Classics Honor Roll
We are pleased to present a long-term record of prize winners, so far as they can be reconstructed from available sources. The rules and procedures governing various prizes are also provided here.
Departmental Citation for Distinction in the Major
Chair's Award for Distinction in Classics
Chair's Book Prize
W. K. Pritchett Prize in Elementary Greek
Thomas G. Rosenmeyer Prize in Greek Composition (formerly Marianne McDonald Prize)
Richardson Prize in Latin Composition
Louis MacKay Prize in Translation of Latin Poetry
J. K. Anderson Travel Award
The Dimitrios Vlahos Travel Award
Morrison Study Abroad Award
Classics Summer Study Abroad Awards
Corinne S. Crawford Graduate Research Travel Award
Outstanding GSI Awards
Departmental Citation for Distinction in the Major
An award of a certificate and a cash prize to a graduating major with a highly distinguished record in work in the major. This award is part of a campuswide program, but the selection is made annually by the Department. Each May, the Undergraduate Advisers in consultation with the Chair review the records of departmental majors who have graduated or will graduate in the current academic year. They present the records of the top one to three candidates to the faculty as a whole for selection of the single recipient. See also the campus regulations and criteria.
2013 Jeremy Alexander Simmons
2012 Brittany Lauber
2011 Steven Broderick
2010 Tovah Keynton
2009 David Ambrose Doss
2008 Clara Bosak-Schroeder
2007 Elizabeth Anne Judge
2006 Thomas C. Chow
2005 Elliott Wainwright
2004 Estelle Hofschneider
2003 Boris Rodin
2002 Keelan Evans
2001 Caroline Stewart
2000 Leah Gabriana
1999 Kenneth Jones
1998 Betty Shen
1996 Joshua Dylan Kronen
1995 John Michael Anderson
1994 Genevieve Simandl Gessert
1993 Colin Anthony Ganio
1992 Noah Cohen
1991 Jody Chimene Bateman
1990 James Robert Valera
1989 Suzanne Elizabeth Kauffman
1988 Elizabeth Blaine Dickey
1987 Merri Frances Pittman
1986 Laura Kathleen Gibbs
1985 Thomas Francis Garrity
1984 Mark Elliot Landon
1983 Roger Charles Ceragioli
1982 Paul Brian Archer
1981 Karla Marie Schutz
1980 Anne Stewart
1979 Victoria Hagen Stafford
1978 Sally Ann LaRue
1977 Caroline Weiss
1977 Jacquelin Friedlander
1976 Hayden Newhall Pelliccia
1975 Joan Barbara Burton
1974 Garth Edward Tissol
1973 Ruth Sydney Scodel
1972 Daniel Charles Elliott
1971 Michael Leo Weber
1970 Andrew Meade Miller
1968 Richard Augustus Weston
1967 Roland George Mayer III
1966 Richard Duncan McKirahan, Jr.
1965 William F. Hansen, Jr.
1963 Barry Powell
1962 Rudolph Wolfram Saenger
1961 Walter Ralph Johnson
1960 Clem Edwards
1959 Silvio L. Skefich
1959 Jene A. LaRue
1959 Erling B. Holtsmark
1958 Robert Donald Connor
1958 Nancy Rassell Zumwalt
1957 Gregor J. Balough
1956 John Anson
Chair's Award for Distinction in Classics
An award of a certificate and a cash prize to a graduating major with a highly distinguished record in work in the major. This prize may be awarded whenever an outstanding candidate is identified by the Undergraduate Advisers and approved by the Department.
2013 Erin Lam
2012 Samantha Alford
2011 Kelsie Chizue Toy
2010 Alexander Ladenheim
2009 Kurtis Takeshi Tanaka
2008 Lia Eliades and Amy Pistone
2007 Stephanie Pearson
2006 Melissa L. McAdam
2005 Molly Evangeline Allen
2004 Hunter Blanks
2003 Vasilios Spyridakis
2002 Queena Hu
Chair's Book Prize
Award of a book prize, funded by donations to the Chair's Annual Fund appeal, (through 2008) to any graduating major who is continuing classical studies at the graduate level; (from 2010) to a graduating major with a distinguished record who is continuing classical studies at the graduate level. This prize is awarded whenever a qualifying candidate is recommended by the Undergraduate Advisers and approved by the Department.
