Awards & Recognitions

Download the Nomination Form and Award Criteria:

Presidential Outstanding Teaching Award (PDF)

Presidential Public Engagement Achievement Award (PDF)

Presidential Research and Creative Achievement Award (PDF)

Presidential Innovation Award (PDF)

Black Bear Award for Extraordinary Impact (PDF)


Presidential Outstanding Teaching Award Recipients Presidential Public Engagement Achievement Award Recipients Presidential Research and Creative Achievement Award Recipients Presidential Innovation Award Recipients Black Bear Award for Extraordinary Impact
2024 Lindsay Seward
2023 Sally Molloy
2022 Karl Kreutz
2021 Judith Josiah-Martin
2020 Sara Lindsay
2019 Jennifer Tyne
2018 Senthil Vel
2017 Harvey Kail
2016 Howard ‘Mac’ Gray
2015 Kirsten E. Jacobson
2014 J. Malcolm Shick
2013 Richard H. Borgman
2012 Mary Rumpho-Kennedy
2011 Douglas W. Nangle
2010 Judith R. Pearse
2009 Leonard J. Kass
2008 Gail Werrbach
2007 Irving Kornfield
2006 Mary S. Tyler
2005 Patricia Burnes
2004 Kim K. McKeage
2003 Robert Franzosa
2002 Eric N. Landis
2001 Constance M. Perry
2000 Owen F. Smith
1999 Keith W. Hutchison
1998 Sandra L. Caron
1997 Fred H. Irons
1996 Paul B. Roscoe
1995 Barbara J. W. Cole
1994 William E. Glanz
1993 Saundra L. Gardner
1992 Christina L. Baker
1991 Kristin M. Langellier
2024 Robert Glover
2023 Catharine Biddle
2022 Kelley Strout
2021 James Dill
2020 Jean MacRae
2019 Susan McKay
2018 Ivan Fernandez
2017 Marcella Sorg
2016 Amy Fried
2015 Laura A. Lindenfeld
2014 Bruce E. Segee
2013 George Markowsky
2012 Karen Horton
2011 Kathleen March
2010 Thomas E. Christensen
2009 Kathryn J. Olmstead
2008 Alan Cobo-Lewis
2007 Herbert Crosby
2006 Carol Gilmore
2005 David Lambert
2004 Todd M. Gabe
2003 Harlan Onsrud
2002 Sandra L. Caron
2001 Ann Schonberger
2000 Walter G. McIntire
1999 George Jacobson, Jr.
1998 Dana N. Humphrey
1997 Sheila J. Pechinski
1996 Alfred A. Bushway
1995 James H. Breece
1994 Ray B. Owen
1993 Edward ‘Sandy’ Ives
1992 Lucille A. Zeph
1991 William H. Whitaker
1990 Herbert Hidu
1989 David F. Wihry
1988 Robert C. Bayer
1987 James A. Wilson
1986 Vaughn H. Holyoke
1985 Barbara A. Barton
1984 Richard J. Campana
1983 Patricia M. Pierson
1982 Richard C. Hill
2024 Brian McGill
2023 Ali Abedi
2022 Xudong Zheng
2021 Elizabeth Allan
2020 Robert Steneck
2019 Jasmine Saros
2018 Yong Chen
2017 Daniel Sandweiss
2016 Neil R. Pettigrew
2015 Richard W. Judd
2014 M. Kate Beard-Tisdale
2013 Francis A. Drummond
2012 Hemant Pendse
2011 John F. Mahon
2010 Paul B. Roscoe
2009 Owen F. Smith
2008 Mary Ellen Camire
2007 Elizabeth Depoy
2006 Kyriacos Markides
2005 James Acheson
2004 Robert J. Lad
2003 Habib J. Dagher
2002 Max J. Egenhofer
2001 Kevin Boyle
2000 Janice V. Kristo,
Rosemary A. Bamford
1999 Charles T. Hess
1998 Douglas M. Allen
1997 Gary M. King
1996 Burton N. Hatlen
1995 Erdogan Kiran
1994 C. Stewart Doty
1993 William N. Unertl
1992 J. Malcolm Shick
1991 Merrill F. Elias
1990 Stephen A. Norton
1989 William J. Baker
1988 Michael D. Bentley
1987 John H. Dearborn
1986 Colin E. Martindale
1985 Richard D. Blake
1984 Harold W. Borns,
David C. Smith
1983 No Award
1982 Bruce L. Nicholson
1981 Carroll F. Terrell
1980 John F. Vetelino
1979 James D. McCleave
1978 Peter Csavinszky
1977 William Pease,
Jane Pease
1976 Robert J. Jensen|
1975 George H. Denton
1974 Geddes Simpson
2024 Deborah Bouchard
2023 Gregory Porter
2024 Nory Jones
2023 James Tardy
2022 Fogler Library circulation staff
2021 UMaine Emergency Operations Center