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Reid Teaching Awards are presented by Olin’s graduating students to the professors whose enthusiasm and exceptional teaching most inspire, energize, and transform our students. A longtime benefactor of Olin Business School, James W. Reid, BSBA ’28, with his wife, Marcile, established the Reid Teaching Awards in 1994 to recognize teaching excellence. The impact of the Reids’ benevolence and commitment to Olin will continue to be felt by generations of students, faculty, alumni, and friends. I am delighted and honored to inform you of this year’s 2015 Reid awardees.

Congratulations to all!

Undergraduate Reid Teaching Awardee:
James Sawhill, Senior Lecturer in Marketing

MBA Reid Teaching Awardees:
Thomas D. Fields, Senior Lecturer in Accounting
John Horn, Senior Lecturer in Economics

Professional MBA Reid Teaching Awardees:
Sergio Chayet, Senior Lecturer in Operations & Manufacturing Management; Director of the Master of Science in Supply Chain Management Program; Director of the Operations & Supply Chain Management MBA Platform

Master of Accounting Reid Teaching Awardee:
Thomas D. Fields, Senior Lecturer in Accounting

Master of Science in Finance Reid Teaching Awardee:
Richard Ryffel, Senior Lecturer in Finance

Master of Science in Supply Chain Management Reid Teaching Awardee:
Sergio Chayet, Senior Lecturer in Operations & Manufacturing Management; Director of the Master of Science in Supply Chain Management Program; Director of the Operations & Supply Chain Management MBA Platform

Executive MBA Reid Teaching Awardees:
Samuel Chun, Assistant Dean of Executive Programs, and Senior Lecturer in Management Practice
Barton H. Hamilton, Robert Brookings Smith Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship

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

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

Brookings Executive Education (BEE) is proud to introduce the first graduating class of the Master of Science in Leadership:

Ray Morris
Brett Smith
Rick Thomas
Delores Barber
Katrina Lewis

BEE offers the opportunity for government executives and managers to earn a Master of Science in Leadership (MS-Leadership) degree granted by the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis. This unique degree is designed to develop leaders to serve as senior federal executives and to improve the capacity of incumbent members of the Senior Executive Service (SES).

To watch the full graduation ceremony follow this link: http://stream.nts.wustl.edu/EMBA42SH12_DEC2014/

Olin celebrates its third and final diploma and awards ceremony of the month Dec. 20 at 10:30 a.m. in honor of graduates of the Professional MBA program. The keynote speaker will be Shelley Lavender, president of Boeing Military Aircraft. Eric Charles Schrenker will be the student speaker at the ceremony to be held in Emerson Auditorium.

Shelley Lavender is president of Boeing Military Aircraft, one of four Defense, Space & Security businesses. BMA operates three divisions: Mobility, Surveillance and Engagement; Global Strike; and Vertical Lift.

BMA employs more than 20,000 people at 11 major domestic locations and offices around the world. It is one of the world’s largest providers of military airpower.

Shelley Lavender

Lavender began her aerospace engineering career at Hughes Aircraft Company in 1986, as an engineer on the F-15 APG-70 Radar Program. She joined Boeing in 1988 as an avionics engineer. Over the years she has held a variety of positions including program manager for the T-38 Avionics Upgrade Program and director of Tactical Aircraft Mission Systems in St. Louis.

Lavender earned an MBA from Olin Business School and holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois. She is currently a member of the board of directors of The United Way of Greater St. Louis, and also serves on the National Council for Olin.

PMBA Awards

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.

E. Katarina Vermann

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.

Benjamin Dean Burke

Peer Recognition Award
Awarded to the graduating Professional 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.

Gabriel Lane Watson

Taylor Outstanding Service Award
Awarded to the graduating Professional MBA student who has participated in multiple Taylor Community Consulting projects to enable positive change in the St. Louis community. The Taylor Community Consulting Program provides students the opportunity to impact the local nonprofit sector through team-based, applied learning projects.

E. Katarina Vermann

Reid Teaching Awards
Awarded by the graduating Professional MBA students to the professor whose enthusiasm and exceptional teaching most inspire, energize, and transform our students. A longtime benefactor of Olin Business School, James W. Reid, BSBA ’28, with his wife, Marcile, established these awards in 1994. The impact of the Reids’ benevolence and commitment to Olin will continue to be felt by generations of students, faculty, alumni, and friends.

Sergio Chayet
Director of the Master of Science in Supply Chain Management Program;
Director of the Operations & Supply Chain Management MBA Platform; and
Senior Lecturer in Operations & Manufacturing Management

John Horn
Senior Lecturer in Economics

Olin celebrates the accomplishments of students from its Executive MBA (EMBA) programs and Brookings Executive Education in a ceremony at 2 p.m., Dec. 12, in Graham Chapel. After completing their capstone coursework in St. Louis this week, the students from Shanghai, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Washington D.C.-based programs will don full academic regalia and participate in a diploma and awards ceremony together with Dean Mahendra Gupta, Chancellor Mark Wrighton, Associate Dean Zhiwen YIN from the Fudan University School of Management, faculty, friends, and family present.

The candidates for graduation include:

EMBA-Shanghai, class 12

EMBA-St. Louis and Kansas City, class 42

Master of Science in Leadership, inaugural class

The MS in Leadership degree is granted by Washington University and delivered via Brookings Executive Education in Washington, D.C. through Olin’s partnership with the Brookings Institution.

The EMBA-Shanghai program is offered in partnership with Fudan University.