La
Orden de Don Quijote
The highest honor conferred by Sigma Delta Pi, the Order of Don Quijote
recognizes exceptional and meritorious service in the fields of Hispanic scholarship,
the teaching of Spanish, and the promotion of good relations between English-speaking
countries and those of Spanish speech.
| Iniciado (initiate) | Lugar (place) | Fecha (date) |
| C. George Peale | California State University, Fullerotn | 1 de mayo de 2008 |
| Dominick Finello | Rider University | 25 de marzo de 2008 |
| Seymour Menton | University of California, Irvine | 6 de junio de 2007 |
| Gerardo Piņa-Rosales | Lehman College, CUNY | 24 de mayo de 2007 |
| Robert L. Fiore | The University of Arizona | 20 de febrero de 2007 |
| Marcial Prado | California State University, Fullerton | 7 de diciembre de 2006 |
| Gonzalo Navajas | University of California, Irvine | 17 de mayo de 2006 |
| Thomas A. Lathrop | University of Delaware | 28 de abril de 2006 |
| Donald L. Shaw | Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (University of Kentucky) |
21 de abril de 2006 |
| Antonio Porpetta | Lehman College, CUNY | 10 de noviembre de 2005 |
| Thomas R. Franz | Ohio University | 27 de octubre de 2005 |
| Carlos Fuentes | University of Arkansas-Little Rock | 25 de octubre de 2005 |
| Edward H. Friedman | Brigham Young University | 14 de octubre de 2005 |
| Antonio Carreño | Brown University | 10 de mayo de 2005 |
| David T. Gies | University of Virginia | 27 de abril de 2005 |
| María A. Salgado | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 27 de abril de 2005 |
| Roberta Johnson | Kentucky Foreign Language Conference | 23 de abril de 2005 |
| William H. Clamurro | Emporia State University | 21 de abril de 2005 |
| Isaac Goldemberg | St. John's University | 6 de abril de 2005 |
| Mark P. Del Mastro | Asamblea Trienal de Sigma Delta Pi, Acapulco | 31 de julio de 2004 |
| Lidia Falcón O'Neill | St. John's University | 21 de abril de 2004 |
| Luisa Angélica Sherezada Vicioso | St. John's University | 21 de abril de 2004 |
| Carmen Silva-Corvalán | University of Southern California | 7 de mayo de 2003 |
| Domnita Dumistrescu | California State University-Los Angeles | 12 de marzo de 2003 |
| Oscar Arias Sánchez | Marquette University | 3 de octubre de 2002 |
| Carlos París | The College of Wooster | 5 de abril de 2002 |
| Antonio Garrido Moraga | St. John's University | 25 de octubre de 2001 |
| Marie-Lise Gazarian | Asamblea Trienal de Sigma Delta Pi, San Francisco | 8 de julio de 2001 |
| Vern G. Williamsen | The University of Arizona | 24 de abril de 2001 |
|
Emiliano José Salcines |
The University of Tampa | 23 de abril de 2001 |
| Elena Poniatowska | St. John's University | 6 de abril de 2001 |
| Richard P. Kinkade | The University of Arizona | 14 de noviembre de 2000 |
|
María C. Dominicis
|
St. John's University | 18 de abril de 2000 |
| A. Julián Valbuena | University of Delaware | 30 de abril de 1999 |
| John H. LaPrade | Asamblea Trienal de Sigma Delta Pi, Madrid | 2 de agosto de 1998 |
| Fernando Arrabal | St. John's University | 23 de abril de 1998 |
| Manuel Alvar López | University of New Orleans | 23 de marzo de 1991 |
| James R. Chatham | Asamblea Trienal de Sigma Delta Pi, San Antonio, TX | 14 de agosto de 1989 |
| Manuel Mantero | University of Georgia | 1987 |
| Rafael Lapesa | Asamblea Trienal de Sigma Delta Pi, Madrid | 11 de agosto de 1986 |
| Enrique Iranzo | New Orleans | 18 de julio de 1984 |
| Carmen Laforet | University of Tulane | 16 de abril de 1983 |
| Juan Reyna Tapia | Fort Lewis College | 6 de diciembre de 1982 |
