Quantrell Award


The Quantrell Award, or the Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching is a prize awarded by the University of Chicago for excellence in undergraduate teaching.

History

The award was established in 1938 through an anonymous endowment from University of Chicago trustee Ernest Quantrell. The award is presented to between three and six recipients each year, who are nominated by the students. It is believed by the university to be the oldest prize for undergraduate teaching in the United States. It comes with a stipend, which was originally $1,000.
In 1947, Louise Roberts became the first woman to receive the Quantrell Award.
In 1952, Quantrell agreed to make his contribution known and named the prize after his parents.
As of 2019, the university required recipients to be full-time, tenure track faculty or senior lecturers.

Recipients

Notable recipients of the award have been: