PORTER PRIZE. The Graduate School's John Addison Porter Prize was presented to two students this year. The prize was established in 1872 by the Kingsley Trust Association (The Scroll and Key Society) in honor of Porter, a Yale professor, and is awarded to "a work of scholarship in any field where it is possible, through original effort, to gather and relate facts or principles or both and to make the product of general human interest." Karl H. Jacoby '97 Ph.D. received the prize for his dissertation "The Recreation of Nature: A Social and Environmental History of American Conservation, 1872-1919." Jennifer Price '98 Ph.D. won the award for her dissertation "Flight Maps: Encounters with Nature in Modern American Culture." The prize carries a $5,000 cash award.
FIELD PRIZE. The Theron Rockwell Field Prize for a poetic, literary or religious work by any Yale student was awarded to: Stephen B. Chapman Ph.D. '97 for his dissertation "The Law and the Prophets: A Study in Old Testament Canon Formation"; and Yale College senior Jordan Elias for his senior essay, "I Still Hope More Than I Fear: Alexis de Tocqueville's Dark Vision and Spiritual Solution." The Field Prize was established in 1957 by Emilia R. Field in memory of her husband, a member of the Class of 1889.
BEINECKE SCHOLAR. An Edwin, Frederick and Walter Beinecke Memorial Scholarship worth $32,000 in support of graduate education has been awarded to Jennie S. Han '99 of Calhoun College. She is one of 18 students selected nationally for the scholarship, which is given to juniors who represent "superior standards of intellectual ability, scholastic achievement and personal promise." Han is double-majoring in ethics, politics and economics, and political science.
DOROT FOUNDATION TRAVEL GRANTS. Dorot Travel Grants supporting academic summer programs in Israel have been awarded to: Sarah Beck '98 of Timothy Dwight College, Gideon Maltz '00 of Jonathan Edwards College, Elihu Rubin '99 of Saybrook College and Jordana Sutain '01 of Trumbull College.
FULBRIGHT GRANTS. Eleven seniors will study or do research abroad as winners of Fulbright Grants. The students and their projects are: Elizabeth Brundige of Davenport College for development studies in the United Kingdom; Zina Dertsky of Calhoun College to study biology and entomology in Spain; Katherine Hennessey of Silliman College to study political science in Italy; June Hwang of Trumbull College to study comparative literature in Germany; Alvin Lin of Saybrook College to study political science in Hong Kong; Dawn Ogawa of Pierson College to conduct research on health care in Japan; Celeste Peterson of Pierson College to conduct biological research in Sweden; Surangi Punyasena of Trumbull College to study ecology in Sri Lanka; Adam Raviv of Trumbull College to study political science in New Zealand; Daniel Reich of Timothy Dwight College to study modern history in Israel; and Gabriel Sanchez of Pierson College to study political science in Argentina.
GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIPS. Two students have been selected winners of Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, merit-based awards supporting one or two years of study for American undergraduates with demonstrated interest in and potential for careers in the natural sciences and mathematics: Dylan Chan '99 of Berkeley College and Swaminathan Kumaresan '00 of Branford College.
GOVERNMENT SERVICE FELLOWSHIPS. Recipients of this year's John Heinz Government Service Fellowships, which support a summer internship in federal, state or local government, are Alexandra Feldman '99 of Berkeley College, Rebecca Pace '00 of Branford College and Saema Somalya '99 of Calhoun College.
HENRY FELLOWSHIP. Rowena McBeath '98 of Jonathan Edwards College will study parasitology and immunology at the University of Cambridge in England next year as a winner of a Henry Fellowship. The fellowship is an exchange program between Harvard and Yale universities and the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford. One Yale student is selected for the award each year.
HOWLAND FELLOWSHIP. Rebecca Aviel '98 of Davenport College will work for the Tibetan Children's Village School in Dharmsala, India, as the winner of the Charles P. Howland (1891) Fellowship, which supports study or research abroad for a senior who demonstrates "promise of useful activity to improve international relations." Aviel will serve as a teacher and counselor for high school students interested in attending college and university programs in the United States.
PARKER HUANG TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS. Tram Lam '98 of Ezra Stiles College will conduct research on AIDS and establish a preventive disease clinic in Hue, Vietnam, as the recipient of a Parker Huang Undergraduate Travel Fellowship. Established by the Yale Center for International and Area Studies, the fellowship program supports study and travel in the non-English-speaking countries of Asia and Africa.
