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.
*Dr. John H. LaPrade was inadvertently inducted twice into the Orden de Don Quijote: in 1968 and 1998.