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A change and
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COMMENCEMENT 2010
Sharing the joy with family and friends
Mandisa Mjamba and
her mother Pheliwe
Left: Tristin Moone
(second from left)
with her mother
Patricia and sisters
Cary and Sandre
Shane Bouchard with
his grandparents
Dave and Judy Knoll
and grandmother
Eleanor Bouchard
Ryan Marcelo with
his brother Adam (front)
and Adam Tohn
The Doyle family:
Billy ’05, Jack ’10,
Kathryn ’03,
Mary ’08
Above: Lauren Verdine
flanked by (left to right)
her mother Kasumi, sister
Erika, father Greg, and her
aunt and uncle, Naomi
and Jerry Shapiro
Annie Brown
with her parents
Dave and Jan
Gauri Thaker with her father Yogendra
and mother Devyani
c o mmencement 2010
CONTENTS
Alumni Affairs
Welcomes the
Class of 2010..................... 3
Commencement
Weekend Events............... 4
Baccalaureate.................... 6
Commencement
Ceremony and Head of
School Barbara Landis
Chase’s Address to
the Class of 2010.............. 8
Senior Awards..................15
2010 Class Photo............16
Arts: From the hearts of 2010
Young Girl at Temple
Seven years, blade thin, big clothes, not a sin
Outside the Bombay temple, the markets
pulse races
But the Hindi plea she breathed, was like a
sacred prayer
Her wet black eyes framed by untamed hair
Hindi yelps in the air, quick gasps, blurred
faces.
As tall as my buckle but her gaze in the skies
The auspicious day so the temple was spilling
The crowd was a cage
Line winds serpentine, frantically and willing.
But even amidst the throngs of devotees
There was really only one girl I could see
Looking straight at me, straight into my eyes
They locked us inside
There was no avoiding this tragic collide
Like a minor note in a major key
Whispering Hindi to me.
She was all that I could see.
Her hands on her lips, forming a bowl
We pushed through the crowd, she kept right
beside me
“Please” she breathes, an arrow to my soul.
The pavement around her, piles of filth
She begged on her tiptoes, up like stilts
Her fragile fingers recite Mozart on my arm
Pressing and tapping and gripping, my alarms
Are blaring in my head, nerves on fire
Cause what I know I should do and what I
know I should do are not the same
“Don’t even look at them” that’s what they say
“Shake your head, do not pay, shake your
head, walk away”
Small steps, quick paces, eyes fixed in a hurry
I slipped through the gate, she was stopped
by security
But when I looked back through the wire
She was still there, watching me, forlorn eyes
on fire.
Cause what I knew I should do and what I
knew I should do
I still don’t know
Which one was right
Scognamiglio’s poem was inspired by
an experience he had with the Niswarth
Program in India as a rising upper.
—Michael Scognamiglio ’10
Above left: Atomization by Emelyn Chew
Right: Moments by Serena Gelb
Both works were part of a senior art exhibition
in the Gelb Gallery at the end of spring
term.
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FROM T H E ED ITO R
COMMENCEMENT 2010
Volume 103 Number 4
PUBLISHER
Tracy M. Sweet
Director of Academy Communications
Warm and heartfelt congratulations to the Class of 2010!
EDITOR
Sally V. Holm
Director of Publications
We are pleased to offer this inaugural Commencement Issue of Andover, the magazine of
Phillips Academy. Produced especially for graduating seniors and their families, this new
issue captures the major events of the three days leading up to Commencement—prom,
Senior-Faculty Convocation, the Senior Concert and Baccalaureate service on Saturday—
and the culminating event on Sunday morning.
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It was an unusual Commencement, buffeted by
what the local press called a “macroburst” that
roared through Andover around five o’clock on
a very sultry Saturday afternoon, uprooting trees,
flinging large limbs about, and briefly sending an
event tent skyward. Unsettled weather continued
into the evening, prompting the administration to
postpone making the dreaded decision of whether or not
to hold Commencement exercises indoors until just one hour
before they were to begin. That presented a major challenge to procession coordinator
Mike Kuta and the Office of Physical Plant. It meant setting up two venues—on the
lush green lawn in front of SamPhil where the exhibition is traditionally held and in the
Cage, the default rain location. Half of the folding chairs were set up in each site. Just in
case, Kuta had led the Class of 2010 through rehearsals in both locations the afternoon
before. All rose admirably to the challenge.
