Teaching Awards and Honors:

2025 The Outstanding Teacher of the University
Permanent title: Distinguished Teacher

2024 The Outstanding Scholar of the College of Liberal Arts

2004 Who’s Who Among American Teachers

2003 The Contemporary Who’s Who

2000 Outstanding Scholars of the 21^st Century [International Biographical Center, Cambridge]

1999 Honorary Member, National Classics Honor Society

1993 The Outstanding Teacher in the College of Liberal Arts.

1993 The Outstanding Educator in the University

Ph.D/M.A. Academic Awards Received:

1974 – 76 Yale University Fellowships

1974 ‑ 75 Mary Kady Tew Prize in Philosophy, Yale University (for the top‑ranked first‑year graduate student)

1974 – 75 Jacob Cooper Prize in Greek Philosophy, Yale University, for the dissertation:  “Did Plato ‘Schematize’ the Forms?:  Structure, Value, and Time in the Later Dialectical Dialogues.”

1973 – 74 First‑Year Graduate Study in Philosophy and Classics, The University of California at Berkeley

B.A. Academic Awards Received:

Summa cum laude

Honors in Philosophy

Phi Beta Kappa

New York State Regent’s Scholar

1972 – 73 Archibald Scholar

Valedictorian in the College of Liberal Arts

1972 – 73 Larabee Prize in Philosophy