| Victor Alba | Youngstown State University | 1982 |
| Robert L. Norton | West Missouri State College | 1982 |
| Howard Young | The Claremont Colleges | 1981 |
| José Luis Abellán | University of Georgia | 1981 |
| Richard Beym | California State University-Dominguez Hills | 1981 |
| Ela R. Gómez Quintero | Iona College | 1981 |
| John A. Crow | Mount St. Mary's College | noviembre de 1981 |
| A. Valbuena Briones | University of Maryland | 1981 |
| David Kossoff | University of Rhode Island | 1980 |
| José María Recuerda | Youngstown State University | 1980 |
| María E. Pérez | Iona College | 1980 |
| El Príncipe Carlos Hugo de Borbón | Hood College | 1980 |
| Emir Rodríguez Monegal | University of Southern California | 1980 |
| Camilo José Cela | St. John's University | 1980 |
| Dámaso Alonso | University of Tulane | marzo de 1979 |
| Richard E. Chandler | University of Southwestern Louisiana | 19 de noviembre de 1979 |
| Ignacio R.M. Galbis | University of San Francisco | 1979 |
| Hugo Rodríguez Alcalá | California State University-Dominguez Hills | 1979 |
| Antonio Buero Vallejo | Modern Language Association Convention, New York | diciembre de 1978 |
| Emilio Carilla | University of California-Riverside | 1978 |
| Ricardo Gullón | University of Texas-Austin | 1977 |
| Emilio González López | University of Maine | 1976 |
| Jacinto Jenkins | California State University-Sacramento | 1976 |
| Francisco E. Porrata | California State University-Sacramento | 1975 |
| Isabel M. Cid de Sirgado | Hofstra University | 1975 |
| Rosario Hiriart | Iona College | 1975 |
| M. Gordon Brown | Fort Lewis College | 1975 |
| Joseph F. Thorning | Georgetown University | 1975 |
| Ramón Bela | University of Maine | 1974 |
| Theodore Shoemaker | University of Montana | 1974 |
| J. Riis Owre | University of Miami-Florida | 1974 |
| José L. Martin | Illinois State University | 1974 |
| John Aiken Moore | College of William & Mary | 1973 |
| George C. S. Adams | Wofford College | 1972 |
| José Laurenti | Illinois State University | 1972 |
| Eloisa Rivera-Rivera | Montclair State College | 1972 |
| Manuel D. Ramírez | University of Georgia | 1972 |
| Rex E. Ballinger | Southwest Missouri State College | 1972 |
| José Martel | Hunter College | 1971 |
| Manuel Salas | Georgian Court College | 1971 |
| Mildred Lyon | Central State College-Oklahoma | 1971 |
| Donald W. Bleznick | University of Cincinnati | 1970 |
| Alfred Strelhi | Texas Tech University | 1969 |
| George T. Moody | University of Maine | 1969 |
| Alberto Casas | University of New Hampshire | 1969 |
| Andrés Sendón | Baylor University | 1969 |
| Domingo Ricard | Texas Tech University | 1969 |
| Aristides de Llanos | Thiel College | 1968 |
| Isaac J. Levy | Kent State University | 1968 |
| Ruisanchez López | Hofstra University | 1968 |
| Arthur R. Steele | University of Toledo | 1968 |
| Elizabeth Borbón de Treviño | Samford University | 5 de marzo de 1967 |
| Florence Baurd | Bowling Green State University | 1967 |
| Richard W. Solbert | Thiel College | 1967 |
| Lino Novas Calvo | University of Maine | 1967 |
| Robert G. Mead | University of Connecticut | 1967 |
| Homer Herriott | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1967 |
| Ricardo L. Benavides | University of Utah | 1967 |
| Paul G. Hatcher | Western Kentucky University | 1967 |
| Robert Avrett | University of Tennessee | 1966 |
| John L. Salmon | Wofford College | 1966 |
| T. Earle Hamilton | Texas Tech University | 1963 |
| Eunice Joiner | Texas Tech University | 1960 |
| Gwen Paugh | University of Oregon | 1954 |