2013–2014 The Bulletin - USS at Tufts - Tufts University

Prize Scholarships and Academic Awards >
The Helen Morris Cartwright Memorial Prize is awarded
to that senior who, in the judgment of the Department of
Philosophy, has shown outstanding philosophical ability,
both orally and in writing.
The Theresa McDermott Carzo Award in honor of Theresa
McDermott Carzo, a 1984 graduate of Tufts through the
Resumed Education for Adult Learners Program, is given to
a student in the Resumed Education for Adult Learners
Program who demonstrates a love of learning and the
determination necessary to return to college to complete a
degree despite obstacles.
The Madeline Harrison Caviness Prize, established by the
Department of Art and Art History in honor of our
esteemed senior colleague, will be awarded annually to the
undergraduate major whose senior honors thesis merits
recognition for its intellectual rigor, creativity, and scholarly
promise.
The Mary Grant Charles Prize Scholarship Fund,
established in 1975 by Ralph S. Charles, A’23, and his two
sons, Grant H. Charles, A’51, and Ronald A. Charles, E’57, in
loving memory of wife and mother, Mary Grant Charles, is
awarded to an outstanding undergraduate possessing the
same creative qualities in the writing of prose and poetry as
Mrs. Charles, and preferentially to a student whose writing
reflects an interest in ancestry and genealogy.
The Shirley and Stanley Charm Scholarship in Food and
Biotechnology, established in 1984 by Dr. Stanley Charm,
who was chair of the Chemical Engineering Department
from 1981 to 1985, is used in the Department of Chemical
and Biological Engineering as a stipend for a senior,
graduate, or postdoctoral student who is committed to
study and research in food science or biotechnology.
The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Prize is awarded to a senior who has shown excellence in
chemical engineering studies.
The Chemical Engineering Special Recognition Award
is awarded to a senior who has shown character and
perseverance in achieving high academic standards in
chemical engineering studies while overcoming difficult
circumstances.
The Chinese Language and Literature Prize is awarded
annually to a graduating senior who has demonstrated
excellence in the studies of Chinese language, literature,
and culture.
The Anna Quincy Churchill Prizes in General Biology,
established in 1954 by Dr. Churchill, M’17, a member of the
anatomy department in the Tufts School of Medicine and
Dental Medicine from 1918 until her retirement as assistant
professor emerita in 1954, are awarded annually for
excellence in the study of botany and zoology in the
general biology course.
The Gemma Cifarelli Memorial Scholarship, established
in 1956 by classmates and fellow students in memory of
Gemma Cifarelli of the Class of 1957, is awarded to a junior
who has combined good academic standing with participation
in activities of importance to the university.
The Prize Scholarship of the Class of 1882, founded by
Dr. Arthur Winslow Pierce, A’82, Litt. D.’99, in the name of his
college class, is reserved for an undergraduate student with
great potential for intellectual leadership and creativity.
The Class of 1898 Prizes, from a fund established by the
Class of 1898, are awarded as follows: one prize each to that
student in the College of Liberal Arts, in Jackson College,
and in the College of Engineering who, having completed
two years at Tufts University, has best demonstrated high
scholarly ability together with a wide range of intellectual
interests and competence.
The Class of 1911 Prize Scholarships, from the Class of
1911 Fund, are awarded to seniors of engaging personality
who, from matriculation as freshmen to the senior year,
have, in the judgment of the Committee on Academic
Awards, made most progress as measured both by
academic record and by successful participation in
extracurricular activities of enduring worth.
The Class of 1921—Leonard Carmichael Prize
Scholarship Fund, established through the gifts of
members and friends of the Class of 1921 in honor and
memory of their classmate Leonard Carmichael, seventh
president of Tufts, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution,
and vice president of the National Geographic Society
with special responsibilities for research and exploration, is
awarded by the Department of Psychology to a third-year
student or students whose academic achievements have
been judged as outstanding.
The Class of 1942 Prize Scholarship was founded in 1985
by Elaine and Grant Curtis in honor of the women and men
of the class who served their country, and in particular the
five who served their Alma Mater for more than an
aggregate 125 years (Professor Freeland Abbott, Dean
Grant Curtis, Dr. Nelson Fontneau, Professor Burleigh
Wellington, and William Wells, Esq.). The prize is awarded
annually to seniors considered by other undergraduates,
faculty, or staff as “the most likely to become outstanding
university teachers, counselors, or administrators.” Written
nominations, stressing how the nominee has already
served or contributed to the university, should be sent to
the Faculty Committee on Academic Awards.
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