*Please Note: With the start of the 2011–12 academic year, the ND Report website will no longer be updated.
Presidential Awards
2009 PRESIDENTIAL AWARD
Fifty years ago this loyal son walked across the stage in Notre Dame Stadium to pick up his bachelor’s degree in physics. The next steps in his long and distinguished career took him to Harvard University, then to Bell Laboratories, and then to the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he built one of the country’s preeminent research centers in semiconductor materials and devices.
In 1994 he came home to Notre Dame, where he has continued to mentor young engineering scholars, instilling in them his passion for electrical engineering and physics, as well as his love and respect for this University. He has served in many ways since his return — as Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research, Dean of the Graduate School, and Interim Dean in the College of Engineering.
His “planned” retirement this summer is viewed by friends and colleagues with sadness and a certain amount of skepticism, since many are doubtful that the University will ever let him retire. He has carried the spirit of Notre Dame with him throughout his career serving Our Lady’s University unselfishly, with a grace and enthusiasm that are exemplary.
We are pleased to present the Presidential Award to
Frank M. Freimann Professor of Electrical Engineering
The Special Presidential Awards are given to members of the faculty and/or the administration for distinguished service to the University over an extended period of time. The presentation of a citation and a stipend are made to the recipients.
Past Recipients
1971 | Paul E. Beichner, C.S.C. |
Michael Burton | |
Frederick D. Rossini | |
Raymond J. Schumehl | |
1972 | Leopoldo M. Corbaci |
Francis M. Kobayashi | |
Marshall Smelser | |
1973 | Astrik L. Gabriel |
Gerald L. Jones | |
Walter Langford | |
1974 | Matthew A. Fitzsimons |
Marie K. Lawrence | |
Thomas T. Murphy | |
1975 | Frederick J. Crosson |
Yusaku Furuhashi | |
Stephen D. Kertesz | |
Thomas L. Shaffer | |
1976 | Thomas F. Broden |
Eileen Conley | |
Dorothy Laughlin | |
James L. Massey | |
1977 | Otto Bird |
Emil T. Hofman | |
John R. Malone | |
1978 | Ferdinand L. Brown, C.S.C. |
J. Franklin Brown | |
Brother Borromeo Malley, C.S.C. | |
1979 | James V. Gibbons |
Sr. John Mirian Jones, S.C. | |
Brother Kieran Ryan, C.S.C. | |
Bernard L. Waldman | |
1980 | Frederick H. Baumer Jr. |
John T. Goldrick | |
Dominick “Nappy” Napolitano | |
Sr. Kathleen Rossman, O.S.F. | |
1981 | G. Thomas Bull |
John E. Derwent | |
Joseph C. Hogan | |
Brother Conan Moran, C.S.C. | |
James E. Murpy, C.S.C. | |
Dean Porter | |
1982 | Ferdinand L. Brown, C.S.C. |
Fernand “Tex” Dutile | |
Gregory A. Green, C.S.C. | |
M. Katherine Tillman | |
1983 | Judith Anne Beattie, C.S.C. |
Don McNeill, C.S.C. | |
Elizabeth Christman | |
Robert Edward Gordon | |
Joseph L. Walter, C.S.C. | |
1984 | Cornelius Delaney |
Lee A. & Sparky Tavis | |
John A. Van Wolvlear, C.S.C. | |
1985 | Leonard N. Banas, C.S.C. |
Sr. Jean Lenz, O.S.F. | |
