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The American
Catholic Philosophical
Association
Aquinas Medal |
Click here to see a list of past recipients.
Brief History and Guidelines
At the 1949 meeting of the American
Catholic Philosophical Association in Boston, the Executive Council voted to
give the Association's first Aquinas Medal (then called the Cardinal
Spellman-Aquinas Medal) to Jacques Maritain of Princeton University. The Medal
was to be presented at the 1950 meeting in
"Outstanding teaching; personal publications of permanent and scholarly value; influence upon American philosophical thought without reference to membership in the American Catholic Philosophical Association."
Rules
concerning the Aquinas Medal
(Revised at 2007 ACPA Annual Meeting)
The following rules are to supersede all previous rules, standards, and
so on concerning the Aquinas Medal.
Rules
for nominating candidates for the Aquinas Medal
A. The Nominating Committee for the Aquinas
Medal consists of three persons: the immediate past-President of the
Association (chairperson) and two others appointed by him/her.
B. Any member of the ACPA may submit
recommendations, along with supporting documentation, to the Chairperson of the
Nominating Committee. Recommendations should be made no later than six weeks
before the meeting at which the nominees are to be voted on.
C. The "supporting documentation" that
accompanies a recommendation should include a curriculum vitae of the person
being recommended.
D. The Nominating Committee must submit the
names of at least two nominees to be voted on by the Executive Council.
Rules
for awarding the Aquinas Medal
1. Former recipients are ineligible.
2. The award must not be given to a
less-than-worthy recipient, but a serious effort will be made each year to find
a worthy one.
3. The recipient should be well known through
his or her writings to members of the ACPA, and should be recognized as having
contributed significantly to the development of philosophy in the Catholic
tradition.
4. The recipient should be an outstanding
teacher.
5. Those selecting the recipient will apply
these criteria each according to his or her own judgment, since it is not possible
to find an automatic way of making a decision. Of course, discussion should
precede the choice.
6. Long-standing membership in the ACPA shall
count as a favorable factor in assessing nominees, but ACPA membership is not
required.
7. The vote of the ACPA Executive Council shall
be by secret ballot. An absolute majority of votes will be required, with the
person on the preceding balling obtaining the fewest votes being dropped from
the next ballot until such a majority is reached.
8. The names of the nominees, and the supporting
documentation, should be submitted to the members of the executive council at
least two weeks in advance of the meeting at which the nominees are to be voted
on, along with a copy of these rules.
Past Recipients
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1951 |
Jacques Maritain |
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1952 |
Etienne Gilson |
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1953 |
No recipient |
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1954 |
No recipient |
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1955 |
Gerard Smith |
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1956 |
No recipient |
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1957 |
No recipient |
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1958 |
Yves R. Simon |
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1959 |
Gerald B. Phelan |
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1960 |
Rudolf Allers |
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1961 |
James A. McWilliams |
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1962 |
No recipient |
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1963 |
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1964 |
Charles De Koninck |
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1965 |
James D. Collins |
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1966 |
No recipient |
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1967 |
Martin C. D'Arcy |
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1968 |
Josef Pieper |
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1969 |
Leo R. Ward |
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1970 |
Bernard Lonergan |
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1971 |
Henry B. Veatch |
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1972 |
Joseph Owens |
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1973 |
A. Hilary Armstrong |
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1974 |
Cornelio Fabro |
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1975 |
Anton C. Pegis |
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1976 |
Mortimer J. Adler |
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1977 |
Frederick C. Copleston |
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1978 |
Fernand Van Steenberghen |
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1979 |
Karol Wojtyla |
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1980 |
W. Norris Clarke |
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1981 |
Ernan McMullin |
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1982 |
G. E. M. Anscombe |
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1983 |
William A. Wallace |
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1984 |
John & Jean Oesterle |
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1985 |
Quentin Lauer |
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1986 |
No recipient |
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1987 |
Armand Maurer |
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1988 |
Mary T. Clark |
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1989 |
Gerard Verbeke |
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1990 |
Wilfrid Desan |
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1991 |
Edward A. Synan |
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1992 |
Kenneth L. Schmitz |
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1993 |
Ralph McInerny |
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1994 |
Jude P. Dougherty |
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1995 |
John T. Noonan |
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1996 |
No recipient |
|
1997 |
Louis Dupré |
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1998 |
Allan Wolter |
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1999 |
John F. Wippel |
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2000 |
Peter Geach |
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2001 |
Richard Blackwell |
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2002 |
Robert Sokolowski |
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2003 |
Michael Dummett |
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2004 |
John Finnis |
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2005 |
Brian Davies |
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2006 |
Anthony Kenny |
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2007 |
Nicholas Rescher |
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2008 |
David Burrell |
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2009 |
Roland Teske |
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2010 |
Alasdair MacIntyre |
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2011 |
J.L.A. Gracia |
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