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Dean of Faculty Pat Reynolds presents the Fillius/Drown Prize to Hannah Schacter '12.

Students Awarded Prizes, Scholarships at Class & Charter Day

Hannah Schacter '12 and Mary Phillips '11 Receive Top Prizes

May 6, 2011 

Academic achievement prizes, prize scholarships and other recognition of student accomplishments were awarded at Hamilton's 61st annual Class & Charter Day convocation on Friday, May 6, in the Chapel. Among the top prizes, Hannah Schacter ’12 was awarded the Milton F. Fillius Jr. /Joseph Drown Prize Scholarship, and Mary Phillips ’11 was named the recipient of the James Soper Merrill Prize.

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Betsy Jensen, Doran Larson, Russell Marcus and Anne Lacsamana.

Teaching Awards Presented at Class & Charter Day

Jensen, Larson, Lacsamana and Marcus Honored

May 6, 2011 

Hamilton’s highest awards for teaching were presented at Class & Charter Day on May 6 to  Professor of Economics Elizabeth Jensen, Professor of English and Creative Writing Doran Larson, Associate Professor of Women’s Studies Anne Lacsamana and Assistant Professor of Philosophy Russell Marcus. Frank Anechiarico '71, the Maynard-Knox Professor of Government and Law, was presented with the Sidney Wertimer Award by the Student Assembly.

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Chad Williams, Steve Yao, Bonnie Urciuoli and Steve Wu.

Four Receive Dean's Scholarly Achievement Awards

Urciuoli, Yao, Williams and Wu Honored

May 6, 2011 

Four members of the Hamilton faculty were recognized for their research and creative successes through the Dean's Scholarly Achievement Awards at Class & Charter Day on Friday, May 6. The awards were established in three categories by former Dean of Faculty Joe Urgo in 2008.

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John O'Neill, the Edmund A. LeFevre Professor of English Emeritus, holds up a copy of Essentials of Writing: The Hamilton College Style Guide. The cover displays portraits of nine of Hamilton’s writers, from Ezra Pound 1905 to Kamila Shamsie '94. 

O'Neill talks about some of the writers he's known in the Hamilton community in his speech titled, “A Nest of Singing Birds”: Writers at Hamilton.

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Jacobus Van Der Ven '11 and Knute Gailor '13 usher the Class of 2011 into the Chapel
Jacobus Van Der Ven '11 and Knute Gailor '13 usher the Class of 2011 into the Chapel
Interim Dean of Faculty and Professor of Biology Patrick Reynolds (left), President Joan Hinde Stewart (right)
Interim Dean of Faculty and Professor of Biology Patrick Reynolds (left), President Joan Hinde Stewart (right)
John O'Neill, the Edmund A. LeFevre Professor of English Emeritus, receives a standing ovation following his remarks
John O'Neill, the Edmund A. LeFevre Professor of English Emeritus, receives a standing ovation following his remarks
Mary Phillips '11, recipient of the James Soper Merrill Prize, is congratulated by Reynolds and Dean of Students Nancy Thompson
Mary Phillips '11, recipient of the James Soper Merrill Prize, is congratulated by Reynolds and Dean of Students Nancy Thompson
Associate Professor of Economics Stephen Wu receives the Notable Year Achievement Award
Associate Professor of Economics Stephen Wu receives the Notable Year Achievement Award
Associate Professor of History Chad Williams receives the Notable Year Achievement Award
Associate Professor of History Chad Williams receives the Notable Year Achievement Award
Professor of English Steven Yao receives the Early Career Achievement Award
Professor of English Steven Yao receives the Early Career Achievement Award
Assistant Professor of Philosophy Russell Marcus receives the John R. Hatch Excellence in Teaching Award from Reynolds
Assistant Professor of Philosophy Russell Marcus receives the John R. Hatch Excellence in Teaching Award from Reynolds
Associate Professor of Women's Studies Anne Lacsamana, recipient of The Class of 1963 Excellence in Teaching Award
Associate Professor of Women's Studies Anne Lacsamana, recipient of The Class of 1963 Excellence in Teaching Award
Professor of Economics Elizabeth Jensen receives the Christian A. Johnson Professorship
Professor of Economics Elizabeth Jensen receives the Christian A. Johnson Professorship
Professor of English and Creative Writing Doran Larson, recipient of the Samuel & Helen Lang Prize for Excellence in Teaching (left), congratulates Associate Professor of English Steven Yao, recipient of the Early Career Achievement Award
Professor of English and Creative Writing Doran Larson, recipient of the Samuel & Helen Lang Prize for Excellence in Teaching (left), congratulates Associate Professor of English Steven Yao, recipient of the Early Career Achievement Award
Frank Anechiarico '71, the Maynard-Knox Professor of Government and Law, was presented with the Sidney Wertimer Award by Student Assembly President Knute Gailor '13
Frank Anechiarico '71, the Maynard-Knox Professor of Government and Law, was presented with the Sidney Wertimer Award by Student Assembly President Knute Gailor '13
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