The Burton M. Wheeler Book Award
The Burton M. Wheeler Book Award recognizes superior course selection and achievement in the liberal arts during an Arts & Sciences student’s first three semesters of study at Washington University. The award consists of a book chosen by the recipient from among recent winners of the Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards and is presented during the spring semester as part of the Chapter’s annual initiation ceremony.
Burton M. Wheeler Book Award Recipients By Year
2020 – Ceremony Video
Alana Blank
Rachel Bryant
Emerine Cummings
Kira Harris
Sarah Ning
Sarah Verghis
2019
Sanji Bhavsar
Jonathan Cher
Kalpana Gopalkrishnan
Jamie Macon
Elizabeth Phelan
Ashley Progebin
Hayley Quinones
2018
Madison Ihrig
Amanda Mueller
Gabrielle Samuel
Hannah White
Alice Xu
Alicia Zhang
2017
Victoria Grabinski
Chase Latour
Sanjana Ramesh Babu
2016
Catherine Aviles
Jacob Maddox
Savannah Rodriguez
2015
Katherine Plaster
Natalie Runkle
Ethan Farber
2014
Noah Stoddard Eby
Ryan Andrew Mikkelsen
Nathan Robert Wolf
2013
Laura Ellen Chicoine
Margery Gang
2012
Marcia Jaffe Ash
Yixiang Wang
2011
Sarah Rose Werth
Evan Zheng
2010
Naomi R. Forman
Brennan J. Keiser
2009
Rachel Elizabeth Cohen
Eli Hanan Keehn
2008
Emily A. Becker
Danielle A. Gorin