Awards and Scholarships

... for Students and Faculty

Many awards are granted by Alpha Chapter each year to students and faculty:

Ann Callahan Chappell Award

Award to the most outstanding PBK initiate in the fall (listed by graduating class)
     2000 Susan Bacon
     2001 K. Elizabeth Colyer
     2002 Hanley Chiang
     2003 Vijay Dondeti
     2004 Claire Wimbush
     2005 Steven M. Lewis
     2006 Laura Elizabeth Smith
     2007 Lauren Nicole Merrill
     2008 Lindsay Gail Gibson
     2009 Kiara Allman
     2010 Irene Morrison-Moncure
     2011 Adam Lerner
     2012 Kiara Savage
     2013 Ashleigh Kemp Ramos
     2014 Alison Roberts
     2015 Isaac Gregory Alty
     2016 Morgan Sedhev
     2017 Elena Claire Amparo
     2018 Jacopo Gliozzi
     2019 Grace Arianna Kier
     2020  Celia Anne Metzger
     2021 Lucy Greenman
     2022 Alton Coston III
     2023 Daniel Posthumus

Lifelong Learner Award

To a community member or organization that demonstrates commitment to the pursuit of knowledge
     2014 The Christopher Wren Association, and its founders R. Wayne & Ruth Kernodle
     2015 Williamsburg Bird Club, and independent scholar and art historian Caroline Williams
     2016 Literacy for Life
2017 Williamsburg Regional Library
     2018 Child Development Resources, and legal scholar and art historian Michèle K. Spike
     2019  Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, and educator Anne Sharp

Recipients of Alpha Chapter’s Lifelong Learner Awards on May 11, 2018. Holding their certificates are legal scholar and art historian Michèle K. Spike to the left and Paul Scott, Executive Director of Child Development Resources of Williamsburg to the right.

Virginia Northcott Brinkley Award

Award for excellence in writing to a spring PBK initiate (listed by graduating class)

2004 Jacob Rooksby
2005 Allison Jack
2006 Jessica Miller
2007 Matthew Sherrill
2008 Kathryn Lee Swanson
2009 James Curtis Staples

Departmental Named Scholarship

One student award of $2000 to the outstanding senior major in a specific department
(rotates among departments and is named after an emeritus faculty member known for dedication to teaching)

2023-2024 Clay Clemens Scholarship in Government awarded to Ariana He
2022-2023 T.J. Cheng Scholarship in Government awarded to Helena Buckman
2021-2022 The Gene Tracy Scholarship in Physics awarded to Carson Stillman
2020-2021 The Raymond McCoy Scholarship in Kinesiology awarded to Derin Kokuuslu
2019-2020 The Katherine K. Preston Scholarship in Music awarded to Tiara Johnson
2018-2019 The John Oakley Scholarship in Classical Studies awarded to Becca Gaborek
2017-2018 The WIlliam Hausman Scholarship in Economics awarded to Meredith Passero
2016-2017 The David Aday Sociology awarded to Nairuti Shastry
2015-2016 The Richard Palmer Scholarship in Theatre awarded to Keaton Hillman
2014-2015 The Norman J. Fashing Scholarship in Biology awarded to Salma Abdel-Raheem
2013-2014 The Jacquelyn Y. McLendon Scholarship in English awarded to Miles Seth Drawdy
2012-2013 The Neill P. Watson Scholarship in Psychology awarded to Susan Morgan Johns
2011-2012 The Clyde A. Haulman Scholarship in Economics awarded to Allison Lee Oldham
2010-2011 The Robert A. Orwoll Scholarship in Chemistry awarded to Elizabeth Pylant Bransford Allen
2009-2010 The Thomas Heacox Scholarship in English awarded to Emily Catherine Fuhrman
2008-2009 The Jim McCord Scholarship in History awarded to Salar Michael Mohandesi
2007-2008 The Alan Ward Scholarship in Government awarded to Jennifer Ashley Hoover
2006-2007 The Pichard Prosl Scholarship in Computer Science awarded to Justin Manweiler
2005-2006 The Miles L. Chappell Scholarship in Art and Art History awarded to John Charleton Hawley
2004-2005 The John McKnight Scholarship in Physics awarded to Dimitar M. Vlassarev
2003-2004 The J. Ward Jones Scholarship in Classical Studies awarded to Emily Tatum
2002-2003 The James C. Livingston Scholarship in Religion awarded to David Raphael Hildebrand
2001-2002 The Gerald H. Johnson Award in Geology awarded to Matthew Adam Pasek
2000-2001 The Margaret Hamilton Award in Government awarded to Christina Lynne Hall
1999-2000 The Charlotte P. Mangum Award in Biology awarded to Kristina Marie Hoke
1998-1999 The Frank B. McDonald Award in Philosophy awarded to Erin Elizabeth Bradham
1997-1998 The Ludwell H. Johnson Award in History awarded to Kathleen Marie Donohue, Anne Yates Marks, Matthew Wayne Shepherd
1996-1997 Alfred R. Armstrong Award in Chemistry Dan Kopp, Kristin Joslyn (1997), David Wilmouth (1996)

