French & Italian Awards ceremony - April 18, 2008
Welcome from the Chair
Prof.
Sonya Stephens
Grace P. Young Awards
Presenter:
Prof.
Jérôme
Brillaud
Diana
Cervone (PhD student
in French literature)
Kathleen
Gifford (Senior,
French major)
Karen
(Kemmie) Mitzell (Senior, French and
Individualized Major
Program)
Grace P. Young, whose great-grandfather David H. Maxwell was one of the founders of Indiana University, served as an Instructor in French from 1917-1923; and as Professor from 1923 until her retirement in 1956. She collaborated with her husband Bert Young on the publication in 1947 of Le Registre de la Grange, 1659-1685, an account of the theatrical activities of Molière’s troupe. It was through a bequest of copies of the Registre that the Grace P. Young Fund was established in 1970.
Mario and Katrina Vangeli
Award
Presenter: Prof. Jérôme
Brillaud
Arwen Myers (Senior, Vocal Performance major)
The Vangeli Award was established by Professor Edoardo Lèbano and his wife Mary Vangeli Lèbano in 1989 to honor the memory of Captain Mario G. Vangeli, of the US Navy, Mary’s father. He was a graduate of the US Naval Academy in Annapolis and later attended MIT where he earned a Masters Degree in Naval Architecture. After a distinguished Navy career including service in WWII, he became European President of Raythion International. As of 2003, the award also honors the memory of his wife, Katrina Vangeli.
Lander MacClintock
Memorial Award
Presenter: Prof.
Andrea Ciccarelli
Andrea Scapolo (PhD student in Italian)
Lander MacClintock was a professor of both French and Italian in the Department from 1920 to his retirement in 1960. He received BA, MA, and PhD degrees from the University of Chicago and his scholarly works and editions include The Age of Pirandello (1951), Sainte-Beuve’s Critical Theory and Practice, and The Contemporary Drama of Italy. He was a life-long devotee of the arts and music, from his early days of touring with the San Carlos Opera Company to his organization of a special exhibit in conjunction with the Orchestre National of France performing on campus in 1948. The MacClintock award is given in alternate years to a student of French and of Italian.
John K. Hyde Award
Presenter: Prof.
Emanuel Mickel
Laura Birkenbeul (Senior, French and History major)
John Kenneth Hyde received his PhD in French from Indiana University in 1965. He taught at Oberlin College 1962-67 until returning to IU as professor of French from 1967 until his death in 1983. He was particularly interested in teaching French and Quebecois civilization and culture, and also spent time developing the Department’s business French class during the later years of his career. He served as faculty advisor for the French House and as Director of Graduate Studies. The John K. Hyde award was first given in 1985.
Quentin M. Hope Memorial
Award
Presenter: Prof. Emanuel
Mickel
Elizabeth Hathaway (Senior, French and Math major)
Quentin M. Hope was professor of French in the Department of French and Italian from 1956 to 1988, serving as chair from 1965 to 1977. His life-long passion was 17th-century French literature, in particular the writing of Charles de Saint-Evremond, and his PhD thesis at Columbia University explored the work of this French soldier and essayist. He went on to publish two monographs on Evremond as well as many articles on the freethinking libertins.
Mary V. Lèbano
Memorial Award
Presenter: Prof. H.
Wayne Storey
Samantha Schinder (Senior, Italian and Near Eastern Languages & Cultures)
This award was established by Professor Edoardo Lèbano to honor the memory of his wife Mary Vangeli Lèbano, who died on September 8, 2007. Mary, who studied and lived in Italy for extended periods of time, loved Italian language and culture and nourished a sincere interest in the progress made by her husband's students. She would be happy to know that the accomplishments of a deserving student of Italian are recognized through this award.
Albert and Agnes Kuersteiner
Memorial Prize
Presenter: Prof. Kevin Rottet
Anna M. Cox (Junior, French and Italian major)
This award was established in 1980 by IU alumnae Ruth Kuersteiner Fink and Elsa Kuersteiner Martin in memory of their parents, Agnes Duncan Kuersteiner (IU class of 1907) and Dr. Albert Kuersteiner, who was Professor of French here from 1898 until his death in 1917. The award consists of French books selected by the Department and the student.
