The Belt-Brophy Prize in Geology
The Belt-Brophy prize, formerly the Stearns prize, is given to that student at the end of the junior year who, in the judgement of the Department of Geology, has shown the greatest promise for success as a geologist. The prize is given in honor of Professors Edward S. Belt and Gerald P. Brophy who, through their combined 78 years of teaching, brought Geology at Amherst College into a 21st Century study of the Earth and Environment. The prize is a Brunton compass, the most important geological field tool in the past and for the future.
Name and Class Year | Year Awarded |
Rilla McKeegan’21 and Colin Murphy ’21 | 2020 |
Eric Hasegawa ’20 | 2019 |
Che Pascal Saunders-Shultz '19 | 2018 |
Natalie Wigger '19 | 2017 |
Rachel Welch '17 | 2016 |
Brian Beaty '17 | 2015 |
Matthew GoodSmith '15 | 2014 |
Eric Smyth '15 | 2014 |
Nora Gayer '14 | 2013 |
Danielle Santiago Ramos '13 | 2012 |
Benjamin Lin '12 | 2011 |
Catherine Rothacker '12 | 2011 |
Lee Penwell '11 | 2010 |
Benjamin Klein '10 | 2009 |
Allan Lerner '10 | 2009 |
Samuel Miller '10 | 2009 |
John Neff '09 | 2008 |
Lidya Tarhan '08 | 2007 |
Megan Dickoff '07 | 2006 |
Hilary Palevsky '07 | 2006 |
Zalmai Yawar '06 | 2005 |
Naomi Kirk-Lawlor '05 | 2004 |
Scott Dougan '04 | 2003 |
Emily Dubinsky '03 | 2002 |
Laurie Smith '02 | 2001 |
Alex Webb '01 | 2000 |
Ingrid Ekstrom '00E | 1999 |
Andrew Logan '99 | 1998 |
Christine Hatch '98 | 1997 |
Gregory Gerbi '97 | 1996 |
Chris Gerbi '96 | 1995 |
Bethany Gentilesco '95 | 1994 |
Bradley Wakoff '95 | 1994 |
Douglas Norry '94 | 1993 |
Emily Giambalvo '93 | 1992 |
Diane Loftus '92 | 1991 |
Christopher Green '91 | 1990 |
Cynthia Knight '90 | 1989 |
James Crowley '89 | 1988 |
Charles Dunlap '89 | 1988 |
Juliet Crider '89 | 1987 |
Mark Wick '87 | 1986 |
Gregory Symmes '86 | 1985 |
Carl Friedrichs '86 | 1985 |
Robert Greenwald '85 | 1984 |
William Maggs '84 | 1983 |
Sheila Hudson '83 | 1982 |
Daniel Seaver '82 | 1981 |
Christopher French '81 | 1980 |
Mark Handy '80 | 1979 |
Christopher Reaves '79 | 1978 |
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