Northern Illinois University

Department of Philosophy

C. Mason and Madeline Myers Award

Announcement

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce that Amy Seymour has been awarded the C. Mason and Madeline Myers Graduate Philosophy Award for 2009.

Origin of the C. Mason and Madeline Myers Award

The C. Mason and Madeline Myers Graduate Philosophy Award is given by the departmental Graduate Committee to a graduate student for outstanding achievement in graduate study in philosophy. This award is funded by an endowment established by family and friends to honor and memorialize Professor C. Mason Myers. Dr. Myers chaired the department and taught at Northern Illinois University for 27 years until his death on December 3, 1986.

Myers Award Winners

2009 Amy Seymour
2008 Jeffrey Snapper, Craig Warmke
2007 Sharon Mason
2006 Adam Pringle
2005 Jamin Asay, Peter Nichols
2004 Vinod Lakshmipathy
2003 Matthew Konieczka
2002 Mark Anderson
2000 Michael Mulvey
1997 Todd Kukla
1996 John O’Connor
1995 Ryan Streeter
1994 Michael Shaffer
1993 David Billings
1992 Christopher Conn