The Olin Undergraduate Diploma and Awards Ceremony is special for many reasons. Certainly, we share and take great pride in the triumph of our exuberant graduates – now prepared and eager to step from the graduation stage into a new phase of their lives. The ceremony is also special because it recognizes and celebrates a small number of outstanding faculty and students whose contributions truly helped define the Olin journey for this class. I am delighted and honored to share with you this year’s 2014 Undergraduate Honors and Awards.
-Dean Gupta
Undergraduate Recipients
Summa Cum Laude
Awarded to the top five percent of the undergraduate Class of 2014 as established by the end of their final semester.
Kyle Joshua Bank
Ariel Rose Berkson
Arushi Bhalla
Danielle Marie Bradshaw
Katherine Jeanne Bush
Jennifer Lauren Cozen
Lyndsey Erin Douglas
Joshua Isaac Jaffe
Se Eun Jeon
Alina Vladimirovna Key
Gregory Lee Porter
Lijia Yu
Magna Cum Laude
Awarded to the top six to fifteen percent of the undergraduate Class of 2014 as established by the end of their final semester.
Michelle Hannah Aranovsky
Bradley Mark Baskir
Nicholas Ren-Jie Brown
Marc Albert Canarick
Stephanie Wing Yee Cheng
Sean Tyler Feng
Jordan Thomas Flink
Magdalena Marie Freier
Alexandra Ludwig Frey
Jordan Bellile Gamble
Brett Jay Goldberg
Jessica Rachel Hassett
Boseura Jeong
Rebecca Joyce Kernodle
Benjamin Michael Lederman
Rae Nicole Lerner
Chun Ngai Li
Jeffrey Yihan Lin
Liya Mo
Alexandra Brooke Orlander
Natalia Lucila Ortega
Michelle Rosetta Romney
Eve Beth Sembler
Alexandra Nicole Sprague
Austin Gabriel Spurlock
Elise Elizabeth Tanner
Branden Miller Wachtel
Timothy Teh-Hsiang Wang
Justin J. Wie
Honors in Management
Awarded to graduating seniors who have completed the honors program.
Karl Bach
Yonatan Barlev
Shiv Kawamura Bery
Jordan Thomas Flink
Ze Gong
Jeffrey Yihan Lin
Liya Mo
Alexandra Brooke Orlander
Gregory Lee Porter
Eve Beth Sembler
Elise Elizabeth Tanner
Michelle Hannah Aranovsky
Powell Niland Prize
Awarded to the graduate with the strongest academic achievement in the areas of operations and manufacturing management. This award is named in honor of Powell Niland, who was a tenured Olin operations and manufacturing management professor from 1957 to 1989 and an Olin professor emeritus from 1989 until 2009.
Kyle Joshua Bank
International Business Student Award
Awarded to the graduate who shows the greatest potential for a career in international business.
Katherine Jeanne Bush
Joseph W. Towle Prize
Awarded to the graduate with the strongest academic achievement and the most potential in the area of organizational leadership. This award is named in honor of Joseph W. Towle, who was a tenured Olin management professor from 1954 to 1975 and a leader among faculty. Well-known in his field, an author and president of the Academy of Management, he established this prize to encourage excellence in the classroom.
Loeb Prize in Leadership
Awarded to a graduate who has shown leadership in undergraduate activities related to Olin Business School and who maintains excellence in scholastic achievement, as judged by his or her classmates. This award is named in honor of Isidor Loeb, who was dean of Washington University’s School of Business and Public Administration (now known as Olin Business School) from 1925 to 1940.
Timothy Hugh Cooney
Outstanding Student Athlete Award
Awarded to a graduate who exhibits strong leadership ability and sportsmanlike conduct.
Jennifer Lauren Cozen
Powell Niland Prize
Awarded to the graduate with the strongest academic achievement in the areas of operations and manufacturing management. This award is named in honor of Powell Niland, who was a tenured Olin operations and manufacturing management professor from 1957 to 1989 and an Olin professor emeritus from 1989 until 2009.
Lyndsey Erin Douglas
Delta Sigma Pi Scholarship Key
Awarded to the graduating student with the highest academic average for four years of study in business administration. The award is given by Delta Sigma Pi, America’s foremost professional fraternity for men and women pursuing careers in business.
Undergraduate Marketing Award
Awarded by the faculty to a graduate for outstanding achievement in the field of marketing.
Joshua Isaac Jaffe
John W. Bowyer Award in Finance
Awarded to the graduate who is considered to have the greatest potential for success in a career in finance, as judged by the finance faculty. The award is named in honor of the late John W. Bowyer, who was a legendary teacher of finance at Olin from 1951 to 1987.
Gregory Lee Porter
John W. Bowyer Award in Finance
Awarded to the graduate who is considered to have the greatest potential for success in a career in finance, as judged by the finance faculty. The award is named in honor of the late John W. Bowyer, who was a legendary teacher of finance at Olin from 1951 to 1987.
Michelle Rosetta Romney
Arthur M. Seltzer Accounting Award
Awarded to recognize an outstanding senior in the area of accounting. Established by Richard Wise, JD ’83, to honor his mentor, Arthur M. Seltzer, BSBA ’62, a successful accountant and financial adviser in St. Louis.
Austin Gabriel Spurlock
Dean’s Special Service Award
Awarded by the dean to recognize students who have rendered extraordinary service to Olin.
Kay Roh Memorial Award
Awarded to a graduate in recognition of his or her contributions to Washington University and/or the St. Louis community through extracurricular or volunteer activities, as judged by his or her classmates. Named to honor Kay Roh, who was awarded her BSBA posthumously in 1991. The award is made possible through the generosity of her parents, Min and Jae Roh, and grandparents Ginger and Jack Woods.
Christina Amrita Sukhu
Dean’s Special Service Award
Awarded by the dean to recognize students who have rendered extraordinary service to Olin.
