Established in 1961, the Professor of the Year award recognizes a St. Thomas faculty member for their excellence in teaching, scholarship, and inspiration to students.
1962 Herbert Slusser (English)
1963 William Larson (Chemistry)
1964 Timothy O'Keefe (Education)
1965 Monsignor Nicholas Moelter (History)
1966 Monsignor Frederic Bieter '26 (Modern Languages)
1967 John Madigan '22 (Physics)
1968 Roman Sevenich (Business Administration)
1969 Father Walter LeBeau '27 (Theology)
1970 Max Schmidt (Modern Languages) & Frederick Flynn (Philosophy)
1971 Father Marvin O'Connell (History)
1972 James Carney '33 (Chemistry)
1973 Joseph B. Connors '37 (English)
1974 Francis N. Mayer (Music)
1975 John Lee Doll (Theater)
1976 Monsignor Henri DuLac '42 (Philosophy)
1977 Paul Germann (Biology)
1978 Mohamed Ali Selim (Economics)
1979 Thomas L. Bohen (Business Administration)
1980 Father Thomas Conroy (Theology)
1981 Herbert Willging (Modern Languages)
1982 Robert Conlin '47 (Sociology)
1983 Father James Whalen (Journalism)
1984 Martin Allen (Chemistry)
1985 Thomas Sullivan (Philosophy)
1986 Father James Stromberg '50 (Philosophy)
1987 Paul Hague (English)
1988 Nancy Zingale (Political Science)
1989 Luann Dummer (English)
1990 Richard Connell (Philosophy)
1991 John Buri (Psychology)
1992 Richard Meierotto '58 (Biology)
1993 Hubert Walczak '55 (Mathematics)
1994 Nancy Hartung (Biology)
1995 Father David Smith '58 (Theology)
1996 William Delehanty '59 (History)
1997 Susan Alexander (Economics) & Michael Jordan (English)
1998 Jack Brownstein (Geology)
1999 Brenda Powell (English)
2000 Steven Hatting (Political Science)
2001 John Kemper (Mathematics)
2002 Peter Parilla '72 (Sociology)
2003 Lon Otto (English)
2004 Michael Degnan '77 (Philosophy)
2005 Bernard V. Brady (Theology)
2006 Frank Coglitore (Accounting)
2007 David Landry (Theology)
2008 Sister Katarina Schuth (Theology)
2009 Mark Stansbury-O'Donnell (Art History)
2010 Agapitos Papagapitos (Economics)
2011 Thomas Connery (Journalism )
2012 Corrine Carvalho (Theology)
2013 Mark Neuzil (Journalism)
2014 Matthew George (Music)
2015 Jill Manske (Biology)
2016 John Abraham (Engineering)
2017 Kristine Wammer (Chemistry)
2018 AnnMarie Thomas (Engineering)
2019 Victoria Young (Art History)
2020 Cara Anthony (Theology)
2021 Erika Scheurer (English)
2022 Angela High-Pippert (Political Science)
2023 Paola Ehrmantraut (Modern Languages)
2024 Terence Langan (Economics)