Tom Reich Receives Portage County Historical Society's
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Tom
Reich has received the Win Rothman Local History Award for his 2003 graduate
thesis about UWSP’s role in advising the South Vietnamese government on
education,
Higher education in Vietnam : United States Agency for International Development
Contract in Education.
The Win Rothman Local History Award is given by the Portage County Historical Society to amateur/lay historians and professional historians for research papers, manuscripts, documents, or for the collection and identification of historical artifacts for preservations and display, based on local history. The award was established in 1976 by the late Edith F. Rothman (1887-1986) as a memorial to her husband Winfred "Win" Rothman (1886-1976). The Rothmans were charter members of the Portage County Historical Society. Award recipients in the past include local historians Wendell Nelson, Eugene Isherwood and Malcolm Rosholt, and university historian Justus Paul, UWSP's former Dean of the College of Letters & Science. (For a complete list of recipients, see http://www.pchswi.org/aboutpchs.htm).
Tom's work is no stranger to recognition. His paper was also selected for the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) 2004 Distinguished Thesis Award! (see the University Library's news release). He is a recipient of the Chancellor's Leadership Award (2003) and, while working as Graduate Assistant in the History Department, the Graduate Council's Award for "Outstanding Research Assistant." In 2003, the Awards Committee of the UWSP Graduate Council selected his thesis to be UWSP's nomination for the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) 2004 Distinguished Thesis Award, and it was also chosen as the UWSP 2003 Distinguished Master's Thesis!
Tom
is a Library Services Assistant Advanced in Government Documents, and has served
actively in the Library, the community and at UWSP. In addition to
his service as graduate assistant for the History Department, he has been
co-coordinator of the Central Region competition for National History Day in
Wisconsin for five years, and during one year served as both state and regional
coordinator. The event is sponsored by the College of Letters and Science,
the Department of History, the University Library, the Offices of Chancellor and
Vice Chancellor, and the Wisconsin Historical Society. The state history
event, held in conjunction with
National
History Day, is a competition open to all Wisconsin students in grades 6-12.
National History Day numbers over 400,000 participants from most of the 50
states, including Wisconsin.
The Library extends its congratulations to Tom!