Commencement 2010 - Bowdoin College

nCOMMENCEMENT

Saturday, May 29, 2010N

Bowdoin College

QVOD BONVM FELIX FAVSTVMQUE SIT

INLVSTRISSIMO JOHN BALDACCI GVBERNATORI

CONSILIARIIS ET SENATORIBUS

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COLLEGI BOWDOINENSIS

HONORANDIS ATQVE REVERENDIS

CLARISSIMO BARRY MILLS PRAESIDI

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DEGREES

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The Latin text quoted at left has introduced Bowdoin’s

Commencement Program since August 21, 1822. The names of

the 24 graduates of the Class of 1822 were, for the most part,

also translated into Latin for the program. In the early years of

the College, each graduating senior was required to deliver a

Commencement “part,” an oration on ancient or modern topics,

which was frequently given in one of the classical languages, Latin,

Greek, or Hebrew. The final Latin oration was given in 1893, but

the tradition of Latin survives in the language used to dedicate the

Commencement Exercises and to confer the bachelor of arts degree.

The translation below was provided by Barbara Weiden Boyd,

Henry Winkley Professor of Latin and Greek.

May it be good, felicitous, and well-omened:*

To John Baldacci, esteemed Governor;

to the Representatives and Senators

who personally preside over the arts and letters for the State of Maine;

and to the honorable and respected Trustees of Bowdoin College;

to Barry Mills, distinguished President;

to the entire academic senate; to the venerable religious leaders;

in short, to all patrons of the human race everywhere,

the young people hereby initiated into the arts and letters

most humbly dedicate these exercises.

Held in a gathering of Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, in the State of Maine,

on the fourth day before the Kalends of June, in the 2010th year of our well-being

and in the 234th year of the authority of the United States of America.

* An ancient Roman formula used at the outset of a ritual to ensure its success.

This ancient formula is used by the President

in conferring degrees:

Candidati pro gradu baccalaureali, assurgite.

Vir honorande, hosce iuvenes, quos censeo idoneos primum ad

gradum in artibus, nunc tibi offero, ut a te instructus, eos ad gradum

istum admittam. Placetne? (Placet.)

Pro auctoritate mihi commissa, admitto vos ad primum gradum in

artibus, et dono et concedo omnia iura, privilegia, honores atque

dignitates, ad gradum istum pertinentia.

In cuius testimonium hasce membranas litteris scriptas accipite.

Candidates for the Baccalaureate degrees will rise.

(To the Chair of the Board of Trustees)

Honored sir, these young people whom I deem worthy

of the first degree in Arts, I now present to you, that,

if you so direct, I may admit them to that degree.

Is such your will? (It is.)

(To the Candidates)

By virtue of the authority vested in me, I now admit

you to the first degree in Arts and do grant and confer

upon you all the rights, privileges, honors, and

dignities pertaining to that degree.

In witness whereof, receive these diplomas.

NOTE: The Baccalaureate degrees are awarded individually, and

the graduating class requests that there be no applause until the last

degree is conferred.

At the Commencement Exercises, Bowdoin displays the College flag

and the flags of the United States of America, the State of Maine, and

the home or dual-citizenship countries or territories of graduating

students—in 2010, Australia, Canada, Colombia, France,

Germany, Greece, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,

India, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, People’s Republic of Bangladesh,

People’s Republic of China, Republic of Bulgaria, Republic of Korea,

Republic of Singapore, Switzerland, Thailand, The Netherlands,

Turkey, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Vietnam.

