Award Recipients
The Richard Campbell Smith Memorial Award for Excellence in Philosophy
The Richard Campbell Smith Memorial Award for Excellence in Philosophy was established by the Department of Philosophy in 1974 to recognize an outstanding undergraduate philosophy major. Since 2019, winners of this award have been recognized by the Faculty specifically for their overall contribution to the mission and activities of the Department.
1974-75: George W. Shields III
1975-76: Bennett B. Young
1976-77: Kathleen P. Anderson
1977-78: Catherine M. Ford
1978-79: Robert J. Busch
1979-80: Joseph E. Conroy, Jr.
1980-81: Byron Edward Leet
1981-82: Mary Janice Lintner
1982-83: Steven Douglas Ford
1983-84: Robert Michael Johmann & Mary Alexandra Rohleder
1984-85: Douglas G. Thiel
1985-86: Andrea J. Reed
1986-87: William Lyons Bronson
1987-88: Robert Porter White
1988-89: Danny Nicholas Bension & Joel Evans Gibson
1989-90: Timothy Michael Toole
1990-91: Katherine Ann Kingren
1991-92: Melissa Marie Horrar
1992-93: Philip Lynn Collins
1993-94: Elizabeth Juarez
1994-95: John W. Tolbert, III
1995-96: Karen Alexander Fearing & Evan Riley
1996-97: J. Matthew Osborn
1997-98: James T. Adams & Elizabeth Butterfield
1998-99: Anthony Cecil
1999-2000: Carl Stuck
2000-01: Andrea Taylor
2001-02 Danielle Hess
2002-03: Joel Adams
2003-04: Elizabeth “Shae” Bryant
2004-05: Erin Elizabeth Brady
2005-06: Brandon Harwood & Claire Parsons
2006-07: Byron Gary & Adam Richardson
2007-08: Jacob Goessling & David Golemboski & Jessica Haywood
2008-09: Joseph Cash & Sarah Payne & Pamela Slack
2009-10: Rob Merriman
2010-11: Caleb Pittman
2011-12: Ethan Post & Riley Martin & Bobby Rich
2012-13: Alexandra Farrell
2013-14: Rebecca Peek & Jason Landis
2014-15: Heather Stewart & Lashawn Ford
2015-16: Jacquelyn Ha
2016-17: Zachary Smith
2017-18: Bethani Massey & Nathan Viner
2018-19: Jeremy Kwame Jackson
2019-20: Kaiya Nieporte Linkugel
2020-21: Micah Castanon
2021-22: Alexa Ecarma
2022-23: Ryan Apperson
The Richard L. Barber Endowment
From 1990-2002 the Richard L. Barber Award was bestowed upon the MA student who best exemplified academic achievement in Philosophy. Since 2019, the Barber Award has been bestowed specifically upon the graduating senior who best exemplified academic achievement in the Philosophy major.
1990: Teresa L. Cantrell
1991: Michael J. Domzalski
1992: Eric J. Dorkin
1993: Barry L. Padgett
1994: Sarah E. Worth
1995: Linette Lowe
1996: Angela Yesh
1997: Karen Alexander Fearing
1998: Christopher Poche
1999: Ross Colby
2000: James Toney
2001: Jay Kraus
2002: Darron Chapman & Earl Vandiver
2019: Alex Tackett
2020: Anna Carter & Celia Claire Cusick
2021: Kara Medley
2022: Samuel Embry
2023: Carolann Cockerill
