Harrison, M. Lucile Award (for distinguished teaching). The university's top faculty honor, awarded each year by the Office of the Provost, recognizes a faculty member with a long career of professional excellence in teaching as well as in professional activity and service, all accomplishments that marked the career of M. Lucile Harrison. This award is presented at the summer commencement each year. Names of recipients may be found in the Summer Commencement Program. For more information, see: http://www.unco.edu/provost/faculty_resources/lucile-harrison.aspx 1965 -- Sylvester Toussaint (Speech) 1966 -- Lee West (Geography) 1967 -- Chester C. Huff (English) 1968 -- Gerald D. Schmidt (Biology) 1969 -- Richard Usher Psychology Counseling) 1970 -- Alvin O. Mosbo (Elementary Education) 1971 -- Beatrice Heimerl (Statistics) 1972 -- Robert L. Johnson (Mathematics) 1973 -- Nancy Van Anne (Physical Education) 1974 -- David L. Jelden (Industrial Arts) 1975 -- Arthur R. Partridge (Education) 1976 -- Forrest W. Frease (English) 1977 -- Howard Skinner (Music) 1978 -- Teresa Malumphy (Physical Education) 1979 -- Richard Crawford (Speech Communications) 1980 -- William Koch (Chemistry) 1981 -- Carol Lutey (Psychology Counseling) 1982 -- Ron Childs (Special Education) 1983 -- James Marshall (Summer) (Sociology) 1983 -- Dean Turner (Fall) (Education) 1984 -- Lynn Sandstedt (Foreign Languages) 1985 -- Edwin D. "Buddy" Baker (Music) 1986 -- Dale Shaw (Statistics) 1987 -- George Sage (Physical Education) 1988 -- Rita Kiefer (English) 1989 -- Mike Jacobs (Education) 1990 -- William Pfund (Music) 1991 -- Ron Edgerton (History) 1992 -- Pamela Hewitt (Sociology) 1993 -- David Cole (Geography) 1994 -- David Pringle (Chemistry) 1995 -- Gail Rowe (History) 1996 -- Rosemary Caffarella (Educational Leadership) 1997 -- Nancy White (Nursing) 1998 -- Rik Carl D'Amato (School Psychology) 1999 -- Judy Richter (Nursing) 2000 -- Ester G. Gonzalez (Hispanic Studies) 2001 -- Bruce G. Barnett (Educational Leadership) 2002 -- Judy Malkiewicz (Nursing) 2003 -- Daniel J. Mundfrom (Applied Statistics & Research Methods) 2004 -- Sally McBeth (Anthropology) 2005 -- Jane Koeckeritz (Nursing) 2006 -- George T. Betts (Special Education) 2007 -- Loretta L Jones (Chemistry) 2008 -- Joan Clinefelter (History) 2009 -- Courtney Willis (Physics) 2010 -- Marshall Clough (History) 2011 -- William Hoyt (Earth Science) 2012 -- Stephen Mackessy (Biological Sciences) 2013 -- No Recipient 2014 -- Kay Alicyn Ferrell (Special Education) 2015 -- Faye Hummel (Nursing) 2016 -- Thomas McNally (Theatre Arts) 2017 -- Lewis Jackson (Special Education)