Summer 2013
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Academic Awards and Prizes
Celebrating at the 2013 Academic Awards and Prizes Ceremony were (left to right) Jake Obeng-Bediako ’14, Dean James J. Valentini and Emily Dreibelbis ’14. PHOTO: CHRIS BALMER ’07The Academic Awards and Prizes Ceremony at which students are recognized for their academic achievements is a highlight of graduation week. Dean James J. Valentini and Dean of Academic Affairs Kathryn Yatrakis were on hand to congratulate the students at the ceremony, held on May 21 at Faculty House. Yatrakis, along with several noted faculty members, presented the awards. Following are the 2013 recipients.
Special Achievements To Be Noted
Presented by Dean of Academic Affairs Kathryn Yatrakis
HARRY J. CARMAN FELLOWSHIP
Yoonjin Ha ’13
CLASS OF 1939 SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
Priom Ahmed ’14
Margarete Diaz Cuadros ’14
Emma Gilheany ’14
Alexa Semonche ’14
Yifei Zhao ’15
JARVIS AND CONSTANCE DOCTOROW FELLOWSHIP
Matthew Jacobs ’13
HENRY EVANS TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP
Gerard Ramm ’13
SOLOMON AND SEYMOUR FISHER CIVIL LIBERTIES FELLOWSHIP
Celina Aldape ’14
Andrew Gonzalez ’15
ALBERT ASHER GREEN MEMORIAL PRIZE
Joel Dierbeck ’13
EURETTA J. KELLETT FELLOWSHIP
Adam Formica ’13
Gavin McGown ’13
RICHARD LEWIS KOHN TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP
Chioma Ngwudo ’15
ARTHUR ROSE TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP
Roko Rumora ’14
Norman Toy III ’14
DAVID B. TRUMAN ALUMNI AWARD
Simon Jerome ’13
SALUTATORIAN
Yoshiaki Ko ’13
VALEDICTORIAN
Leah Friedman ’13
Prizes in the Core Curriculum
Presented by Professor Susan Boynton, Department of Music
JOSHUA A. FEIGENBAUM PRIZE IN LITERATURE HUMANITIES
Maxwell Nelson ’15
Miriam Rosen ’15
WALLACE A. GRAY PRIZE IN LITERATURE HUMANITIES
Jack Klempay ’15
DEAN HAWKES MEMORIAL PRIZE IN THE HUMANITIES
Sara Lavenhar ’14
Leah Wajnberg ’14
JONATHAN THRONE KOPIT PRIZE IN LOGIC AND RHETORIC
Fabio DeSousa ’16
JAMES P. SHENTON PRIZE IN CONTEMPORARY CIVILIZATION
Reid Jenkins ’14
Prizes in Science and Mathematics
Presented by Professor Emlyn Hughes, Department of Physics
RICHARD BERSOHN PRIZE
Julia Oktawiec ’13
COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AWARD
James Nugent ’13
Madhavan Somanathan ’13
Henri Stern ’13
THOMAS J. KATZ PRIZE
Cyril Bucher ’13
ALFRED MORITZ MICHAELIS PRIZE
Samuel Kohn ’13
PROFESSOR VAN AMRINGE MATHEMATICAL PRIZE
First Year: Ha-Young Shin ’16
Sophomore: Yifei Zhao ’15
Junior: Sicong Zhang ’14
JOHN DASH VAN BUREN JR. PRIZE IN MATHEMATICS
Sung Chul Park ’13
BRIDGES AND STURTEVANT PRIZE IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Georgia Squyres ’13
THE HERBERT DERESIEWICZ SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
Matthew Tsim ’16
Prizes in the Social Sciences
Presented by Professor John Huber, Department of Political Science
CHARLES A. BEARD PRIZE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
Shelley Liu ’13
CHARLES A. BEARD PRIZE IN HISTORY
Elisa Quiroz ’13
CARL B. BOYER MEMORIAL PRIZE
Claire Sabel ’13
CHANLER HISTORICAL PRIZE
David Fine ’13
