Gilbert DeBartolo worked with Professor Robert Haveman to write a paper that subsequently was published in the American Economic Review. Gilbert viewed that experience of doing mentored original research as one of the highlights of his Grinnell career. After his untimely death, his family established this award to recognize students who take advantage of similar opportunities to do supervised original research, whose quality we hope is recognized beyond the campus.

2007
Michael Gideon

2006
Matthew Johnshoy
Ben Wallenberg

2005
Raicho Bojilov

2004
Gabriela Dobrescu

2002
Katharine Anderson
Andrea Gelatt

1999
Syed Fazle Faisal

1998
Mark Burkhead

1996
Bruce D. Friedrich

1995
Rupesh Pradhan

1994
Jesse B. Messitte

1993
Devendra Saharia

1992
A. Minnie Alexander

1991
David Hammond