McPherson Distinguished Teaching Awards
The McPherson Distinguished Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching & Outstanding
Commitment to Quality Education. The McPherson Distinguished Teaching Award is funded
by the McPherson Endowment established by the founding president Dr. Harry McPherson
and his family now held by the Napa Valley College Foundation.
Founding President Dr. Harry McPherson has helped generations of Napa Valley College students. From his vision and institutional leadership to his support of scholarships and encouragement of individual students, he touched many lives. Establishing the McPherson Distinguished Teaching Award is another example of his support of our outstanding faculty and his commitment to excellence in education.
Nominations will open february 2023!
Download the award information and the nomination form.
CONGRATULATIONS
to the recipients of the 2020-21 McPherson Distinguished Teaching Award!
Professor of English, Distance Education Coordinator, and Honor Society Advisor
Jeannette McClendon
Professor of Counseling and Umoja Coordinator / Instructor / Counselor
Professor of Theater Arts, Arts and Humanities Faculty Chair, Theater Arts Coordinator, Performing Arts Center Artistic Director, and Shakespeare Napa Valley Artistic Director
List of Past Winners
2020
Dr. Sally Baldwin
Dr. Lisa Yanover
2019
Kelly McCann
Paul Gospodarczyk
2018
Dr. Steven Fawl
Paul Wagner
2017
Randy Villa
2016
Dr. Daniel Clemens
2015
Dr. Forest Quinlan
Maria Villagomez
Dr. Mani Subramanian
2014
Glen Bell
William Miller
2013
Dr. Tia Madison
Martha Elizalde de Pereira
2012
Andrea Bewick
2011
Rick Donohoe
2010
Shawna Bynum
Dr. Nadine Wade-Gravett
2009
Michael Conroy
Dr. Linda Napholz
2008
Ann Gross
Sable Howard Hughes
2007
Dianna Chiabotti
Rebecca Scott
2006
Noreen Martin
Denise Rosselli
2005
Laura Ecklin
Bill Fried
2004
Linda Simpson
2003
Lauren Coodley
Jeff Omodt
2002
Carole Chassereau, RN
Nick Anast
2001
Dr. Melody Seymour
Lauralyn Bauer
2000
Anne Evans
Helen Ortega
1999
Carole Kent
Kate Benscoter
1998
Gary Vann
Dr. Jerry Somerville
1997
Peter Wright
Emily Cosby
1996
Mignon Stephenson Graham
Robert Chudnofsky
1995
Carolyn Fruchtenicht
Christy Kling
1994
Dr. Stephen Krebs
Dr. Charles Ray
1993
Gwynne Pacheco
John Langenbach
1992
Dr. Roberto Juan Gonzalez
Jean Schroeder*
1991
Richard Bremer
Sylvia Mastroyannakis
1990
Janet Gonzalez-Mena
Barbara Klemenok-Rasmussen
1989
Ernest Abbott*
Dr. Chris Burditt
1988
John Charlesworth
William Blair
1987
Dr. George Hagen*
Dolores Fischer
* deceased