Harold F. Williamson Prize
Awarded every two to three years to a mid-career scholar who has made significant contributions to the field of business history, this prize memorializes the contributions to business history of the late Harold F. Williamson. The Grants and Prizes Committee shall serve as the core members of the Williamson Prize Committee, which shall also consist of two ex officio members, the BHC President and the BHC Secretary-Treasurer. The membership shall be solicited for nominations for the Williamson Prize six months before the prize winner is to be selected. The committee's selection shall require ratification by the full Board of Trustees.
The Harold F. Williamson Prize in Business History was first presented in 1990; it is awarded every two years. The prize was established to honor the memory of one of the founding members of the Business History Conference: Hal Williamson taught at Northwestern University for many years, trained dozens of graduate students, and served as president of the BHC in 1974.
The prize is awarded to an individual "at mid-career" who has made significant contributions to the teaching and writing of business history. The prize consists of a medallion and $500.
2023 Harold F. Williamson Prize Recipient
University of Manchester
2020 Harold F. Williamson Prize Recipient
University of Southern California
2020 Harold F. Williamson Prize Recipient
Providence College
2018 Harold F. Williamson Prize Recipient
Duke University
2016 Harold F. Williamson Prize Recipient
Reader in Business History & Strategy, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
2014 Harold F. Williamson Prize Recipient
Associate Professor of History, University of Georgia
2012 Harold F. Williamson Prize Recipient
University of Geneva
2010 Harold F. Williamson Prize Recipient
University of Texas at Austin (retired)
2008 Harold F. Williamson Prize Recipient
Leadership Chair in the History of Business and Society
Universita' Bocconi
2006 Harold F. Williamson Prize Recipient
Department of History, University of Colorado Denver
2004 Harold F. Williamson Prize Recipient
Georgia Tech
2002 Harold F. Williamson Prize Recipient
2000 Harold F. Williamson Prize Recipient
Florida International University
1998 Harold F. Williamson Prize Recipient
University of Leeds
Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1996 Harold F. Williamson Prize Recipient
College of William & Mary
1994 Harold F. Williamson Prize Recipient
Harvard Business School
1992 Harold F. Williamson Prize Recipient
Carnegie Mellon University
1990 Harold F. Williamson Prize Recipient
Department of Economics, Yale University