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CEE gives awards to four

The following awards to seniors in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) were announced by Professor Rafael L. Bras, head of the department.

The Richard Lee Russel Award, given to an outstanding undergraduate who plans to do graduate work at MIT or elsewhere, was awarded to Phoebe Lam of Brossard, Canada, Christopher Marx of San Luis Obispo, CA, and Laurel Schaider of Concord, MA.

The Steinberg Prize to an undergraduate for academic achievement and demonstrable interest in construction management was awarded to Christina Marsh from Fishkill, NY.


A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on June 4, 1997.

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