Alan Rackoff Prize

The Alan Rackoff Prize was established through the Betsy and Wayne Rackoff Fund and named in honor of Dr. Rackoff's late brother, an Emory student in the class of 1973. The prize recognizes outstanding undergraduate research using primary source materials from the Rose Library. The award provides $750 to one student each academic year for the best paper, project, or honor's thesis written on the basis of primary source material from Rose Library related to a class or course of study in any academic department except the Department of English. A $500 second place award and a $250 honorable mention reserved for a first year student are also available. Dr. Wayne Rackoff, who established the prize, was among the first generation of Emory students in English courses to have access to primary materials in what was then known as "Special Collections," and the experience made a lasting imprint on his intellectual life.