TARAKNATH DAS FOUNDATION AWARD
Lewis West ’13
ALBERT MARION ELSBERG PRIZE
James Wiseman ’13
LILY PRIZE IN HISTORY
Myrsini Manney-Kalogera ’13
GARRETT MATTINGLY PRIZE
Eric Kutscher ’13
SANFORD S. PARKER PRIZE
Yuxiao Huang ’13
SANFORD S. PARKER SUMMER RESEARCH PRIZE
Evan Munro ’14
Joonwoo Park ’14
Adam Stansell ’15
Xiaoshi Yang ’14
Samantha Zeller ’14
EDWIN ROBBINS ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND PUBLIC SERVICE FELLOWSHIP
Matthew Chou ’14
Emily Dreibelbis ’14
Nicole Dussault ’14
Jake Obeng-Bediako ’14
ROMINE PRIZE
Seminar Paper: Steven Iglehart ’13
Honors Thesis: Lorna Zhang ’13
PHYLLIS STEVENS SHARP FELLOWSHIP IN AMERICAN POLITICS
Bianca Capone ’16
Melissa Fich ’15
Jiawen Tang ’15
CAROLINE PHELPS STOKES PRIZE
David Baruch ’13
ALAN J. WILLEN MEMORIAL PRIZE
Grace Rybak ’13
MYRA KRAFT PRIZE FOR EXCEPTIONAL PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY
Erica Bower ’14
MYRA KRAFT PRIZE FOR SUPERIOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN THE STUDY OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Carrie Montgomery ’13
Prizes in the Humanities
Presented by Professor Courtney Bender, Department of Religion
SENIOR THESIS PRIZE IN ART HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
Isabel Losada ’13
CHARLES PATERNO BARRATT-BROWN MEMORIAL PRIZE
Michelle Dawson ’13
DINO BIGONGIARI PRIZE
Isabel Losada ’13
BUNNER PRIZE
Peter Conroy ’13
DOUGLAS GARDNER CAVERLY PRIZE
Gavin McGown ’13
EARLE PRIZE IN CLASSICS
Gavin McGown ’13
JAMES GUTMANN PRIZE IN PHILOSOPHY
Sanford Diehl ’13
JOHN VINCENT HICKEY PRIZE
Amanda Gutterman ’13
ADAM LEROY JONES PRIZE IN LOGIC
Eric Shapiro ’13
HELEN AND HOWARD R. MARRARO PRIZE
Casey Ross ’14
BENJAMIN F. ROMAINE PRIZE FUND
Ridge Montes ’13E
ERNEST STADLER PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE STUDY OF CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY
Aaron Primero ’13
Kyle Radler ’13
DEUTSCHER VEREIN PRIZE IN GERMAN
Samuel Walker ’14
SUSAN HUNTINGTON VERNON PRIZE
Karina Yu ’13
RICHMOND B. WILLIAMS TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP
Lara Andersson ’14
Bernardo Sarmiento-Hinojosa ’14
Jennifer Schmeyer ’14
Kai Schultz ’14
Prizes in the Creative and Performing Arts
Presented by Professor Susan Boynton, Department of Music
ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS POETRY PRIZE
Rebecca Liu Xu ’14
KAREN OSNEY BROWNSTEIN WRITING PRIZE
Yanyi Luo ’13
Nicholas Pierce ’13
Abigail Struhl ’14
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS PRIZE IN ORATION
Ankeet Ball ’16
ARTHUR E. FORD POETRY PRIZE
Andy Nicole Bowers ’13
PHILOLEXIAN CENTENNIAL WASHINGTON PRIZE
William Tant ’14 GS
PHILOLEXIAN PRIZE FUND
Yanyi Luo ’13
AUSTIN E. QUIGLEY PRIZE
Lorenzo Landini ’13
Kyle Radler ’13
RICHARD AND BROOKE KAMIN RAPAPORT SUMMER MUSIC PERFORMANCE FELLOWSHIP
Joseph Betts ’15
J.D. Nathan Chan ’15
Maria Diez ’15
Anna Dugan ’14
Vicente Hansen ’15
Javier Llaca ’16
Annalise Perricone ’16
Amalia Rinehart ’14
Jennifer Schmeyer ’14
Caroline Sonett ’14
David Su ’14
Madeleine Tucker ’15
LOUIS SUDLER PRIZE IN THE ARTS
Averi Israel ’13
MARIANA GRISWOLD VAN RENSSELAER PRIZE
Andy Nicole Bowers ’13