Sunday morning, June 6, dawned gray, the heat had lingered, the air was heavy with rain.
Thunderstorms threatened, and safety concerns ruled. At 9 a.m. the call was made and
the word went out through the wonders of the Web. Within the hour, the chairs had been
whisked from the lawn into the Cage, the podium and sound technology installed. At precisely 10 a.m. the pipes whined their opening notes, the drumbeats sprang to their cadence,
the Class of 2010—assembled gamely in the gym—began the march over the catwalk, and
Commencement 2010 was begun, reminding us all that the meaning is in the memories.
—Sally V. Holm
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At the conclusion
of the StudentFaculty
Convocation,
members of the
Class of 2010
leave Cochran
Chapel with their
teachers for a last
meal together in
Paresky Commons.
Dear Members of the Class of 2010,
It is hard to believe two months have passed since you were
circled as a class, passing your diplomas one by one, unified for
the last time. Now you span the globe, preparing for new adventures with what I am sure are some mixed feelings of excitement
and trepidation. Your lives as alumni also have begun, and we
warmly welcome you to this next chapter.
What does it mean to be an Andover alum? It means you are
now part of an extraordinary alumni body. Find comfort in those
friendships and connections. Use the network. Think of those
who graduated before you as your new “Blue Keys,” ready and
willing to help you navigate new waters.
It means you have been privileged to receive a very special education. Use the skills you learned here to make a difference. Be
proud of all you accomplished at Andover, yet embrace humility
as you lead and serve.
Finally, being an Andover alum means you forever will be part
of Andover’s history, and we hope Andover forever will be part
of you. Stay connected to the institution and the people who
are part of this community. Attend alumni events. Come back
to campus for visits whenever you can. Nothing beats driving
up Route 28 and seeing the Bell Tower in the distance after you
have been away for many months. I still get chills every time!
One of my favorite Andover mottos has always been Finis Origine
Pendet—the end depends upon the beginning. I must confess that
since becoming director of alumni affairs I have begun to think
about this phrase differently. Senior year at Andover is certainly
not the beginning of the end. If I could change the phrase slightly,
it would read, “the beginning depends upon the beginning.” I like
to think that your time at Andover has led you to the beginning of
a new and exciting adventure. We will miss
all of you but are proud to see you
go. Good luck, and please keep
in touch!
All the best,
Debby B. Murphy ’86
Director of Alumni Affairs
Cheers for 2010! Mat Kelley
and Caroline Gezon present
the class gift of $21,714.70—
achieving an astounding and
record-breaking 96 percent
participation.
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A Whirlwind
of Final Events
Prom, Senior-Faculty
Convocation, Senior Concert
Prom Night
Katy Svec with faculty
parents Vic and Lisa
Prom Night
Marilyn Hewett ’11
and Chris Higgins
Promenade
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Faiyad Ahmad and Brenna Liponis
Senior Concert
Left to right: Jacob Shack,
Hoonie Moon, Jennifer Chew
Senior-Faculty Convocation
Background: banner bearers Mandisa
Mjamba and Andrew Townson
Below: Michael Scognamiglio
Photos from left: Stassja Sichko,
Nathalie Sun, Director of Student
Activities Cindy Efinger, Claire King,
and Riley Gardner; Julian Chernyk
and Carl Bewig, associate director of
college counseling; Celia Cadwell (left)
with Hannah Bardo and her father,
instructor in English Seth Bardo
S ee and H ear
Senior-Faculty Convocation at
www.andover.edu/magazine.
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Baccalaureate
“The tears may come,” Lily Shaffer said from the podium in
Cochran Chapel to her classmates of 2010, “from a longing
for this place…the gorgeous maple walls we sat beneath…
jogs through the Sanctuary, trips to Pomps and Holt Hill, late
night four square tournaments, 2 a.m. bonding moments
when the entire Class of 2010 is online struggling over a
History 320 paper, Blue Sharks, the cherry tree in spring.
But I think what I will truly miss is…you…the 293 brilliant,
courageous, beautiful people sitting in front of me…the
vivacious bunch throwing their arms up in triumphant Xs
one last time. I will miss you with all my heart.”
