Philip L. Hawley Distinguished Faculty Award

In recognition of the faculty members who best represent those values held dear by Dr. Hawley: Supportiveness, Enthusiasm, Sincerity

This award was established by the students of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics to honor Dr. Philip L. Hawley shortly after his sudden death in 1993. Dr. Hawley was born in Hartford, Connecticut. After receiving his undergraduate degree Bowdoin College and his masters degree at Wesleyan College be began teaching at the American University in Beirut. He returned to receive his doctorate at the University of Illinois before returning to teaching overseas at the Haile Selassie I University in Ethiopia eventually becoming the dean of students. He returned to the US to teach at Loyola University before joining our Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1966. His teaching was very popular with the students and he was a great supporter of them.

Philip L. Hawley Distinguished Faculty Award