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TWO HUNDRED FIFTH COMMENCEMENT OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE

May 29, 2010

COMMENCEMENT MARCH

Chandler’s Band

OPENING OF THE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES

Jean M. YarbroughGary M. Pendy Sr. Professor of Social Sciences

and College Marshal

INVOCATION

Rabbi Simeon J. MaslinPast President, Central Conference of American Rabbis (Reformed)

THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER

Senior Members of BellaMafia, Boka, Chamber Choir, Chorus,

the Longfellows, the Meddiebempsters, Miscellania, and Ursus Verses

Nell Yong Mei , Piano

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

Peter M. Small Chair of the Board of Trustees

FOR THE STATE

Chellie PingreeU.S. Representative for the First District of Maine

WELCOME

Barry MillsPresident of the College

SENIOR COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS

“Our House”

Jessica Jung Eun Song Class of Prize Winner

“A World of Difference”

Luke John Mondello Goodwin Commencement Prize Winner

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CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES

Barry MillsPresident of the College

Citation by Susan E. BellA. Myrick Freeman Professor of Social Sciences

Citation by Paul N. FrancoProfessor of Government

Citation by Patsy S. DickinsonJosiah Little Professor of Natural Sciences

Citation by John M. FitzgeraldWilliam D. Shipman Professor of Economics

CONFERRING OF BACCALAUREATE DEGREES

DEDICATION

Barry Mills

President of the College

Matthew Armand Houle Yantakosol

Class President

RAISE SONGS TO BOWDOIN

Senior Members of BellaMafia, Boka, Chamber Choir, Chorus,

the Longfellows, the Meddiebempsters, Miscellania, and Ursus Verses

Nell Yong Mei , Piano

CONCLUSION OF THE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES

John H. Turner

Professor of Romance Languages and College Marshal

RECESSIONAL MARCH

Chandler’s Band

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Amir Abdullah

Millan Alexander AbiNader

Christopher James Russell Adams-

Wall

Zarine Laila Alam

William Keller Alden-Dunn

NoorJahan Meah Ali

Nathan Peter Allukian

Ingrid Elizabeth Alquist

Samantha April Anaman ’09

Zoë Alexandra Anaman

James Edmund Anderson

Tyler Webb Anderson

Emily Roxanne Andrade

Henry Ader Andrews

Eric Anthony Ardolino

Chaiyaboot Ariyachet

Reid Armand Auger

Rebecca Anne Austin

Kimberly Danielle Ayers

Joseph Loeber Babler

Mohammad Mamoun Bader

Kauri Jennifer Ballard

Michael Allen Bartha ’09

Caitlin Meehye Beach

Elliot David Beck ’09

Courtney Jane Bell

Mark Allan Bellis

Maxime Jasmine Billick

Katharina Bilotti

James Nathan Bingham

Sky Michael Bischoff-Mattson

Ari Isaac Bittel

Thomas Oliver Blaber

Will Elliott Bleakley

Ryan Jay Blossom

Anthony Jonas Blout

Matthew Robert Bowers

Addison LeVon Boyland

Peter Tyler Brandstatter

Alexandria Lana Brasili

Jenna Eisman Breiter

Margaret Emily Brenner

Thomas Read Brickler III

Jessica Ellen Britt

Larkin Williams Brown

Matthew Julius Bruch

Rachel Maureen Bryan-Auker

John William Burlinson

Economics and Mathematics; Minor: Teaching

French; Minor: Biology

English and Spanish

Classics and English

Economics

Government and Legal Studies; Minor: French

Anthropology; Minor: Chemistry

Mathematics and Spanish

Anthropology

Biochemistry

Biology; Minor: Government and Legal Studies

Economics; Minor: Mathematics

Government and Legal Studies; Minor: Teaching

Government and Legal Studies; Minor: Theater

Chemistry and Romance Languages

Biology

Economics; Minor: Government and Legal Studies

Biology; Minor: Chemistry

Mathematics; Minor: Music

Philosophy; Minor: History

Chemistry; Minor: Mathematics

Government and Legal Studies; Minor: Spanish

History; Minor: Teaching

