Student Awards and Honors in History
The John A. Andrew III Award is given in honor of Professor Andrew, who taught American history at F&M (1973-2000). A renowned scholar, Professor Andrew was deeply involved in the College and the community. His family and friends established this award to recognize a student who exemplifies the commitment to scholarship and service that Professor Andrew embodied. The prize is designed for a rising senior majoring in History or American Studies "who exhibits an outstanding work ethic, interest and enthusiasm in that field of study."
The Charles I. Landis Award is presented to the student writing the best paper on a subject in history produced in the preceding calendar year.
The Frederick C. Schaeffer Prize in History is awarded to the member of the graduating class who has done the most outstanding work in the field of history during his or her college years.
The William Toth Memorial Prize, awarded through 2010, was given to the student with the best work in history during the current academic year.
An Honors in History is awarded to students who fulfill college and department criteria for honors and successfully defend an honors thesis that represents outstanding academic research and writing.
Award Winners Since 1970 and Honors Theses Since 1990
2021-2022
Andrew: Jillian Barger and Erin Maxwell
Landis: Juan Ayala
Schaeffer: You Wu
2020-2021
Andrew: Lydia Shaw
Landis: Jolie Rosenburg
Schaeffer: Ethan Kane and Anna McDonough
Honors:
Jinghan Sun, "A Struggle for Freedom: Medieval English Serfdom and Class Conflicts: 1250 to 1400"
2019-2020
Andrew: Anna Goorevich and Ethan Kane
Landis: Katie Coble
Schaeffer: Elyse Howell and Steven Nicodemo
2018-2019
Andrew: Julie Lim
Landis: Emily Neckes
Schaeffer: Joshua Lieb and Elizabeth Reed
Honors:
Marie Frazer, "The Heart of the Matter: Leonardo da Vinci’s Dissection of the Cardiovascular System”
Joshua Lieb, "A Nation Divided: Lincoln, Emancipation, and the Reunification of the United States"
2017-2018
Andrew: Fadoua Nabih and Lior Wolf
Landis: Jacob Lichtblau
Schaeffer: Joshua Panter
Honors:
Jacob Lichtblau, "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle at War"
2016-2017
Andrew: Wyatt Behringer and Thomas Fogel Burlan
Landis: Alison Renna
Schaeffer: Alicia Depler and Patrick Murphy
2015-2016
Andrew: Susan Spina
Landis: Sarah Craft
Schaeffer: Morgan Gray and Emily Hawk
Honors:
Morgan Catherine Gray, "Many Voices, Many Facets: The Involvement of the Clergy in the Tupac Amaru Rebellion"
2014-2015
Andrew: Emily Hawk
Landis: Morgan Gray and Theodore Riegel
Schaeffer: Jaclyn Kahn
2013-2014
Andrew: Leah Brenner
Landis: Sean Mitchell
Schaeffer: Jeffrey Schlossberg and Alexia Tomlinson
2012-2013
Andrew: Alexia Tomlinson
Landis: Anthony Gruzdis
Schaeffer: Anthony Gruzdis
2011-2012
Andrew: Alexis Teevens
Landis: Andrew Berg and Kyle Wengerter
Schaeffer: Andrew Berg and Fernando Martinez
Honors:
Scott David Salmon, "Colleges in Crisis: An Investigation into American Higher Education During World War I"
2010-2011
Landis: Scott Salmon
Schaeffer: Zachary Strongin
2009-2010
Andrew: Chad D. Wright
Landis: Timothy William Murray
Schaeffer: Thomas C. DeMaio
Toth: Faith A McCarrick
2008-2009
Andrew: Anna R. Lippe and Thomas C. DeMaio
Landis: Andrew R. DeMaio and Caroline E. Lees
Schaeffer: Margaret C. Parr
Toth: Thomas C. DeMaio
Honors:
Elizabeth M. Parks, "The Prostitute, the Soldier and the Individual: The Fight for Morality in World War I Lancaster and Beyond"
Margaret Caroline Parr, "A Neat Little Chapel of Our Own: The Successful Establishment of Methodism in Lancaster County"
2007-2008
Landis: Rebecca Friesland and Melissa Farr
Schaeffer: David Goodman and Melissa Farr
Toth: Elizabeth Parks
Honors:
Nicholas Morrison Gardner, "Cannibals in the Community: The Saga of the Whaleship Essex and Related Accounts"
Peter Frank Svider, "Municipal Public Health Failures and Socioeconomic Differentiation During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic's Spread in Philadelphia"
2006-2007
Landis: Meredith L. Schramm-Strosser, Peter F. Svider
