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Robert M. La Follette
School of Public Affairs
1225 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706

Telephone:  608.262.3581
Fax: 608.265.3233


Last updated:
May 22, 2008

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Students: Penniman Prize Recipients

The Clara Penniman Prize is awarded to the graduating student who has written the most outstanding paper while a graduate student in public affairs.

La Follette School faculty nominate the papers, which  best demonstrate the writing and analytic skills the school emphasizes.

A specialist in taxation and public finance, Clara Penniman was the founder and director of the La Follette Schools predecessor, the Center for the Study of Public Policy and Administration. She was the first female chair of the University of Wisconsin-Madisons (then otherwise all male) political science department. She retired in 1984.

These La Follette School alumni have received the award: