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Mudd Prize Impact
A Tale of Two Awards THIS YEAR’S WINNERS OF TWO pres-
tigious College awards have a lot in common. Both have worked at Harvey Mudd for more than 20 years in the Office of Admission and Financial Aid. The history of their awards is also intertwined. Henry T. Mudd (1913–1990), the son of Harvey S. Mudd and founding trustee and chair of the board for 23 years, was instrumental in the creation and early development of the College named for his father. So it was fitting that an award was created in his name in 1992 to recognize faculty and staff for their extraordinary service to Harvey Mudd College. The recipient of the 2016 Henry T. Mudd Prize is Peter Osgood, director of admission, an integral part of the team that recruits, reviews, admits and enrolls students who are the best fit for HMC. He was lauded for his dedication, mentoring, leadership and for being a champion of diversity. Osgood is in good company: Mudd Prize recipients include Founding President Joseph Platt, facilities and maintenance Senior Director Theresa Lauer, and Professor of Life Sciences and Engineering Dean Emeritus Samuel Tanenbaum. It’s Tanenbaum who brings these two awards together. The Mudd Prize, which Tanenbaum received in 1996, comes with a $4,000 prize, $2,000 of which is designated for use within the College at the discretion of the recipient. Tanenbaum and his wife, Carol, decided to honor Carol’s mother and, with the prize money, established the Mary G. Binder Prize for staff. Other Mudd Prize recipients have directed their funds to scholarships, student organizations, courses and even bikes (see sidebar). Osgood directed the College portion of his award toward the President’s Scholars Program.
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Admission and Financial Aid Operations Assistant Judy Givigliano received the 2016 Mary G. Binder Prize, which includes a $750 award and certificate, for combining “a record of exceptional service with a truly helpful and friendly attitude toward students, faculty and fellow staff members all across the College.” She began working in College Advancement in 1988 and transferred to Admission and Financial Aid in 1989, so she is familiar with the Binder Prize and all of its recipients, one of whom is her co-worker, Senior Receptionist Patricia Lewis. “I am honored to be among the many Mary G. Binder Prize recipients,” Givigliano says. Osgood and Givigliano briefly celebrated their respective awards before returning to the job of recruiting the next entering class. They both agree that these awards inspire even more enthusiasm for their work at an organization where relationships really do matter.
Each year, recipients direct a portion of their award to the College. 2016 Peter Osgood President’s Scholars Program
2004 Sheldon Wettack Summer Research Program
2015 Ran Libeskind-Hadas Wellness course
2003 Kerry Karukstis Brass lettering on Jacobs Science Building, southeast corner
2014 Liz Baughman Community engagement 2013 William Daub $1,700 prize to a student and $300 for travel mugs for chemistry majors 2012 Jeff Groves Dickens Hardy Program 2011 Mike Erlinger Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts, discretionary use
2001 Tad Beckman Center for Environmental Studies 2000 Jerry Van Hecke ’61 Funding toward J’nan Sellery Media Studio in Shanahan Center 1999 Betty Lumpkin Scholarships
2010 Andrew Dorantes Bike for employee raffle
1997 Tom Helliwell Established Louise and Graydon Bell Prize for physics students
2009 John Townsend Physics Prize
1996 Sam Tanenbaum Established Mary G. Binder Prize
2008 Theresa Potter Powersol solar-powered outdoor charging station on campus
1992 Joe Platt Helped fund Jean & Joe Platt scholarship and physics laboratory equipment budget
2007 Robert Cave Upward Bound scholars 2006 Jeanne Noda Mudders Making a Difference
Judy Givigliano and Peter Osgood
2002 Deren Finks Matching gift to encourage alumni donations
2005 Dick Olson ’62 Garrett Fund within Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts
The following prize winners’ designations are unknown: Bob Borrelli (1998), Bill Purves (1995), Ray Miller (1994), Courtney Coleman (1993)