Grace P. Young Awards

Grace P. Young Awards (French)

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.

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