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Bowdoin Prizes

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42:, AB 1745, prizes are offered to students at the university in graduate and undergraduate categories for essays in the English language, in the natural sciences, in Greek and in Latin. Each winner of a Bowdoin Prize receives, in addition to a sum of money, a medal, a certificate and their name printed in the commencement program. 484: 453: 118: 489: 344: 147: 432: 114: 50:
The award was established in 1791, and past winners include (with year of award and professional highlights):
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Ralph Jay Hexter, 1974, professor of classics and comparative literature and provost of UC Davis
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undergraduate and graduate students. From the income of the bequest of Governor
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Awards by university and college in the United States
297:, 1988, historian and president of Occidental College 75:, 1835 and 1836, Transcendentalist essayist and poet 99:, 1851, prolific author of "rags to riches" novels 252:, 1974, professor of sociology and public affairs 222:, 1959, Marshall Scholar, political philosopher 8: 456:. Universityofcalifornia.edu. Archived from 240:, 1966 and 1967, political science professor 391:"Bowdoin Prizes for Undergraduate Students" 27:Awards given to Harvard University students 273:, 1976, Chief Justice of the United States 261:, 1975, sex researcher and psychobiologist 69:, 1830 and 1832, politician and US Senator 57:, 1815, historian and president of Harvard 333:, 2000, author and conservation biologist 228:, 1960, Palestinian essayist and academic 34:are prestigious awards given annually to 321:, 1995 and 1999, academic and journalist 186:, 1941, attorney and civil rights leader 368: 405:"Bowdoin Prizes for Graduate Students" 216:, 1957 and 1958, historian of science 87:, 1838 and 1839, author and historian 7: 309:, 1991, literary and cultural critic 285:, 1979, molecular and microbiologist 63:, 1820 and 1821, essayist and poet 25: 303:, 1988, physician and sociologist 119:Howard University School of Law 279:, 1978 and 1981, ethnobotanist 117:, 1870, statesman and dean of 1: 192:, 1947, teacher, author, monk 81:, 1837, lawyer and politician 435:. Thecrimson.com. 2013-10-17 174:, 1941, historian of science 156:, 1934, president of Harvard 105:, 1858, historian and author 506: 345:US presidential candidate 343:bestselling author, and 115:Richard Theodore Greener 271:John Glover Roberts Jr. 301:Nicholas A. Christakis 246:, 1970, astrophysicist 180:, 1941, neuroscientist 124:George Lyman Kittredge 79:Richard Henry Dana Jr. 267:, 1975, mathematician 198:, 1949, art historian 419:"Prize Descriptions" 377:"Prize Descriptions" 291:, 1986, entomologist 190:Constantine Cavarnos 319:William Pannapacker 232:James Samuel Gordon 85:Edward Everett Hale 61:Ralph Waldo Emerson 490:Harvard University 357:Harvard University 283:Richard H. Ebright 160:Daniel J. Boorstin 150:, 1933, journalist 46:Notable recipients 36:Harvard University 259:James D. Weinrich 202:Christopher Lasch 136:R. Nathaniel Dett 130:Alain LeRoy Locke 97:Horatio Alger Jr. 16:(Redirected from 497: 469: 468: 466: 465: 450: 444: 443: 441: 440: 429: 423: 422: 415: 409: 408: 401: 395: 394: 387: 381: 380: 373: 265:Robert W. Brooks 238:Patrick T. Riley 172:I. Bernard Cohen 138:, 1920, composer 109:James C. Fernald 91:Charles L. Flint 21: 505: 504: 500: 499: 498: 496: 495: 494: 475: 474: 473: 472: 463: 461: 452: 451: 447: 438: 436: 431: 430: 426: 417: 416: 412: 403: 402: 398: 389: 388: 384: 375: 374: 370: 365: 353: 337:Vivek Ramaswamy 295:Jonathan Veitch 289:Mark W. Moffett 244:Robert Kirshner 220:Larry Siedentop 178:Robert Galambos 48: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 503: 501: 493: 492: 487: 477: 476: 471: 470: 445: 424: 410: 396: 382: 367: 366: 364: 361: 360: 359: 352: 349: 348: 347: 341:New York Times 334: 328: 322: 316: 310: 304: 298: 292: 286: 280: 274: 268: 262: 256: 253: 247: 241: 235: 229: 223: 217: 214:Allen G. Debus 211: 210:, 1954, writer 205: 199: 193: 187: 181: 175: 169: 166:Howard Nemerov 163: 157: 151: 148:George Frazier 145: 142:Henry Friendly 139: 133: 127: 121: 112: 106: 100: 94: 88: 82: 76: 70: 67:Charles Sumner 64: 58: 47: 44: 32:Bowdoin Prizes 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 502: 491: 488: 486: 483: 482: 480: 460:on 2012-11-10 459: 455: 454:"Henry Dorra" 449: 446: 434: 428: 425: 420: 414: 411: 406: 400: 397: 392: 386: 383: 378: 372: 369: 362: 358: 355: 354: 350: 346: 342: 338: 335: 332: 329: 326: 323: 320: 317: 314: 311: 308: 305: 302: 299: 296: 293: 290: 287: 284: 281: 278: 277:Paul Alan Cox 275: 272: 269: 266: 263: 260: 257: 254: 251: 248: 245: 242: 239: 236: 233: 230: 227: 224: 221: 218: 215: 212: 209: 206: 203: 200: 197: 194: 191: 188: 185: 182: 179: 176: 173: 170: 167: 164: 161: 158: 155: 152: 149: 146: 143: 140: 137: 134: 131: 128: 125: 122: 120: 116: 113: 110: 107: 104: 101: 98: 95: 92: 89: 86: 83: 80: 77: 74: 71: 68: 65: 62: 59: 56: 53: 52: 51: 45: 43: 41: 40:James Bowdoin 37: 33: 19: 18:Bowdoin prize 462:. Retrieved 458:the original 448: 437:. Retrieved 427: 413: 399: 385: 371: 340: 307:Cyrus Patell 184:Arthur Kinoy 154:Nathan Pusey 55:Jared Sparks 49: 31: 29: 313:Faith Salie 226:Edward Said 208:John Updike 196:Henri Dorra 103:Henry Adams 479:Categories 464:2013-11-07 439:2013-11-07 363:References 325:Mark Greif 250:Paul Starr 73:Jones Very 331:Joe Roman 351:See also 144:, judge 30:The 481:: 467:. 442:. 421:. 407:. 393:. 379:. 20:)

Index

Bowdoin prize
Harvard University
James Bowdoin
Jared Sparks
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Charles Sumner
Jones Very
Richard Henry Dana Jr.
Edward Everett Hale
Charles L. Flint
Horatio Alger Jr.
Henry Adams
James C. Fernald
Richard Theodore Greener
Howard University School of Law
George Lyman Kittredge
Alain LeRoy Locke
R. Nathaniel Dett
Henry Friendly
George Frazier
Nathan Pusey
Daniel J. Boorstin
Howard Nemerov
I. Bernard Cohen
Robert Galambos
Arthur Kinoy
Constantine Cavarnos
Henri Dorra
Christopher Lasch
John Updike

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