LIGHT FELLOWSHIPS. Funded by the Richard U. Light Foundation of Kalamazoo, Michigan, the Richard U. Light Fellowships at Yale support language study at approved sites in East Asia for a summer term or an academic year. This year's summer-term fellowship winners and and the countries where they will study are: Elinor Chan '00 of Jonathan Edwards College, China; Jennifer Chang '99 of Ezra Stiles College, China; Tina Chung '99 of Branford College , China; Christopher Conway '99 of Saybrook College, China; Alexander Han '01 of Silliman College, Korea; Alvin Lin '98 of Saybrook College, Japan; Dawn Ogawa '98 of Pierson College, Japan; Daphna Renan '00 of Morse College, China; Erik Robb '99 of Timothy Dwight College, Korea; and Ramsi Woodcock '99 of Saybrook College, China. Winners of term or academic-year fellowships and the countries where they will study are: Yishiko Inoue '00 of Saybrook College, China; Joseph Kuo '98 of Timothy Dwight College, Taiwan; Doris Liang '99 of Ezra Stiles College, China; Betsy Tao '98 of Berkeley College, Taiwan; Matthew Thompson '98 of Morse College, Japan; and Karen Westen '99 of Timothy Dwight College, Japan. David Oh '00 of Berkeley College received both a summer and term award for study in China.
LUCE SCHOLARS. Anthony A. Yang '97 LAW and Emily Kovner, who graduated this May from the School of Architecture, were selected as Luce Scholars for 1998-99. The international fellowship program enables Americans of "exceptional promise" to live and work in nations throughout Asia for one year. Yang and Kovner will begin their assignments in Asia in September.
NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS. Three Yale College students have received National Security Education Program Undergraduate Scholarships, which provide support from the U.S. government for overseas study of languages and cultures in regions outside of Western Europe and Canada. Winners of the scholarships are: Christine Evans '00 of Berkeley College for a summer program in Russia; Jennie Han '99 of Calhoun College for a term program in Uzbekistan; and Van Tang '99 of Trumbull College for a term program in Viet Nam.
HART RICE FELLOWSHIPS. Three seniors have been awarded Henry Hart Rice Foreign Residence Fellowships, which were established by the Yale Center for International and Area Studies to support year-long projects of study, research or work abroad in countries with which U.S. relations are "tense or strained": Rebecca Aviel of Davenport College, who will be a teacher and counselor at the Tibetan Children's Village School in Dharmsala, India; Kathryn Lachman of Davenport College, who will study the Arabic language and the Francophone literature of the Maghreb and teach violin at the Conservatoire de Jounieh in Beirut, Lebanon; and Eryn Rosenthal of Berkeley College, who will study the use of testimony in the development of the new South African theater in Cape Town.
EAST ASIA TRAVEL GRANTS. Summer Research in East Asia Travel Grants, supporting research in the region, have been awarded to Michael Kim '98 of Pierson College, who will study the epidemiology of depression in South Korea, and H. Frederick Tang '99 of Davenport College, who will study the relationship between traditional Japanese architecture and the early international style of the 1920s and 1930s in Japan.
INTERNSHIP AT TIME INC. Heidi Vogt '99 of Davenport College will work as a summer intern at Time/Life Books in Virginia as part of the Time Inc. Summer Editorial Intern Program.
ATHLETIC PRIZES. Four seniors were honored with new prizes offered by the Athletics Department during the Senior Varsity Dinner on April 27. Eirik Lilledahlof the men's heavyweight crew team and Margret Bell of the women's golf team were awarded the DeLaney Kipputh '41, M.A. '47 Student-Athlete Distinction Award, which honors the alumnus, who served as director of athletics at Yale 1954-76. It is given to the male and female student-athletes who rank highest in scholarship and have earned two varsity awards prior to their senior year. Sharon Katz of the women's fencing team and Tsali Ricketson, a varsity football player, received the Thomas W. Ford '42 Student-Athlete Community Outreach Award, which honors the alumnus who endowed the Athletic Department's Community Outreach Program. It is given annually to the male and female student-athletes who during their senior year have demonstrated their commitment to strengthening the relationship between Yale athletics and the youth in the New Haven community.
TRUMAN SCHOLARS. Two Yale College juniors received Harry S. Truman Scholarships, which support four years of university study (i.e. senior year of college and one to three years of graduate school) for students planning careers in public service: Cindy Huang 'of Silliman College and Lisa Powell of Timothy Dwight College.
