--This award, established in 1996 by Mahlon Apgar, IV, and Anne Demarest Nelson Apgar, is intended to recognize, encourage and reward individual faculty members at the Naval Academy who have had a demonstrable impact on their students and/or who have made a significant contribution to the art of teaching and counseling students. Special emphasis is placed on instilling the values of character, responsibility and integrity of Naval and Marine Corps officers through their example and methods.

--The Apgar Award recognizes military faculty who have taught at the Naval Academy for fewer than three years and untenured junior civilian faculty who are in tenure track positions and alternates annually between military and civilian recipients. The award consists of two plaques, one awarded to the individual and one placed on permanent display at the Naval Academy. Accompanying each award is a cash prize provided by Mr. and Mrs. Apgar.

Each year, the recipient of this award demonstrated:
----*Effectiveness in teaching the qualities of leadership, with special emphasis on character, responsibiltiy and integrity, through the academic environment, curriculum and mentoring roles outside the classroom.
----*Performance in stimulating a love of learning and in motivating and enabling students to learn.
----*Contributions in developing and applying innovative methods of teaching to achieve these aims.
----*Commitment to develop and apply new teaching concepts and methods that expand students' horizons and their potential contributions as leaders and serving military officers.
----*Commitment to new teaching pedagogy and development of skills among teaching peers.

Past award recipients include:

Year	Recipient	Department
2008	Assistant Professor Jim S. Cowart	Mechanical Engineering
2007	Captain Koichi Takagi, USMC	Mathematics
2006	Assistant Professor Virginia F. Smith	Chemistry
2005	Captain Keith E. Gibeling, USAF	History
2004	Assistant Professor Pamela M. Schmitt	Economics
2003	Captain Maria J. Pallotta, USMC	English
2002	Assistant Professor Douglas M. Brattebo	Political Science
2001	LT Andrew M. Biehn, USN	Seamanship and Navigation
2000	Assistant Professor Shannon E. French	Leadership, Ethics and Law
1999	LT Marc D. Lucas, USN	Mathematics
1998	Assistant Professor Joseph J. Urban	Chemistry
1997	LT. Kathy A. Atkission, JAGC, USN	Leadership, Ethics and Law

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