Washington and Lee University
Awards to Graduates of the Department
Scholarships to Rising Senior Majors in History
The William A. Jenks Award in History, for the support of W&L graduates who are undertaking graduate work in history. The Jenks award was established by former students and friends in honor of William A. Jenks, Kenan Professor of History and a distinguished teacher and scholar of European history at Washington and Lee from 1946 until his retirement in 1983 when he was named professor emeritus. Jenks received his bachelor's degree in history, magna cum laude, from Washington and Lee in 1939, and master's and doctorate degrees in European history from Columbia University.
2012 Alexandra Locking
2011 Alexandra Locking
2010 James S. McKay, Julia L. Miglets, R. Chamberlain Wilson
2009 Wesley B. O'Dell, James S. McKay, Julia L. Miglets, R. Chamberlain Wilson
2008 Randolph Chamberlain Wilson, Lisa Marie Zevorich, Christina E. Petrides
2007 Peter Jones, Rob Policelli, Emily Beth Robideau, Lisa Marie Zevorich
2006 Geoffrey J. Corey Harmon
2005 Lindsay D. Hagerman, Robert A. Policelli
2004 Matthew T. Jacobs, Christina E. Petrides, Robert A. Policelli, Daniel J. Tortora
2003 Christina E. Petrides
2002 Christina Lakatos
2001 Roman Yuri Koshkin, '01 2000 Emily Schulz, '00
2000 Aaron Haberman, '99
1999 Nicholas L. Waddy, '96
1996 Nicholas L. Waddy, '96
1994 Neall MacKenzie, '94
1993 Michael Shelton, '85
1992 Mary Hampson, '92
1991 Tim McMahon, '87
The Christopher Merrill Main '94 History Award This annual prize is named in memory of Christopher Merrill Main, Class of 1994, and is awarded to an exceptional senior who, through the spoken tongue or journalistic or literary expression, has shared his or her humor, wit and storytelling prowess with classmates and professors in contributing to a community where friendship, camaraderie, and goodwill flourish. It is hoped that the recipient be a gregarious History major who has an abiding love for Washington and Lee.
2012 Frederick McCracken Davis
2011 Crighton Allen, Scott Matarese
2010 Jane C. Bouch, Brian E. Devine
2009 Michael R. Kazior, Dmitry Slavin, Samuel T. Wilmoth, Mary Cason Wilson
2008 Seth Richard Bullard, Jacob Henry Dwight Geiger
2007 Andrew Glenn Rothey
2006 Morgan K. Hill
2005 Matthew Layton
2004 Carlos William Apaht
2003 Jeremy Scott Franklin
2002 Andrew Noel Griffith Borda
2001 John Michael Power
2000 Christina Julian
The James A. Vann III '61 Prize in History, is awarded to a junior or senior who submits a superior paper in the field of modern European history or architecture. The Vann Prize was created in memory of James A. Vann III, a 1961 Washington and Lee graduate and distinguished historian.
2012 Elizabeth Monroe King
2011 Gregory C. Franke
2010 Rebecca M. Beeson
2009 Kavita M. DeVaney, Alexandra M. Locking
2006 Charles Fagan
2005 Benjamin Hicks
2004 Kara Beth Coen
2003 Andrew Noel Griffith Borda
2002 Christina Lakatos (Co-Recipient) 2002 Rob Pollicelli (Co-Recipient)
2001 Nicholas Ryan-Lang, '01
1999 Kristoffer Neville
1996 Timothy J. Jenkins and Stephen Thomas Inman
1991 Nicholas Hayes
1990 Lydia Reid
1989 Robert J. Owen
2012 Andrew Joseph Renaldo
2011 Cara Elizabeth Regan
2010 Zachary S. Segall
2009 Seth R. Bullard, Benjamin D. Wilson
2007 Emma Lynn Burris and Lisa Marie Zevorich
2006 Charles Richardson Yates, III
2005 Benjamin Wesley Hicks
2004 Benjamin Nathan Rumley
The Warren M. Wilson Award in African History was established in 1986 by Mr. Anthony M. Wilson and Professor Henry P. Porter Jr. An award was made for the first time at commencement in 1990 and may be awarded annually to a senior for graduate study in African History.
2008 Christopher Keith O'Connor
2003 Kyle Glenn Healy
Scholarships Awarded to outstanding rising senior history majors since 1991:
The Washington Family Descendants Scholarship Award, was established in 1982 by approximately 600 members of the National Society for the purpose of promoting and supporting scholarship in the field of American history. The award is made annually to the rising senior history major who attains the highest grade-point-average following his or her first three years of study.
