courses of instruction - Lafayette College

ACADEMIC PROGRAM
Reserve Officers Association Award (pre
sented to the Military Science II, III, and
IV cadets who have displayed exceptional
leadership and academic performance)
Retired Officers Association Award
(presented to the Military Science II, III, IV
cadets who have displayed exceptional
leadership and academic performance)
Rexroth Prize in German (awarded to a
student for meritorious achievement in
German)
Herbert W. Rogers Prize (awarded to the
outstanding senior psychology major(s)
judged by the department to be the most
deserving)
Dr. & Mrs. David Schwimmer '35 Prize
in Honor of Theodore A. Distler (award
ed to the premedical student who best
represents the humanitarian, cultural, and
scientific qualities required of the true
physician)
Finley W. and Ethelwyne H. Smith Elec
tronic Engineering Prize (awarded to the
electrical engineering senior who has
earned, at the end of the junior year, the
highest cumulative average attained by
any senior who is working for departmen
tal honors with a project in the electronics
or communications field)
Society of American Military Engineers
NYC Post Scholarship (awarded to engi
neering students enrolled in Military Sci
ence to continue their educational studies)
Society for Applied Spectroscopy Prize
(awarded to a senior in the Department of
Chemistry)
Society of the War of 1812 Award
(presented annually to sophomore ROTC
cadets who encourage and demonstrate
the ideals of Americanism by deed, con
duct, or both)
Sons of American Revolution Award
(this award emphasizes the importance of
perpetuating the principles of government
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established by the colonial statesmen. It
honors cadets for outstanding leadership
qualities, military bearing, and excellence)
Carl J. Staska Prize (awarded to a student
who has demonstrated a high degree of
proficiency in chemical laboratory skills)
Superior Cadet Award (awarded to
Military Science cadets who are the top
cadets in their respective ROTC classes)
J. H. Tarbell Award (awarded to a student
who demonstrates an understanding of
financial operations and institutions)
William G. McLean Tau Beta Pi Prize
(awarded to a sophmore engineering
student based on academic performance,
campus citizenship, and professional
orientation)
Paul Tully Memorial Prize (presented
to the student who best exemplifies the
progressive principles of social and politi
cal service democratic ideals to which
Paul Tully devoted his life)
Veterans of Foreign Wars Award
(presented to outstanding cadets who
are actively engaged in the ROTC pro
gram and who possess individual charac
teristics contributing to leadership)
Wall Street Journal Student Achievement
Awards (given to two students whose
academic performance in economics and
business is considered exceptional)
J. Hunt Wilson '05 Prize in Analytical
Chemistry (awarded to the senior
chemistry major with the highest rank
ing in courses and research in analytical
chemistry)
Luther F. Witmer Prize (awarded annual
ly to the senior with the most outstanding
accomplishments in materials science and
engineering)
T. Gordon Yates '29 Award for Swim
ming (awarded annually to the most
improved male and female swimmers)