Carroll Phillips Bassett

The Carroll Phillips Bassett Prize is awarded annually to senior students deemed most outstanding by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Background on Carroll Phillips Bassett:  Mr. Bassett graduated from the Newark Academy, and entered Lafayette College in 1879, being graduated as valedictorian of the class of 1883, with the degree of Civil Engineer. Pursuing his studies in a post-graduate course, he had the degree of Mining Engineer conferred upon him in 1884 by the same institution, which also honored him with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1888.

Mr. Bassett is an author of considerable note in the profession with which he Is identified, and among the numerous technical papers he has contributed to the literature of this field are the following:”The Conservation of Streams,” “Inland Sewage Disposal,” and many others. For a long time he has been a regular lecturer on hydraulics and sanitation at the University of New York, and at Lafayette College, and he is consulting engineer for a number of water companies.

[Bassett served as an alumni trustee of Lafayette College from 1898-1904 and 1916-1922 and as a life trustee from 1923-1952.]

The award recipients  for the Carroll Phillips Bassett Prize are:

2015

Leikune Aragaw ’15, Emily Crossette ’15, Julia Kripas ’15

2014

Zachary Benedetto ’14, Stephen Berkin ’14, Sarah Hardy ’14, Eric Himmelwright ’14 Anthony Vecchio ’14

2013

William Barlow ’13, Philip Bellis ’13, Hassaan Khan ’13,
Minyan Li ’13, Sandy Ma ’13, and Megan Young ’13

2012

Jacob Dein ’12, Matthew O’Loughlin ’12, Brian Peacock ’12, Matthew Scheps ’12, Michael Thompson ’12, and Austin Weidner ’12

2011

Alec Bernstein ’11, Brian Carey ’11, Anthony Giralo ’11,
Joaquin Indacochea Beltran ’11, Kristi Kostallari ’11, and Diane Tran ‘11

2010

Michael Adelman ’10, Kurtis D’Angelo ’10, Diana Hasegan ’10, William Kingston ’10, Matthew Reichenbach ’10
Jessalyn Rolwood ’10,  Jeffrey Shoemaker ’10 and  Andrew Woerheide ’10

2009

Kyle Henning ’09, Martin Tjioe ’09, and Thomas Voltz ’09

2008

Christine Moore ’08, Bailey Simone ’08, David Kendall ’08, Katherine Merriam ’08, and Hugo Sindelar IV ’08

Carroll Phillips Bassett Prize for Juniors

Awarded annually for outstanding work up to and including the junior year.

2004

Stephen T. Bono ’05, Susan E. Bowers ’05, Ronald T. Manney ’05, Michael L. Nilson ’05