Thomas Jefferson Award
To honor faculty and staff who have significantly enriched the intellectual and civic life of the Emory community, the Thomas Jefferson Award, named and endowed by the Robert Earl McConnell Foundation, is presented annually at Commencement.
The award honors a member of the faculty or staff for significant service to Emory University through personal activities, influence, and leadership, usually over the course of many years.
The recognition also comes with a monetary award of $10,000.
The award recognizes personal and professional integrity as well as distinguished service in one or more of the following areas:
- Teaching
- Research and scholarship
- Non-academic accomplishments related to students
- University advancement and development in relation to the entire university or to an area, school, or division
- Community or educational service on the local, state, national, or international level
The Office of the Provost coordinates the annual selection process of the Jefferson Award, starting with a letter sent early in the calendar year to the entire university community to invite nominations.
Any university employee may make a nomination by sending the nominee's CV or resume and an original letter of nomination directed to the attention of the chair and members of the Jefferson Award selection committee.
The chair and selection committee, comprised of the previous four award recipients, will review all nominations and recommend three finalists to the provost, who will make the final selection.
Nominations remain in active status for one year.
List of Recipients
Name | School | Unit | Expertise | Year |
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Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, PhD | Emory College | Contemplative Science & Compassion-Based Ethics | 2024 |
Jon Howell | Athletics | Swimming and Diving | 2023 |
Jeffrey Rosensweig | Business School | Finance | 2022 |
Ruth M. Parker | School of Medicine | Medicine and Public Health | 2021 |
Lisa A. Tedesco | Laney Graduate School | Dean | 2020 |
Jagdish Sheth | Business School | Marketing | 2019 |
Charles E. Moore | School of Medicine | Otolaryngology | 2018 |
Carol Hogue | School of Public Health | Epidemiology | 2017 |
Eloise Carter | Oxford College | Biology | 2016 |
Bobbi Patterson | Emory College | Religion | 2015 |
Carlos del Rio | School of Public Health | Global Health | 2014 |
Nadine Kaslow | School of Medicine | Psychology | 2013 |
Peggy Barlett | Emory College | Anthropology | 2012 |
Dennis C. Liotta | Emory College | Chemistry | 2011 |
Rudolph P. Byrd | Emory College | African American Studies | 2010 |
W. Ronald Schuchard | Emory College | English | 2009 |
Rosemary Magee | Administration | University Secretary | 2008 |
Melissa Maxcy Wade | Campus Life | Barkley Forum | 2007 |
Frank Alexander | School of Law | Law | 2006 |
Richard Levinson | School of Public Health | Behavioral Sciences and Health Education | 2005 |
Thomas Burns | Emory College | History | 2004 |
Eleanor Main | Emory College | Political Science | 2003 |
Irwin Hyatt | Emory College | History | 2002 |
Marshall Duke | Emory College | Psychology | 2001 |
Jacqueline Irvine | Emory College | Educational Studies | 2000 |
Harvey E. Klehr | Emory College | Political Science | 1999 |
Robert L. DeHaan | Emory College | Educational Studies | 1998 |
Billy E. Frye | Administration | Chancellor | 1997 |
John R. Boring III | School of Public Health | Epidemiology | 1996 |
George W. Brumley | School of Medicine | Pediatrics | 1995 |
Jonas A. Shulman | School of Medicine | Infectious Diseases | 1994 |
Donna J. Brogan | School of Public Health | Biostatistics and Bioinformatics | 1993 |
Delores P. Aldridge | Emory College | African American Studies | 1992 |
Eugene J. Gangarosa | School of Medicine | Public Health | 1991 |
William H. Murdy | Oxford College | Dean | 1990 |
William Mallard | School of Theology | Religion | 1989 |
James A. Bain | School of Medicine | Pharmacology | 1988 |
J. Russell Major | Emory College | History | 1986 |
John M. Palms | Emory College | Physics | 1985 |
Herbert R. Karp | School of Medicine | Neurology | 1984 |
John H. Stone | School of Medicine | Emergency Medicine | 1983 |
Dora H. Skypek | Emory College | Educational Studies | 1982 |
Jack S. Boozer | Emory College | Religion | 1981 |
Marella Walker | Libraries | Research | 1980 |
Alfred E. Wilhelmi | School of Medicine | Biochemistry | 1979 |
Robert H. Rohrer | Emory College | Physics | 1978 |
Charles T. Lester | Emory College | Chemistry | 1977 |
Arthur P. Richardson | School of Medicine | Pharmacology | 1976 |
Judson C. Ward Jr. | Administration | Executive Vice President | 1975 |
R.A. Day Jr. | Emory College | Chemistry | 1974 |
William H. Agnor | School of Law | Law | 1973 |
Robert B. Platt | Emory College | Biology | 1972 |
George P. Cuttino | Emory College | History | 1971 |
Gregor Sebba | Emory College | Philosophy | 1970 |
James Harvey Young | Emory College | History | 1969 |
Floyd C. Watkins | Emory College | English | 1968 |
William H. Jones | Emory College | Chemistry | 1967 |
Evangeline T. Papageorge | School of Medicine | Chemistry | 1966 |
E.H. Rece | Emory College | Religion | 1965 |
Edwin T. Martin | Emory College | English | 1964 |
William A. Strozier | Emory College | Romance Languages | 1963 |
Woolford B. Baker | Emory College | Biology | 1962 |