Emmons Poetry Prize
The Robert Emmons Poetry Prize is held in the spring semester of the academic year.
Robert Emmons is often described as a renaissance man, multi-talented with a wide range of interests. He has been a New York Stock Exchange company CEO, a well-respected international management consultant, a university professor, and an entrepreneur. In addition, he is an art collector and patron, sailor, avid yachtsman, and a poet for more than forty years. The Los Angeles Times called him “a talented poet” and his bookOther Places Other Times “a gem of a book.”
Winners of the 2007 awards were Johanna Reed, first place, and Anthony Capadona, second place.