2013 Emily Jean Booker, Anna E. Simas, Alice Yeh
2012 Aryndel Lamb-Marsh
2011 Nicole Elyse Budrovich, Philippe Tomas Lévy
2010 Glory Maria Liu
2008 Clara Bosak-Schroeder, Steven Gonzalez, Sara Laughtin, Leslie Lemire, Lindsey Mazurek, Amy Pistone, Stephen Shull
2007 Courtney Nguyen
2006 Patrick M. Crowley, Atticus Honoré
2002 Julia Shapiro
(records of earlier winners not available)
W. K. Pritchett Prize in Elementary Greek
Named in honor of Professor W. Kendrick Pritchett, a distinguished scholar and a devoted teacher of Greek, upon his retirementof, a prize, at least $500 to the enrolled student who performs best in the first year of Greek (sometimes awarded to co-winners). Awarded annually since 1977 and administered by the Department. Each May the instructors of Greek 2 and 10 meet after final exams to discuss the best students in each class; in consultation with the Department Chair or a delegate of the Chair, one or two winners are selected.
2013 Troy Zweifler and Danielle Bennett
2012 Pascal A. Matheis and Joseph C. Moore
2011 Jonathan Sterling; (honorable mention) Patrick S. Lee
2010 Brittany Lauber, Jeremy Simmons
2009 Jenny Lin, Daniel Lam
2008 Alexander Ladenheim, Christopher James Stephens
2007 Lia Eliades
2006 Carson Baucher, Courtney Nguyen
2005 Alejandro Lombardia
2004 Rachel Hindman and Elizabeth Judge
2003 Vaheh Shirvanian
2002 Amanda Garrett
2001 Samuel A. Williams
2000 Boris Rodin
1999 Keelan M. Evans (Honorable Mentions to Shoshana Jacobson and Joshua Nelson)
1998 Paul Fullmer
1997 Kenneth Raymond Jones
1996 Christina Hsu
1995 Jason Fernando Halaby
1994 Mary Grace Gallardo
1993 David Michael Stabile
1992 Adam Joaquim Leite
1991 Annie Kathleen Sides
1990 Judson Wright Sagers
1989 Jody Chimene Bateman
1988 Norman Jeff Anderson
1987 Sharon Ratliff
1986 Steven Phillip Weitzman
1985 Carolyn Daly
1984 David Bryan Rockwell
1983 Leo Warneke
1982 Monica S. Cyrino and James A. Powell
Thomas G. Rosenmeyer Prize in Greek Composition
(formerly the Marianne McDonald Prize) Endowed by Marianne McDonald to encourage mastery of Greek at a high level and renamed at her request in 2007 to honor Thomas G. Rosenmeyer (1920-2007), distinguished professor of Classics and Comparative Literature, a prize of at least $500 for the best translation into classical Greek of a passage of English selected by the judge. Awarded annually since 1996; administered by the Academic Senate Committee on Prizes through the Financial Aid Office. For rules, see the site of the Undergraduate Scholarships, Prizes and Honors; see the specific page for for each year's deadline and the selected passage.
2013 (co-winners) Thomas Recht and Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
2012 (first prize) Thomas Recht; (second prize) Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
2011 Thomas Recht and Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
2010 Thomas Recht
2009 Boris Rodin Maslov; (honorable mention) Joel M. Street
2008 Nandini Pandey
2007 Boris Rodin Maslov
2006 Boris Rodin Maslov
2005 Boris P. Rodin
2004 William Michael Short
2003 Jon Christopher Geissmann
2002 William H. Shearin
2001 Dylan Sailor
2000 Dylan Sailor
1999 Dylan Sailor
1998 Dylan Sailor
1997 Dylan Sailor
1996 Chris Geissmann
Richardson Prize in Latin Composition
Established by will of Professor George M. Richardson, who died in 1896, a prize of at least $500 for the best translation into classical Latin of a passage of English selected by the judge. Administered by the Academic Senate Committee on Prizes through the Financial Aid Office. For rules, see the site of the Undergraduate Scholarships, Prizes and Honors; see the specific page for for each year's deadline and the selected passage.
