Endowed in 2001 by Mary Pennywitt Lester G '78. Awarded on occasion to an outstanding dissertation written in History and Culture (formally English literature or modern history and literature).
Year | Awardee |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Jordan Reed |
| 2019 | Heather L. Bennett |
| 2018 | Peter Lee |
| 2017 | Lacey P. Hunter |
| 2016 | Michael Anthony King |
| 2015 | Nicole Anderson Yanoso |
| 2014 | Daniel Moran |
2013 | Michelle Catherine Iden |
2012 | Jenifer Lynn Gundry |
2011 | Stephen G. Butler |
2010 | Maura Grace Harrington |