Sponsored by the classes of 1942 and 2002, the Distinguished Maine Professor Award honors those professors who exemplify the highest qualities of teaching, research, and public service – in that order. Accompanying the award is a $4,200 prize, a distinctive blazer, and a pewter medallion, all generously funded by the Class of 1942.
Nomination Procedure: Each fall semester, the dean of each college shall appoint and convene a DMP Student/Faculty Nominating Committee for the purpose of nominating candidates for consideration by the DMP Selection Committee.
The 2025 nomination deadline is Friday, December 6, 2024.
If you are interested in nominating someone for this award, please contact Ashley Twombly at ashley.twombly@maine.edu.
DMP Nomination Guidelines 2025
Recipients by year
2024 Sandra S. Butler
2023 Roberto Lopez-Anido
2022 Daniel Sandweiss
2021 Hemant P. Pendse
2020 Richard Powell
2019 Sandra Caron ’79, ’82G
2018 Francis “Frank” Drummond
2017 John Mahon*
2016 Paul “Jim” Roscoe
2015 William G. Davids ’89, ’91G
2014 Mary Jane Perry
2013 Robert Lad
2012 Joseph Genco
2011 Alfred Bushway ’68
2010 Paul Mayewski
2009 James Acheson*
2008 John Vetelino (tie), Janice V. Kristo (tie)
2007 Ivan J. Fernandez ’78G, ’82 Ph.D.
2006 David W. Townsend ’74, ’81G
2005 Robert Strong
2004 Eric N. Landis
2003 Kevin J. Boyle ’78
2002 James Warhola
2001 Keith W. Hutchison
2000 Douglas M. Allen
1999 Brenda M. Power
1998 Fred H. Irons
1997 Irving S. Kornfield*
1996 Malcolm L. Hunter ’74
1995 Habib Dagher
1994 Dana N. Humphrey
1993 George H. Denton
1992 Raymie E. McKerrow
1991 Stephen A. Norton
1990 Alan J. Kimball ’72
1989 Fred B. Knight ’49*
1988 Dana Wolfe Birnbaum
1987 Brian Green*
1986 Anne Sherblom Clark
1985 John A. Alexander
1984 John W. Toole
1983 Martin R. Stokes
1982 Eugene A. Mawhinney ’47*
1981 Mary S. Tyler
1980 Melda Brandt Newman
1979 Michael H. Lewis*
1978 Charles W. Smith, Jr.*
1977 Melvin Gershman*
1976 Donald A. Grant ’56
1975 Erling R. Skorpen*
1974 William G. Valleau*
1973 John H. Dearborn*
1972 Constance Hedin Carlson ’45*
1971 Douglas A. Gelinas
1970 Joseph A. Scimecca
1969 Robert B. Thomson*
1968 Jonathan Biscoe*
1967 David W. Trafford ’39*
1966 Richard G. Emerick*
1965 Vincent A. Hartgen*
1964 Benjamin R. Speicher*
1963 Walter S. Schoenberger*
*denotes deceased