Cooper-Barnett Prize
Established by Darnell Rucker, professor of philosophy, 1968–91, Joy Barnett Rucker, and friends of Mary Cooper-Barnett, and awarded to an outstanding senior student with a major or combined major in philosophy.
The following factors (not ranked in order of importance) will be considered:
- cumulative GPA in the major
- cumulative GPA in all courses
- courses taken in the department/major
- quality of the senior research work
- achievement and promise for the future
- seriousness of interest in philosophic learning
RECIPIENTS
| YEAR | STUDENT |
|---|---|
| 1981 | Clint Corcoran |
| 1983 | Scott Steffey |
| 1984 | Karl Gerberic |
| 1985 | Jason Gross |
| 1986 | Andrew J. Field & Tom Wickham |
| 1987 | Maximilian Zutty |
| 1988 | Hilary Addington & Peter Meyerson |
| 1989 | Laurel Smith |
| 1990 | Jessica Wahman |
| 1991 | Shaker A. Khayatt, Jr. |
| 1994 | Elizabeth Edwards & William Lewis |
| 1995 | Michelle Messinger |
| 1996 | Sarah Donovan & Lissa Skitol |
| 1997 | Nobuya Ochinero |
| 1999 | Mathew Lee Klane |
| 2000 | Howard Michael Kaplan |
| 2002 | Kyle Joseph Wanberg |
| 2004 | Adam Baxter Murphy |
| 2006 | Emily Dannenberg |
| 2007 | Kevin Arkell |
| 2009 | Bradford Nesbitt |
| 2010 | Jonathan Douglas |
| 2011 | Marisola Xhelili |
| 2012 | Rose Bouboushian |
| 2014 | Henry Kunhardt |
| 2016 | Elaina Aquila |
| 2017 | Dylan MacFarlane |
| 2018 | Elliot Caron-Vera |
| 2019 | Bangxing Huang |
| 2020 | Mya Garcia |
| 2021 | Carolyn Fahrner |
| 2022 | Michael Shriner |
| 2023 | Marley Schmidt |
| 2024 | Finn Freichs |