Grace P. Young, whose great-grandfather David H. Maxwell was one of the founders of Indiana University, served as an Instructor of French from 1917-1923; and as Professor from 1923 until her retirement in 1956. She collaborated with her husband Bert Young on the publication in 1947 of Le Registre de la Grange, 1659-1685, an account of the theatrical activities of Molière’s troupe. It was through a bequest of copies of the Registre that the Grace P. Young Fund was established in 1970.
Grace P. Young Awards
Award recipients
Undergraduate Awards
- 2024 - Amelia (Millie) Erickson, Anastasia Kersh, Leyla King
- 2023 - Sarah Hensler, Kayla Gunderloy, Andy Lane
- 2022 - Charles Connon, Cadyn Cox, Emma Hand, Alexandra Lucas, Megan Waters
- 2021 - Andrew Brown, Daniel Creech
- 2020 - Arielle Pare, Dalton Hartwick, Chithra Vedantam
- 2019 - Audrey Hood, Megan Crow, Emma Coates
- 2018 - Halley Rose Meslin, Adam B. Smith, Jonathan Van Hecke
- 2017 - Em Brewington, Abigail Elston, Crystal Leming
- 2016 - Megan Dyer, Jordan Lenchitz, Helen Grace Shymanski
- 2015 - Ava Dickerson, Kathleen Gordon, Ash Kulak
- 2014 - Anjona Ghosh, Thomas Bebekoski, Alyssa Lindley, Miranda Hoegberg
- 2013 - Ana Fumurescu, Eleanor Berry, Chelsea Templeton
- 2012 - Olivia Stidham, Jessica Johnson, Andrew C. Johns
- 2011 - Katelyn Colvin, Stephen Greist, Melissa Thompson
Graduate Awards
- 2024 - Kai Owens
- 2023 - Arielle Roadman
- 2022 - Chase Tiffany
- 2021 - Elke Defever, Scott Evans, Claire Fouchereaux
- 2020 - Alisha Reaves, Jade Liu
- 2019 - Evie Munier, Victoria Lagrange
- 2018 - Laura Demsey, Jacob Ladyga, Cristina Robu
- 2017 - Jessica Tindira, Carly Bahler
- 2016 - Amanda Vredenburgh, Sarah Kay Hurst
- 2015 - Mark Black, Amber Panwitz, Flavien Falantin
- 2014 - Krista Williams, Anemarie Calin
- 2013 - Loïc Lerme, Nicole Burkholder
- 2012 - Georgy Khabarovskiy, David K. Wagner, Michael Dow
- 2011 - Erin Edgington, Benjamin Niehaus, Olga Scrivner