awards
MARGEAUX MARIE PELUSI
De La Salle Award
Named in honor of Saint John Baptist de La Salle, the founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and patron saint of teachers. Awarded in the memory of J.A. Graves of the class of 1872 to the graduating senior with the highest record for scholarship and general excellence.
SKYLAR JOSEPH COVICH
James L. Hagerty Award
Named in honor of the illustrious professor of philosophy at Saint Mary’s College for thirty-seven years and alumnus of the class of 1919. Awarded to a graduating senior with an outstanding scholastic record in the School of Liberal Arts.
MEHGAN ELIZABETH COCHRAN
Arthur S. Campbell Award
Named in honor of the notable professor of biology who taught at Saint Mary’s College from 1926–1961. Awarded to the graduating senior with an outstanding scholastic record in the School of Science.
ADAM MICHAEL SULLIVAN
Brother U. Jerome Griffin, F.S.C. Award
Named in honor of the revered Brother Jerome Griffin, who was professor of economics and dean of the School of Economics and Business Administration at Saint Mary’s College for fourteen years. Awarded to a graduating senior with an outstanding scholastic record in the School of Economics and Business Administration.
Departmental Awards
BENJAMIN R. FEINBERG
Henry Rand Hatfield Award
Named for the noted humanist, scholar, and accounting educator, also the first full-time accounting professor in the United States. Awarded to a graduating senior with an outstanding scholastic record as an accounting major.
JOVINA ANN CHAGAS
Rigoberta Menchu Award
Named for the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and campaigner for human rights, especially for indigenous peoples. Awarded to a graduating senior with an outstanding scholastic record as an anthropology/sociology major.
ALONDRA FRANCISCA RODES
Earl W. Smith Award
Named in honor of a famous Bay Area contractor, former regent of the College, and founder of the Earl W. Smith Endowed Chair in Business Administration. Awarded to a graduating senior with an outstanding scholastic record as a business administration major.
MARGEAUX MARIE PELUSI
Byron Bryant Award
Named in memory of a longstanding professor of English and founder of the Department of Communication who taught at Saint Mary’s College from 1955–1984. Awarded to a graduating senior with an outstanding scholastic record as a communication major.
DANILO ALBERTO DE LEON, JR.
Adam Smith Award
Named in memory of the eighteenth-century Scottish philosopher and economist. Awarded to a graduating senior with an outstanding scholastic record as an economics major.
WHITNEY ELIZABETH MEDVED
Brother Leo Meehan, F.S.C. Award
Named in honor of this famous professor of English, poet, writer, and orator who taught at Saint Mary’s College from 1908–1941. Awarded to a graduating senior with an outstanding scholastic record as an English major.
SOPHIE LYNNE DAMEREL
John Muir Award
Named in honor of the Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of the U.S. wilderness. Awarded to a graduating senior with an outstanding scholastic record as an environmental sciences and studies major.
LORENA ARACELI GUTIERREZ
John Dennis Award
Named in honor of a beloved professor, High Potential Program Director, and mentor to many students throughout his twenty-nine years of service at Saint Mary’s College. Awarded to a graduating senior in the High Potential Program for embodying the characteristics of scholarship, service, community, and leadership.
JENNIFER LEANN OSBORNE
St. Thomas Aquinas Award
Named for the celebrated thirteenth-century philosopher, theologian, and doctor of the church. Awarded to a graduating senior with an outstanding scholastic record in the Integral Program.
HELANA MARIE CORDA
Dag Hammarskjold Award
Named for the Swedish diplomat who was Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1953-1961 and 1961 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. Awarded to a graduating senior with an outstanding scholastic record as an international area studies major.
TINA MARIA VINCENT
Edward P. Madigan Award
Named in memory of Saint Mary’s most famous football coach, “Slip” Madigan. Awarded to a graduating senior with an outstanding scholastic record as a kinesiology major.
LISA BACHTOLD
Alfred Fromm Award
Named in honor of the noted Bay Area businessman and former regent of the College. Awarded to a graduating senior with an outstanding scholastic record as a liberal and civic studies program major.
ELLIOT ROSS FEINBERG
Brother Alfred Brousseau, FSC Award
Named after the renowned professor of mathematics and physics who taught at Saint Mary’s from 1930-1941 and 1959-1978, whose special passions included the study of Fibonacci numbers and California wildflowers. Awarded to a graduating senior with an outstanding scholastic record as a math major.
SUZANNE MARIE GUESE
Dante Award
Named for the renowned thirteenth-century Italian statesman and poet, author of the Divine Comedy, the greatest work of poetic literature in the western world. Awarded to a graduating senior with an outstanding scholastic record as a modern languages major.
JILLIAN-ANNE DUFFY
Louis LeFevre Award
Named in honor of this alumnus of the class of 1913, professor, and chairman of the Department of History at Saint Mary’s College for thirty-five years. Awarded to a graduating senior with an outstanding scholastic record as a performing arts major.
THOMAS HALE PLADSON
St. Albertus Magnus Award
Named for the extraordinary thirteenth-century scientist, philosopher, theologian, and doctor of the church. Awarded to a graduating senior with an outstanding scholastic record as a philosophy major.
SKYLAR JOSEPH COVICH
Thomas Jefferson Award
Named for the third president of the United States, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and powerful advocate of liberty. Awarded to a graduating senior with an outstanding scholastic record as a politics major.
ROLAND ERICK SCHMIDT
John XXIII Award
Named for the beloved twentieth-century Pope, most noted for convening the Second Vatican Council-the most historic event in the church in modern times. Awarded to a graduating senior with an outstanding scholastic record as a religious studies major.
NICOLE SUZANNE McCANTS
Jane Addams Award
Named for the sociologist and social activist who co-founded Hull House and was the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize (1931). Awarded to a graduating senior with an outstanding record as a sociology major.
Service Awards
MARIO MENDOZA, SIERRA DAWN TIMMER
George R. McKeon Scholar-Athlete Award
Named in memory of this noted Bay Area developer for whom the College’s McKeon Basketball Pavilion is named. Awarded to one male and one female student distinguished both as outstanding athletes and scholars.
ERIK JON COLOMA
George Robert Milliken Award
Named by William J. Milliken in memory of his brother, George Robert Milliken. Awarded to a graduating senior distinguished for unselfish devotion to student affairs.
JENNIFER LEANN OSBORNE
Brother Mel Anderson, FSC, Mission and Ministry Award
Named in honor of the twenty-sixth and longest serving president of Saint Mary’s College. Awarded to a graduating senior for outstanding commitment to the Lasallian vision of ministry for and with the Saint Mary’s College community.
