Philosophy Awards and Prizes

The Father Charles R. MacDonald Medal
The Father Charles R. MacDonald Memorial Medal is the Department’s highest award to a graduating student, and is normally awarded at convocation. It honours Fr. MacDonald, who taught at StFX from 1946 to 1974.

The Father Edo Gatto Award
The Father Edo Gatto Memorial Award is presented to a student who shows excellence in mediaeval philosophy – particularly in Department’s courses in that area. It was established in honour of Fr. Gatto (BA 1952), who died tragically in a motor vehicle accident in December 1991. 


Recipients

Father Charles R. MacDonald Memorial Medal in Philosophy
(established 1976)

2009 - Peter Joseph Lamey
2008 - Mary Joanne Curry
2007 - Dary Laughlin Robert Jessome
2006 - Therese Tisseverasinghe
2005 – John Martin Capstick
2004 – not awarded
2003 – not awarded
2002 -- not awarded
2001 – Dennis Morley Lever
2000 – not awarded
1999 – not awarded
1998 – Sheila Irene McMullin
1997 – Ken Mahoney
1996 – Brent Douglas Timmons
1995 – Sean Adrian MacEachern
1994 – Gregory Bernard Emerson
1993 – Marc Eugene Ozon
1992 – David Wade Decoste
1991 – not awarded
1990 - not awarded
1989 – Gerald Francis Alexander and Sean Mark Gatien
1988 – Robert Bruce MacKeen
1987 – Derek John Simon
1986 – Kenneth Jones Swick
1985 – John Darrel Desroches
1984 – not awarded
1983 – not awarded
1982 – not awarded
1981 – not awarded
1980 – Gerald James Berry
1979 – not awarded
1978 – Edward Michael Hyland
1977 – not awarded
1976 -- Frances Lonergan (Baldner) [first award]
 

Father Edo Gatto Memorial Award in Mediaeval Philosophy
(established in 1993)

2008 - Mary Joanne Curry
2004 – Daniel McCulloch
2003 – William Brown
2002 – not awarded
2001 -- not awarded
2000 – Dennis Lever
1999 -- not awarded
1998 – Scott Cleary
1997 – not awarded
1996 – Brent Douglas Timmons
1995 – not awarded
1994 – not awarded
1993 – Vanessa MacPherson [first award]


Student Quotes

"I highly recommend a degree in philosophy from St. F.X.. Philosophy opens one to the perennial questions about metaphysics, ethics, epistemology, logic, science and human nature itself. I greatly value the education I received from the philosophy department at X. The department's professors are a source of wisdom and understanding to students who are encouraged and challenged in their studies. An education in philosophy enables one to think critically, discuss issues intelligently and pursue a diversity of careers. Philosophy at X is an valuable opportunity which students should not miss."
                                                                                                        - Vanessa McPherson; Class of '92

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