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O'Neil D'Amour Award
The O'Neil D'Amour Award is given to an individual in recognition of an outstanding contribution of statewide, regional, national, or international significance in establishing and supporting collaborative leadership through boards of Catholic education. It is presented at the Board Award Luncheon on Wednesday at the NCEA annual convention.
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REVEREND MONSIGNOR CHARLES O'NEIL D'AMOUR was born March 12, 1919, in Rapid River, Michigan. He was ordained to the priesthood in December 1943, and named a domestic prelate in 1960. He was appointed superintendent of schools for the Diocese of Marquette in 1954 and reputedly began the first parish board of education in the United States in Norway, Michigan. Monsignor D'Amour was special assistant on boards of education for the National Catholic Educational Association and chairman of the key superintendents' committee that proposed the formation of a new section of NCEA to support boards. This developed into the current Department of Boards and Councils of Catholic Education. Because of his unique role in promoting participatory decision making in Catholic education through boards, Monsignor O'Neil D'Amour is considered the "Father of the Catholic Board Movement in the United States."
This award was created in 1977. The first recipient was Monsignor Olin J. Murdick. Subsequent recipients were:
| Rev. Gerald Gettelfinger — 1980 |
Sister Mary Benet McKinney, OSB — 1981 |
| Bishop William B. Friend, D.D.— 1982 |
Dr. Mary-Angela Harper — 1986 |
| Richard Robl, Ed.D. — 1996 |
Karen M. Kistau, Ed.D. — 1997 |
| Very Reverend John F. Meyers — 1998 |
Mary Angela Shaughnessy, SCN — 1999 |
| Lee Brennan — 2000 |
Joanne Cozzi, DC — 2001 |
| Mary Michaeline Green, OP — 2002 |
Kathryn Ann Connelly, SC — 2003 |
| Rosa Maria Ruiz, CFMM — 2004 |
MaryBeth Mueller — 2005 |
| Lourdes Sheehan, RSM — 2006 |
The Xaverian Brothers — 2007 |
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