The Kirk Award was endowed by a gift from a member of the board of trustees in 1995. The endowment has recognized excellent teachers at Centre since 1996.

2008

• Vincent A. DiMartino, W. George Matton Professor of Music
• Julie James, Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
• Christine A. Shannon, Margaret V. Haggin Professor of Science
• Amos T. Tubb, Assistant Professor of History

2007

• Jeffrey E. Fieberg, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
• William P. Crummett, Professor of Physics
• C. Kenneth Keffer, Jr., H. W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Professor of French and German
• Elizabeth Perkins, Gordon B. Davidson Associate Professor of History

2006

• Christine Barton, Professor of Biology
• Mary B. Daniels, NEH Associate Professor of Spanish
• Daniel Stroup, Pierce and Amelia Harrington Lively Professor of Government and Law

2005

• Phyllis W. Bellver, Assistant Professor of Spanish
• William David Hall, Assistant Professor of Religion
• Philip B. Lockett, Professor of Physics
• Robert E. Martin, Ewing T. Boles Professor of Economics
• Jan Wertz, Assistant Professor of Psychology
• Ian W. Wilson, Assistant Professor of German and Humanities

2004

• Helen V. Emmitt, Associate Professor of English
• Anthony R. Haigh, Professor of Dramatic Arts
• Margaret G. Richey, Professor of Biology
• William J. Weston, NEH Professor of Sociology
• John H. Wilson, H. W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Professor of Mathematics
• Clarence R. Wyatt, Claude D. Pottinger Associate Professor of History
  

2003

• Laurence S. Bitensky, Assistant Professor of Music
• Michael Hamm, Ewing T. Boles Professor of History
• Lori Hartmann-Mahmud, Assistant Professor of International Studies
• Jennifer L. Muzyka, Associate Professor of Chemistry
• Mark D. Rasmussen, Associate Professor of English
• Robert E. Ziemba, Assistant Professor of Biology
  

2002

• Robert Brownlee, Professor Emeritus of Economics
• Larry Matheny, John Marshall Harlan Emeritus Professor of Government
• Eric Mount, Nelson D. and Mary McDowell Rodes Emeritus Professor of Religion
  

2001

• Stephen E. Asmus, Elizabeth Malloy Dowling Associate Professor of Biology
• Jennifer L. McMahon, Associate Professor of Philosophy
  

2000

• Richard D. Axtell, Associate Professor of Religion/ Chaplain
• Joe Workman, Associate Professor of Chemistry
  

1999

• Karin N. Ciholas, John M. and Louise Van Winkle Professor of Languages
• Beth Glazier-McDonald, H. W. Stodghill, Jr. and Adele H. Stodghill Professor of Religion
  

1998

• Donna M. Plummer, Associate Professor of Education
• P. Marshall Wilt, Professor Emeritus of Physics
  

1997

• Mark T. Lucas, Alfred P. and Katherine B. Jobson Professor of English
• Elizabeth A. Perkins, Gordon B. Davidson Associate Professor of History
  

1996

• Roberta White, Charles J. Luellen Professor Emerita of English