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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