Frank O’Laughlin
Professor of History
1949-1988
One of the architects of the Western Civilization program, O'Laughlin was dedicated to the idea that a liberal arts education should expose every student to the major texts and intellectual movements of representative cultures. Devoted to the life of the mind, he was a champion of general education curricula. Frank O'Laughlin was a ferocious proponent of these Colleges, caring deeply about delivering an education that would both enrich the lives of students and allow them to contribute to the public good. He imparted his near-encyclopedic knowledge of Western Civilization at the Colleges for 39 years, retiring in 1988. O'Laughlin passed away in 1999, but his legacy lives on through his book collection, located in the Warren Hunting Smith Library and containing nearly 10,000 volumes on subjects as varied as his interests.
DFA RECIPIENTS
2018
2017
Maureen Flynn P'09, P'12, P'16*
2016
Ann B. Oaks '74, P'84, P'85, P'89
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
Joseph N. Abraham, L.H.D. '81*
2008
2007
2006
2004
2003
2002
Eugene F. Murphy P'74, L.H.D. '90*
2001
Kenneth Carle P'82, P'84, P'90
2000
Benjamin P. Atkinson, L.H.D. '86*
Lindsay A. J. Lafford P'65, P'71, L.H.D. '87*
1999
1998
Theodore Tellefsen Odell '20, Sc. D.'67*
1997
Charles Delamater Vail '59, L.H.D.'04*
Joseph H. McDaniels, LL.D. '11*
1996
1995
1993
William Pitt Durfee, LL.D. '22*
Walter Hetherington Durfee '08, Sc.D. '59*
1992
Edward E. Griffith, L.H.D. '88*
1991
Milton Haight Turk, LL.D. '38*
Kathryn Dapp Cook, L.H.D. '84*
1990
Hamilton Lanphere Smith, D.Sc. 1900*
* deceased