Madeline Tanner Kaplan receives award during Honors Convocation at Wofford College

2017 May 15

Wofford College student Madeleine Tanner Kaplan received the L. Harris Chewning Award, the department award for English, and the George C. S. Adams Award, the departmental award for French, during Honors Convocation on May 9. L. Harris Chewning joined the faculty in 1957 as professor of English and chair of the department, retiring in 1981. George Cotton Smith Adams joined the faculty in 1952, serving until 1976 as professor of foreign languages. She is majoring in English and French.

The academic major awards are made by the faculty to seniors recommended by the major departments on the basis of academic achievement, character and intellectual promise. Some of the awards are named in honor of persons who have made significant contributions to the intellectual life of the college.