A. Rufus Tonelson Faculty Award
The A. Rufus Tonelson Award annually recognizes members of the university faculty for outstanding achievement in teaching, research and service and who embody the balance of all three areas in their work at ODU. The Tonelson Award recipient receives $1,000 from the Alumni Association, a non-reserved campus parking pass for one year and a framed certificate.
The award is named for Alan Rufus Tonelson '33, one of the first students to enroll at Old Dominion when it was founded in 1930 as the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary. Tonelson was a loyal alumnus, professor emeritus, university administrator and benefactor.
All Old Dominion University faculty currently under full-time teaching and research contracts are eligible.
A. Rufus Tonelson Award Recipients
2010: Ms. Lynn Tolle, Dental Hygeine
2009: Dr. Edward P. Markowski, Information Technology & Decision Sciences
2008: Dr. Barbara Bartkus, Business Administration
2007: Mr. Michael T. Zugelder, Finance
2006: Dr. Gary E. Copeland, Physics
2005: Dr. Robert Gable, Early Childhood Education, Speech Pathology & Special Education
2004: Dr. Ravindra P. Joshi, Electrical & Computer Engineering
2003: Dr. Lindsay Rettie, Dental Hygiene
2002: Dr. Taj O. Mohieldin, Engineering
2001: Dr. Duc T. Nguyen, Engineering
2000: Dr. Charles E. Wilson, Jr., English
1999: Dr. Sushil K. Chaturvedi, Mechanical Engineering
1998: Dr. Daniel M. Dauer '70, Sciences
1998: Dr. Janis V. Sanchez-Hucles, Psychology
1997: Dr. Nina W. Brown (M.S.Ed. '68)
1996: Dr. Surendra N. Tiwari, Mechanical Engineering
1995: Dr. Maurice R. Berube, Educational Leadership and Counseling
1994: Dr. Chuh Mei, Aerospace Engineering
1993: Dr. Allen K. Clark, Chemistry
1992: Dr. Paul A. Dicklin, Speech Communication
1991: Ms. Michele Darby, Dental Hygiene
1990: Dr. Thomas Cash, Psychology
1989: Dr. Robert Lee Kernell, Physics
1988: Dr. Helen Yura, Nursing
1987: Dr. John C. Ludwick, Oceanography
1986: Dr. Harold G. Marshall, Biological Sciences
1985: Dr. Raymond H. Kirby, Psychology
1984: Dr. Katharine Clark Kersey, Early Childhood Education
1983: Dr. Gennaro L. Goglia, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
1983: Dr. Daniel E. Sonenshine, Biological Sciences
1982: Dr. John Fahey, Foreign Languages
1981: Mr. Kenneth G. Daley, Art
1980: Dr. S. Eliot Breneiser, Music
1979: Dr. Charles H. Haws, History and Scottish Studies
1978: Dr. Richard Tersine, Management
1978: Dr. Louis H. Henry, Economics
1978: Ms. Patricia S. Moschel, Nursing
For more information, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 757.683.3097.