LA ORDEN DE DON QUIJOTE

The highest honor conferred by Sigma Delta Pi, the Order of Don Quijote recognizes exceptional and meritorious service in the fields of Hispanic scholarship, the teaching of Spanish, and the promotion of good relations between English-speaking countries and those of Spanish speech. 

Galardonados (awardees)

Sheri Spaine Long
Conferencia Anual de la AATSP, San Juan, Puerto Rico
10 de julio de 2022

Joan L. Brown and
Michael Scott Doyle
Por Zoom desde el College de Charleston
1 de mayo de 2021

Nicolás Toscano Liria
Por Zoom desde St. John’s University
2 de diciembre de 2020

Michael Handelsman
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2 de mayo de 2019

Frank Nuessel
Conferencia Anual de la AATSP, Salamanca, España
25 de junio de 2018

Benjamin Fraser
Conferencia Anual de la AATSP, Chicago, IL
6 de julio de 2017

Clark Zlotchew
State University of New York at Fredonia
28 de abril de 2016

Steven Hutchinson
University of Wisconsin-Madison
27 de abril de 2016

Anne J. Cruz
University of Miami
14 de abril de 2016

Luis T. González del Valle
Temple University
17 de abril de 2015

E. Michael Gerli
University of Virginia
16 de abril de 2015

Aníbal González Pérez
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
13 de abril de 2015

John M. Lipski
College of Charleston
18 de febrero de 2015

Bill VanPatten
Asamblea Trienal de Sigma Delta Pi,
San Antonio, TX
10 de julio de 2013

Margarita Zamora
Dominican University
21 de abril de 2013

Sharon Magnarelli
Quinnipiac University
20 de abril de 2013

Gustavo Geirola
Whittier College
14 de noviembre de 2012

Elisa Dávila
State University of New York at New Paltz
27 de abril de 2011

Ernesto Cardenal
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
21 de abril de 2011

Harry Sieber
Johns Hopkins University
8 de abril de 2011

Manuel Ossers
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
7 de marzo de 2011

Janet Pérez
Texas Tech University
29 de abril de 2010

Enrico Mario Santí
Kentucky Foreign Language Conference
16 de abril de 2010

Eduardo Urbina
Texas A&M University
18 de noviembre de 2009

Harley D. Oberhelman
Texas Tech University
21 de noviembre de 2008

C. George Peale
California State University, Fullerton
1 de mayo de 2008

Dominick Finello
Rider University
25 de marzo de 2008

Seymour Menton
University of California, Irvine
6 de junio de 2007

Gerardo Piña-Rosales
Lehman College, CUNY
24 de mayo de 2007

Robert L. Fiore
The University of Arizona
20 de febrero de 2007

Marcial Prado
California State University, Fullerton
7 de diciembre de 2006

Gonzalo Navajas
University of California, Irvine
17 de mayo de 2006

Thomas A. Lathrop
University of Delaware
28 de abril de 2006

Donald L. Shaw
Kentucky Foreign Language Conference
(University of Kentucky)
21 de abril de 2006

Antonio Porpetta
Lehman College, CUNY
10 de noviembre de 2005

Thomas R. Franz
Ohio University
27 de octubre de 2005

Carlos Fuentes
University of Arkansas-Little Rock
25 de octubre de 2005

Edward H. Friedman
Brigham Young University
14 de octubre de 2005

Antonio Carreño
Brown University
10 de mayo de 2005

David T. Gies
University of Virginia
27 de abril de 2005

María A. Salgado
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
27 de abril de 2005

Roberta Johnson
Kentucky Foreign Language Conference
23 de abril de 2005

William H. Clamurro
Emporia State University
21 de abril de 2005

Isaac Goldemberg
St. John’s University
6 de abril de 2005

Mark P. Del Mastro
Asamblea Trienal de Sigma Delta Pi, Acapulco
31 de julio de 2004

Lidia Falcón O’Neill
St. John’s University
21 de abril de 2004

Luisa Angélica Sherezada Vicioso
St. John’s University
21 de abril de 2004

Carmen Silva-Corvalán
University of Southern California
7 de mayo de 2003

Domnita Dumitrescu
California State University-Los Angeles
12 de marzo de 2003

Oscar Arias Sánchez
Marquette University
3 de octubre de 2002

Carlos París
The College of Wooster
5 de abril de 2002

Antonio Garrido Moraga
St. John’s University
25 de octubre de 2001

Marie-Lise Gazarian
Asamblea Trienal de Sigma Delta Pi, San Francisco
8 de julio de 2001

Vern G. Williamsen
The University of Arizona
24 de abril de 2001

Emiliano José Salcines
The University of Tampa
23 de abril de 2001

Elena Poniatowska
St. John’s University
6 de abril de 2001

Richard P. Kinkade
The University of Arizona
14 de noviembre de 2000

María C. Dominicis
St. John’s University
18 de abril de 2000

A. Julián Valbuena
University of Delaware
30 de abril de 1999

John H. LaPrade*
Asamblea Trienal de Sigma Delta Pi, Madrid
2 de agosto de 1998

Fernando Arrabal
St. John’s University
23 de abril de 1998

Manuel Alvar López
University of New Orleans
23 de marzo de 1991

James R. Chatham
Asamblea Trienal de Sigma Delta Pi, San Antonio, TX
14 de agosto de 1989