2012 Joseph Roger Landry
2011 Emily Babcock Ackerman
2010 Daniel D. Van Denburgh
2009 Zachary S. Segall
2008 Wesley Ben O'Dell
2007 Michael Robert Keenan
2006 James S. McKay
2005 Andrew R. Lloyd
2004 Benjamin W. Hicks
2003 Benjamin Nathan Rumley
2002 Andrew Noel Griffith Borda
2001 Amanda Cannon
2000 Nick Stawacz
1999 Suzanne Blum
1998 Aaron Haberman and Michael Leaser
1997 William R. Fendley and William L. Olson
1996 Fritz Berckmueller
1995 James David Stewart III
1994 Nicole Ripkin
1993 Avery K. Rembowski
1992 Mark Van Duesen
1991 Armando Frank Benincasa
The Elizabeth B. Garrett Scholarship in History, is awarded for excellence in History.
2012 Isaac Daniel Webb
2011 Samuel Mercado-Rios
2010 Scott M. Matarese
2009 Jane C. Bouch, Brian Ellis Devine, Rachel C. Langdon, Dalena Grace Moser
2008 Dmitry Slavin, Benjamin Daniel Wilson
2007 James Arthur Madden
2006 Emma L. Burris
2005 Charles Fagan
2004 Susan Claire Somers
2003 Amy Elizabeth Blakeway
2002 Michael Paul Watts
2001 Gerald Lionel Guilbert, Jr.
2000 Ginger Phillips
1999 Matthew Mills
1998 Stephanie Wolfe
1997 Robert T. Russell
1996 Tim Jenkins
1995 Istvan Ajtony Majoros
1994 William Matthew Strock
1993 Brian David Carpenter
1992 James P. Selway III
1991 Carol Elisabeth Steele
The Martin Baldwin Whitaker Memorial Merit Scholarship, was established in 1981 by the family of Martin Baldwin Whitaker and by his former law firm, Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Johnson and Williams of Houston, Texas. The annul award is to be made to a rising senior, majoring in history, who has achieved the highest grade-point average in history courses. Mr. Whitaker was a member of the Class of 1971.
2012 Thomas John Sanford
2011 Andrew Joseph Renaldo
2010 Gregory C. Franke
2009 George Emmett Morgan, IV
2008 Allexandra Mary Locking
2007 William Thomas Campbell
2006 Matthew G. Miller
2005 Elizabeth Davis
2004 Lindsay D. Hagerman
2003 Rebecca Marie Mitchell
2002 Jeffrey Giorgio Merriggi
2001 Amanda Cannon
2000 Nicholas Ryan-Lang
1999 Steven Straub
1998 Adam Storch
1997 Teryn Kiekow
1996 James Stephen Wilson
1995 S. R. Evans
1994 Carrie Alyson Niederer
1993 Laura Kathleen Eastland
1992 Todd Gifford Ammermann
1991 Thomas Daniel Knight
The William A. Jenks Scholarship was established in 1997 in honor of William A. Jenks, teacher, scholar, and mentor, by Tom Angelillo, Class of 1974. The scholarship recognizes the distinguished teaching of this William R. Kenan Professor of History, Emeritus, and is awarded to students of unusual academic merit with strong interest in history and demonstrated financial need.
2012 Nicholas James Castanes and Thomas John Sanford
2011 Katie Gibbs, Charles Richard Westfal
2010 Crighton T. Allen, John F. Kozak, Rhett J. Rayos, Cara E. Regan, and George E. Stephenson
2009 Rebecca Beeson, Kevin T. Corn, T. Michael Craig-Grubbs, Kayla Elizabeth Rowe, Zachary S. Segall
2008 Terrence Michael McKelvey, Julia Lauren Miglets, Sarah Katherine Morris
2007 William Thomas Campbell, Timothy Adam Conway, Randolph Chamberlain Wilson
2006 Lisa M. Zevorich
2005 Melissa Clarke
2004 Benjamin W. Hicks, Susanne M. LaFleur
2003 Rebecca Marie Mitchell
2002 Rory Thomas Gray
2001 Christina Lakatos
2000 Nicholas Ryan-Lang
1999 Steven Straub
1998 Aaron Haberman
1997 Damien Brady
The John Preston Moore III Award was established in 2008 by Anne D. Moore in memory of John Preston Moore III.
2012 Samuel Mercado-Rios
2011 Elizabeth Monroe King
2010 Claire M. Elder
2009 Caitlyn Marie Wilson