McPherson Award trophies

McPherson Celebration Honors Students, Faculty, Staff

Joyous, poignant and fun, thanks in part to Professor George Boyer’s annual ILR-themed haiku, the annual McPherson Awards celebration was held Thursday at the Statler Hotel.

Opening remarks were made by ILR Dean Alexander Colvin, Ph.D. '99, the Kenneth F. Kahn '69 Dean and the Martin F. Scheinman '75, M.S. '76, Professor of Conflict Resolution. 

The names of award recipients were presented by Kevin F. Harris, Frank B. Miller Director of Student Services. George R. Boyer, the Martin P. Catherwood Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations, presented the teaching awards.

2023-24 McPherson Award winners

Student awards and those who received them include:

James E. McPherson Scholarship

·      Sheldon Ennis 

SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence

·      Margot Treadwell 

·      Grace Kwon 

Merrill Presidential Scholars

·      Margot Treadwell 

·      Grace Kwon 

·      Lily Mackey 

Lekshmy Venugopal and Naveen Sharma
Lekshmy Venugopal and Naveen Sharma won the David B. Lipsky Award for Conflict Resolution, Impact & Excellence.

David B. Lipsky Award for Conflict Resolution, Impact & Excellence

·      Undergraduate – Naveen Sharma 

·      Graduate – Lekshmy Venugopal 

Eric Lawrence Ehrenberg Memorial Prize

·      Connor Campbell-Diehl 

·      Tatio Paige daCosta 

Ron Ehrenberg and Paige DeCosta
Ron Ehrenberg, Paige DeCosta and Randy Ehrenberg. 

Virginia Freeman Memorial Prize

·      Grace Kwon 

Daniel Alpern Memorial Prize

·      Alexa Cooper 

James Campbell Memorial Award

·      Sarah McIlroy 

·      Ximena Chafloque 

Irving M. Ives Felix Kaufman-Sophie Seidenberg Memorial Senior Award

·      Luke Hartigan 

John O’Donnell Prize in Labor Law

·      Robert Farbman 

Steven Spencer Memorial Award

·      Emily Mason 

Professor James A. Gross Award

·      Alex Herazy 

Salvatore Family Prize in ILR

·      Jesusla Sinfort 

·      Erin Fennessy 

Joel Seidman Memorial Prize

·      Undergrad – Josephine Mentry 

·      Grad – Nelson Dragsbaek 


Faculty and staff awards and those receiving them include:
 

MacIntrye Award for Exemplary Teaching & Advising

·      Christina Homrighouse (undergraduate students)

·      Eli Friedman (graduate students)

Christina Homrighouse
Christina Homrighouse won the MacIntrye Award for Exemplary Teaching & Advising for undergraduate students. 

General Mills Award for Exemplary Graduate Assistant Teaching

·       Daniel Bromberg 

·      Rachel Schlund 

Robert N. Stern Award for Teaching & Mentoring

·      Virginia Doellgast 

Martha L. Smith Award for Staff Advising & Mentoring

·      Lizzie Cushing 

·      Marissa Porter 

Lou Jean Fleron Award for Engaged Learning

·      Kristin Ksiazek 

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