UDALL SCHOLARSHIPS. Two Yale College students won Morris K. Udall Scholarships: Michael Burstein '99 of Jonathan Edwards College and Katherine Spector '99 of Davenport College. The scholarships support a year of study for American undergraduates with a demonstrated interest in and potential for careers in environmental public policy, and for Native Americans or Alaska natives with a demonstrated interest in a career in health care or tribal public policy.
DOROT FELLOWSHIPS. Dorot Foundation Fellowships, which support a year of work and study in Israel, have been awarded to seniors Jordan Elias and Andrew Katzman, both of Berkeley College, and Sarah Silverman of Silliman College.
HERTZ FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP. A Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellowship supporting up to five years of graduate study in the applied physical sciences was awarded to Yale College senior John Frank of Ezra Stiles College.
MELLON FELLOWSHIPS. Seniors Benjamin Carp of Trumbull College and Kevin Zaragoza of Timothy Dwight College were awarded Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies. The fellowships, which support the first year of graduate study at any U.S. or Canadian graduate school, were also given to six recent alumni: Stacy Black '97, Joel Burges '97, Thomas Coens '96, Ara Merjian '96, Jill North '97 and Katherine Zelljadt '96.
NSF FELLOWSHIPS. Six seniors have been selected for National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships, which support three years of graduate study in science, mathematics or engineering: Helen Hong, John McGann and Heather Losey of Calhoun College; Ahmed Ismail of Trumbull College; Jamie Teevan of Timothy Dwight College; and Joshua West of Davenport College. Eight alumni also received fellowships: Anne Guerry '95, Avi Kogan '97, Louis Merlin '94, Jason Mitchell '97, Benjamin Olken '97, Jessica Ruvinsky '95, Benjamin Strauss '95 and Mary Wheeler '97.
NSF MINORITY GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP. A National Science Foundation (NSF) Minority Graduate Fellowship supporting three years of graduate study in science, mathematics or engineering was awarded to senior Jennifer Jackson of Silliman College.
ROTARY SCHOLARSHIP. A Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholarship supporting a year of graduate study abroad was awarded to senior Carrie Thiessen of Morse College for study in the United Kingdom.
SOROS FELLOWSHIP. Senior Mill Etienne of Silliman College was awarded a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, supporting up to three years of graduate study in any discipline.
BILDNER PRIZES. The department of Spanish and Portuguese has awarded Albert Bildner Prizes in Latin American Languages and Literature at Yale to the following undergraduates: The Professor José Arrom Prize for an outstanding essay written in Spanish ($200) -- Elizabeth Cuevas '98 of Jonathan Edwards College and Donna Faber '98 of Ezra Stiles College; the Bildner Prize for the graduating senior who has achieved a high academic average in Spanish courses and has demonstrated the greatest improvement in knowledge of the Spanish language and Hispanic literature ($200) -- Melissa Rodríguez Abreu of Morse College and Sarah Dibble of Pierson College; the Albert Bildner Travel Prize ($900) -- Blake Rawdin '98 of Jonathan Edwards College; the Patricia Bildner Prize for the outstanding essay written in Portuguese in Brazilian literature ($400) -- Hilary Kaplan '00 of Branford College; and the Maria Tai Wolff Prize for the graduating senior who has achieved a high academic average in Portuguese courses and has demonstrated the greatest improvement in knowledge of the Portuguese language and Luso-Brazilian literature ($400) -- Nicholas Arons of Jonathan Edwards College.
LOHMANN PRIZES. Five students received Lohmann Prizes in recognition for their graphic work in both digital and craft technology: Jennifer Amsterlaw '98 of Jonathan Edwards College, for her design of a suite of announcements; Hrishikesh Hirwey '00 of Morse College, for his poster "Pop Justice"; Prem Krishnamurthy '99 of Timothy Dwight College, for the Yale Literary Magazine; and Genevieve Taft '99 and Peter Eleey '00, both of Trumbull College, who shared the prize for the book "Eager and Orange."