Peter Cannings Memorial
Prize
Presenter: Prof. Julie
Auger
Francisco (Paco) Montaño (PhD student in French linguistics)
A British citizen, Peter Cannings studied French and linguistics at the School of Economics and Political Science of the University of London and then received a Maîtrise and Doctorat de troisième cycle at the Université de Provence in Aix-en-Provence. He joined the faculty of the Department in 1974 where he distinguished himself as an enthusiastic and creative teacher and a highly talented scholar in theoretical linguistics. He helped found the journal Studies in French Linguistics but did not live to see its first issue published in 1978. His life was cut short at the age of 27 by a car accident after less than four years at IU, in October 1977. His family helped establish this award in his memory.
Charlotte F. Gerrard
Memorial Prize
Presenter: Prof.
Oana Panaïté
Erica Satterthwaite (Senior, French major)
This award honors the memory of Charlotte F. Gerrard, who was a lecturer and professor of French in the Department from 1965 to 2000. She earned her PhD from the University of Pittsburgh in 1966 and was a specialist of 20th century French theatre. In addition to her research and teaching on theatre, she acted in plays as a young student and then directed several readings of French plays during her time at IU. She will be remembered for her love of teaching and her lasting friendships with former students throughout the world.
Italian Associate Instructor
Award
Presenter:
Prof. Colleen Ryan-Scheutz
Anthony Nussmeier (PhD student in Italian)
French Associate Intructor
Awards
Presenter:
Dr. Kelly Sax
Marie-Line
Brunet (MA
student in French literature)
Diana
Cervone (PhD student
in French literature)
Carol Ann Hofstadter
Memorial Scholarships
Presenter: Prof. Douglas
Hofstadter
Gabriela Cepeda
Daniel Hofstadter
Carol Brush studied Italian and art history at Indiana University and in 1977 spent a summer in Bologna, Italy, through an IU exchange program. She adored Italy -- its people, its culture, and its language -- and nine years later returned there for the summer with her husband, IU professor Douglas Hofstadter. One day while dining in a Roman restaurant, they randomly ran into Edoardo Lèbano, Carol's favorite Italian professor, and had a great reunion. In 1993, motivated by their shared love for Italy, Carol and Doug chose to spend Doug's sabbatical year in Trento with their two young children, Danny and Monica, but after just three months there, Carol died very unexpectedly. Despite the tragedy, Doug and the children remained in Trento for the rest of the sabbatical year and as a consequence, Danny and Monica became fluent in Italian -- a gift from their mother. In the wake of Carol's death, her family and friends created a scholarship in her memory, so that more students could discover Bologna and learn to love it as she did.
Gamma Kappa Alpha Italian
Honor Society
Presenter: Prof.
Massimo Scalabrini
Teresa
Bellono (Senior,
French and International
Studies)
Lauren
Claps (Sophomore,
Italian and International
Studies)
Trevor
Reinholt (Junior,
Spanish)
Samantha
Schinder (Senior,
Italian and Near Eastern
Languages & Cultures)
Nicholas
Spagnolo (Senior,
Philosophy)
Phi Beta Kappa Initiates
Presenter:
Prof. Eric MacPhail
Jenna
Devare (Senior,
French and Biochemistry)
Karen
Mitzell (Senior,
French and Individualized
major)
Jessica
Moyer (December
2007 graduate, French
and International Studies)
Julie
Rawe (Senior,
French and Anthropology)
Samantha
Schinder (Senior,
Italian and Near Eastern
Languages & Cultures)
Scholarship Recipients
Presenter: Prof. Marco
Arnaudo
Emily
Prifogle: Elvis
Stahr Distinguished
Senior Award
Mariah
Coley: Palmer-Brandon
Prize
Teresa
Bellono: John
W. Ashton Award and College
Scholarship
Elizabeth
Hathaway: John
W. Ashton Award, Tracy
Owens and Anna Sproull
Owens Memorial Scholarship,
Nancy Weber Scholarship
Alison
Howard: Abel Scholarship,
James Maurer Scholarship
and Dean's Travel Grant
David
Hocker: Malcolm
A. Kochert Scholarship
and Charles & Shirley Stammer
Scholarship
Trustees Teaching Award
Presenter:
Prof. Sonya Stephens
Department of French and Italian
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Last Updated:
01-Jul-2008
Comments: Nancy Stoute
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