The 1999 Awards Convocation on May 5 in Huntington Hall recognized achievements over the past year in many areas. The awards and the recipients are as follows.
William L. Stewart Jr. Awards--for contributions by an individual student or student organizations to extracurricular activities and events during the preceding year
Ritu Gupta '99, biology, Merrimack, NH
Aaron D. Winthers '99, mechanical engineering, Willinboro, NJ
Douglas E. Heimburger '00, management, Riverview, FL
Rita H. Lin '00, chemical engineering, Scarsdale, NY
Brian Schneider G, biology, Cambridge, MA
The Nightline group
Service
Priscilla King Gray Award for Public Service--for an undergraduate exceptionally committed to public service at MIT and its surrounding communities
Jennifer A. Kelly '99, brain and cognitive sciences, New Rochelle, NY
James N. Murphy Award--for an employee whose spirit and loyalty exemplify inspired and dedicated service, especially with regard to students
Daniel T. Engelhardt, Office of Academic Services
Carol Phillips, Department of Chemical Engineering
Gordon Y Billard Award--for special service of outstanding merit performed for the Institute
John D. Corley Jr., lecturer in music and theater arts
Stephen C. Graves, Abraham Siegel Professor of Management at the Sloan School and co-director of the Leaders for Manufacturing program
Dawn C. Metcalf, social worker in the Medical Department
Karl Taylor Compton Prizes--for achievements in citizenship and devotion to the welfare of MIT
Van L. Chu '99, literature, New Brunswick, NJ
Maisha K. Gray '99, materials science and engineering, San Francisco
Jeremy D. Sher '99, mathematics, McLean, VA
Education
Irwin Sizer Award for the Most Significant Improvement in MIT Education
Lecturer Peter Dourmashkin of the Experimental Study Group
Frank E. Perkins Award--for an excellent advisor and mentor for graduate students
Professor Markus Zahn of electrical engineering and computer science (EECS)
Professor Stephen Van Evera of political science.
Graduate Student Council Teaching Awards--for excellence in teaching, particularly with respect to the teaching of and interaction with graduate students
Axel Van Der Walle, materials science and engineeering graduate student
Professor Neil A. Gershenfeld of the Program in Media Arts and Sciences
The Goodwin Medal--for a graduate student whose performance of teaching duties is "conspicuously effective over and above ordinary excellence"
Babak Ayazifar, EECS, Cambridge, MA
Marc D. Paradis, brain and cognitive sciences, Waban, MA
The Everett Moore Baker Memorial Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Assistant Professor Daniel Frey of aeronautics and astronautics
Bose Award for Excellence in Teaching
Professor Herbert H. Einstein of civil and environmental engineering
Arthur C. Smith Award--for a faculty member for meaningful contributions and devotion to undergraduate student life at MIT
Associate Professor Patricia J. Culligan of civil and environmental engineering
Kristen E. Finnegan Prize--for a graduate student that helps undergraduates improve their writing skills
Saleem H. Ali, a graduate student in urban studies and planning from New Bedford, MA
Women and minorities
Albert G. Hill Prize--for a minority junior or senior who has maintained high academic standards and made continued contributions to the improvement of the quality of life for minorities at MIT
Dolores Cruz '00, chemical engineering, Amherst, MA
Jason R. Dailey '99, management, Houston, TX
Laya W. Wiesner Award--for the undergraduate woman student who has most enhanced MIT community life
May K. Tse '99, EECS, La Puente, CA, a senior in EECS
Association of MIT Alumnae (AMITA) Senior Academic Award--for a woman who has demonstrated the highest level of academic excellence through coursework and related professional activities at MIT
Lisa R. Kinder '99, materials science and engineering, Charleston, WV
FSILGs
James R. Killian Jr. Community Service Award--for the fraternity with the most outstanding community service program
Phi Delta Theta
Order of Omega New Member Education Award--for the Interfraternity Council member organization that has implemented the most outstanding pledge/new member education program
Theta Chi
Reid Weedon '41 Alumni Relations Award--for the independent living group that has promoted the greatest interactions between its members and alumni/ae
Delta Upsilon
Frederick Gardiner Fassett Jr. Awards--for the male and female members of the Interfraternity Council who have unselfishly demonstrated the qualities of spirit, dedication and service in furthering the ideals of MIT fraternity brotherhood and sisterhood
Katherine E. Hardacre '99, Delta Psi, San Diego, CA
Duane Dreger '99, Sigma Nu, North Ridgeville, OH
A version of this article appeared in the June 2, 1999 issue of MIT Tech Talk (Volume 43, Number 32).
