The Wilson-DeBlois Award is named in honor of George Grafton Wilson and Austen K. Deblois, recipients of Brown's first Doctor of Philosophy degrees in 1889. The award is given annually by the Graduate Student Council, on behalf of all Brown graduate students, to express their appreciation for the recipient's dedication and commitment to graduate students at the University. |
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The Brown University Graduate Student Council confers the Wilson-DeBlois Award annually to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to graduate students and the Graduate School. The award is presented during the Graduate School Commencement ceremony.
Nominations for the Wilson-DeBlois Award should be made to the Graduate Student Council beginning in February; they should be addressed to gsc_vpadmin@brown.edu.
Current and former recipients of the Wilson-Deblois Award:
2008
Nancy Picard, Administrative Manager, Brown University Graduate School
2007
Douglas Brown, Director, Brown University Writing Center
2006
Erma Wallace, Coordinator of Administrative Affairs, Brown University Graduate School
2005
Laura Hess, Associate Director for the Humanities and Social Sciences, The Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning
Janet Rankin, Associate Director for Life Sciences and Physical Sciences, The Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning
2004
Michael Diffily, Associate Dean, Brown University Graduate School