Baccalaureate, from the memories shared to the confessions of loss to the uplifting candlelight close, gave moving
expression to the bittersweet emotions of farewell for
seniors and their parents, as well as for faculty. Dave Penner,
closing out 37 years of teaching math at Andover, urged
seniors to remember the wealth of opportunity that was
theirs on the Hill and use it to “hunt for chances to develop
opportunities for others.” Anne and Bill Doyle, parents
of Jack ’10 (and three other PA graduates), spoke of the
importance of wonderful connections and “the penetrating
happiness” Andover had given their children.
And as she sent them all into a stormy night, Catholic
Chaplain Dr. Mary Kantor offered as a benediction excerpts
from a poem by former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins:
The Blue
You can have Egypt and Nantucket.
The only place I want to visit is The Blue,
not the Wild Blue Yonder that seduces pilots,
but that zone where the unexpected dwells,
waiting to come out of it in the shape of bolts.
I want to walk its azure perimeter
where the unanticipated is coiled, on the mark,
ready to spring into the predictable homes of earth.
I want to stroll through the pale indigo light
examining all the accidents about to rocket into time,
all the forgotten names about to fly from tongues.
I will scrutinize all the surprises of the future
and watch the brainstorms gathering darkly,
ready to hit the heads of inventors
laboring in their crackpot shacks.
A jaded traveler with an invisible passport,
I am at home in this heaven of the unforeseen
waiting for the next whoosh of sudden departure
when, with no advance warning, no tiny augury,
the unpredictable plummets into our lives
from somewhere that looks like sky.
S ee and H ear Baccalaureate service at
www.andover.edu/magazine.
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Head of School
Barbara Landis Chase
addresses the
Like the class of students it celebrated, Commencement 2010 was far from ordinary. Rain and
threats of lightning pushed the traditional ceremony from emerald lawns, the backdrop of beloved
edifices, and the shelter of towering elms…to Case Memorial Cage, for the first time since 1993
and the first time in Head of School Barbara Chase’s 16-year tenure at Andover’s helm. And yet,
it produced its own extraordinary memories—Clan McPherson’s pipes seemed more stirring, the
colors of international flags more intense, the feeling perhaps more intimate.
The hallowed circle, which first graced the Great Lawn in front of the Addison Gallery in 1952,
has formed only three times on the Cage’s upper deck. With families and friends below, the
arrangement allowed them a rare place inside the circle, looking up at the beaming faces of the new
graduates. After the final name had been read and the last diploma found the hands of its owner,
Mrs. Chase promised them all a second circle—to be formed on the Great Lawn where so many
have formed before—at their Fifth Reunion in 2015. That promise brought down the house.
Dear Seniors, dearest friends, here you
sit in this tender, tectonic moment—together for the very
last time. And I struggle mightily to find the right words
to send you off. In search of inspiration, I reach back to a
beloved novel published exactly 100 years ago for my
text. It comes from E.M. Forster’s Howards End: “Only
connect; Live in fragments no longer.” These words are
well suited to your strengths and to the challenges you
will face in this new, often wonderful, sometimes frightening world. A century after Forster wrote Howards
End, new technologies help us, compel us, to experience
more and more of the world. But connectivity does not
necessarily lead to authentic connection. So, this morning, let’s think about real connection. You are good at it; and
I will show you this, I hope, by asking you to consider three ways
of connecting: connecting with your history; connecting with this
place; connecting with others.
First, connect with your history: Especially with your families! In your early, vulnerable
years, your families took care of you. As you grew, they came to understand your promise
and potential better than anyone. They sent you to Andover to develop your character and
use your talents. They watch you with pride today. This first part of my talk is dedicated to
your families—those who sit here this morning and those who are here only in spirit.
One of my favorite radio shows, StoryCorps, airs the interviews of thousands of pairs of
ordinary people, often family members: parent and child, brother and sister. They enter one
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Blue Key Heads celebrate
Kneeling: B.J. Garry
Front row: Sara Alban,
Stassja Sichko, Nathalie Sun,
and Riley Gardner
Back row: Claire King (hidden),
Charlie Walters, Brian Safstrom,
Michael Scognamiglio, and
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Scotty Fleming
Above, from left: Riley Gardner,
Maggie Law, Brenna Liponis,
Peyton Wilson, and Ziwe Fumudoh
Center: Alex Farrell
Left: Ramya Prathuri
Top: “Vivat academia! Vivant professores!” Kyle Franco
and Charlie Walters join their voices to the chorus
of the traditional 13th-century academic hymn
“Gaudeamus.”