VAN SINDEREN PRIZES. Eight undergraduates have received Adrian Van Sinderen Prizes for Book Collecting. The prizes were established in 1957 by the late Adrian Van Sinderen (B.A. 1910) to encourage undergraduates to build up their own libraries and to read for both pleasure and education. The Senior Prize ($750) was awarded to Noel Poyo of Morse College for his general library collection; in addition, a First Runner-up Prize ($600) was given to Joshua Levithan of Berkeley College for his collection of books on military history. Honorable Mention prizes ($400) were awarded to seniors Nicole Emmons of Calhoun College for her collection of children's literature before 1950, and Dara Epstein of Silliman College for her collection of books on fashion and style. The Sophomore Prize ($500) was awarded to Joseph Furia of Pierson College for his collection of books on angling; the Sophomore Runner-Up Prize ($350) was given to Peter Eleey of Trumbull College for his collection of artist's books and contemporary exhibition catalogs. Honorable Mention prizes ($250) were presented to Alexis Jones of Trumbull College for her general library, and Jeremy Melius of Branford College for his collection of books by Guy Davenport. The Yale Co-operative Corporation offers $100 gift certificates to winners of the prizes and $50 gift certificates to those awarded honorable mention.
BELLAMY PRIZE. Two students have been selected by the Yale College Council of Masters for the F. Wilder Bellamy, Jr. Memorial Prize: Henry Fernaine of Timothy Dwight College and Roderick D. Mobley of Davenport College. The prize is awarded annually to the junior or juniors who "best exemplify the qualities for which F. Wilder Bellamy is remembered," including personal integrity, loyalty to friends and high-spiritedness in athletics, academics and social life.
SCHROEDER AWARD. The Council of Masters has chosen three students as winners of the John C. Schroeder Award, given annually to a member or members of the junior class who "will find his or her place and play a part in the good labor of the world." The award honors contributions to residential college life and demonstrates the award committee's confidence in the recipient's later contribution to the community or world. This year's winners are Pamela Cogan of Morse College, Jillian M. Cutler of Calhoun College and Peter Stein of Davenport College.
SELDEN AWARD. The Council of Masters has selected two student winners of the Joseph Lentilhon Selden Memorial Award, given to a junior whose "verve, idealism and constructive interest in music and the humanities exemplify those qualities for which Joseph Lentilhon Selden is remembered." In recent years the award has gone to a student especially notable for his or her contribution in the field of music. This year's winners are Jonathan Schiffman of Calhoun College and Naomi Solomon of Jonathan Edwards College.
FELLOWSHIPS FOR STUDY IN ENGLAND. Two seniors have been awarded prestigious fellowships for study in England. Chrystie Hale Perry of Davenport College has won a two-year Mellon Fellowship to study at Clare's College, Cambridge, and Anthony A. Philippakis of Jonathan Edwards College has been awarded an Ehrman Fellowship to study for two years at Kings College, Cambridge.
UDALL DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP. Richard Wallace, a doctoral candidate at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, has been awarded a Morris K. Udall Dissertation Fellowship by the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Program. Wallace was one of only two individuals to receive the national fellowship, which provides $24,000 to offset living expenses while in the final year of writing a dissertation. Created in 1992 to honor former Congressman Udall, the fellowships are given to doctoral students whose dissertation is in the area of environmental public policy and conflict resolution, and whose research is based in the U.S.
WREXHAM PRIZES. Benjamin J. Soskis of Ezra Stiles College is this year's recipient of the Wrexham Prize "for the best senior essay in the field of the humanities" and Joel A. Hafvenstein of Davenport College has received the Wrexham Prize "for the best senior essay or other substantial piece of writing in the field of the social sciences." Soskis' essay, "Heroic Exile: The Transatlantic Development of Frederick Douglass 1845-1847" was advised by Professor David B. Davis and submitted to the history department. Hafvenstein's essay, "Democracy in Nepal," was advised by Professor Juan Linz and was submitted to the ethics, politics and economics program.
SAPIR PRIZE. The Edward Sapir Prize, named in honor of a Sterling Professor of Anthropology at Yale (1931-39) and one of the founders of the anthropology department, was awarded to two students for the best senior essays in anthropology: Surangi Punyasena of Trumbull Collegefor her essay "Measuring Historical Diversity: Analysis of Plio-Pleistocene Mammal Abundances, Northern Lake Turkana Basin, East Africa"; and Amy Zimmer of Morse College for her essay "'Keepin in Real': Resistance and Reputation in Hop Hop Graffiti Social Networks."
MCKIM PRIZE. Robert Huelin of Silliman College was awarded the
William H. McKim Prize during the graduation ceremony in his residential
college. The prize is given to a member of the senior class who has shown
marked improvement in his or her academic standing in upperclass years and
who has made a significant contribution in activities outside the
classroom. Huelin majored in history.
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