Honors and Awards

Entries drawn from college history lists & rosters

Arts Award Recipients

The Arts Award was established by Dickinson College in order to recognize achievements in the Arts and Humanities. Honoring Dr. William Wilcox Edel, alumnus and former president of the college, the Arts Award is bestowed upon an individual who has made an outstanding contribution in the...

Award for Distinguished Teaching

The Dickinson Award for Distinguished Teaching was instituted in 1993-1994 to replace the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award that had been given every year since 1960. The award winner receives a cash honorarium as well as a citation prepared and read by the dean of the college...

Benjamin Rush Award

The Benjamin Rush Award for Humanistic Values in Corporate Life is presented "to a business leader who had demonstrated through his or her actions in the corporate world a personal commitment to the values of the liberal arts as expressed in the principles upon which Dickinson was founded and to...

Ganoe Award for Inspirational Teaching

The Constance and Rose Ganoe Memorial Fund established in 1969 through a bequest of the late William A. Ganoe of the Class of 1902 provides that an award be given annually to a professor at the college selected by the members of the senior class immediately prior to their graduation through a...

Honorary Degree Recipients

A list of those who have received an honorary degree from Dickinson College.