2013 (co-winners) Jared Hudson and Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
2012 Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
2011 Jared Hudson; (2nd prize) Thomas Hendrickson
2010 Jared Hudson
2009 Jared Hudson; (2nd prize) Antonia Pham Young
2008 Jared Hudson and Boris Rodin Maslov
2007 Jared Hudson
2006 1st prize Wilson Shearin; 2nd prize: Kurt Lampe
2005 Kurt Lampe
2004 William Michael Short
2003 William Michael Short
2002 Chris Geissman
2001 Dylan Sailor
2000 Dylan Sailor (2nd Prize: Amir Baghdadchi)
1999 Dylan Sailor
1998 Dylan Sailor
1997 Chris Geissmann (Honorable Mention: Rali Konstantinova)
1996 Chris Geissmann
1995 David Chamberlain
1994 Yasmin Syed
1993 John Rundin
1991 Gretchen Schils
1990 Shadi Bartsch
1988 Anthony Corbeill
1985 Dennis L. Andersen
1984 Stephan W. Gruen
1983 Stephan W. Gruen
1982 James Joseph Clauss, Garth Edward Tissol
1980 Susan Margaret Seward
1979 Susan Margaret Seward
1978 Brian Philip Champlin
1976 William Wendell Batstone
1975 Stephan Alfred Berard
1974 Stephan Alfred Berard
1973 Richard V. Hughes
1972 Teresa Carpenter Carp, Blake Michael Goodall
1971 Colin R. Maneely
1970 Teresa Carpenter Carp, Colin R. Maneely
1969 Donald Lee Malone
1968 Kenneth Robert Audroue, Douglas Neal Lacey
1965 Jeffrey Edward Walter
1962 David Nicholas Milton
1960 Glenn Edwards
(records for winners before 1960 not available)
Louis MacKay Prize in Translation of Latin Poetry (1987-2008)
A prize of at least $500 for the best translation into English of a passage of Latin poetry selected by the student. This prize was created with a lump sum to be spent down rather than used as an endowment, and consequently the 2007-2008 competition was the last one.
2008 1st prize Anthony Bello; 2nd prize Cameron Jackson
2007 not awarded
2006 1st prize Wilson Shearin; 2nd prize Darcy Krasne
2005 1st prize Elizabeth Marie Young; 2nd prize Wilson H. Shearin
2004 Elizabeth Marie Young
2003 1st prize William Short; 2nd prize Kimberly Johnson and Darcy Krasne
2002 not awarded
2001 Brian Glaser
2000 1st prize Walter M. Roberts III; 2nd prize Amir Baghdadchi
1998 Kimberly Johnson
1997 Christopher Woolley
1995 Brian Pardini
1993 David Silverman
1992 Ari Juels
1991 William D'Angelo III (Honorable Mention: Barbara Flaschenriem)
1990 Stanley Hoffer, John Paulin; Honorable Mentions Barbara Flaschenriem, David Gewanter, Mahalia Knowles
1987 Gary Rissman-Mathews
J. K. Anderson Travel Award
Established with donations made in honor of Professor John K. Anderson upon his retirement, an award of at least $1500 to support an undergraduate in summer study and travel in classical lands. Preference is given to undergraduate students of Classics and to attendance at summer programs offered by the American School of Classical Studies in Athens and the American Academy in Rome. The term "students of Classics" is meant to include not only declared majors, but also students of Greek, Latin, or Classics who have not (or not yet) declared a major in one of those fields. An announcement of all three travel awards is posted and also circulated each fall and early spring in departmental courses, explaining the application procedure. Deadline is usually around February 15. Awards are made by the Chair on the recommendation of the Undergraduate Advisers.