Manuel Mantero
University of Georgia
1987

Rafael Lapesa
Asamblea Trienal de Sigma Delta Pi, Madrid
11 de agosto de 1986

Enrique Iranzo
New Orleans
18 de julio de 1984

James A. Parr
University of Southern California
22 de abril de 1983

Carmen Laforet
University of Tulane
16 de abril de 1983

Juan Reyna Tapia
Fort Lewis College
6 de diciembre de 1982

Victor Alba
Youngstown State University
1982

Robert L. Norton
West Missouri State College
1982

Howard Young
The Claremont Colleges
1981

José Luis Abellán
University of Georgia
1981

Richard Beym
California State University-Dominguez Hills
1981

Ela R. Gómez Quintero
Iona College
1981

John A. Crow
Mount St. Mary’s College
noviembre de 1981

A. Valbuena Briones
University of Maryland
1981

David Kossoff
University of Rhode Island
1980

José María Recuerda
Youngstown State University
1980

María E. Pérez
Iona College
1980

El Príncipe Carlos Hugo de Borbón
Hood College
1980

Emir Rodríguez Monegal
University of Southern California
1980

Camilo José Cela
St. John’s University
1980

Dámaso Alonso
University of Tulane
marzo de 1980

Richard E. Chandler
University of Southwestern Louisiana
19 de noviembre de 1979

Ignacio R.M. Galbis
University of San Francisco
1979

Hugo Rodríguez Alcalá
California State University-Dominguez Hills
1979

Antonio Buero Vallejo
Modern Language Association Convention, New York
diciembre de 1978

Emilio Carilla
University of California-Riverside
1978

Ricardo Gullón
University of Texas-Austin
1977

Emilio González López
University of Maine
1976

Jacinto Jenkins
California State University-Sacramento
1976

Francisco E. Porrata
California State University-Sacramento
1975

Isabel M. Cid de Sirgado
Hofstra University
1975

Rosario Hiriart
Iona College
1975

M. Gordon Brown
Fort Lewis College
1975

Joseph F. Thorning
Georgetown University
1975

Ramón Bela
University of Maine
1974

Theodore Shoemaker
University of Montana
1974

J. Riis Owre
University of Miami-Florida
1974

José L. Martin
Illinois State University
1974

John Aiken Moore
College of William & Mary
1973

George C. S. Adams
Wofford College
1972

José Laurenti
Illinois State University
1972

Eloisa Rivera-Rivera
Montclair State College
1972

Manuel D. Ramírez
University of Georgia
1972

Rex E. Ballinger
Southwest Missouri State College
1972

Manuel Salas
Georgian Court College
30 de enero de 1972

Mildred Lyon
Central State College-Oklahoma
1971

Donald W. Bleznick
University of Cincinnati
1970

Dorothy Donald
Monmouth College (IL)
14 de abril de 1970

Alfred Strelhi
Texas Tech University
1969

George T. Moody
University of Maine
1969

Alberto Casas
University of New Hampshire
1969

Andrés Sendón
Baylor University
1969

Domingo Ricart
Texas Tech University
1969

José Martel
Asamblea Trienal de Sigma Delta Pi,
NY, NY
28 de diciembre de 1968

John H. LaPrade
Southern Methodist University
1968

Aristides de Llanos
Thiel College
1968

Isaac J. Levy
Kent State University
1968

Ruisanchez López
Hofstra University
1968

Arthur R. Steele
University of Toledo
1968

Elizabeth Borbón de Treviño
Samford University
5 de marzo de 1967

Florence Baurd
Bowling Green State University
1967

Richard W. Solbert
Thiel College
1967

Lino Novas Calvo
University of Maine
1967

Robert G. Mead
University of Connecticut
1967

Homer Herriott
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1967

Ricardo L. Benavides
University of Utah
1967

Paul G. Hatcher
Western Kentucky University
1967

Robert Avrett
University of Tennessee
1966

John L. Salmon
Wofford College
20 de abril de 1966

T. Earle Hamilton
Texas Tech University
1963

Eunice Joiner
Texas Tech University
1960

John Esten Keller
University of Tennessee
1 de abril de 1958

Leavitt O. Wright
University of Oregon
1957

Vera Gwen Paugh
University of Oregon
1954

ELIGIBILITY AND NOMINATION PROCEDURES:

From Sigma Delta Pi’s National By-laws:

Article XIV

Section 3

The Order of Don Quijote

So that membership in the Order of Don Quijote, one of Sigma Delta Pi’s highest
honors, may continue to have full meaning, it is controlled by the national office,
requiring the approval by a majority vote of a committee chaired by the executive
director and comprised of at least three past inductees of this Order. The executive
director will issue the corresponding plaque and pin to be presented at an appropriate ceremony to the honoree.

Membership in this order is restricted to:
(1) nationally or internationally distinguished scholars in the field of Hispanic studies;
(2) distinguished teachers of Spanish who are employed in an accredited four-year college or university,
or retired from such service, and have published extensively in the field of Hispanic studies; and
(3) college officials, members of the clergy, officers of service clubs or fraternal organizations, members of the judicial, legislative, or executive branches of our
federal or state governments, and other such professional people who have served our
cause in a very distinguished manner and who would honor us by accepting this award.

Nomination to this order may be made by a local chapter (by unanimous vote of all
active members and approval of the chapter adviser), or by a national or regional
officer, and must be sent together with a detailed supporting letter and résumé of the nominee, to the Executive Director. The executive director will distribute the nomination
to the committee members and relay the final decision to the nominating chapter or
officer within three weeks, unless additional information is needed.