We’re thrilled to announce that the French Department will be awarding a new prize, the Edwin Joseph Hamblet MA ’64 Prize, to a graduating French major this coming May.

Stephen A. Freeman Prize

Each year the French Department honors an outstanding graduating senior with the Stephen A. Freeman Prize. The award was established in 2002 with proceeds from the Stephen A. Freeman fund, a generous gift from Jerry and Carol Waldorf Lohr ’58 to support undergraduate instruction in French. 

Dr. Freeman joined the faculty at Middlebury in 1925 as a professor of French and dean of the French Language School.  While serving Middlebury for 45 years, he held many administrative and academic appointments, including that of interim president three times. In addition, it was he who established our first School Abroad in Paris. 

Learn more about Dr. Stephen A. Freeman and his remarkable life and contributions:

Recipients

2023 Charice Lawrence ‘23

2022 Mingjiu Gao ‘22

2021 Andreya Zvonar ’21

2020 Neel Lakhanpal ’20

2019 William E. Simpson ’19

2018 Hannah B. Hudson ’18

2017 Emily V Cox ’17 

2016 Robert James Lacroix ’16

2015 Julia Francesca P. Angeles ’15

2014 Robert Roderick James MacDonald ’14

2013 Preethi Joanne Mangar ’13 & Clayton Aaron Paschke ’13

2012 Nora Fiore ’12

2011 Stephanie Halgren ’11

2010 Colin Foss ’10

2009 Matthew Westman ’09

2008 Qiaqia Wu ’08

2007 Olivia Bailey ’07

2006 Jennifer Bemis ’06

2005 Oana Dan ’05

2004 Pascale LaFountain ’04

2003 Melanie Mac ’03

2002 Jennifer Luening ’02

2001 Peter Day ’01 

Edwin Joseph Hamblet MA ’64 Prize

2023  Vera Rousseff ‘23

2022 Jennie Bob Bizal-Clark ‘22