Louis Sudler Prize
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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. Note the new link to submit a nomination.
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.
Submit a Nomination for the 2026 Sudler Prize by March 13
2025 Sudler Prize winner Holden Mui. Credit Jon Sachs.
2025
Holden Mui ’25\ Mathematics and Music, Minor in Physics
Read more about Holden Mui.
2024 Sudler Prize winner Phoebe Lin '24, credit Phoebe Lin.
2024
Phoebe Lin ’24, Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences
Read more about Phoebe Lin.
2023 Sudler Prize winner Theresa Clare McHugh '23. Courtesy of the artist.
2023
Theresa Clare McHugh ’23, Music
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2022 Sudler Prize recipient Valerie Chen. Credit: BEARWALK
2022
Valerie Chen ’22, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Minor in Music
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Image: 2021 Sudler Prize recipient Sebastian Franjou. Credit: Amelia Paine.
2021
Sebastian Franjou ’21, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Music
Read more about Sebastian Franjou.
Image: Sudler Award recipient Venkatesh Sivaraman. Courtesy of the artist.
2020
Venkatesh Sivaraman ’20, Computational Biology received the 2020 Louis Sudler Prize.
Read more about Venkatesh Sivaraman.
Image: Grace Yin. Credit: Rachel Wu.
2019
Grace Yin ’19, Course 6-2 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science), received the 2019 Louis Sudler Prize.
Read more about Grace Yin.
Sudler Prize Winner Bertrand Stone.
2018
Bertrand Stone ’18, Course 18 (Mathematics), received the 2018 Louis Sudler Prize.
Read more about Bertrand Stone.
Garrett Parrish '17, 2017 Sudler Prize winner. Photo: courtesy of Garrett Parrish.
2017
Garrett Parrish ’17, Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering), received the 2017 Louis Sudler Prize.
Read more about Garrett Parrish.
Daniel Parker performs at the 2016 CAMIT Annual Meeting. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.
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.