Honors Day 2016

Honorary Degree Recipients

Doctor of Laws
Katherine Simonds Dhanani '81

Doctor of Humane Letters
John A. Rinka '70

Trustee Teaching Excellence Awards

Professor of Physics Paula Turner
Assistant Professor of English Pashmina Murthy

Recommended for Fulbright Fellowship

Tehya Ayashe Boswell, Class of 2016
Rosa Linda Carnevali-Doan, Class of 2016
Eliza Kelly Fairbrother, Class of 2016
Samuel Chase Lagasse, Class of 2016
Patricia Mota, Class of 2016
Sarah Elizabeth Oleisky, Class of 2016
Sruthi Palakurti Rao, Class of 2016
Wyatt Edward Sarafin, Class of 2016
Mary Raynor Sturgis, Class of 2016
Haley Magdalene Townsend, Class of 2016

The Henry G. Dalton Fellowship

Rachel Joan Sweeney, Class of 2016

Barry M. Goldwater Excellence in Education Scholarship

Eliana Belden Crawford, Class of 2017
Trevor James Manz, Class of 2017

Elmer A. Graham Endowed Scholarship Fund

Trevor James Manz, Class of 2017

Eppa Rixey III Memorial Scholarship

Peter Michael Orlos, Class of 2018

Program in American Studies

William B. Scott Award in American Studies

Hannah Andrea Celli, Class of 2017
Joseph Lewin Randles, Class of 2016

Department of Anthropology

The Margaret Mead Award in Anthropology

Jennifer Jo Seely, Class of 2016
Camila Velasquez, Class of 2016

Departments of Art and Art History

The Richard Kingan Liggitt Memorial Award in Art History

Anna Emily Shinbane, Class of 2016

The Robert H. Hallstein Memorial Award in Art

Natalie Norris Wardlaw, Class of 2016

The Peterson Prize in Art

Jacqueline Arkush, Class of 2016

Department of Biology

The Dorothy E. and Thomas C. Jegla Prize

Kathryn Claire Burrows, Class of 2018
Cecina Babich Morrow, Class of 2018

The Robert Bowen Brown Jr. Prize

Scott Hull Freeburg, Class of 2016
Kaitlin Emma Creamer, class of 2016

Department of Chemistry

The Chemical Rubber Company Chemistry Achievement Award

Sarah Noelle Manz, Class of 2019

The Carl Djerassi Award in Chemistry

Rachel Kate Dragos, Class of 2016

The Gordon L. Johnson Research Prize

Alexander Robert Oles, Class of 2016
Shannon Elizabeth Wright, Class of 2016

Department of Classics

The George L. Brain Prize

Katherine Virginia Markey, Class of 2016

The Carl Diehl Prize in Latin

Meaghan Kelly Haling, Class of 2019

The Carl Diehl Prize in Greek

Eva Haller Buchanan-Cates, Class of 2019

Department of Economics

The Paul Titus Economics Prize

John Carl Nahra, Class of 2016

Department of English

The Robert Daniel Memorial Scholarship

Liam Cole Horsman, Class of 2017

The Philip Wolcott Timberlake Junior Prize

Jacob Kolling Biel, Class of 2017
Madeleine Jackson Bradford, Class of 2017
Matthew Steven Fillmore, Class of 2017
Katherine Elizabeth Guyot, Class of 2017

The Philip Wolcott Timberlake Memorial Prize

Henri Kendall Gendreau, Class of 2016
Harrison Stephen Montgomery, Class of 2016
Emily Bacot Nason, Class of 2016

The Denham Sutcliffe Memorial Award

Samuel Chase Lagasse, Class of 2016
Jonathan Yao Sun, Class of 2016

Department of History

The Robert L. Baker Memorial Prize

Katherine Virginia Markey, Class of 2016

The Alan G. Goldsmith Memorial Prize

Stewart Lewis Huntsman, Class of 2016
Emma Wilder Conover-Crockett, Class of 2017

The Curtis A. Seichter Award

Guenevere Adimanthi David, Class of 2016
Katherine Pond Adams, Class of 2016

Integrated Program in Humane Studies

The Richard F. Hettlinger Award

Olivia Miller Frey, Class of 2016

Program in International Studies

The International Studies Award

Haley Magdalene Townsend, Class of 2016
Nina Maria Okita Whittaker, Class of 2016

