{"id":308,"date":"2016-02-22T11:16:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T17:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/human-resources-labor-relations\/?page_id=308"},"modified":"2025-09-22T16:19:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T21:19:35","slug":"melvin-lurie-memorial-prize","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/human-resources-labor-relations\/about\/melvin-lurie-memorial-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Melvin Lurie Memorial Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Melvin Lurie Memorial Prize was created in 1988 to honor students or recent alumni for outstanding academic performance. The prize includes a certificate, inclusion on the Melvin Lurie Memorial Prize Plaque (in Bolton 842), and $1,500 from the Melvin Lurie Memorial fund. The student\/alum is honored at the annual Lurie Ceremony held in late September. The prize is limited to one student or recent alum per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prize winners are selected by the Lurie Committee at UWM, a committee composed of faculty associated with the MHRLR program and a member of the Lurie family. Nominations are sought in May of each year, and the committee determines the prize winner at its annual meeting in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recipients to date include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Anna Pistone, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elise White, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Katerina Ekonomou and Andrew Stark, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monique Miller, 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cassie Alfheim, 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Melissa Ellis, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dragana (Gana) Zivanovic, 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kenwaun Flinn, 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mary Greifenkamp, 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jenny Franke, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trisha Adams, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Navjit Dang, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Samuel Hoffman, 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Daniel Hereth, 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Margo Meverden, 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Margaret Vollmer, 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amy Pamperin, 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lindsey Tauber, 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jessika Gibson, 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Christopher R. Morris, 2006<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marcy M. Fisher, 2005<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sara A. Coffman, 2004v<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Linda L. Daley and Anne M. Wilson, 2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deborah K. Wallendal, 2002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Terrance P. LaCasse, 2001<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Susan M. Kulinski, 2000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kristen E. Gaarder, 1999<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ann H. Hendrix, 1998<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>James R. Carlson, 1997<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amy M. Krymkowski, 1996<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Barbara R. Follmann, 1995<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Roger Reinke, 1994<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark K. Rosenbaum, 1993<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kimberly C. Whiteside, 1992<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thomas J. Buyarski, 1991<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Samuel A. Froiland, 1990<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jacquelyn Peterson, 1989<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gregory Leifer, 1988<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We are very proud of all the Memorial Prize winners, and look forward to many more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Melvin Lurie Memorial Prize was created in 1988 to honor students or recent alumni for outstanding academic performance. 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