald Baumer
  • 2015: Susan Etheredge
  • 2016: Andrea Hairston
  • 2017: John Brady
  • 2018: William Oram and Robert Merritt
  • 2019: Barbara Kellum
  • 2020: Joseph O’Rourke and Kate Queeney