Program in Latino/a Studies

The Christopher E. Schmidt-Nowara Latino Studies Award

Patricia Mota, Class of 2016
Amelia Hannah Dunnell, Class of 2017

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

The Reginald B. Allen Prize

Robin Marie Dunn, Class of 2016
Max Parker Heldman, Class of 2016

The J. R. Butz Mathematics Prize

Haifeng Qiao, Class of 2016
Jingzhao Yuan, Class of 2018

The Solomon R. S. Kasper Prize

Madison Christine Hoffman, Class of 2016
John Cameron Zito, Class of 2016

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

The Edward Harvey Prize (French)

Abigail Carmen Arace, Class of 2016

The Charles Singer Williams Prize in French

Abigail Louise Cooper, Class of 2016

The Spanish Prize

Mary Raynor Sturgis, Class of 2016
Amelia Hannah Dunnell, Class of 2017

The Sigrid Lanzrath Memorial Prize (German)

Aidan Michael Gross, Class of 2016

The Italian Prize

Theresa Marie Clark, Class of 2016

The Russian Prize

Dylan E. Ogden, Class of 2016

The Thomas Au '69 and Jack Au '73 Chinese Prize

Ayako Chandra Kuki, Class of 2016

The Japanese Prize

Ayako Chandra Kuki, Class of 2016

The Arabic Prize

Emma Wilder Conover-Crockett, Class of 2017
John Dixon Ryan, Class of 2016

Department of Music

The Thomas B. and Mary M. Greenslade Award in Music Performance

Jaime Soojin Cohen, Class of 2015

The Kathleen (Kay) Locke Community Service Music Prize

Seth Thomas Reichert, Class of 2017
Samuel Adam Graf, Class of 2016

The Gabriel A. Ben-Meir Senior Award in Music

Aidan Michael Gross, Class of 2016

Department of Neuroscience

The Jon L. Williams Prize

Natalie Paige Plick, Class of 2016

Department of Philosophy

The Virgil C. Aldrich Prize

Trevor Anthony Kirby, Class of 2016

Department of Physics

The Elbe H. Johnson Prize

Rachel Nicole Nguyen, Class of 2019
Austin Blane Hulse, Class of 2019

Department of Political Science

The John Chesnut Memorial Prize

Mira Natania Brooks Netsky, Class of 2016

Department of Psychology

The Psychology Prize

Tyler David Kimble, Class of 2016

The Jeffrey S. Williams Memorial Award for Integrative Study in Psychology and Economics

Madeline Rose Thompson, Class of 2016

Department of Religious Studies

The Simpson Prize in Religious Studies

Samuel Chase Lagasse, Class of 2016

Department of Sociology

The Jane Addams Award

Emma June Welsh-Huggins, Class of 2017

The George Herbert Mead Award

Willa Bernadine Sachs, Class of 2016
Wanufi Regassa Teshome, Class of 2016

Program in Women’s and Gender Studies

The Molly R. Hatcher Prize in Women’s and Gender Studies

Joseph Nathan Durham, Class of 2017

College Awards

The George Gund Award

Jessica Ilana Gorovitz, Class of 2019

The George B. Ogden Award

Julia Beth Richards, Class of 2016

The Academy of American Poetry Prize

Ian Redmon Burnette, Class of 2018

The Muriel C. Bradbrook Prize

Thomas Cooper Lippert, Class of 2018
Claire Marie Naughton, Class of 2017

The John Crowe Ransom Poetry Prize

Rachel Kate Dragos, Class of 2016

The Propper Prize for Poetry

Juniper Cruz, Class of 2019

The Paul Newman Trophy

Chris Jeffrey Wilson, Class of 2016 for his role as "Norman" in Moonchildren by Michael Weller.

The Joanne Woodward Trophy

Amy Kristen Young, Class of 2016 for her role as "Marianne" in Constellations by Nick Payne.

The Ashford Memorial Award for Excellence in Dramatics

Julia Evely Colpitts, Class of 2016

The Dance Prize

Brianne Israel Presley, Class of 2016

The Jess Willard Falkenstine Awards

Jonathan Blake Calcei, Class of 2016
Madison Mahoney Breschi, Class of 2016

The Middle Path Partnership Award for Community Service

Jacob Griffith-Rosenberger, Class of 2016

The Humanitarian Award

Jinexa Rosandra Nunez, Class of 2016

The Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award

Jinexa Rosandra Nunez, class of 2016

The Doris B. Crozier Award

Sarah Elizabeth Adrianowycz, Class of 2016

The E. Malcolm Anderson Cup

Phoebe Elesta Roe, Class of 2016

NCAA Award Sport Winner

Samuel Chase Lagasse, Class of 2016
Alexander Robert Oles, Class of 2016

NCAC Award Scholar Athletes

Marie Rose Laube, Class of 2016
Patrick Brett Shevelson, Class of 2016