NAICU - The Paley Award

The Henry Paley Memorial Award

Four recent winners of Paley Award: Bassett, Trout, Nelson, McGuire

William "Bill" Troutt, president of Rhodes College (TN) and 2017 recipient of the Henry Paley Award, receives congratulations from three former recipients, John Bassett (2016), Chris Nelson (2015), and Patricia McGuire (2012).

Named for Henry Paley, president of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities of New York from 1975-1984, the Paley Award recognizes an individual who embodies his spirit of unfailing service toward the students and faculty of independent colleges and universities. Paley Award recipients have set an example for all who would seek to advance educational opportunity in the United States.

Recipients

2022	Hon. Roy Blunt (R-MO), Member, U.S. Senate and Former President, Southwest Baptist University (MO) (News Release)
2021	No award given; COVID Pandemic
2020	Tina Bjarekull, Retired President, Maryland Independent College and University Association (MICUA) (News Release)
2019	David L. Warren, Ph.D., President, NAICU (News Release)
2018	John B. Wilson, President, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of New Jersey (News Release)
2017	William E. "Bill" Trout, Ph.D., President, Rhodes College (TN) (News Release)
2016	John E. Bassett, Ph.D., President, Heritage University (WA) (News Release)
2015	Christopher B. Nelson, J.D., President, St. John's College (MD) (News Release)
2014	Legal Services Review Panel, NAICU (News Release)
2013	Bernard Fryshman, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools (News Release)
2012	Patricia A. McGuire, J.D., President, Trinity Washington University (DC) (News Release)
2011	Rev. Charles L. Currie, S.J., President, Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (News Release)
2010	Sister Kathleen Ross, SNJM, President, Heritage University (WA) (News Release)
2009	Morgan Odell, Executive Director, Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (News Release)
2008	Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame (IN) (News Release)
2007	Alexander W. (Sandy) Astin, Higher Education Research Institute, University of California (News Release)
2006	Clare Cotton, President, The Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Massachusetts (News Release)
2005	Robert N. Kelly, Kansas Independent College Association
2004	Michael S. McPherson, Ph.D.,, Spencer Foundation, Macalester College (MN)
2003	James C. Ross, President, Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities of New York (News Release)
2002	Allen P. Splete, President Emeritus, Council of Independent Colleges (News Release)
2001	No award given; NAICU 25th Anniversary recognized all previous winners
2000	Sr. Mary Andrew Matesich, O.P., President, Ohio Dominican College (News Release)
1999	David Irwin, Washington Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (News Release)
1998	Rev. William J. Sullivan, President, Seattle University (WA)
1997	James Whalen, Ph.D., President, Ithaca College (NY)
1996	John Frazer, Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities
1995	Richard F. Rosser, President, NAICU
1994	Sr. Dorothy Ann Kelly, OSU, President, College of New Rochelle (NY)
1993	Derek Bok, J.D.,, President, Harvard University (MA)
1992	No award given
1991	Francis "Mike" Michelini, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania
1990	The Hon. Silvio Conte, U.S. House of Representatives (R-MA)
1989	The Hon. Thomas H. Kean, Governor of New Jersey
1988	The Hon. William H. Natcher, U.S. House of Representatives (D-KY)
1987	Frank "Sandy" Tredinnick, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Massachusetts
1986	James Ream, Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities
1985	Rev. Timothy S., Healy, S.J. President, Georgetown University (DC)