Maurice Cox, Associate Professor of Architecture is the 2006 recipient of the John Hejduk Award for excellence in research and the practice of teaching. The John Hejduk Award, established in 2003, is given to an alumnus of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at Cooper Union who has made an outstanding contribution to the theory, teaching and/or practice of architecture. The recipient reflects the passion and commitment that John Hejduk, Cooper Union faculty member from 1974-2000 and Dean of the School of Architecture from 1975-2000, had for architecture.

The award was given at Cooper Union's Annual Founder's Day Dinner in New York City on April 21, 2006. Maurice Cox was introduced by Toshiko Mori AR'76, Professor in Practice and Department Chair at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, herself a recipient of the John Hejduk Award in 2003. Maurice Cox is a 1983 architecture graduate of Cooper Union.