Honorees
The Medallion
The Saint Thomas Aquinas Medallion, an award established by the Board of Governors of Thomas Aquinas College in 1975, is a means of specially recognizing those Catholics who have demonstrated by their lives and work an extraordinary dedication to God and His Holy Catholic Church. Each recipient has exhibited unusual devotion to God and His Church by unfailing adherence to the Magisterium and by influential leadership in advancing the teachings of the Church. The Medallion is awarded by resolution of the Board of Governors on behalf of the entire College community.
Past Recipients of the Saint Thomas Aquinas Medallion:
- 1975 — Mr. H. Lyman Stebbins †
- 1976 — Charles E. Rice, J.D.
- 1977 — Rev. Christopher J. O’Toole, C.S.C. †
- 1978 — Most Rev. Jerome J. Hastrich, D.D. †
- 1979 — Most Rev. Norman F. McFarland, D.D., J.C.D. †
- 1980 — Colin G. Clark, Ph.D. †
- 1981 — Rev. John A. Hardon, S.J. †
- 1982 — St. Teresa of Calcutta, M.C. †
- 1983 — The Honorable Henry J. Hyde †
- 1985 — Mr. Carl N. Karcher †
Ralph M. McInerny, Ph.D. † - 1986 — Rev. Thomas A. McGovern, S. J. † (In Memoriam)
Norman P. De Silva, Ph.D. † (In Memoriam) - 1987 — Rev. Monsignor Vincent I. Carroll †
- 1989 — John Cardinal O’Connor †
- 1990 — Herbert Ratner, M.D. †
- 1991 — Sr. Eileen MacDonald, I.H.M. † (In Memoriam)
- 1993 — Sir Daniel J. Donohue †
- 1995 — Most Rev. Renato R. Martino
- 1996 — Ronald P. McArthur, Ph.D. †
- 1997 — Right Rev. Ladislas K. Parker, O.Praem., S.T.D. †
The Honorable William P. Clark, J.D. † - 1998 — Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua †
Rev. Thomas Conn, S.J. † In Memoriam - 1999 — Jan Cardinal Schotte †
- 2000 — The Honorable Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr. †
- 2001 — Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I. †
- 2002 — Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, O.P.
- 2003 — J. Francis Cardinal Stafford
- 2004 — Francis Cardinal Arinze
- 2005 — Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J. †
- 2006 — Most Rev. Celestino Migliori
- 2007 — Albert Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith
- 2008 — George Cardinal Pell
- 2009 — Dr. Thomas E. Dillon † (In Memoriam)
Marc Cardinal Ouellet - 2010 — Raymond Cardinal Burke, D.D., J.C.D.
- 2011 — The Most Rev. José H. Gomez
Mr. Marcus R. Berquist † (In Memoriam) - 2012 — Peter L. Deluca
John W. Neumayr, Ph.D.
Mother Mary Assumpta Long, O.P. - 2013 — Rev. Cornelius M. Buckley, S.J.
Daniel Cardinal DiNardo - 2014 — Edwin Cardinal O’Brien
- 2015 — Sr. Regina Marie Gorman, O.C.D.
- 2016 — The Most Rev. Salvatore J. Cordileone
Gerhard Cardinal Müller - 2017 — Mother Agnes Mary Donovan, SV
- 2018 — The Most Rev. Robert C. Morlino †
- 2019 — The Most Rev. Robert E. Barron
“Thomas Aquinas College is a small college, but its reputation has spread far and wide. Because it lives off the masterpieces of thought and literature emanating from the Christian tradition of the Western world, it provides a first-rate education for a select body of talented undergraduates.”
– Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J (†)
