Prizes by Department or Subject

CHARLES HEBER DICKERMAN MEMORIAL (1939). Herman Press of New York City in memory of Charles H. Dickerman II, Ph.B. 1931. For the best departmental essays by seniors majoring in economics.

ELLINGTON PRIZE (2009). For the best senior essay in finance.

LOUIS F. LAUN AWARD (1970). The Textile Veterans Association. Awarded to a junior or senior majoring in economics for overall excellence in his/her program of study in Yale College.

RICHARD HEGEL PRIZE FOR A SENIOR ESSAY ON NEW HAVEN (2001). Sponsored by the Yale Club of New Haven, the Hegel Prize was awarded for the first time in celebration of Yale’s Tercentennial year. The prize is named in honor of Richard Hegel because of his enduring commitment to the partnership of the University and the City of New Haven. The Hegel Prize is to be awarded for an outstanding senior essay pertaining to the greater New Haven area. Senior essays from any department of Yale College are eligible.

RONALD MELTZER/CORNELIA AWDZIEWICZ ECONOMIC AWARD (1986). Ronald Meltzer and the Evergreen Foundation. For an outstanding senior essay in economics.

WILLIAM M. MASSEE (1972). William Massee. Awarded to a junior or senior majoring in economics whose overall record displays excellence and reflects a concern for the use of economic analysis in examining the problems that confront American and other economies.

WREXHAM PRIZE (1992). Manuscript Society (Wrexham Foundation, Inc.), in memory of Senator Henry John Heinz III, B.A. 1960. For a senior essay or any major essay or piece of writing by an undergraduate in Yale College, in the field of the social sciences, politics, political economy and economics, and emphasizing the link between political and economic ideas, and analysis and public policy. For further information consult the Yale Dean’s Office.