WASHINGTON AND LEE
UNIVERSITY
Awards and Scholarships through
the Department of History
William A. Jenks Award, for the support of W&L graduates
who are undertaking graduate work in European 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.
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
Vann Prize, to a junior or senior who submits a superior paper
in the fields of modern European history or modern European architecture
The Vann
Prize was created in memory of James A. Vann III, a 1961 Washington and
Lee graduate and distinguished historian.
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
Cincinnati Prize, for a superior essay in early American history
The Society of
the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia makes a generous annual grant to
Washington and Lee to be used to invite a distinguished scholar to lecture
on North American history between 1725 and 1825. From time to time
a part of this money is used to award the student author of a superior
paper on this period, or to support faculty research.
2000 Lance Clack
The David C. Thompson, Jr. '96 Award
This award
was established in 1999 by his mother, Midge, and his brother, Jamie, in
memory of David C. Thompson, Jr. , Class of 1996. This award is made by
the Department of History to a graduating senior to support graduate study
in History.
2001 Roman Yuri Koshkin
2000 Emily Schultz
Scholarships
Awarded to outstanding rising senior history majors
since 1991:
The Washington Family Descendant Scholarship Award, for excellence
in American History
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, for excellence
in History
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, for the
Highest GPA in History
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 Jenks Scholarship, new in 1997
2001 Christina Lakatos
2000 Nicholas Ryan-Lang
1999 Steven Straub
1998 Aaron Haberman
1997 Damien Brady
The Christopher Merrill Main Scholarship, new in 1999
2001 John Michael Power
2000 Christina Julian