Schaeffer: David J. Najmi, Meredith L. Schramm-Strosser
Toth: Melissa L. Farr
Honors:
Ashley Rachel Kline, "A Struggle for Identity: The Role of Landsmanshaftn in Preserving and Expanding Jewish American Culture”
2005-2006
Landis: Aaron L. Gitlin, Adam M. Kress
Schaeffer: Adam M. Kress
Toth: Aaron L. Gitlin and Andrew C. Yager
Honors:
Andrew Theyken Bench, “The Emergence of the Medieval Family”
Dana Louise Marinin, “Roma di Mussolini: An Ancient Obsession”
James Brett Weber, “The Rice King’s Revolt: The Revolutionary Experience in South Carolina, 1774-1776”
2004-2005
Landis: Christine M. Corkran, Dana Marinin
Schaeffer: Stephanie M. Hill
Toth: Adam M. Kress
Honors:
Christine Marie Corkran, “Defining Political Action: Posters and Graffiti from Paris 1968”
Rajeshwari Dasgupta, “Imagined on Whose Terms? Bengali Nationalist Discourse as Contested Space”
2003-2004
Landis: Stephanie L. Bishop
Schaeffer: Rajeshwari Dasgupta, Amanda R. Schlegel
Toth: Kaitlin R. Borror
Honors:
Sophia Naseemullah, “’Everybody’s War’: The Role of Women in Great Britain During World War II”
Benjamin Tischler, “The Dodgers Move West: A Case Study of American Demography and Economy Following World War II”
2002-2003
Landis: Aaron D. Miller
Schaeffer: David M. Rains, Michael A. Singer
Toth: Amanda R. Schlegel, Joshua L. Warfel
Honors:
Philip Andrew Spiniello, “The History of Women’s Sports at Franklin & Marshall College: The Effect of Title IX”
2001-2002
Landis: Jamie L. Lawton
Schaeffer: William R. Kurau III
Toth: Rajeshwari Dasgupta, Michael A. Singer
2000-2001
Landis: Blair Glencorse
Schaeffer: Ellise D. Cole
Toth: Andrea M. McLin
Honors:
Diana Christina D’Amico, “Politics, Policy, and Paranoia: Education at the Dawn of the Nuclear Age”
1999-2000
Landis: David R. Zimmerman
Schaeffer: Megan E. Kriegstein
Toth: Heather L. Skillings
Honors:
Timothy Edward Brixius, “America’s Dream Highway (The Pennsylvania Turnpike)”
Ana Cristina Gutierrez, “Project Gemini: The Twins Rendezvous”
Simon Grahame Kendall, “The Historikerstreit: The Holocaust, National Identity, and West German Historians, 1986-1987”
Siobhan Kathryn Young, “The Politics of Global Reconstruction in Argentina”
1998-1999
Landis: Janis L. Wallin
Schaeffer: Elizabeth A. Frey
Toth: Paul W. Bracciodieta, Megan E. Kriegstein
Honors:
Timothy Bryan Adelman, “The Art of Generalship: Robert E. Lee and the Battles of Antietam and Gettysburg”
Elizabeth Ann Frey, “The Politics of Strategy: The Luzon/Formosa Debate”
Hilary Nicole Green, “Free Black Resistance to Slavery: A Case of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1804-1851”
1997-1998
Landis: Catherine M. Keller
Schaeffer: Jeffrey M. Long
Toth: Jason D. Eastep
Honors:
Jason Donald Eastep, “Beyond England’s Control: Anglo-American Pirates in the Americas”
Catherine Marie Keller, “Meaning in the Midnight Sun: Midsummer Festivals and the Construction of European Identities”
1996-1997
Landis: Brian R. McCormick
Schaeffer: Danielle A. Kilpatric
Toth: Catherine M. Keller, Nathan A MacIver
Honors:
Danielle Anne Kilpatric, “Immigrants in American Eyes: Native-Born Americans’ Reactions to Immigrants in the Late 19th and Late 20th Centuries”
1995-1996
Landis: Paul A. Gans
Schaeffer: Patrick A. Nickler, Jason E. Oyler
Toth: Christine Morabito
Honors:
Darren Jon Check, “SKINHEADS: Anti-Semitism and the Rise of the Racist Right Warriors”
Bruce Anthony Ong, “Perseverance in the Face of Adversity: The American Soldier During the Ardennes Offensive, 16-19 December 1944”
1994-1995
Landis: Stephen A. Denburg
Schaeffer: David N. Rosenfeld
Toth: Stephen A. Denburg
Honors:
Megan Kathleen Gallagher, “Lancaster Women’s Club, 1880 to 1920”
1993-1994
Landis: Eric B. Smith
Schaeffer: Michael N. Rusignuolo, Erica A. Watkins
Toth: David N. Rosenfield
Honors:
Andrew Thomas Kuhn, “Nowhere to Go: The Political History of Section 936 & Puerto Rico’s Dependence”
Andrew Mark Silver, “The Impact and Influence of the Anerican Press on the Vietnam War: 1961-1963”
1992-1993
Landis: Eric B. Smith, David S. Webber
Schaeffer: Christopher N. Chapman Jr.
