The Olin Undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Honors and Awards.
The Undergraduate Diploma and Awards Ceremony will take place on Friday, May 15, at 11:30 a.m. in the Athletic Complex, Field House. The keynote speaker for this event will be John F. Dains. He was chief executive officer emeritus and on the board of Helm Financial Corporation, a leading railcar and locomotive leasing company in the United States until it was purchased by First Union Rail, a division of Wells Fargo in April 2014. Dains is a 1968 Olin BSBA alum. The student speaker will be Alexander Leo Hinch.
Congratulations to all!
Melissa Catherine Gilkey
Outstanding Student Athlete Award
Awarded to a graduate who exhibits strong leadership ability and sportsmanlike conduct.
Alison Taylor Guttridge
Undergraduate Marketing Award
Awarded by the faculty to a graduate for outstanding achievement in the field of marketing.
Alexander Leo Hinch
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.
Richard Zbigniew Matus
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.
Austin Jacob Miller
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.
Evan Joshua Reuben
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.
Sebastian Alexander Nikolaus Tanner
International Business Student Award
Awarded to the graduate who shows the greatest potential for a career in international business.
Alexis Jessica Taub
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.
Jacqueline Maria Wilson
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.
Summa Cum Laude
Awarded to the top five percent of the undergraduate Class of 2015 as established by the end of their final semester.
Matthew Fox Ayanian
Jeffrey Bruce Brown
Yen Lin Choo
Ryan Alexander Daily
Jiayu Fu
Sichong Han
Xueyi Hua
Kang Hyeon Kim
Richard Zbigniew Matus
Adam David Palmer
Alexis Jessica Taub
Magna Cum Laude
Awarded to the top six to fifteen percent of the undergraduate Class of 2015 as established by the end of their final semester.
Danielle Romano Adesman
Olivia Erin Bordson
Sophie Michelle Cook
Alison Taylor Guttridge
Margaret Rose Kelleher
Arielle Ilyssa Lang
Sue Youn Lee
Christopher Adam Levine
Lara Ruth Lieberman
Brianna Clay McNamee
Aaron Zeng Pang
Michael Daniel Postetter
Daniel Bryce Raterman
Gilbert Charles Rosenstein
Chloe Elizabeth Seaman
Aaron Wesley Siebrass
Emily Margaret Timm
Yvonne Jennifer Tran
Jennifer Christine Wittenberg
Hyoung Suk Yoon
Diana Xi Zeng
Michelle Jia Jie Zhu
Honors in Management
Awarded to graduating seniors who have completed the honors program.
Matthew Fox Ayanian
Jonathan Robert Finch
Ryan Christopher Geczi
Mathias Hamilton Gesser
Alexander Leo Hinch
Michael Bogatto Lory
Batu Otkeren
Michael Daniel Postetter
Matthew James Puzder
Ruicong Yan
Alexander Zaiken
Michelle Jia Jie Zhu
