The Dick Thornburgh Disability Service Award
The Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law & Public Policy is proud to announce the availability of the Dick Thornburgh Forum Disability Service Award for 2024. This $5,000 award is available each year to a University of Pittsburgh student from any campus whose service has made a difference in the lives of children and adults with disabilities.
Candidates for this award may be nominated by a University of Pittsburgh faculty member or staff member or they may apply themselves. The applicant may or may not have a disability. The winner is selected by a review committee of University of Pittsburgh administrators.
This award is associated with the annual Thornburgh Family Lecture in Disability Law & Policy. The late Governor Dick Thornburgh and Ms. Ginny Thornburgh endowed this lecture series with the proceeds of the $50,000 Henry B. Betts Award presented to them in 2003. The series has been aided additionally with grants and other support from the Office of the Chancellor, the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Pitt Law, the Office of Disability Resources and Services, and the David C. Frederick Honors College.
The next offering of this award will be announced in the future.
List of award recipients:
2024-Zachary Miller
2023- Ian Neumaier
2021 - Anna Marie Clark
2021 - Alison Mahoney
2019 - Timothy Grebeck
2018 - Heather Tomko
2017 - Dr. Jonothan Duvall
Message from the Governor
The Forum was established at the late Dick Thornburgh’s Law School alma mater, the University of Pittsburgh. In connection with the Dick Thornburgh Papers held by the University's Hillman Library, the Forum reflects his experiences in public life. It is in intended to foster discourse on issues vital to the preservation of our democratic system and the Rule of Law upon which that system depends.
Special thanks are due to Chancellor Emeritus Mark Nordenberg who serves as the Director of the Dick Thornburgh Forum and has been unstinting in support of this effort since its inception. In addition, many others have provided time, resources and dedication to this undertaking.
