2011 Awards
Historical Scholarship Awards
William M. E. Rachal Award
Best overall article in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography in 2011
Mark Sturges • "Enclosing the Commons: Thomas Jefferson, Agrarian Independence, and Early American Land Policy, 1774–1789," vol. 119, no. 1
Past Rachal Award Winners
Richard Slatten Award
Excellence in Virginia biography in 2011
Keith D. Dickson • Sustaining Southern Identity: Douglas Southall Freeman and Memory in the Modern South (Louisiana State University Press, 2011)
Past Slatten Award Winners
Exemplary Service Awards
President's Awards for Excellence
Outstanding service by VHS staff in 2011
Andrew H. Talkov • head of program development and coordinator of An American Turning Point: The Civil War in Virginia
Robert Thurston • maintenance mechanic
Past President's Awards Winners
Lora Robins Award
Leadership, foresight, and generosity in collecting the evidence of Virginia's history in 2011
Allen A. Frey
Past Lora Robins Award Winners
Howson W. Cole Award
For long and dedicated service
Doris Delk • Institutional Advancement
Past Howson W. Cole Award Winners
Patricia Rodman and Martin Kirwan King Volunteer of the Year Award
Outstanding service in 2011
Lee T. Ball • Institutional Advancement
Past Volunteer of the Year Award Winners
Education Awards
Brenton S. Halsey Award
Excellence in teaching in 2011
Rebecca L. Donlon • Liberty Middle School, Fairfax County
Past Halsey Award Winners
Bobby Chandler Student Award (sponsored by the Kip Kephart Foundation)
Outstanding high school history student in 2011
Venu Katta • Mathematics and Science High School at Clover Hill, Chesterfield County
Past Chandler Award Winners
Anne R. Worrell Student Award
Outstanding middle school history student in 2011
Lauren Brown • Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School, Lynchburg
Past Worrell Award Winners
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