Undergraduate Student Awards
The Ernest L. Ohle, Jr. Prize is presented to the senior judged to have the greatest promise for a successful career in Earth, environmental, or planetary sciences and who has demonstrated superior academic achievement. The prize is funded by an endowed donation from Dr. Ernest L. Ohle, Jr., an alumnus who had a distinguished career as a mining geologist.
The Courtney Werner Memorial Prize is awarded to a senior student who has majored in Earth, environmental, and planetary sciences and who has demonstrated outstanding academic achievement. Courtney Werner was an associate professor in the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering at Washington University. He joined the Department in 1923, having worked as a geologist for Gulf Oil Company. The prize is funded by endowed donations from his friends and former students.
The Harold Levin Award is for undergraduate students who have done outstanding jobs as assistants to the instructor. Professor Levin was a paleontologist who specialized in study of microscopic fossils as indicators of environmental conditions during deposition of sedimentary rocks. He was an outstanding teacher at all levels, ensuring through dynamic lectures and discussions that students remained engaged in his courses.
The Margaret E. Bewig Memorial Field Camp Award is presented to an EEPS major selected by the faculty from those attending summer field camp, based on a combination of academic merit and financial need. The award may be used to defray part of the cost of summer field camp. Margaret Bewig was the department secretary and later the administrative assistant from 1963 to 1986. She died on May 26, 1991. The award is funded by endowed donations from her friends, faculty, and former students.
Past Winners
Past Ohle Prize Winners
2025 Samuel Schultz
2023 Emmett Ela
2022 Maria Schmeer
2021 Maia Cohen
2020 Josh Waddell
2019 Benjamin Tiger
2018 Savannah Rodriguez
2017 Addison Nakatani
2016 Zoe R. Lefebvre
2015 Nathan Stein
2014 Daniel L. Johnson
2013 Hannah H. Kaplan
2012 Rachel Folkerts
2011 Jason Boettgner
2010 Brittany Huhmann
2009 Matthew Ampleman
2008 Tabatha Heet
2007 Jessica Friedman
2006 Steven M. Chemtob
2005 Crystal Gammon
2004 Bethany Ehlmann
2002 Brian Yanites
2001 Paul Arthur Giesting
Past Werner Prize Winners
2025 Sophie Dorosin
2023 Henry Chandler
2022 Flora Perlmutter
2021 Eleanor Moreland
2020 Miles Johnson
2019 Sydney Dybing
2018 Lauren Johnson
2017 Monte Cole
2016 Molly Margaret Chaney
2015 Jessica Rudnick
2014 N. Beth Hoagland
2013 Elizabeth J. Mitnick
2012 Hannah Rabinowitz
2011 Kirsten Siebach
2010 Franklin Koch
2008 Lonia Friedlander
2007 Elizabeth Herndon
2007 Jeffrey Marlow
2006 Ian J. Orland
2005 Lisa Molofsky
2004 Gillian Galford
2003 Elizabeth Ruth-Black
2002 Laura Schaefer
2001 Brian A. Ebel
2000 Paul A. Giesting
1997 Jenny Yoo
1995 Gillian K. Sharer
1995 Jennifer P. Thieme
1994 Thomas M. Bawden
1993 Amy Alaine Shanabrook
1992 Heidi Anne Betz
1990 Martin Stephan Appold
1990 David Barry Gorodetzky
1986 Paul Ted Doughty
1983 Mary Dale-Bannister
1983 Maureen Ann Muldoon
1982 Robert Louis Woodley
1981 Leslie Jean Sonder
1979 Susan Leslie Shutt
1978 Claudia Lack
1977 William Curtis Eggemeyer
1977 Janet Ann Shields
1976 Ruth Sarah Defries
1975 Stephen Robert Elkins
1973 Timothy Rex Hays
1973 Lloyd Greer Price
1971 Barry Mark Lesht
1971 Deborah Sue Snavely
Past Levin Award Winners
2024 Izzy Yanover
2023 Sophie Dorosin
2022 Josie Alexander
2021 Eleanor (Ellie) Moreland
2020 Miles Johnson
2019 Miles Johnson
2017 Emily Weng
2016 Alexandra Barrett
2015 Zoe Lefebvre
2015 Amanda Staderman
2013 Diana Goeller
Past Bewig Award Winners
2024 Luke Sauceda
2022 Maria Schmeer
2019 Anna Baker
2019 John Worrall
2014 Daniel Johnson
2014 Christopher Thom
2011 Angela Goodiel
2011 Emma Reinemann
2010 Matthew Ampleman
2010 Katherine Grace Barcheck
2010 Suzanne Knittel
2010 Jessica Lodewyk
2009 Brittany Huhmann
2008 Gregory Finklestein
2008 Tabatha Heet
2008 Elizabeth Herndon
2008 Arther Jack Singletary
2005 Lisa Molofsky
2005 Miriam Waigand
2005 Lindsay Weber
2004 Gillian Galford
2004 Mary Schubert
2003 Holly Kreutzer
2002 Walter Kolczynski
2002 Elizabeth Ruth
2002 Deia Schlosberg
2002 Brian Yanites
2001 Alison Passer