Above, from left: Annie Rau, Taylor Smith,
Caroline Kaufman, and Helen Lord
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of the StoryCorps booths around the country, and sitting at a small bare table across
from one another with microphones in
front of them, they begin to talk. Everyday
details, along with feelings never before
revealed, begin to emerge.
You might ask questions from your earliest
history like:
Inspired by StoryCorps, I once taped an interview with my 90-year-old mother about
her childhood in small-town Pennsylvania
during the Great Depression. She told me
how she had cajoled her mother into letting her deliver newspapers after school to
earn extra money, how the canvas bag holding the afternoon edition of the Harrisburg
Telegraph hung heavy on her shoulder, how
excited she felt to be given an extra nickel
for landing the paper smack in the middle
of a neighbor’s porch, every day for a week.
I learned a lot about my mother that day
and a lot about myself.
• What was your favorite children’s book
to read to me?
So, a suggestion, Seniors: take the
time soon to interview, or at
least to have a long conversation with, your mother,
father, or another close
family member. Ask them
about their lives and your
life so far. And listen,
really listen, to their
answers.
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• What is your first memory of me?
• Tell me about my very first day of
school.
And ask questions about your more recent
history:
• How did you feel on the day you
dropped me off at Andover?
• How have you seen me grow and
change?
• What do you hope for my future?
In these conversations you will discover
from your past life clues about whom you
have become, and also insights into the soul
of someone you care for. As the title of the
StoryCorps book puts it: Listening Is an Act
of Love.
It was not just family members who helped
make you who you were when you came
here. The teachers who taught you shaped
you as well. This came home to me with
shining clarity on that grand day of the
spring Andover-Exeter games. My husband
Left: Michael Yoon
Above, from left: Lily Shaffer, Tom Hubschman,
Greg Hanafin, and Conor McAuliffe
Right, from top: Mia Pecora, Stassja Sichko,
Andrew Townson, and Anna Fang
and I had invited college friends to join us.
They took a special interest in the games.
The husband is an Andover alumnus, his
wife, a kindergarten teacher who taught
several members of your class, including
one who was running in the track meet.
My friend and I cheered Tavie on as she
started out strong in a large field of runners
in the 3000, then fell behind, and finally,
in the last leg of that important race, put
on a valiant burst of speed that brought her
past several runners to finish a strong third,
with her best performance of the season.
As she crossed the finish line, I saw joyful
tears on my friend’s face as she took in the
wonder of the strong young woman her
former 5-year-old student had become.
It’s all those influences—your families,
your teachers, and of course, your own
resolve and resilience—that have brought
you to this place today. So, I believe, as an
institution we need to cultivate a certain
humility about our impact on you. Profound as it has been, it does not stand in
isolation, but as part of the fabric of your
whole life.
The second connection: to this place,
this community, this idea of Andover.
Here you connected with new teachers and
new friends; new ideas and opportunities.
We have seen the fruition of those connections vividly in this spring of your Andover
career. Your final projects capped a broad
and deep reach into—and connection
with—knowledge and goodness. Just a few
examples:
Your Art 500 projects connected you with
the inspiration of an artist you chose whose
work you admired. They connected all of us
with your artistic talent and with the very
human issues you explored: Jen’s beautiful
photographs of African and African American students, with Ethiopian face decoration, explored the ties and dissonances of
the African Diaspora. Inspired by pioneering photographer Edward Muybridge, Sam
used multiple video cameras to explore the
beauty of human movement. Both artists
used images of classmates as subjects—a
further close connection. At the opening,
in the crowded and energy-filled gallery, I
loved hearing you explain to friends and
family, over a glass of lemonade, how you
went about your projects and what they
meant to you.
On the muggy spring evening of the poster
session for your Molecular Biology Research course, each of you stood by your
posters, poised to describe your research
on the biology of brain cancer and spinal
Sometimes, all a person
needs is the opportunity.
—Josh
Success is not the result of
spontaneous combustion.
You must set yourself on fire.
(Reggie Leach)
—Zahra
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Above: Katherine Sherrill, Alex Farrell, Nathalie Sun, and Scotty Fleming
Top left: Lily Shaffer, Shefali Lohia, Sophia Jia, Rachel Coleman (hidden), and Sarah Jacobson
Three photos at left: Vince D’Andrea, Stevie Xenakis, Michael Bernieri, and Belo Matshoba;
Sarah Jacobson and Rachel Coleman; Charlie Walters and Claire King
Circle: Kyleigh Keating
cord injury. Many of us lay people struggled
to comprehend the difference between a
glioma cell and an axonal commissure, but
you opened a window into the world of science for us, and the view was inspirational.
