courses of instruction - Lafayette College

ship, student activities, and promise of
outstanding personal development)
American Society of Mechanical Engi
neering Certificate of Award for Student
Members (given to a student for service to
the Student American Society of Mechani
cal Engineering Section)
American Society of Mechanical Engi
neering Prize (given by the Lehigh Valley
Section of the American Society of Me
chanical Engineering to a senior student
member for service to the section)
American Veterans of World War II,
Korea, and Vietnam Award (presented to
cadets who have displayed a high level of
diligence and discharge of duty and the
willingness to serve both God and country)
Karl J. Ammerman Prize (awarded to the
"most deserving student" in the Mechani
cal Engineering department selected by
the faculty of the department)
AROTC General Dynamics Award
(presented to the Military Science IV Cadet
who has demonstrated both outstanding
scholastic achievement and superb leader
ship ability, and who shows great potential
for a distinguished military career)
Armed Forces Communication and
Electronics Association Award (presented
annually to a cadet in each ROTC unit
who demonstrates excellence in leader
ship and academics)
Association of the United States Army
Military History Award (presented to a
cadet who has demonstrated a strong in
terest in and acumen for the study of mili
tary history. The award is a joint project of
the A.U.S.A. and the U.S. Army Center for
Military History.)
David Fowler Atkins, Jr. Prize (presented
to that student who, in work during the
junior or senior year in the Department of
Religion, gives promise of future useful
ness in service to religious communities.
The Chaplain participates in the award.)
ACADEMIC PROGRAM
Frank Kline Baker Spanish and Latin
American Civilization Award (awarded
to the student who attains the greatest
proficiency in the study of Spanish and
Latin American Civilization)
Benjamin F. Barge Mathematical Prize
(awarded annually to first-year student(s)
or sophomores in recognition of excellence
in mathematics)
Benjamin F. Barge Oratorical Prize
(presented to a member of the senior class
who shall write and pronounce in public
competition an English oration in the best
manner)
Carroll Phillips Bassett Prize (awarded to
senior students deemed most outstanding
by the department of Civil and Environ
mental Engineering)
Paul Bernon Memorial Prize in Sociolo
gy (awarded to the graduating senior
most outstanding in sociology)
Bethlehem Honorary First Defenders
Award (recognizes those cadets who are
designated as distinguished military
graduates)
H. MacKnight Black Poetry and Litera
ture Prize (awarded to the student who
submits the best poem or group of poems
in a contest conducted by the English
department)
Black Studies Scholastic Award (award
ed to a student selected by Black Studies
Program faculty who has demonstrated
academic excellence and potential for
future leadership in American Society)
Sanfurd G. Bluestein '42 Award
(presented anually to a junior planning
a career in medicine who, in the opinion
of the Health Professions Advisory
Committee, has distinguished himself
or herself academically and contributed
to various aspects of college life, espe
cially through participation in athletics,
student government, or music and arts
programs)
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