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A. Russell Buchanan Award

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Russell Buchanan

This award was created by the UCSB Alumni Association in memory of A. Russell Buchanan, Professor of History from 1936 to 1973. It is presented to a graduating senior majoring in History or History of Public Policy, for superior scholarship, undergraduate achievement, and potential for graduate research and continued success in the field.

Present and previous recipients:

2023
Gracelyn Barmore-Pooley & Keren Zou

2022
Akunna Chilaka

Akunna Chilaka

2021
Irene Rauch

2020
Gabrielle Birog

2019
Kennedy Didier

2018
Penelope Fergison

2017
Andy Coco Chen

2016
Maria Margarita Navarro

2015
Richard Paul Ibarra

2014
Kelsey O’Hagan
Eden Slone

2013
Jacob Owens

2012
Lauren Carpenter

2011
Jonathan M. Bronstein
Mattias E. Fibiger

2010
Rheannon Maxwell
Mitchell Stewart

2009
Risa Katzen

2008
Rennie Morgan Burke

2007
Aaron Laycook

2006
Juan Carlos Ibarra

2005
Linda Chhuom Ngov

2004
Monica Isabel Sanchez

2003
Nelson Richards

2002
Lee Klohr Shaker

2001
Amber Leigh Kelsey

2000
Brian August Bobb

1999
Jesse Joseph Segreto

1998
John William Coleman
Tania Michelle Maync

1997
Sarah Louise Triano
Brendt C. Butler

1996
Christopher Anthony Sleeper

1995
Julie Marie Naughton

1994
Lynn Denise Lampert

1993
Sylvia Helena Linggi

1992
Sandra Hay Biggers

1991
Irene Blanche Seyer

1990
Christine Michelle Adams
Derek Jon Lohuis

1989
Elizabeth Ann McCormick

1988
Cheri M. Rice

1987
Katherine A. Sibley

1986
Shawn T. Lyons

1985
Martha Rose Cody

1984
Gerald Alan Figal

1983
Amy May Nelson

1982
Suzanne Rosen

1981
Laird Foshay

1980
Holly Kraemer

1979
Patrice Petro

1978
Paul Robert Behrens

1977
John DiMugno

1976
Michael W. Binning

1975
T. Stewart Burns

1974
Nancy A. Essenpreis