Your research had potentially groundbreaking implications for—connections to—
real-world problems, in this case disease
and injury. You told us how you intrepidly
connected (that word again!) with scientists around the world for help in obtaining molecular reagents. Zara reached all
the way to Osaka, Japan, where she found a
scientist who gladly sent her the rare antibody she needed for her research.
S ee and H ear School
President Faiyad Ahmad’s
Commencement speech at
www.andover.edu/magazine.
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These are but two examples of how these
extraordinary teachers helped you to see
how what you were learning mattered to
you and the world. Increasingly, as you
made your way through the program, you
saw connections between and among what
you were studying in various classes. As
seniors, several of you were enrolled both
in Spanish 520 (Modern Hispanic Culture
and the Emerging Global Economy) and in
the upper level history and social science
course, Microeconomics and the Developing
World. You may have thought you were
making connections between the two
courses purely on your own, but there is
another layer to the story. Your two instructors, realizing many students were crossenrolled, coordinated their efforts so that
you would be more likely to make those
connections. As you enter your postAndover world, having made these connections will help you to be the kind of
problem-solvers our society needs.
While you were at Andover, you concentrated on developing yourself, just as you needed to do. Adolescence is, after all, a time of
self-differentiation, which requires a certain
degree of self-absorption. Yet you have been
able to care about, to connect with others as
you have made that internal journey. Think
about how you have cared for one another!
As only one example of how you reached
out in a broader way to care and connect,
consider how Jacob not only developed
his own superb talent as a violist, but spent
hours sharing that talent with children in
the Andover-Lawrence String Program.
Clan MacPherson pipes and drums
lent their customary mythos to the
Commencement ceremony.
As part of the Commencement ceremony, Head of School Barbara Landis Chase, along with Board President
Oscar Tang ’56, presented the Academy’s five major prizes to Faiyad Ahmad (Aurelian Honor Society Award),
E. Annie Pates (Non Sibi Award), Anna Fang (Madame Sarah Abbot Award), Eric Sirakian (Faculty Prize), and
Thomas Hamel (Yale Bowl).
But for this program, in which many of our
student musicians teach, bright and eager
youngsters would not discover the beauty
and discipline of playing an instrument. Just
another kind of connection.
Now, you are on the brink of leaving all
these things, all these experiences behind.
Savor your leave-taking. Realize just what
you are leaving behind:
• the beauty of this campus;
• the vagaries and injustices of New
England weather;
• the great teachers who asked so much of
you and who knew and cared about you;
• hard work, late nights;
• your daily presence in each other’s lives;
• above all, the joy of this place—all taken
together!
All, all, to be left behind.
Consider, though, what you will not leave
behind. Friendships will endure and the
timeless messages of Andover: Goodness
and Knowledge; the End Depends Upon
the Beginning; Youth from Every Quarter;
Non Sibi. Carry these with you as a cloak
against indifference and cynicism. Carry
with you too, this experience you have
had of living with caring, hardworking,
honest, and brave people, who can celebrate their differences and embrace their
common human spirit.
Such a long long time
to be gone and such a
short time to be there.
—Sayer
Only connect….
Which brings us to the third and final
type of connection: connecting with
others. Empathy is the power to put
yourself in someone else’s shoes. Non sibi,
importantly, takes the idea of empathy and
adds the imperative of action. Reach out in
thought and feeling; then do something.
Sometimes, I think, we make the mistake of
applying the term non sibi only to vocations
clearly identified with service. But non sibi
should be central to whatever you do. Your
education prepares you for many useful
vocations. You need not become mendicant monks to live lives of non sibi. What
you do need to do is to ask yourselves constantly how much you need for yourselves
and how much to share with others. In
whatever work you choose, hold yourselves
to a high standard of excellence and of
honesty, fairness, and generosity. In striving to do that, non sibi can be your guide,
your anchor, your true north.
Thanks to everyone for
teaching me to be humble
at times of success and
confident at times of failure.
