The Victor E. Thoren Graduate Student Research Fellowship is the oldest and most prestigious departmental award. Named in honor of the late Professor Victor E. Thoren (1935-1991) and endowed by family and friends, it is awarded by the faculty to an exceptional student near the conclusion of their graduate career.
Professor Thoren received his Ph.D. in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine at Indiana University in 1965 and served on the faculty from 1964-1991. He was the author of The Lord of Uraniborg: A Biography of Tycho Brahe (Cambridge, 1991).
Thoren Fellowship recipients:
- 2023 Becca Jackson
- 2022 Ryan O'Loughlin
- 2021 Evan Arnet
- 2020 Ali Mirza
- 2019 Christopher ChoGlueck
- 2018 Samuel Ketcham
- 2017 Ashley Inglehart
- 2016 no award
- 2015 Scott Hyslop
- 2014 Tawrin Baker, Klodian Coko
- 2013 Jun Otsuka
- 2012 Evan Ragland
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