The Lawrence O. Christensen Award Winner

Taylor Desloge

Please join the department of History in congratulating grad student Taylor Desloge, who received the Lawrence O. Christensen Award.

This prize is given by the State Historical Society of Missouri every year for the best article published on a Missouri-related topic.

Taylor received the award for his Missouri Historical Review article, “Creating the Lung Block: Racial Transition and the Making of the ‘New Public Health’ in a St. Louis Neighborhood, 1907-1940.”