Ludwell Johnson Scholarships

Student awards of $1000 or more to PBK or non-PBK students

William Lamb Scholarship

A student award of $2000 or more to a PBK initiate

Jane Williams Mahoney Scholarships

Multiple student awards at $1000 or more

Muriel M. Jennings Scholarships

Multiple student awards at $2000 or more

The John D. Rockefeller Faculty Awards

For the Advancement of Scholarship, a Spring-term award to an outstanding younger scholar
2000 Yana Rodgers, Economics
2001 Anne Rasmussen, Music
2002 Carey Bagdassarian, Chemistry
2003 Lisa Anderson, Economics
2004 Chuck Bailey, Geology
2005 Dan Cristol, Biology
2006 Evgenia Smirni, Computer Science
2007 Ronald Schechter, History
2008 Junping Shi, Mathematics
2009 John Swaddle, Biology
2010 Graham Ousey, Sociology
2011 Gregory Smith, Applied Science
2012 Robert Leventhal, Modern Languages
2013 Josh Burk, Psychology
2014 Konstantinos Orginos, Physics
2015 Erin Minear, English
2016 Todd Thrash, Psychology
2017 Molly Swetnam-Burland, Classical Studies
2018 Jennifer Putzi, English and Women & Gender Studies
     2019 Jonathan Scheerer, Chemistry
     2020 Xu Liu Computer, Science
     2021 James Stern, Law
     2022 Tomayuki Sasaki, Modern Languages, Japanese Studies
     2023 Jessica Paga, Classic Studies
     2023 Christopher Monahan, Physics

For Excellence in Teaching, a Spring-term award to an outstanding teacher on the William & Mary faculty
2000 Tom Heacox, English
2001 Jack Martin, English
2002 Paul Heideman, Biology
2003  Chi-Kwong Li, Mathematics
2004 Brent Owens, Geology
2005 Kate Slevin, Sociology
2006 Phillip Daileader, History
2007 Greg Hancock, Geology
2008 Deborah Morse, English
2009 Silvia Tandeciarz, Modern Languages
2010 Paul Mapp, History
2011 John Griffin, Biology
2012 Barbara Watkinson, Art & Art History
2013 Yanfang Tang, Modern Languages
2014 Richard Palmer, Theatre
2015 Gail McEachron, Education
2016 Elena Prokhorova, Modern Languages
2017 Robert Trent Vinson, History
2018 Nicole Santiago, Art & Art History
     2019 Keith Griffioen, Physics
     2020 Laurie Koloski, History
     2021 Carey Bagdassarian, Interdisciplinary Studies
     2022 Ryan Vinroot, Mathematics
     2023 Dennis Alcides Velazco Smith, Government

Anyone interested in further information or in supporting these efforts should contact

     Professor Peter McHenry
     Treasurer, Alpha Chapter of PBK
     Department of Economics
     William and Mary, Box 8795
     Williamsburg VA 23187-8795
     pmchenry@wm.edu