Toth: Hicham Aidi, Lisa M. Fontoura
Honors:
Christopher Nead Chapman Jr., “The Harvard Brain Deaf Committee: Politics and Philosophy in the Definition of Death”
Gregory August Spellmeyer, “The Congress of Vienna: A Colossal Magnum Opus”
David Shepard Webber, “Operation Silver Bayonet: The First Calvary Division’s Battle of the Ia Drang Valley”
1991-1992
Landis: Marianne R. Hicks
Schaeffer: Deborah A. Aziz
Toth: Christopher N. Chapman Jr.
1990-1991
Landis: Brian K. C. Guthrie
Schaeffer: Joel I. Berg, Brian K. C. Guthrie
Toth: Andrew M. Meadow
Honors:
Timothy James Keller, "Conscription and Draft Resistance in Pennsylvania During the Civil War 1861-1865”
Andrew Marc Meadow, “Toleration to Constitutionalism: How England’s Social Contract Theory Evolved From the Theological Arguments for Religious Toleration”
Jeffrey Frank Taffet, “The ‘New Foundation’: Jimmy Carter’s Foreign Policy During the First Two Years of His Administration”
Nancy Roxanne Tobin, “The Rise and Fall of the Greens in West German 1970-1900”
1989-1990
Landis: Timothy J. Keller
Schaeffer: Lynn A. Petrillo
Toth: Jeffrey F. Taffet, Nancy R. Tobin
Honors:
Theodore Brown Gerstein, “The History Of The Soviet Space Program”
Lynn Petrillo, “Nationalism And Communism In Poland, Hungary And Romania, 1945-1980”
1988-1989
Landis: Lynn Petrillo, Christine B. Thompson
Schaeffer: Michael K. Ruhl
Toth: Peter J. Kastor
1987-1988
Landis: Edward B. Rosenthal
Schaeffer: George F. B. Appel
Toth: Peter J. Kastor
1986-1987
Landis: Andrew J. Vorbrich
Schaeffer: Maripat Quirk
Toth: Candace L. Bell
1985-1986
Landis: Patricia Jean Crowley
Schaeffer: Michael Westley Davis
Toth: Gary James Robinson
1984-1985
Landis: Francis James Tennies
Schaeffer: Francis James Tennies
Toth: Michael Westley Davis
1983-1984
Landis: William Scott Ritter
Schaeffer: Kenneth Gary Berkenstock
Toth: Francis James Tennies
1982-1983
Landis: Richard Russell Muller
Schaeffer: Ronald T. Eastridge
Toth: Kenneth Gary Berkenstock
1981-1982
Landis: Kenneth Brian Huber
Schaeffer: Richard Norwood Allman
Toth: Robert Keith Jenner
1980-1981
Landis: Cabell Lacy Kladky
Schaeffer: William C. Schreffler
Toth: Kimberly Anne Galebach, Mildred Mary Whalen
1979-1980
Landis: Clifford Bradley Aaron
Schaeffer: Charles William Ormsby Jr.
Toth: William C. Schreffler
1978-1979
Landis: David C. White
Schaeffer: Cyrus W. Chan
Toth: Lisa H. Wilson
1977-1978
Landis: Frederick H. Smedley
Schaeffer: Abby J. Avroch, Jeffrey E. Frank
Toth: Cyrus W. Chan
1976-1977
Landis: Isaac S. Schreibman
Schaeffer: Peter R. Freed
Toth: Harry A Jacobwitz
1975-1976
Landis: Peter H. Hammell
Schaeffer: Doren R. Greenberg, Harriet L. Leibowitz
Toth: Patricia Nachtrab
1974-1975
Landis: Robert C. Claus
Schaeffer: Michael Dintenfass
Toth: Doren R. Greenberg, Harriet L. Leibowitz
1973-1974
Landis: William W. Adams
Schaeffer: Lawrence J. Bassett
Toth: Richard Ulrych
1972-1973
Landis: Timothy A. Fluck, Jonathon E. Sanders
Schaeffer: Barry J. Ward
Toth: Karen M. Lewis
1971-1972
Landis: Kristine J. Ahlquist, Andrew J. Schnidler
Schaeffer: Jay F. Stein
Toth: Gary H. Solomon
1970-1971
Landis: Peter J. Rickershauser
Schaeffer: Thomas W. Vent, Thomas E. Dann
Toth: Ira J. Weiss, James E. Lapine
1969-1970
Landis: Robert I. Vaile
Schaeffer: Howard P. Segal
Toth: Jon M. Gruber