Loomis Endowed Academic Award in Latin
Results of the 2008 Loomis Latin Contest
On Wednesday, April 30, 2008, the St. Olaf College Department of Classics held its 8th annual competition for the Loomis Endowed Academic Award in Latin. Names of the winners were announced on Monday, May 12, at the spring picnic of Delta Chi, St. Olaf's chapter of Eta Sigma Phi, the national Classics honor society.
First prize ($300) went to Thomas K. Halvorsen, a sophomore Classics major from Edina, MN. Last year Halvorsen tied for third place in this same contest. He has received three prizes (last year 2nd in Latin Prose Composition, this year 1st in Latin Prose Composition and 1st in Advanced Latin) in the national Maurine Dallas Watkins Translation Contests.
Second prize ($200) went to Sarah M. Adamson, a junior Classics/Chemistry double major from Rochester, MN. She performed in this year's Latin play, Plautus' Mostellaria.
Third prize ($100) went to Hilary J. Bouxsein, a junior Classics/Philosophy double major with a Linguistic Studies concentration, from Evanston, IL. She tied for third place in this contest in 2007. This year she served as the departmental Greek tutor; she has also performed in two Latin plays (2007, 2008).
Honorable mention went to Alaina K. Burkard, a senior Classics/Biology double major from Portland, OR. She also received Honorable Mention in Intermediate Latin in the Watkins Translation Contests in 2005. This year she served as hyparchos (vice-president) of Delta Chi chapter; she has participated in three Latin plays (2005, 2007, 2008).
This year the students who entered the Loomis Latin contest had to translate at sight one of Pliny's letters. The exam had a 1-hour time limit.
The Academic Award in Latin was endowed by Kenneth and Kathleen Loomis and their son Stephen Loomis, a 1997 St. Olaf graduate who majored in Latin and Mathematics.
Results of Loomis Latin Contest, 2001-2007
May 9, 2001:
1st prize: Jennifer L. Brown '01, Classics major, from Danville, Virginia
2nd prize: Kristina (Nina) L. Alton '02, Classics and English major, from Red Wing, Minnesota
April 26, 2002:
1st prize: Lauren V. Christensen '05, Art History and Asian Studies major, from Minneapolis, MN
2nd prize: Marquis S. Berrey '03, Classics major, from Galesburg, IL
3rd prize: David R. Schiedler '04, Classics and German major with Historical Perspectives concentration, from Fountain, CO
April 28, 2003:
1st prize: Christopher A. Schifani '05, Classics major, from Albuquerque, NM
2nd prize: Marquis S. Berrey '03, Classics major, from Galesburg, IL
3rd prize: Katharine A. Monson '04, Classics and Religion major, from Beresford, SD
Honorable Mention: Keeley Esterhay '06, Classics and Spanish major, from Englewood, CO
May 5, 2004:
1st prize: Jennifer S. Starkey '07, Classics major, from Laramie, WY
2nd prize: Lauren E. Gioe '06, Classics and Asian Studies major with a Media Studies concentration, from Bartlett, IL
3rd prize: David R. Schiedler '04, Classics and German major with a Historical Perspectives concentration, from Waco, TX, and Stephanie E. Walker '05, Classics and English major, from Sheridan, WY
April 25, 2005:
1st prize: Jennifer S. Starkey '07, Classics major, from Laramie, WY
2nd prize: Christopher A. Schifani '06, Classics major, from Albuquerque, NM
3rd prize: Elizabeth A. Beerman '07, Classics major, from Clive, IA
May 16, 2006:
1st prize: Jennifer S. Starkey '07, Classics major, from Laramie, WY
2nd prize: Elizabeth A. Beerman '07, Classics major, from Clive, IA
3rd prize: A. Kirstine Wynn '06, Classics and Music major from Bellingham, WA
May 12, 2007:
1st prize: Jennifer S. Starkey '07, Classics major, from Laramie, WY
2nd prize: Elizabeth A. Beerman '07, Classics major, from Clive, IA
3rd prize: Hilary J. Bouxsein '09, Classics and Philosophy major with a Linguistic Studies concentration, from Evanston, IL, and Thomas K. Halvorsen '11, Classics major, from Edina, MN
