Marsh O'Neill Award For Exceptional and Enduring Support of Stanford University's Research Enterprise
The Marsh O'Neill Award presents one of the few opportunities for faculty to acknowledge publicly the support of outstanding staff members who support their research activity.
In recognition of faculty appreciation for outstanding contributions to Stanford's research mission, this award is made annually to a member of the University's Staff or Academic Staff. The award is accompanied by a $5,000 cash prize. This prestigious award was inspired by the extraordinary career of Marsh O'Neill, Associate Director of the W.W. Hansen Laboratories, 1952 - 1990. Marsh was the first recipient of this award.
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2017 Nominations
Any Stanford faculty member may submit a nomination on behalf of any member of the staff of Stanford University.
Nominations for the 2016 Marsh O'Neill Award are due by 12:00 pm on Friday, October 6, 2017.
2016 Marsh O'Neil Award Winner Jon Mulholland
Jon O'Neill 2016 Marsh O'Neill Winner. Jon is the Director of the Cell Sciences Imaging Facility.
2015 Marsh O'Neill Award Recipient Karlheinz Merkle
One short sentence, tucked among the many testimonials for Karlheinz Merkle, winner of the 2015 Marsh O'Neill Award, nicely sums up his impact on experimental research at Stanford: "He made my research idea come true."
Merkle, who has been the supervisor of the Physics Machine Shop since 1998, is the winner of this year's Marsh O'Neill Award for Exceptional and Enduring Support of Stanford University's Research Enterprise.
In the shop, located in the Varian Physics Building, Merkle and three laboratory machinists design and fabricate – and modify – highly specialized components essential to state-of-the-art research in the physical sciences and engineering. As members of the last full-service machine shop on campus, their services are in demand throughout the research community.
Merkle will be honored at a reception from 4 to 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 16, in the Gold Room of the Faculty Club. Members of the Stanford community who would like to attend should RSVP to Cheryl Weissbart in the Office of the Vice Provost and Dean of Research, cherylw1@stanford.edu.
2014 Marsh O'Neill Award Recipient
The 2014 recipient of the Marshall D. O'Neill Award for outstanding support of research at Stanford University has been announced!
Fernando Lopez-Lezcano, System Administrator- Lecturer
Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, Department of Music
Previous Marsh O'Neill Recipients
2013
Martha L. Kessler, Director of Finance and Administration, Health Research and Policy and Spectrum
Chris Webb, Ph.D., Executive Director, Spectrum
2012
Senior Research Scientist, Nanocharacterization Lab
2011
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Heideh Fattaey Executive Director of Operations and Programs, Bio-X
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Bettye Price Administrative Services Manager, Biology Department
2010
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Lori McVay Administrative Services Manager, Freeman Spogli Institute and Woods Institute
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Kathleen Thompson Director, Research Management Group, School of Medicine
2009
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Reese Zasio Facilities Operations Manager Comparative Medicine Department
2008
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Peche Turner Department Manager Computer Science Department
2007
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Donna Cronister Administrative Services Manager Radiological Sciences Laboratory
2006
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Brian Carilli Facilities & Planning, School of Engineering
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Mary-Louise Munill Interlibrary Borrowing Specialist, Green Library
2005
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Kathy McClelland Research Compliance Director
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Susan Sebbard Assistant Director, Stanford Humanities Center
2004
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Lisa Sickorez Financial Manager Center for International Security and Cooperation Stanford Institute for International Studies
2003
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Robin Holbrook Administrative Services Manager Baxter Laboratory, Microbiology and Immunology
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Nan Phinney Physicist Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
2002
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Erika Wayne Reference and Internet Services Librarian Law School
2001
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Vadim Matté Science and Engineering Associate Aeronautics and Astronautics Department
2000
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Charles Orgish Manager of Distributed Systems Computer Systems Lab
1999
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Robert Jones Science and Engineering Associate, Center for Materials Research and the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences
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Frank Levy Science and Engineering Technical Supervisor, Mechanical Engineering Department
1998
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Christopher Scott Director of Research Development, School of Medicine Executive Director, ACCESS Associate Director, Beckman Center
1997
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Turgut Gür Associate Director, Center for Materials Research
1996
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Grace Baysinger Head Librarian and Bibliographer, Swain Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Library, SUL/AIR
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Robert Schneeveis Science and Engineering Associate, Neurobiology Department
1995
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Alex Ross Head Librarian, Art Library, SUL/AIR
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Alice J. Haskett Human Subjects Coordinator, Research Compliance Office
1994
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Droni Chiu Department Administrator, Chemistry
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J. Paul Lomio Assistant Director, Crown Library, School of Law
1993
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Robert S.Kernoff Senior Research Scientist, Medicine/Cardiovascular Medicine
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Thomas C. Rindfleisch Senior Engineering Research Associate, Knowledge Systems Laboratory, Medicine
1992
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Manuel G. Gutierrez Technician, Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory
1991
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Wolfgang W. Jung Machinist, Physics Department
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Rita R. Kuhn Manager, Engineering Research Administration
About Marsh O'Neill
Marsh O'Neill, Associate Director W.W. Hansen Laboratories 1952 - 1990
Marsh O'Neill, who retired March 1, 1990 as associate director of the W.W. Hansen Laboratories, has been honored with an award "for exceptional and enduring support of Stanford University's research enterprise."
The inscription on the Marsh O'Neill Award reads:
For his academic statesmanship, and service to the entire Stanford community, mentoring colleagues, advising University Officers on research policies and practices, serving with cheer and quiet cooperation on numerous University committees and task forces;
for his 38 years of devotion and loyalty, culminating in his position as Associate Director of W.W. Hansen Laboratories, where he created models of perfection in management systems which made his operation the paradigm of all research departments;
for his management of more than 700 research projects totaling more than $361 million, which fostered the beginnings of SLAC, SSRL, high temperature superconductivity, tunneling microscopy, medical accelerators, tests of Einstein's theory of relativity, free electron laser and photon research, 13 National Academy of Science members, 3 Nobel Laureates, and 750 Ph.D.s; and
for his unfailing integrity, tact, humor, and patience in serving Stanford's research enterprise, managing to miraculously and consistently keep contract officers, entrepreneurial faculty, and auditors all happy at the same time,
MARSHALL D. O'NEILL Associate Director, W.W. Hansen Laboratories, 1952-1990
is hereby designated as the first recipient of THE MARSHALL D. O'NEILL AWARD For Exceptional and Enduring Support of Stanford's Research Enterprise.
O'Neill, who has worked at Stanford since 1952 and been associate director of Hansen since 1958, said the award, made at his retirement party, "was a delightful surprise. It touches me very deeply because of my long association with the University."
He also said that he believes that much of the credit for any success he has achieved should go to his predecessor, Fred Pindar, "who instilled in me the principles of research management and support."
Robert Byer, vice provost and dean of research, called O'Neill "a marvelous University citizen in every sense of the word."
From the Stanford News, March 2, 1990