Art History and History; Minor: French

German; Minor: Economics

Psychology; Minor: Biology

Government and Legal Studies; Minor: History

Gender and Women’s Studies; Minor: Biology

Biochemistry; Minor: Theater

Anthropology

Biology and French

German

Classical Archaeology; Minor: Theater

Government and Legal Studies; Minor: English


History; Minor: Visual Arts

Neuroscience; Minor: French

Government and Legal Studies

Government and Legal Studies; Minor: Sociology

Biology; Minor: Italian

English and Visual Arts

Art History and Visual Arts; Minor: French

Biology


Latin American Studies-Environmental Studies

Economics and English

Student-Designed: Native American Studies

Asian Studies and Computer Science

Chicago, Illinois

West Bath, Maine

Brunswick, Maine

Summit, New Jersey

Dover, Massachusetts

Sag Harbor, New York

Boston, Massachusetts

Bangor, Maine

Scarborough, Maine

Little Rock, Arkansas

Kennebunk, Maine

Etna, New Hampshire

Los Angeles, California

Owings Mills, Maryland

West Hartford, Connecticut

Bangkok, Thailand

Billerica, Massachusetts

East Millinocket, Maine

Portland, Maine

Madison, Wisconsin

Mountain Top, Pennsylvania

Ridgefield, Connecticut

Torrance, California

Livermore, California

Acton, Massachusetts

Needham, Massachusetts

Jacobstown, New Jersey

Montreal, Canada

Barrington, Rhode Island

Seattle, Washington

Flagstaff, Arizona

Miami, Florida

Charlton, New York

New York, New York

Concord, New Hampshire

Lexington, Massachusetts

Frisco, Colorado

Memphis, Tennessee

Niles, Michigan

Leominster, Massachusetts

Baltimore, Maryland

Larchmont, New York

Riverwoods, Illinois

South Burlington, Vermont

Rehoboth, Massachusetts

Downingtown, Pennsylvania

Denver, Colorado

Fleetwood, North Carolina

CANDIDATES FOR THE A.B. DEGREE, MAY 2010


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Jeffrey Bishop Bush

Carter Dale Butland

Mikyo H. Butler

Joanna Elizabeth Caldwell

Owen Thomas Callen

Erica Camarena

Christine Marie Carletta

Danielle Melissa Carniaux

Alex Edward Carpenter

Matthew Thomas Carpenter

Brittney Taryn Carroll

Jeffrey Dempsey Cavanagh

Thomas Fattore Charpentier

Yongfang Chen

Eric Kevin Chenelle

Catherine Elise Chew

Connie Chi

Alexandra Nicole Chiniara

Kirsten Elizabeth Chmielewski

Peter Neil Cipriano

Laurel Flanders Clark

Zachary Mark Coffin ’09

John Gracie Mackay Coit

Alexander Kwon Colby

Sarah Margaret Cooper

Michael David Corbelle

Roxanna Bell Cornelius

Sabrina Caitlin Cote

Lauren Rebecca Coven

Ross Wilder Cowman

Dylan Gregory Crawford

Margery Chantal Crawley

Jonas Reuben Crimm

Margaret Susannah Crosland

Jennifer Anne Crouch

Alexandra Crowley Gottlieb

John Gabriel Cunningham

Catherine Elaine Cushing

Maura Caitlin Cusick

Kerry Allison D’Agostino

Kristina Soisson Dahmann

Shelby Hannah Davies

Adam Michael Chen Davis

Brett Lauren Davis

Jaclyn Irene Davis

Geology-Environmental Studies; Minor: Mathematics

Sociology; Minor: Teaching

German and Music

Anthropology and English

Mathematics; Minor: Computer Science

Sociology and Spanish

Government and Legal Studies; Minor: Italian

English; Minor: Russian

Chemistry; Minor: Economics



Asian Studies; Minor: English


Economics and Psychology

Neuroscience; Minor: Sociology

Psychology

Psychology; Minor: Sociology

History; Minor: Theater

Anthropology

History

Mathematics; Minor: Visual Arts

Philosophy; Minor: Government and Legal Studies

Government and Legal Studies and Spanish

Anthropology; Minor: Film Studies

Art History; Minor: English

Government and Legal Studies; Minor: Archaeology

Biochemistry

History and Sociology

History; Minor: Economics

Spanish-Environmental Studies

Asian Studies-Environmental Studies; Minor: Economics

Classical Studies; Minor: Latin

Government and Legal Studies-Environmental Studies;