—Alex
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Above: Colleen Flanagan and Jen Oesterling
Top right: Julian Chernyk, Dan Austin, and Will Winkenwerder III
Many of you have taken part in Broadening Horizons, a program that brings
alumni to meet with students to share
their experiences of both success and
failure. In this spring’s session, you had
the chance to meet with a dozen alumni
from the 1950s through the 1990s; they
were journalists, filmmakers, small business owners, music producers, public
servants, investment bankers, writers,
and NGO officials—talented people,
yes, but above all, honorable and caring
people. Their stories connected you to
their lives. Their stories showed you how
the messages of Andover had endured for
them and how those same messages can
endure for you. In your evaluations of
the program, you quoted several of their
most memorable lessons. Here are three:
• Always follow your heart, no matter
what others expect of you;
• It is alright not to be sure…exactly
where you are going in life, as long
as you are open-minded and willing
to…search for your true passion and
purpose…
• Feel your feelings; tell the truth; and
keep the commitments you make.”
The best advice I can imagine. As a coda,
may I add my own for this morning:
“Only connect…”
Dear friends of the Class of 2010, we
have come to the moment of parting.
Take our blessings as you go.
Go in peace.
Go with our love.
Godspeed.
—Barbara Landis Chase
Head of School
June 6, 2010
S ee and H ear Commencement
exercises at www.andover.edu/magazine.
Someone has to spread the
good news that we SURVIVED.
—Ziwe
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Major
prizes and
awards
earned by
members
of the Class
of 2010
General Prizes
& Awards
Achievement Prize
Andrew S. Townson
Ayars Prize
Avery W. Stone
Fuller Prize
Celia M. Lewis
Isabel Maxwell
Hancock Award
Jacqueline G. Wallace
Kingsbury Prize
Tristin C. Moone
Phillipian Prize
Celia M. Lewis
William J. Fowkes
Richard Jewett Schweppe
Prize
Scott L. Fleming
Abbot Stevens Prize
Alanna D. Waldman
Sullivan Prize
Leo F. Bremer
Van Duzer Prize
Rainer A. Crosett
Department
Prizes & Awards
ATHLETIC
Abbot Athletic Award
Katherine S. Sherrill
Phelps Award
Daniel D. Austin
Alexandra M. Farrell
Press Club Award
Kyleigh C. Keating
Keaton C. Cashin
Schubert Key
Julia A. Rafferty
Harold J. Sheridan Award
Andrew Y. Li
Raymond T. Tippett
Memorial Award
John P. McKenna
CLASSICS
Benner Prize in Greek
Lauren H. Kim
Catlin Prize
Alexander L. Bingaman
Lincoln H. Bliss
Lauren H. Kim
Courtney E. King
Matthew A. Lawlor
Cook Prize
Matthew A. Lawlor
Dove Prize
Alexander L. Bingaman
ART
Architecture Award
Robert N. Dean
Paul J. Chan
Gordon “Diz” Bensley
Award in Art History
Jessica C. Moreno
John Metcalf Prize
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Aditya V. Mithal (third)
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Scott L. Fleming
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Ryan M. McKinnon
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Katherine V. Svec
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‘Nonye D. Odukwe
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Milton Collier Prize
Jennifer M. Chew
Charles Cutter Prize
Bobby S. Chen
Rainer A. Crosett
Jacob R. Shack
Fuller Concert Band Prize
Kelvin C.P. Jackson
Jessica L. Siemer
Fuller Jazz Band Prize
Andrew Y. Li
Bassett Watt Hough Prize
Jaehyuk You
Ainsworth B. Jones Prize
Younghoon Moon
Lauren H. Kim
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Leo F. Bremer
Eric Sirakian
Nikita T. Saxena
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Stassja G.H. Sichko
Eric Sirakian
James Hooper Grew
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Marwan Bridi
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Jessica C. Moreno
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Elizabeth A. Gilbert
Marta Misiulaityte
Katherine V. Svec
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Anthony D. White
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Benjamin C. & Kathleen S.
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Raya R. Stantcheva
Katherine V. Svec
Donald E. Merriam
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Rainer A. Crosett
Carl F. Pfatteicher Prize
Bobby S. Chen
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Rainer A. Crosett
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Jacob R. Shack
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Anne A. Hunter (Vocal)
Peter M. Yang (Vocal)
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Lauren E. King
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Sophia P. Bernazzani
Hannah K. Bardo
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Julie C. Helmers
Isabella F. Uría
Robert S. Warsaw
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David H. Chung
Sascha A. Strand
Philip M. Hofer
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