Lindback Award

The Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching was established by the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation. Mr. Lindback was the president and principal owner of Abbotts Dairies Inc. and a trustee of Bucknell University. The Foundation created the award to honor excellence in training activities and superior teaching skills of a full-time tenured faculty member from colleges or universities within the dairy’s service area of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia.

Purpose

The Lindback Award, funded by the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation of Philadelphia provides grants to institutions of higher education for the promotion of teaching excellence. The Lindback Awards for Distinguished Teaching were established with the help of the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation and recognize academic excellence and outstanding teaching.

Eligibility

The Lindback Award is presented to a full-time tenured member of the faculty. No person shall be eligible to receive this award more than once.

Criteria

Persons nominated should demonstrate a commitment to the intellectual and social development of students. Their approach to teaching should be intellectually challenging, stimulating, and accessible. Their efforts should extend beyond the classroom.

Effective teaching has many manifestations. It includes classroom instruction and a wide range of faculty-student relationships. The following are among the traits valued in an effective teacher:

Command of the subject matter and knowledge of advances in his/her field
Ability to organize material and to present it logically, clearly, and forcefully
Evidence of clearly defined learning outcomes, student responsibilities and assessment processes
Design and implementation of learning activities that accommodate the different learning styles of the students
Design and implementation of learning activities that promote collaborative learning
Capacity to awaken in students an awareness of the relation of the subject to other fields of knowledge

Ability to arouse student interest in more advanced and independent learning
Ability to stimulate advanced students to creative work
Maintenance of high standards of achievement
Fair and accurate grading policies and provision of effective student feedback
Demonstration of personal attributes such as integrity, kindness and a sense of humor in his/her role as an educator
Respect for diversity

Nomination Procedure

Application to Include

2017-2018 Additions to Lindback Guidelines

Award Recipients

2026 Susan E. Ray
2024 Ann-Marie Smith
2022 Danamarie Gallagher
2020 Sandra Devenny
2018 Tanya Gardner
2016 Lauren Donovan
2014 Kathleen Schank
2013 Susan Ward
2012 Jane Rothrock
2011 Lisa Barnes
2010 Jill Spelina
2009 Chuck Baker

2008 Cheryl Meyer
2007 Dotty Russo
2006 John Linder
2005 Charles Carman
2004 Richard Mulvaney
2003 Dianne Shames
2002 Ray Maruca
2001 Linda Burns
2000 Dianne Peich
1999 Bob Smolenski
1998 Peg Schlairet