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:
2025, Isabella Pianalto
2024, Hanna Kawamoto
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, María 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