Henry Truby Prize was established in memory of the late Henry M. Truby in 1995 by his family and friends. Henry Mayer Truby received his BA in Mathematics, Language and English from University of Texas in 1941, his MA in English from University of Wisconsin in 1949 and his PhD in Phonetics from University of Lund, Sweden in 1959. He was also specialized in the areas of acoustic phonetics, synthesized speech, pediatrics, anthropology, dolphin communication and inter-species communication. Beside his professional accomplishments, he was an outspoken advocate for the environment, especially focusing on protecting the Everglades and opposing hunting for sport and any killing of marine mammals.
This award honors the top graduate student in the FIU Linguistics Program each year. In order to qualify for consideration, a student must be officially enrolled in and currently attending courses in the FIU graduate program in linguistics and must have completed at least 15 credits toward the MA degree.
Previous Award Winners:
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