James Cardinal Gibbons Medal
Awarded forDistinguished and meritorious service to the Roman Catholic Church, the United States of America, or The Catholic University of America
CountryUnited States
Presented byCatholic University of America Alumni Association
First awarded1949

The James Cardinal Gibbons Medal is named in honor James Cardinal Gibbons, the founder and first chancellor of The Catholic University of America. It is intended to honor any person who, in the opinion of the university's Alumni Association's board of governors, has rendered distinguished and meritorious service to the Roman Catholic Church, the United States of America, or The Catholic University of America.[1]

Winners include Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, Senator John F. Kennedy, Speaker John W. McCormack, Sargent Shriver, Nancy Reagan, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Sister Helen Prejean, and Ronan Tynan.[1]

The Gibbons Medal is conferred by the university president on behalf of the CUA Alumni Association during the alumni awards ceremony. John F. Kennedy was awarded the medal while still a senator, upon the nomination of Eddie Pryzbyla, a future winner himself.[2]

Winners

Year Awardee Background
2017 Gary Sinise[3] Actor, veterans advocate
2016 None awarded
2015 Timothy Shriver CEO of the Special Olympics
2014 None awarded
2013 Sr. Mary Scullion, RSM Activist, co-founder of Philadelphia's Project H.O.M.E.
2012 Kevin Ryan President of Covenant House International
2011 None awarded
2010 Sr. Alice Zachman, SSND Human rights advocate in Guatemala
2009 Ronan Tynan Irish singer, Paralympic athlete
2008 Kenneth Hackett President of Catholic Relief Services
2007 None awarded
2006
2005 Darrell Green American football player, founder of the Darrell Green Youth Life Foundation
2004 Gen. Barry McCaffrey United States Army general, national security consultant
2003 Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ
2002 Aaron Neville Four time-Grammy Award-winning vocalist
2001 Cardinal Avery Dulles Jesuit priest, theologian, and Catholic cardinal
2000 William H. Graham Sr. Former Catholic University of America faculty member
1999 Kathryn J. DuFour First female judge in the Maryland Circuit Courts and CUA benefactor
1998 Lindy Boggs US Representative from Louisiana and United States Ambassador to the Holy See
1997 Henry Hyde US Representative from Illinois
Br. Patrick Ellis, FSC De La Salle Christian Brother and president of the Catholic University of America
1996 Cardinal James Hickey Former Archbishop of Washington, DC and chancellor of the Catholic University of America
1995 Robert P. Casey Former Governor of Pennsylvania
1994 Antonin Scalia Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Richard W. Galiher Sr. Attorney and CUA benefactor
1993Edward J. Pryzbyla President, Edwards Enterprises, alumnus, benefactor
1992George J. Quinn Chairman, Alton Engineering, alumnus, benefactor
1991William J. Byron President, The Catholic University of America
1990Eunice Kennedy Shriver Executive Vice President, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation, Founding Chairwoman, Special Olympics International
1989William D. Borders Retired Archbishop of Baltimore
1988Edward Bennett Williams Attorney
1988Admiral James D. Watkins Former Chief of Naval Operations, former secretary of energy, former chairman of Reagan's HIV Task Force
1987Philip M. Hannan Archbishop of New Orleans, alumnus
1986Nancy Reagan Former First Lady of the United States of America
1985Mildred Fay Jefferson M.D., surgeon and pro-life leader
1985Gilbert V. Hartke Chairman Emeritus, The Catholic University of America Drama Department, alumnus
1984Bruce Ritter Founder, Covenant House
1983None Awarded.
1982Raymond A. DuFour president and chairman of the board, DuFour Enterprises, Inc., alumnus, benefactor
1981John Tracy Ellis Church historian, alumnus
1980J. Peter Grace Chief Executive Officer, W.R. Grace Co.
1980William Cardinal Baum Prefect, Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education in Rome, former chancellor of The Catholic University of America
1979Terence Cardinal Cooke Archbishop of New York, alumnus
1978Clarence C. Walton President, The Catholic University of America, alumnus
1977Benjamin T. Rome Chairman of the board, Hyman Construction Company, alumnus, benefactor
1976Lawrence Cardinal Shehan Archbishop of Baltimore
1975John J. Sirica Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
1974Michael Mansfield U.S. Senator
1973Helen Hayes Actress
1972Patrick Cardinal O'Boyle Archbishop of Washington and chancellor of the university
1971James Walsh Superior General, Maryknoll Fathers
1970Dr. Carroll Hochwalt Former chairman, The Catholic University of America, Board of trustees
1969Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. President, University of Notre Dame, alumnus
1968Danny Thomas Entertainer
1967James J. Norris Assistant to the executive director, Catholic Relief Services
1966Earl Warren Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
1965Sargent Shriver Director, Peace Corps
1964John A. McCone Director, Central Intelligence Agency
1963John W. McCormack Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives
1962Luke Edward Hart Supreme Knight, Knights of Columbus
1961Charles G. Fenwick Director, Legal Affairs, Organization of American States
1960Karl F. Herzfeld Physicist
1959General Alfred Gruenther Past President, American Red Cross
1958Thomas E. Murray Consultant, Atomic Energy Commission
1957Bryan J. McEntegart Bishop of Brooklyn
1956Ignatius Smith, O.P. Dean, The Catholic University of America School of Philosophy
1956John F. Kennedy[2] U.S. Senator (MA) (Later President of the United States of America)
1955General Lawton Collins Chief of Staff, U.S. Army
1954J. Edgar Hoover Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
1953Fulton J. Sheen
1951Fulton Oursler Author, senior editor, Reader's Digest
1950General Carlos Romulo Secretary of Foreign Affairs, the Philippines
1949Carlton J. H. Hayes Professor, historian, publicist

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "James Cardinal Gibbons Medalists". The Catholic University of America. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  2. 1 2 Mazzenga, Maria (November 19, 2015). "The Archivist's Nook: About That Time Eddie Pryzbyla Nominated JFK". The Catholic University of America. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  3. "Alumni Association Announces Gary Sinise as Gibbons Medalist". The Catholic University of America. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
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