The Sister Rose Anita McDonnell, IHM Award
initiated in 1994 and named for a renowned math educator and the “guiding light”
behind Sadlier’s Progress in Mathematics series, recognizes an outstanding educator
who possesses a true love of mathematics and challenges students to excel in math.
“A fair teacher tells; a good teacher explains; a superior
teacher demonstrates; a great teacher inspires.”
2011
Awardee
Previous Award Recipients
2010 Pat Prindle
Risen Christ School
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2009 Elizabeth Munroe
St. Edward the Confessor Parish School
Dana Point, California
2008 Susan Hammond
St. Charles Borromeo School
Peru, Indiana
2007 Anita Grauer
Mary Susan Dover
St. Michael the Archangel School
Baltimore, Maryland
2006 Madeline Bustillo
Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic School
Miami, Florida
2005 Sister Edward William Quinn, IHM
Chairperson
Elementary Mathematics
Curriculum Committee
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Elementary Consultant
MERIT Program, Office of Non-Public
Categorical Programs
2004 Rosemary DeRosa
Academy of Notre Dame
Tyngsboro, Massachusetts
2003 Madonna Atwood
Our Lady of the Pillar School
St. Louis, Missouri
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Mathematics Teacher
St. Edward the Confessor School
Metairie, Louisiana
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2002 Sister Christine Triggs, RSM
Our Lady Star of the Sea School
Atlantic City, New Jersey
2001 John Palladino
All Saints Catholic School
Awards Breakfast
Omaha, Nebraska
2000 Sister M. Theresa Kane, OSF
Immaculate Conception School
Towson, Maryland
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
1999 Sheila Howard
St. Jude the Apostle School Math Center
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1998 Dawn Still
St. Cyprian’s School
Long Beach, California Hilton New Orleans
1997 Linda Panasuk
Our Lady of the Lake School
Riverside Hotel
Ashland, Minnesota
1996 Leonard DeMasi
St. Rose of Lima School
New Orleans, Louisiana
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1995 Galen R. Chappelle
St. Agnes School
Los Angeles, California
1994 Sister Catherine Danielle LeTourneau, IHM
Author, Teacher
Immaculata, Pennsylvania
 The F. Sadlier Dinger Award
was established in 1980 to honor a person who has made significant
contributions to Catholic education. It is named for Sadlier’s former Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board in recognition of his lifelong
dedication to the Catholic Church and to Catholic Education.
Previous Award Recipients
2010 Lorraine A. Ozar, Ph.D.
Director
Center for Catholic School Effectiveness
Associate Professor
School of Education
Loyola University Chicago
2009 Most Reverend Gregory M. Aymond
Bishop of Austin
Former Chair
NCEA Board of Directors
2008 Annette “Mickey” Lentz
Executive Director
Secretariat for Catholic Education
and Faith Formation
Archdiocese of Indianapolis
2007 Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, Ph.D., D.D.
Archbishop Emeritus
Archdiocese of Washington
2006 Sister Mary Michaeline Green, OP
Superintendent of Schools
Diocese of Baton Rouge
2005 Sr. Mary Angela Shaughnessy, SCN, J.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Education
Spalding University
Executive Director, Education Law Institute
2004 Rev. Joseph M. O’Keefe, SJ, S.T.L., Ed.D.
Interim Dean, Lynch School of Education
Boston College
2003 Rev. Thomas E. Toale, Ph.D.
Vicar for Education
Superintendent of Schools
Archdiocese of Dubuque
2002 Sister Dominica Rocchio, SC, Ed.D.
Secretary for Education
Superintendent of Schools
Archdiocese of Newark
2001 Sister Lourdes Sheehan, RSM
Associate General Secretary
United States Conference
of Catholic Bishops
2000 Pio Cardinal Laghi
Prefect Emeritus
Congregation for Catholic Education
Vatican City
1999 Howard J. Jenkins
Superintendent of Schools (1972–1998)
Archdiocese of New Orleans
1998 Dolores R. Leckey
Executive Director (1988–1997)
Secretariat for Family, Laity,
Women, and Youth
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
1997 Monika K. Hellwig, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Association of Catholic Colleges
and Universities
1996 Most Reverend Christoph Schönborn, OP
Archbishop of Vienna
General Editor
Catechism of the Catholic Church
1995 Sister Anne C. Leonard, CND
Director of Education
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2011
Awardee
Sister Immaculata Paisant, MSC
Superintendent of Catholic Schools
Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux
1994 Sister Clare Fitzgerald, SSND 1986 Reverend Thomas V. Gallagher
Director Secretary for Education
Catholic School Leadership Program United States Catholic Conference
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 1985 Sister Loretta Carey, RDC
Director
1993 Sister Mary Louisette DeSalle, SSF Fordham/NCEA Center for Justice,
Principal Peace, and Education
House of the Holy Family
New Orleans, Louisiana 1984 Sister Rose Anita McDonnell, IHM
Author, Educator
1992 Chief Administrators of Catholic Education
National Catholic Educational Association 1983 Sister Francis Regis Trojano, CSJ
Washington, DC Superintendent of Schools
Diocese of Memphis
1991 National “Faith Alive” Family
Catholic School: 1982 Reverend Theodore M. Hesburgh
President
The Salcedo Family, Archdiocese of Miami
Parish School of Religion: University of Notre Dame
The Kochman Family
1981 Reverend Andrew M. Greeley
Archdiocese of Chicago Professor of Sociology
1990 Reverend William J. O’Malley, SJ University of Arizona
International Author, Speaker, Teacher 1980 Reverend John F. Meyers
Fordham Preparatory School President
Bronx, New York
National Catholic Educational Association
1989 Joseph Cardinal Bernardin
Archbishop of Chicago
1988 Terence Cardinal Cooke
Archbishop of New York
(Posthumously)
1987 Sister Mary Peter Traviss, OP, Ph.D.
Professor
University of San Francisco