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Faculty Award
2009 Recipient: VALERIE L. SAYERS
The honoree for this year’s Faculty Award is a distinguished scholar who came to the University in 1993. As colleagues in her department state, “It was her work that really created a most successful Creative Writing Program—despite a shoestring budget.” Moreover, she has always been a magnificent ideas person who is not put off by the diurnal labor of making something succeed. She has contributed to a number of discussions on this campus, figuring in numerous committees of importance. Her genius and creative thinking help to make us what we are, and her encouragement of others keeps us all “going in the right direction.”
The University of Notre Dame is pleased to confer the Faculty Award upon
Established in the 1927–28 academic year by the Alumni Association, the Faculty Award singles out that faculty member who, in the opinion of his or her colleagues, has contributed outstanding services to the University. Nominations are received from the faculty at large and a committee of former Faculty Award winners makes the final selection.
Faculty Award Winners Since 1960
| 1959–60 | Otto Bird |
| 1960–61 | John Frederick |
| 1961–62 | Milton Burton |
| 1962–63 | Stephen Kertesz |
| 1963–64 | Raymond Gutschick |
| 1964–65 | Matthew Fitzsimons |
| 1965–66 | Bernard D. Cullity |
| 1966–67 | John Magee |
| 1967–68 | Rev. Charles E. Sheedy, C.S.C. |
| 1968–69 | Bernard Waldman |
| 1969–70 | James Massey |
| 1970–71 | Thomas Stritch |
| 1971–72 | Ernest Sandeen |
| 1972–73 | Rev. Ernan McMullin |
| 1973–74 | Robert E. Rodes jr. |
| 1974–75 | Herbert E. Sim |
| 1975–76 | Ronald Weber |
| 1976–77 | Walter Miller |
| 1977–78 | J. Philip Gleason |
| 1978–79 | K.T. Yang |
| 1979–80 | Frederick J. Crosson |
| 1980–81 | Jeremiah P. Freeman |
| 1981–82 | Morris Pollard |
| 1982–83 | James Kohn |
| 1983–84 | John Malone |
| 1984–85 | Rudy Bottei |
| 1985–86 | Rev. David Burrell, C.S.C. |
| 1986–87 | Paul Weinstein |
| 1987–88 | Ray Powell |
| 1988–89 | Robert A. Leader |
| 1989–90 | Edward J. Murphy |
| 1990–91 | Eugene Henry |
| 1991–92 | George B. Craig Jr. |
| 1992–93 | Lee Tavis |
| 1993–94 | Sonia Gernes |
| 1994–95 | Ralph McInerny |
| 1995–96 | Carol Ann Mooney |
| 1996–97 | William B. Berry |
| 1997–98 | George S. Howard |
| 1998–99 | Frank Reilly |
| 1999–00 | John Borkowski |
| 2000–01 | Yusaku Furuhashi |
| 2001–02 | Jean Porter |
| 2002–03 | Francis Castellino |
| 2003–04 | Fernand “Tex” Dutile |
| 2004–05 | Cornelius Delaney |
| 2005–06 | Maureen Hallinan |
| 2006–07 | A. Graham Lappin |
| 2007–08 | Michael J. Etzel |
