The Dorothy Haglund Prize for an Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation was established in 1979 through the generosity of former Vice Chancellor and Dean William J. Argersinger, his wife Marnie, and their friends, in cooperation with the KU Endowment Association. The prize was established to honor the late Dorothy Haglund, who served the graduate students of the University of Kansas from 1940 to her retirement in 1983. In 1992, through the continued generosity of the Argersingers, an additional dissertation prize, the Marnie and Bill Argersinger Award, was established.
The four recipients were chosen from eight finalists and will receive cash awards.
Kristine Frank, from North Olmstead, Ohio, will receive an Argersinger Award for her dissertation, "Synthesis of N-Cycloproply Fluoroquinolones and Synthetic Studies Toward the Total Synthesis of the Martinellines." She will receive her doctorate in medicinal chemistry.
Jeffrey Krise, from Kersey, Pa., will receive an Argersinger Award for his dissertation, "A Novel Prodrug Approach for Tertiary Amines: Synthesis and Evaluation of N-Phosphonooxymethyl Derivatives." He will receive his doctorate in pharmaceutical chemistry.
Uwe Reising, from Koblenz, Germany, will receive an Argersinger Award for his dissertation, "Taking European Integration to the Streets: A Comparative Analysis of European Protest in Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, and France 1980-1995." Reising received his doctorate in political science.
Taku Hagiwara, Tokyo, will receive the Dorothy Haglund Prize for his dissertation, "Multimedia Social Story Intervention for Students with Autism." Hagiwara received his doctoral degree in special education. Recipients' names, doctoral degree, parents' names and addresses when available are
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