The Olin Graduate Diploma and Awards Ceremony recognizes and celebrates 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 2015 Graduate Awards and Honors.
The Graduate Diploma and Awards Ceremony will take place on Friday, May 15, at 3:00 p.m. in the Athletic Complex, Field House. The keynote speaker for this event will be Kathy M. Mazzarella, chairman, president, and chief executive officer at Graybar. The student speaker will be Geoffrey Nykin, MBA ’15.
Congratulations to all!
Jason Allan Brown
Milford Bohm Prize in Marketing
Awarded to the graduating MBA student who, in the judgment of the faculty, exhibits the strongest academic achievement and the most potential in the field of marketing. This award was established in honor of Milford Bohm–founder, chairman and CEO of CPI (formerly Rembrandt Studio) from 1942 to 1973–by his wife, Lee Bohm, and their children, Mimi (MBA ’79), David (LA ’78/JD ’84), Rob (MBA ’90) and the late Vicki (EN ’84/SI ’85).
Preston Edward Michael Davis
Dean’s Special Service Award
Awarded by the Dean to recognize MBA students who have rendered extraordinary service to Olin.
Juan Pablo Espinosa
Center for Experiential Learning Impact Award
Recognizes a graduating MBA student who has delivered the highest level of impact to the business and nonprofit communities through Center for Experiential Learning (CEL) and other Olin sponsored programs and activities. Awardees distinguished themselves with exceptional effort and leadership that resulted in demonstrated advancement of the missions and objectives of the organizations and individuals with whom they engaged.
Alaina J. Flowers
Paul Cuffe MBA Award for Outstanding Leadership
Awarded to a graduating African-American MBA student for outstanding leadership, academic excellence, and involvement in Olin extracurricular activities. This award is named in honor of Paul Cuffe, who was one of the most financially successful black Americans at the end of the 18th century. A builder and maritime merchant in New England, Cuffe became a successful blockade runner during the Revolutionary War and an entrepreneur during the early years of American independence.
Grace Kent Goldstein
Dean’s Award for Corporate Social Responsibility
Recognizes the graduating MBA student or student group who has demonstrated outstanding scholarship, leadership and/or practice in the area of corporate social responsibility.
Shreya Gopal
Outstanding Supply Chain Management Student Award
Awarded to the graduating Master of Science in Supply Chain Management student who, in the judgment of the faculty, exhibits the strongest academic achievement and the most potential in the field of supply chain management.
James Warren Johnson
Professional Achievement Award
Awarded to the graduating Professional MBA student who best exemplifies the qualities of integrity, loyalty, intelligence, and high moral character as judged by the faculty.
Christopher Warren Jones
John Wayne Latchum Memorial Award
Recognizes the graduating MBA student who best exemplifies the qualities of integrity, loyalty to friends and country, courage, intelligence, and high standards of personal conduct as judged by the faculty. This award is named in memory of John Wayne Latchum, a business student who died in 1971 while he was a senior at Washington University. It is made possible through the generosity of his parents.
Ryan Andrew Knibb
Nicholas Dopuch Outstanding Accounting Student Award
Awarded to the graduating Master of Accounting student who, in the judgment of the faculty, exhibits the strongest academic achievement and the most potential in the field of accounting. This award is named in honor of Nicholas Dopuch, a tenured Olin accounting professor from 1983 to 2006 and now an Olin professor emeritus.
Evan Noah Mohl
Dean’s Special Service Award
Awarded by the Dean to recognize MBA students who have rendered extraordinary service to Olin.
Geoffrey Nykin
Joseph W. Towle Prize
Awarded to the graduating MBA student who, in the judgment of the faculty, exhibits 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.
Hubert C. Moog Prize
Awarded to the graduating MBA student who, in the opinion of his or her fellow students, best exemplifies the qualities of character, leadership, and service and also enjoys the respect, admiration, and affection of his or her classmates. This award is named in honor of Hub Moog, who as chairman and president of Moog Automotive, transformed his family’s St. Louis-based business into a world renowned corporation. He served on the Washington University board of trustees and the Olin Task Force in 1980 and 1981. He and his wife, Dorothy R. Moog, were strong supporters of Washington University.
Agustin Queijo
Outstanding Finance Student Award
Awarded to the graduating Master of Science in Finance student who, in the judgment of the faculty, exhibits the strongest academic achievement and the most potential in the field of finance.
Shaun Deavon Reed
Center for Experiential Learning Impact Award
Recognizes a graduating MBA student who has delivered the highest level of impact to the business and nonprofit communities through Center for Experiential Learning (CEL) and other Olin sponsored programs and activities. Awardees distinguished themselves with exceptional effort and leadership that resulted in demonstrated advancement of the missions and objectives of the organizations and individuals with whom they engaged.
Brandon Lee Smith
Dean’s Special Service Award
Awarded by the Dean to recognize MBA students who have rendered extraordinary service to Olin.
Ryan Patrick Stauffer
Olin MBA Finance Award
Awarded to a graduating MBA student for achievement in finance.
John Phelps Stupp III
Dean’s Special Service Award
Awarded by the Dean to recognize MBA students who have rendered extraordinary service to Olin.
Kathleen Thomas
Outstanding Customer Analytics Student Award
Awarded to the graduating Master of Science in Customer Analytics student who, in the judgment of the faculty, exhibits the strongest academic achievement and the most potential in the field of customer analytics.
Christopher Mark Walling
Powell Niland Prize
Awarded to the graduating MBA student 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.
Colleen Kennedy Wilson
Hiram and Mary Neuwoehner Prize
Awarded by the faculty to the graduating Professional MBA student who has been the most substantive addition to the evening program by way of contributions in the classroom and excellence in writing papers and taking examinations. This award was established by Mary Neuwoehner in the 1990s to honor her husband, Hiram Neuwoehner, BSBA ’41, a St. Louis advertising executive and founder of Batz-Hodgson-Neuwoehner Inc.
Dan Xu
Outstanding Supply Chain Management Student Award
Awarded to the graduating Master of Science in Supply Chain Management student who, in the judgment of the faculty, exhibits the strongest academic achievement and the most potential in the field of supply chain management.
Yanghao Zhang
Olin MBA Finance Award
Awarded to a graduating MBA student for achievement in finance.
Teng Zhao
Powell Niland Prize
Awarded to the graduating MBA student 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.
Charles F. Knight Scholars
Awarded to the graduate students who have earned the highest academic achievement in their program. This award was established by the Emerson Company to honor its distinguished chairman and now emeritus, Charles F. Knight, a great benefactor and champion of Olin Business School. Mr. Knight currently serves as chairman of Olin’s National Council.
Full-Time MBA
Satoshi Ishikawa
Christopher Warren Jones
Srinidhi Manjunatha
Kosuke Nishino
Geoffrey Nykin
Vipul Panday
Steven Pinkham
Shaun Deavon Reed
Sanjay Singh
Arthur Oliver Smith IV
Professional MBA
Zheni Atanasova
Angela R. K. Cargill
Kevin Michael Crimmins
Julie Ann Evans
James Warren Johnson
John Neill
William Reimer
Whitney Pamela Tompson
E. Katarina Vermann
Colleen Kennedy Wilson
Master of Accounting
Ryan Andrew Knibb
Master of Science in Customer Analytics
Zhihao Zhang
Master of Science in Finance
Hanh Huynh
Yanghao Zhang
Master of Science in Supply Chain Management
Brandon Isaac Beckerman
