Named in honor of the first president of the Council of Graduate Schools and first presented in 1972,  the CGS Gustave O. Arlt Award in the Humanities award is made annually to a scholar-teacher in the humanities. The recipient must be teaching in a North American university, have earned a doctorate within 7 years of the award date, and have written a book of scholarly importance. Subjects fields are selected annually. Awards have been made in literature, history, linguisitics, foreign languages, philosophy, archaeology and musicology.  For more information, go to: http://www.cgsnet.org/current-year-award-description.