Madsen to Receive Doherty Award

Associate Teaching Professor of Philosophy Peter Madsen has been named the recipient of the Robert E. Doherty Award for Excellence in Education. The Doherty Award recognizes contributions to the development, implementation and evaluation of educational programs at all levels, and the creation and maintenance of an environment that fosters excellence in education.

Dr. Peter Madsen is an award-winning educator, trainer, writer and producer of educational media in the field of applied ethics. He is executive director of the Center for the Advancement of Applied Ethics at Carnegie Mellon University. He teaches courses in business, professional, environmental and computer ethics in the Department of Philosophy, as well as ethics courses at the Heinz School.

Dr. Madsen's work with executives in ethics education has been nationally recognized. He has delivered numerous training programs, seminars, workshops and conference presentations to practitioners from many fields in the private, public and nonprofit sectors. He has designed and conducted ethics and diversity training programs both domestically and internationally for such organizations as PPG Industries, Inc., Alcoa, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Duquesne Light Company, the Innova Group, the Edison Electric Institute, Consolidated Natural Gas Company and Phillips Petroleum Company.