The Louis Sudler Prize
The Louis Sudler Prize is presented annually to an individual graduating senior who has demonstrated excellence and the highest standards of proficiency in music, theater, painting, sculpture, design, architecture or film. An endowment fund provides a $2,500 award to the honoree.
Nominations are evaluated based on evidence of individual artistic excellence and achievement; evidence of strong commitment to the arts; and the potential to have a continued impact in the arts.
The prize was established in 1982 by Louis Sudler, a performer in the arts and an arts patron from Chicago.
Nomination letters may be a maximum of 4500 characters (approximately 700-900 words). Nominees may have a maximum of three nominators total (in a combined letter or in separate nomination letters).
For more information, please contact council-arts@mit.edu.
2022
Valerie Chen ’22, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Minor in Music
Read more about Valerie Chen.
2021
Sebastian Franjou ’21, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Music
Read more about Sebastian Franjou.
2020
Venkatesh Sivaraman ’20, Computational Biology received the 2020 Louis Sudler Prize.
Read more about Venkatesh Sivaraman.
2019
Grace Yin ’19, Course 6-2 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science), received the 2019 Louis Sudler Prize.
Read more about Grace Yin.
2018
Bertrand Stone ’18, Course 18 (Mathematics), received the 2018 Louis Sudler Prize.
Read more about Bertrand Stone.
2017
Garrett Parrish ’17, Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering), received the 2017 Louis Sudler Prize.
Read more about Garrett Parrish.
2016
Daniel Parker ’16, Course 21M (Music), received the 2016 Louis Sudler Prize.
Read more about Daniel Parker’s road to Juilliard via MIT.
2015-1983
A list of past recipients of the Louis Sudler Prize, 2015-1983.
Includes recipient name, award area, and course.