The Bassett Teaching Award was established by the Class of 1993 to honor a distinguished member of the Colby faculty. A person can receive the award only once. The person who is chosen presents a lecture to the senior class in the spring. His or her name is added to the plaque in the foyer of Lovejoy.

Bassett Award winners are:

2008 To Be Announced

2007 Phyllis Manocchi, Professor of English
2006 Jason Opal, Assistant Professor of History
2005 Professor David Simon
2004 Professor Jonathan White
2003 Professor Jeffery Kasser
2002 Professors Tony Corrado and Dasan Thamattoor
2001 Professor Margaret McFadden
2000 Professor Jennifer Boylan
1999 Professor Laurie Osborne
1998 Professor Rob LaFleur
1997 Professor Paul Greenwood
1996 Professor David Findlay
1995 Professor Robert Weisbrot
1994 Professor Cedric Bryant
1993 Professor Charlie Bassett