2018 Skidmore College Honors Convocation

| 18 | ACADEMIC AWARDS HISTORY Alice Farwell Warren Prize Established in honor of Alice Farwell Warren, professor of history, 1937–62, by an anonymous donor, and awarded annually to an outstanding student in history. Jessica Rose Shapiro ’18 Lee History Prize Established in honor of Gladys and Gordon Lee, parents of Patricia-Ann Lee, professor of history, who joined the faculty in 1967, and awarded to an outstanding student in English or European history. The Lees believed in the power of a liberal education to shape and direct not only the individual but the nation. Col. Lee wished to communicate to recipients of the Lee Prize his sense of this educational mission by sharing with them the following quotation: “I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man (or woman) to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices both private and public of peace and war.” —John Milton, Of Education Meaghan Lee McDonald ’18 INTERDISCIPL INARY: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Jo C. Hebard ’69 Memorial Prize Awarded to an outstanding senior who, through academic achievement and community service, demonstrates particular promise of making a significant contribution in the field of health and human services. Langa Bakhuluma-Ncube ’18 INTERDISCIPL INARY: SCIENCE AND ART Joseph Garrison Parker Prize Established in honor of Joseph Garrison Parker, M.D., brother of Cyrena Parker Konecky ’46, and awarded to a junior or senior who not only excels in his or her science major but also shows promise in fine arts and/or music. Samantha Abrams ’19 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Jerome Solomon Ginsberg Memorial Award in International Affairs Established by Professor Roy H. Ginsberg and family in memory of his father, Lt. Jerome Solo- mon Ginsberg (1928–62), who served in the U.S. Army of Occupation in Germany after World War II, and awarded to an international affairs junior or senior for academic excellence in the study of international affairs. Olga Loy Kanyansi ’18