Nicholas P. Tillinghast Award

This award was named in honor of the university's first president (then called "headmaster") who served in this pioneering post from 1840-1853. The award honors a Bridgewater alumnus/na who has demonstrated the qualities of outstanding leadership, excellence in performance and outstanding personal achievement in the field of public education at the state, regional or national level.

1966 Richard Batchelder, '52
1967 Owen Kiernan, '35
1968 Harold Gores, '31
1969 Archibald Boyden Shaw, '29
1970 Miriam Perkins Bryan, '29
1971 Col. Joseph Murphy, '19
1972 Helen Theinert, '31, '35
1973 Sr. M. Francis Regis C.S.J.
1973 Lena Trojano, '40
1974 Bernice Anderson, '19
1975 Joseph Francis Murphy, '39
1976 Louise Birnie Forsyth, '41
1977 Jordan D. Fiore, '40
1978 Loretta McHugh, '34
1979 Joseph Plouffe, '41
1980 D. Justin McCarthy, '38
1981 Marian Balboni, '31
1981 Bartholomew Buckley, '31
1982 Dr. V. James DiNardo, '39
1983 Dr. Lillian Russell Putnam, '42
1984 Dr. William Mahoney, '42
1985 Dr. Alice Beal, '16
1986 Dr. Franklin Wilbur, '69
1987 Gerald Indelicato, '71
1988 Dr. John Zoino, '53
1989 Dr. Theresa Malumphy, '54
1990 James Argir, '61
1991 Gordon W. Mitchell, '59
1992 Dr. Jacqueline Haslett, '56
1993 Dr. Barry Moriarty, '56, '58
1994 Dr. George Weygand, '53, G'56
1995 Alfred Benbenek, '68
1996 Dr. John Hassard, '62
1997 Robert C. Jones, '60
1998 Anthony Sarno, Jr., '64
1999 Dr. Thomas Lagrasta, '65
2000 Dr. Paul Dauphinais, '77
2001 Allen G. Brown, '65, G'68
2002 Dr. David Sousa, '60
2003 Nicola Micozzi, Jr., '71
2004 Dr. Wallace Goldstein, '42
2005 Dr. Mary Edwards Beaudry, '58
2006 Donald DeLutis, '63
2007 Arthur Svensen, '65
2008 Dr. Lois Haslam, '53
2009 Juliette Johnson, '64
2010 Robert Gay, '74, G'76
2011 Dr. Mary Lydon, '55
2012 Philip Conroy, '72
2013 Warren Phillips, '75, G'88, G'02
2014 Ronald Stahley, '76
2015 Dr. Lisa Battaglino, '79
2016 Not Awarded
2017 Anne Oliveira '83, G'87
2018 William Burkhead, G'09

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