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Awards Convocation

President Susan Hockfield presents members of MIT-EMS with the Karl Taylor Compton Prize on May 5.
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President Susan Hockfield presents members of MIT-EMS with the Karl Taylor Compton Prize on May 5.
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Photo / William B. Yee
Chancellor Phillip L. Clay with one of the Albert G. Hill Prize recipients Kristin Rose '10.
Caption:
Chancellor Phillip L. Clay with one of the Albert G. Hill Prize recipients Kristin Rose '10.
Credits:
Photo / William B. Yee

Awards presented at the MIT Awards Convocation on May 5, 2009:

Arthur C. Smith Award
- Charles H. Stewart III, the Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political Science

Earll M. Murman Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising
- Robert W. Field, Haslam and Dewey Professor of Chemistry

Bose Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Vladimir Bulovic, the KDD Associate Professor of Communications and Technology

Everett Moore Baker Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
- Scott Manalis, associate professor of biological and mechanical engineering

Graduate Student Council Teaching Awards
- Douglas Fearing G, Cambridge, Mass.
- Jinhau Zhao G, Shandong Province, China
- Alejandra Uranga Cabrera G, Cambridge, Mass.

Goodwin Medal
- Barry Kudrowitz G, Delray Beach, Fla.

Frank E. Perkins Award
- Philip Gschwend, Ford Professor of Engineering

Edward L. Horton Fellowship
- Edgerton House Association

Howard W. Johnson Award
- Jimmy Bartolotta '09, Littleton, Colo.

Betsy Schumaker Woman Athlete of the Year
- Julia Zimmerman '09, Chicago, Ill.

Malcolm G. Kispert Award
- Alex May '10, Des Moines, Iowa
- James Oleinik '09, Ellicott City, Md.

Harold J. Pettegrove Award
- Paul Blascovich '09, Harrisburg, Pa.

D. Reid Weedon Award
- Kappa Sigma
- Alpha Chi Omega
- Honorable mention: Phi Delta Theta
- Honorable mention: Sigma Phi Epsilon

Frederick Gardner Fassett Jr. Award
- Tiffany Guo '09, Lagrange, Ohio
- David Hutchings '10, Corner Brook, Newfoundland

William L. Stewart Jr. Award
- Johnathan Cromwell '09, Santa Clarita, Calif.
- Adlai Grayson '10, Opa Locka, Fla.
- Ankur Sinha G, New Delhi, India
- Wendi Zhang '09, Pearland, Texas
- Chinese Students & Scholars Association

Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts
- Michael R. Miller '09, West Roxbury, Mass.

Laya & Jerome Wiesner Art Award
- Samuel Kronick '09, Chaska, Minn.
- Simone Ovsey '10, Northridge, Calif.
- MIT Salsa Club

Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts
- 1st prize: Matthew Mazzotta G, Boston, Mass.
- 2nd prize: Jay Silver G, Boston, Mass.
- Third prize: Jess Wheelock G, Simpsonville, S.C.
- Honorable mention: Leah Brunetto '12, Cambridge, Mass.

Ronald E. McNair Scholarship Award
- Aisha Bobb-Semple '09, New Haven, Conn.
- Matthew Gethers '09, Waterbury, Conn.
- Timan Goshit '09, Bronx, N.Y.
- Brandon Reese '09, Alpharetta, Ga.

Patrick E. McGovern Entrepreneurship Award
- MIT Energy Club (Amy M. Fazen, Lara Pierpoint, Pedro Santos, Marcio von Muhlen)

John S.W. Kellett '47 Award
- Adlai Grayson '10, Opa Locka, Fla.
- Ashley Davis '09, Danville, Va.

AMITA Award
- Annelise Beck '09, Minnetrista, Minn.
- Kathleen Xie '09, N. Billerica, Mass.

Albert G. Hill Prize
- Jeremy McGee '09, Snelville, Ga.
- Willie Mae Reese '10, Carlsbad, N.M.
- Kristin Rose '10, Wellington, Fla.

James N. Murphy Award
- Joseph R. Graham, Housing
- Kenneth McRitchie, DAPER Recreational Sports

Priscilla King Gray Award for Public Service
- Grace Lee '10, Potomac, Md.
- Tish Scolnik '10, Waccabuc, N.Y.

Laya Wiesner Community Award
- Barbara D. Smith, administrative assistant, mechanical engineering

Laya Wiesner Award
- Fiona Hughes '09, Albuquerque, N.M.

Gordon Y Billard Award
- Lotte Bailyn, professor of management, emerita
- John Deutch, Institute Professor
- Gerald Wilson, EECS professor

Karl Taylor Compton Prize
- Arjun Naskar '09, Los Altos Hills, Calif.
- Robert Y. Wang G, Suwanee, Ga.
- MIT - EMS

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on June 3, 2009 (download PDF).

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