Established by the Hansen family, this award recognizes student excellence in the field of journalism. Glenn E. Hansen’37 and Marguerite Clark Hansen’39 were lifelong supporters of Beloit College. Glenn also received an MBA from Harvard Business School and completed post-graduate studies at the University of Chicago and Illinois Institute of Technology. He served on The Round Table campus newspaper while at Beloit and was owner and publisher of the Rantoul Press in central Illinois from 1953 to 1975.