Prizes

Prizes

Sewall Greek Prize

The Sewall Greek Prize (since1879), given by Jotham Bradbury Sewall, class of 1848, S.T.D. 1902, who was fomerly the Professor of Greek at Bowdoin. The Prize is awarded annually to the member of the sophomore class who sustains the best examination in Greek.

Notable awardees include:

Harlan Berkley Peabody, class of 1950, author of The Winged Word: A Study in the Technique of Ancient Greek Oral Composition as Seen Principally through Hesiod's Works and Days.

Allan D. Wooley, class of 1958, Cilley Professor of Greek & Quondam Coordinator of Academic Computing at Phillips Exeter Academy and editor for the Classical Association of New England.

Richard E. Morgan, class of 1959, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Constitutional and International Law and Government at Bowdoin College.

Claire Lyons, class of 1977, collections curator, Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities.