Leonard Lawson L.H.D. '68
Professor Emeritus of International Relations
1916-1954

Leonard Lawson came to the Colleges in 1916 as an associate professor of history and rose to full professor in 1917. In addition to serving as head of the history and politics department, he was also named the Charles Henry Brent L.L.D. '19 Professor of International Relations from 1932 until his retirement 38 years later, in June 1954. His research included major emphasis on current events and their analysis. He founded the International Relations Club, which provided students with an enriched understanding of current events and a strong impetus to an active and useful civic life. He was also responsible for teaching a course titled "War and Peace," which surveyed the underlying causes of armed strife, and was the first course of its kind to prepare students for lives as global citizens.Lawson earned a B.A. from Upsala College and a M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. He also received an honorary degree from HWS in 1968.
DFA RECIPIENTS
2019
2018
2017
Maureen Flynn P'09, P'12, P'16*
2016
Ann B. Oaks '74, P'84, P'85, P'89
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
Joseph N. Abraham, L.H.D. '81*
2008
2007
2006
2004
2003
2002
Eugene F. Murphy P'74, L.H.D. '90*
2001
Kenneth Carle P'82, P'84, P'90
2000
Benjamin P. Atkinson, L.H.D. '86*
Lindsay A. J. Lafford P'65, P'71, L.H.D. '87*
1999
1998
Theodore Tellefsen Odell '20, Sc. D.'67*
1997
Charles Delamater Vail '59, L.H.D.'04*
Joseph H. McDaniels, LL.D. '11*
1996
1995
1993
William Pitt Durfee, LL.D. '22*
Walter Hetherington Durfee '08, Sc.D. '59*
1992
Edward E. Griffith, L.H.D. '88*
1991
Milton Haight Turk, LL.D. '38*
Kathryn Dapp Cook, L.H.D. '84*
1990
Hamilton Lanphere Smith, D.Sc. 1900*
* deceased