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June 11, 1992
Doctoral recipients honored at annual campus awards luncheon

     Four students received awards for their outstanding dissertations
May 29 ahe Office of Graduate Studies' annual luncheon in honor of all
1991-92 doctoral degree recipients.
     The Allan P. Colburn Prize in Engineering and Mathematical
Sciences was awarded to Kenneth E. Barner, electrical engineering, for
"Permutation Filters: A Group Theoretic Class of Non-Linear Filters."
     His adviser was Gonzalo Arce, associate professor of electrical
engineering.
     The winner of the George Herbert Ryden Prize in Social Sciences
was Raymond N. Wenger, educational studies, for "Trade and Exchange:
Situated Cognition and the Development of Mathematical and Economic
Concepts and Problem Solving in Young Children."
     Wenger's adviser was Sylvia Farnham-Diggory, H. Rodney Sharp
Professor of Educational Studies.
     Recipient of the Wilbur Owen Sypherd Prize in Humanities was
James P. Crowley Jr., English, for "Honest Ben: Jonson and Religion."
     His adviser was D. Heyward Brock, associate dean of the College
of Arts and Science.
     The Theodore Wolf Prize in Physical and Life Sciences was awarded
to Richard G. Keil, marine studies, for "The Biogeochemistry of
Dissolved Combined Amino Acids in Marine Waters."
     His adviser was David L. Kirchman, associate professor of marine
studies.
     Each winner received a certificate and a $1,000 check.