Awarded annually to a graduate student in the School of Public Policy. Endowed in 1997 by the faculty and staff of the School of Public Policy and Administration in memory of Dick Abbott, a distinguished and long-serving member of the faculty. The recipient will be chosen each year on the recommendation of the Director of the School of Public Administration. Colleagues remember Dick as a key institution builder at Carleton in the School and in the Department of Law and Legal Studies. Most importantly, he was committed to viewing law as a tool for social good and he dedicated his career to labour law and mediation. It is wonderful that his memory can live on in the support of students who are interested in how policy can be a force for good in our world.
