The Graduate School’s John Addison Porter Prize was presented to two students this year at Commencement. The prize was established in 1872 by the Kingsley Trust Association — The Scroll and Key Society — in honor of Professor John Addison Porter. It is awarded for “a work of scholarship in any field where it is possible, through original effort, to gather and relate facts or principles or both and to make the product of general human interest.”
This year’s recipients are:
Karl H. Jacoby ‘97 Ph.D., who received the prize for his dissertation “The Recreation of Nature: A Social and Environmental History of American Conservation, 1872-1919.”
Jennifer Price ‘98 Ph.D., who won the award for her dissertation “Flight Maps: Encounters with Nature in Modern American Culture.”
Field Prize
The Theron Rockwell Field Prize for a poetic, literary or religious work by any Yale student has been awarded this year to two students. The Field Prize was established in 1957 by Emilia R. Field in memory of her husband, who was a member of the Class of 1889.
This year’s recipients are:
Stephen B. Chapman, ‘97 Ph.D., who received the award for his dissertation “The Law and the Prophets: A Study in Old Testament Canon Formation.”
Jordan Elias, ‘98 B.A., was given the prize for his senior essay, titled “I Still Hope More Than I Fear: Alexis de Tocqueville’s Dark Vision and Spiritual Solution.”
