Truman Students Win Gould Scholastic Award

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Left to right: Andrew Dwyer, Jack Dumler, Parker Erickson and Deeptika Karki.

Four Truman business administration students were selected for first, second and third place in the Robert L. Gould Scholastic Award, earning a combined $22,500.

For more than 20 years, DST has administered the Gould Scholastic Award in honor of Robert Gould. The award recognizes outstanding students who produce academic papers on topics related to investment management strategies, theories and trends. The concept for papers this year was American investment into personal retirement plans.

First place and a $10,000 award went to Jack Dumler and Andrew Dwyer for their paper, “Opportunities and Challenges in Improving American Retirement Outcomes.”

Second place and a $7,500 award went to Parker Erickson for his paper, “Solving Preparation for Retirement in America.” Third place and a $5,000 award went to Deeptika Karki for her paper, “American Investments into Personal Retirement Plans.”

Winners were selected based on the evaluations of representatives of DST, a global provider of specialized technology, strategic advisory and operations outsourcing to the financial and health care industries.
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