Each year the Center for Environmental Studies awards the Tom Hardie Memorial Award to the student(s) whose work best demonstrates excellence in environmental studies. The publication of his/her work is then reprinted as part of the Tom Hardie Memorial Series and made available at Kellogg House.
This award is created in remembrance of Thomas G. Hardie III '78 (1956-1975).
Tom Hardie was a country boy who knew his way around a city- especially if there was an art museum nearby. But nature was his first love. When a student at Gilman School in Baltimore, he started the Ecology Recycling Center, as well as Operation GreenGrass, bringing inner city students out to the country. As a Williams freshman he expected to major in Pre-Med, planning to be a doctor, but the heart of his year was the Center for Environmental Studies. It was here he felt most at home. Tom probably thought he was giving, but the Center gave him the most meaningful, happiest part of his one year at Williams. In return for this gift to their son, his family has established the Thomas Hardie Memorial Award for others, like Tom, who want to help their world without being asked.
Below is a list of all the past Tom Hardie '78 Memorial Awards. Free copies of each are available upon request from the CES Secretary, Sandy Zepka, with the exception of Farms to Forest, which is $8.95 plus $2.05 shipping. A Hardie award was not given in 2002.
* denotes PDF printer friendly version| 35 | May 2008 | What Drives the Green Car Market? The effects of state tax incentives on hybrid-electric vehicle sales* | Whitney A. Leonard ‘08 |
| 34 | May 2007 | Elites, Regimes, and Growth Machines: The Politics of Parks Development in Chicago and London* | Andrew R. Stevenson ‘07 |
| 33 | May 2006 | Community Supported Agriculture: A Model for Combating Distancing* | Rachel L. Winch '06 |
| 32 | May 2006 | Possibilities for Sustainable Tourism in the Indian Himilaya | Katherine Majzoub '06 |
| 31 | May 2005 | Lead in the Soils of Pittsfield, Massachusetts: Chemical Analysis and Community Questions | Kathleen A. Carroll '05 |
| 30 | May 2004 | Energy Yield and Visual Impact Studies of the Berlin Wind Project* | Samuel M. Arons '04 |
| 29 | May 2003 | Subsistence In Alaska: Balancing Competing Visions of the Land in Fish and Game Management * | Judith Harvey '03 |
| 28 | May 2001 |
Information Flows and the Impact of PCB Contamination on Property Values * | Jessica Erickson '01 |
| 27 | May 2000 |
The Breakdown of Ecosystem Services: Urban Sprawl and Air Pollution in Santiago de Chile | Sarah E. Connolly '00 |
| 26 | May 1999 | Alleys in the American Landscape * | Ellen Cook '00 |
25 |
May 1998 |
Healing Knowledge and Cultural Practices in a Modern Tswana Village * | Catherine Bolten '98 |
24 |
May 1997 |
A Study of the Past and Present Ecology of the American Chestnut (Castanea dentata [Marsh.] Borkh.) in a Northern Hardwood Forest |
Timothy J. Billo '97 |
23 |
May 1997 |
Is Economic Growth Good for the Environment |
Darby W. Jack '97 |
22 |
May 1997 |
Alternate Life * | Amy K. Smith '97 |
21 |
May 1996 |
Farms to Forest: A Naturalist's Guide (published 1995) |
Dawn Biehler '97 Daniel I. Bolnick '96 Jonathan C. Cluett Nathaniel G. Gerhart '96 Emilie B. Grossmann '96 J.D. Ho '96 Willard S. Morgan '96 |
20 |
May 1995 |
A Morphological and Geochemical Comparison of a Partially Reclaimed Open Mine Pit to a Similar but Undisturbed Site, Cooke City, Montana |
Michael Montag '95 |
19 |
May 1994 |
The International Whaling Commission: An Ineffectual Past, A Controversial Present, and an Uncertain Future |
Elizabeth H. Linen '94 |
18 |
May 1993 |
Listen to the Mouse's Roar: Disney Architecture and Planning |
Damon John Hemmerdinger '93 |
17 |
May 1992 |
Parque Y Pueblito: The Combined and Conflicting Interests of The Machalilla National Park and the Village of Casas Viejas |
Scott A. Ringgold '92 |
16 |
May 1992 |
Apartheid's Ecological Legacy and the Political Solutions for South Africa's Environment |
Susan C. Donna '92 |
15 |
May 1991 |
Wilderness Act of 196 |
Peter C. Aengst '91 |
14 |
May 1990 |
Altered Berkshire Landscapes |
Tiffany Holmes '90 |
13 |
May 1989 |
Wetlands Protection Bylaw and Map for Williamstown |
James P. Power '90 Mary S. Richardson '91 James A. Simmonds '89 |
13 |
May 1988 |
A Land-Use Plan for Williamstown, Massachusetts' Stone Hill |
Mary M. Taylor '88 |
13 |
May 1988 |
Less Mess: Changing Our Ways With Waste |
Beth A. Stein '88 |
12 |
May 1987 |
Causes of Environmental Degradation in China |
Cheryl Lynn Hall '87 |
11 |
May 1986 |
Williamstown Wetlands |
Anne D. Southworth '86 |
11 |
May 1986 |
Towards a Theory of Ecological Marxism |
Nicholas W. Van Aelstyn '86 |
10 |
May 1985 |
Nature: America's Tragic Heroine |
Karla Miller '85 |
10 |
May 1985 |
To Mine the Sun |
L. Hart Hodges III '85 |
9 |
May 1984 |
The Shepherd's Well Site: A Site History As It Reflects and Differs From The Land Use History of the 8th Division in the Hopkins Memorial Forest |
Julie Woodward '84 |
8 |
May 1983 |
Some Conflicting Demands on Energy and Food Production in the Third World |
Cecilia Danks '83 |
7 |
May 1982 |
Upland Settlement in Williamstown: An Historical and Anthropological Survey |
Deborah Gregg '82 |
6 |
May 1981 |
Two American Margins and the Path Between |
Edward Christian Wolf '81 |
5 |
May 1980 |
A Proposal for a National Energy Plan |
Students in Chemistry 14 |
4 |
May 1979 |
The Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 |
Clifford S. Mitchell '79 |
3 |
May 1978 |
A Vegetational Survey of Mt. Greylock |
A. Christine Reid '78 |
2 |
Fall 1976 (1977) |
Interaction |
Robin Broad '76 |
1 |
Spring 1976 |
Portraits of a Community: Photographs of the Hopper Road |
David Chapin Weeks '76 |