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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 ’07Celebrating 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

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