2013 Maddisen Ravalin; Jacqueline Lee
2012 Gabriel Dietz; Erin Lam
2011 Alexandra Sizemore-Smale, Veronica Lim
2010 Samantha Alford
2009 Joshua Vera
2008 Miriam Rubenson, Sara Laughtin, Aaron Woeste
2007 Stephanie Kimmey, Sara Laughtin, Lindsey Mazurek, Douglas Parada, Rebecca Sauvage, Kurtis Tanaka
2006 Kirstina Bestwick
2005 Kirstina Bestwick
2004 Anthony Bello
2003 Molly Evangeline Allen, Courtney Horstman
2002 Rachel Reyes, Martin Sedeghat, Julie Ann Talbot
2001 David Weinreich
2000 Paavo Monkkonen
1999 Estevan Sifuentes
1998 Kenneth Jones
1997 Jessica Gelber
1996 K. Stewart
1995 Brian Kenny
1994 Ling Hsu
The Dimitrios Vlahos Travel Award
An award to support summer study in Greece for an undergraduate student enrolled in the Department of Classics in the College of Letters and Science. An endowed fund to support this award was established by Elena Vlahu Scott, who earned a B.A. in Classical Languages at Berkeley in 1996, to honor the memory of her late father, Dimitrios Vlahos. To be awarded starting summer 2014 pending sufficient funds.
Morrison Study Abroad Award (no longer available)
Funded during 2001-2007 with the support of a donation from alumnus Martin Morrison, an award to support a undergraduate or graduate summer study and travel in classical lands.
2007 Clara Bosak-Schroeder
2006 Erin Krozek
2005 Patrick Crowley
2004 Abigail Turner
2003 Benjamin Chaika
2002 Amelia Brown, Justin Schwab
2001 Rachel Reyes
Classics Summer Study Abroad Awards
Funded by a departmental endowment, an award to assist undergraduates participate in summer study programs abroad. An announcement of all three travel awards is posted and also circulated each fall and early spring in departmental courses, explaining the application procedure. Deadline is usually around February 15. Awards are made by the Chair on the recommendation of the Undergraduate Advisers.
2013 Stacy Flores; Anna Trejo; Michelle Tarbell
2012 Samantha Alford, Eugene Cunningham, Taylor Pincin, Anna Simas, Jesse Zechnowitz
2011 Erin Lam, Patricia Roberts
2010 Chad Converse, Heather Nievara, Tamela Turner
2009 Chris Bingley, Chad Converse, Sarah Deuitch, Sarah Giffin, Tovah Keynton, Khanh Le, Kurtis Tanaka
2008 Samantha Emmanuel, Sara Hobe, Steven Kenyon, Leslie Lemire, Glory Liu, Lindsey Mazurek, Nicholas Parker, Kalie Sacco, Curtis Tanaka
2007 Lisa Noel Chrisman, Amy Pistone
2006 Megan Dubois, Sara Laughtin, Sonya Marrus
Corinne S. Crawford Graduate Research Award
Funded by the Corinne S. Crawford Memorial Graduate Student Support Fund, an endowment created in honor or Corinne Crawford (1980-2007), an outstanding graduate student who died tragically in a traffic accident. Intended to support graduate students in classical studies, with a preference for those pursuing a specialization in Roman studies. The two preferred uses of the award will be for travel to Roman lands for research and study and/or for final dissertation-year support. The recipient is selected by the Chair after consultation with the Committee on Graduate Admissions and Fellowships. First awarded in 2008.
2013 Rachel Lesser
2012
2011 Elizabeth Wueste
2010 Rachel Lesser
2009 Tom Hendrickson
2008 Stephanie Pearson
Outstanding GSI Awards
Awarded by Graduate Division on the recommendation of the Department to two or three GSIs teaching in the current academic year who have demonstrated excellence in teaching in a variety of classes. See the Department's statement of criteria and procedures.