Kenneth Ripple | |
Julian Samora | |
Robert J. Waddick | |
1986 | Peter P. Grande |
Michael J. Murphy, C.S.C. | |
Robert F. O’Brien | |
Thomas & Wendy Schlereth | |
1987 | Richard W. Conklin |
George B. Craig Jr. | |
Philip & Maureen Gleason | |
Michael McCafferty, C.S.C. | |
Francesco Montana | |
1988 | Julius T. Banchero |
Joseph H. Carey, C.S.C. | |
Angie Ricks Chamblee | |
Kevin Rooney | |
John Roos | |
1989 | Ernest Bartell, C.S.C. |
James L. Cullather | |
Ann M. Firth | |
Chau T. M. Le | |
Robert H. Shuler | |
F. Ellen Weaver | |
1990 | Isabel Charles |
Richard Foley | |
Jack Furdyna | |
Matthew Miceli, C.S.C. | |
David T. Tyson, C.S.C. | |
1991 | Thomas Bergin |
Paul Conway | |
Elaine DesRosiers, O.P. | |
John J. Gilligan | |
Eileen T. Kolman | |
Robert S. Pelton, C.S.C. | |
Jean Fadden O’Meara | |
1992 | JoAnn DellaNeva |
Peter P. Grande | |
Barth Pollak | |
Edward Trubac | |
Arvind Varma | |
1993 | Peri Arnold |
Jay Dolan | |
Andre Leville | |
Naomi Meara | |
Carol Mooney | |
K.T. Yang | |
1994 | William Berry |
Paul Vittoria Bosco | |
Michael Etzel | |
Ron & Barbara Hellenthal | |
Edward Kline | |
Edward Murphy | |
Erskine Peters | |
1995 | Kathleen Cannon, O.P. |
Dolores Frese | |
E. Doran & B. Gasperetti | |
Eugene Gorski, C.S.C. | |
Alan Howard | |
James Kohn | |
Luther Snavely | |
William Wilkie | |
1996 | Joseph Bauer |
Sonia Gernes | |
Diana Matthias | |
Kathie Newman | |
Roger & Ruth Schmitz | |
John Van Engen | |
Robert Williamson | |
1997 | Edward J. Conlon |
Mary Jo Griffin, O.S.F. | |
Jimmy Gurulé | |
Maureen T. Hallinan | |
Daniel R. Jenky, C.S.C. | |
Thomas King, C.S.C. | |
Donald P. McNeill, C.S.C. | |
Andrew Sommese | |
Jennifer Warlick | |
1998 | Joan Brennecke |
Daniel J. Costello | |
Jerry Jones | |
Bob Kirby | |
Claudia Kselman | |
Dian Murray | |
Jack Pratt | |
Valerie Sayers | |
1999 | Jeanne Day |
Dennis Jacobs | |
Edward Luther | |
Marvin Miller | |
Kathie Newman | |
Bill Nichols | |
Harold Pace | |
Michael Sain | |
Don Sniegowski | |
Greg Sterling | |
Joy Vann-Hamilton | |
2000 | John Affleck-Graves |
Jane Devine | |
Roger Jacobs | |
Julia Knight | |
A. James McAdams | |
Randal Ruchti | |
Barbara Walvoord | |
2001 | Thomas Mueller |
Karen Morris | |
Rev. Hugh R. Page Jr. | |
Patrick Murphy | |
Scott Mainwaring | |
Julia Douthwaite | |
John Cavadini | |
2002 | Ann E. Tenbrunsel |
Albert-László Barabási | |
Lawrence S. Cunningham | |
Mark J. McCready | |
Francis X. Connolly | |
2003 | Ani Aprahamian |
Christopher B. Fox | |
Yih-Fang Huang | |
Ava Preacher | |
Susan Guise Sheridan | |
Scott J. VanJacob | |
2004 | Robert Bretz |
Sister Patricia Clark, S.V.M. | |
Howard Hanson | |
Robert Nelson | |
Katherine O’Brien O’Keeffe | |
John Robinson | |
Phillip Sloan | |
Michael Wiescher | |
Christina Wolbrecht | |
2005 | Seth Brown |
Charles Crowell | |
James Davis | |
Alex Hahn | |
John Haynes | |
Patricia Maurice | |
Maria Tomasula | |
2006 | Philip Bess |
Olivia Remie Constable | |
Fernand “Tex” Dutile | |
Agustin Fuentes | |
John Uhran | |
2007 | Leo Burke |
Donald Crafton | |
Barbara M. Turpin | |
2008 | Carol C. Kaesebier |