This award was created by the UCSB Alumni Association in memory of A. Russell Buchanan, Professor of History from 1936 to 1973. It is presented to a graduating senior majoring in History or History of Public Policy, for superior scholarship, undergraduate achievement, and potential for graduate research and continued success in the field.
Present and previous recipients:
2023
Gracelyn Barmore-Pooley & Keren Zou
2022
Akunna Chilaka
2021
Irene Rauch
2020
Gabrielle Birog
2019
Kennedy Didier
2018
Penelope Fergison
2017
Andy Coco Chen
2016
Maria Margarita Navarro
2015
Richard Paul Ibarra
2014
Kelsey O’Hagan
Eden Slone
2013
Jacob Owens
2012
Lauren Carpenter
2011
Jonathan M. Bronstein
Mattias E. Fibiger
2010
Rheannon Maxwell
Mitchell Stewart
2009
Risa Katzen
2008
Rennie Morgan Burke
2007
Aaron Laycook
2006
Juan Carlos Ibarra
2005
Linda Chhuom Ngov
2004
Monica Isabel Sanchez
2003
Nelson Richards
2002
Lee Klohr Shaker
2001
Amber Leigh Kelsey
2000
Brian August Bobb
1999
Jesse Joseph Segreto
1998
John William Coleman
Tania Michelle Maync
1997
Sarah Louise Triano
Brendt C. Butler
1996
Christopher Anthony Sleeper
1995
Julie Marie Naughton
1994
Lynn Denise Lampert
1993
Sylvia Helena Linggi
1992
Sandra Hay Biggers
1991
Irene Blanche Seyer
1990
Christine Michelle Adams
Derek Jon Lohuis
1989
Elizabeth Ann McCormick
1988
Cheri M. Rice
1987
Katherine A. Sibley
1986
Shawn T. Lyons
1985
Martha Rose Cody
1984
Gerald Alan Figal
1983
Amy May Nelson
1982
Suzanne Rosen
1981
Laird Foshay
1980
Holly Kraemer
1979
Patrice Petro
1978
Paul Robert Behrens
1977
John DiMugno
1976
Michael W. Binning
1975
T. Stewart Burns
1974
Nancy A. Essenpreis