Economics
Department Scholarships and Awards
Scholarships:
The R. Stanley and Janet O. Laing Endowed Scholarship in the Department of Economics
This scholarship is to be awarded to economics students who have an interest in the applications of high technology, such as the computer, to the advancement of the science of Economics and who have demonstrated financial need.
Laing, a Dayton business executive and consultant and emeritus member of Denison's Board of Trustees, and his wife established the endowed scholarship in 1982.
The Joan Robinson Endowed Scholarship
Named for a pioneer woman economist who was active in the first half of the 20th century, at a time when the economics profession was overwhelmingly dominated by men. This scholarship is to be awarded to the junior or senior woman with financial need who best exemplifies the role of women in furthering the free enterprise system. Individual scholarship, campus activities, and career ambitions shall be considered as criteria for selection.
The Park National Bank Endowed Scholarship in Economics
This scholarship is to be awarded to an Economics major (or majors) doing high quality work.
Awards:
Sperry and Hutchinson Award
Awarded for outstanding achievement in economics and for dedicated service to the department. Monetary awards are made directly to the student(s).
Leland Gordon Prize in Economics
Economics Senior Honors Projects are sent to an outside reader who recommends first place, second place, third place, etc. for the best honors project. Monetary awards are presented directly to students.
Dr. Gordon taught economics at Denison for 32 years, serving as chariman of the department until 1957 and as Senior Professor after 1957. Dr. Gordon officially retired from Denison in 1963 as John E. Harris Professor Emeritus. The Gordon fund was created by Dr. Gordon's students in honor of him. Since Dr. Gordon was interested in research, it was decided that the annual income earned by the fund would be used to benefit economics majors as a result of their honors projects.
Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award
Awarded to an "outstanding student" nominated by the department. The student receives a paperweight and one-year complimentary subscription to The Wall Street Journal.
The Educational Service Bureau of Dow Jones developed The Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award Program in 1948. Since its inception, hundreds of colleges and universities throughout the U.S. have chosen this award to honor students whose academic performance is considered exceptional. Each school receives a wall plaque designed to display the names of ten award winners. Each year a brass name plate, engraved with the winner's name and year of citation, is sent to the school for mounting on the plaque.