Minor: French

Art History


Government and Legal Studies and Sociology; Minor:

Theater

Economics and Government and Legal Studies

English; Minor: Teaching

English

English; Minor: Education Studies

Government and Legal Studies and History

Biochemistry; Minor: Russian

Government and Legal Studies; Minor: Economics


Neuroscience

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Columbus, Ohio

Boulder, Colorado

Danville, Virginia

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Oaxaca, Mexico

Troy, New York

Sayville, New York

Reno, Nevada

Orange, Connecticut

Scottsdale, Arizona

Columbus, Ohio

Durham, Connecticut

Shanghai, People’s Republic of

China

Dunstable, Massachusetts

Forest Hills, New York

La Crescenta, California

Brookline, Massachusetts

Saint Petersburg, Florida

Franklin Lakes, New Jersey

Durham, Connecticut

Houston, Texas

Cape Elizabeth, Maine

Fort Collins, Colorado

Kensington, Maryland

Byfield, Massachusetts

Hunter, New York

Dexter, Maine

Ridgewood, New Jersey

Manchester, Massachusetts


Columbia, Missouri

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Miami, Florida

Freeport, Maine


Washington, District of Columbia

Westwood, Massachusetts

Yardley, Pennsylvania

Manhasset, New York

Alexandria, Virginia

New York, New York

Stonington, Connecticut

Larchmont, New York


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Biology; Minor: Film Studies

Classical Studies and Economics

History

Sociology and Spanish

Biology; Minor: Spanish

Economics

Classical Studies

English and Theater

Anthropology and Sociology

Biology-Environmental Studies

Anthropology and Asian Studies

Biochemistry and German

Physics and Religion; Minor: Mathematics

Psychology

Asian Studies and French

Government and Legal Studies; Minor: Religion

Anthropology; Minor: English

Biology; Minor: French

Physics

Biochemistry; Minor: Music

English and Psychology

Chemistry

Biology; Minor: Gender and Women’s Studies

German and Spanish

Government and Legal Studies and Music


English; Minor: Government and Legal Studies

History


Mathematics; Minor: Economics and Finance

English; Minor: Art History

German and Government and Legal Studies


English; Minor: Economics

Mathematics

Economics; Minor: Chemistry


Asian Studies and Visual Arts

Government and Legal Studies-Environmental Studies

Physics; Minor: Music

Anthropology

Visual Arts

German; Minor: Music

Visual Arts; Minor: English

Computer Science and Mathematics

History; Minor: Art History

Neuroscience; Minor: Chemistry

English

Sociology ; Minor: Asian Studies

Geology; Minor: Teaching

Music and Visual Arts

Government and Legal Studies and Philosophy


Bernardsville, New Jersey

West Grove, Pennsylvania

San Marcos, Texas

La Jolla, California

Aurora, Ontario, Canada

Garden City, New York

Tacoma, Washington

Weston, Massachusetts

Simsbury, Connecticut

Brunswick, Maine

Oswego, New York

Ellington, Connecticut

Lynn, Massachusetts

Georgetown, Maine

Potomac, Maryland

Harvard, Massachusetts

Palo Alto, California

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Westborough, Massachusetts

Mason, Ohio

Safety Harbor, Florida

Stoughton, Massachusetts

Miami, Florida

Wassenaar, The Netherlands

Waltham, Massachusetts


Hingham, Massachusetts

Lansdale, Pennsylvania

New York, New York

Kenilworth, Illinois

Saint Louis, Missouri

Brooklyn, New York

Monterey, California

Columbia, Missouri

Roanoke, Virginia

Geneva, Switzerland

San Francisco, California

Short Hills, New Jersey

Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Prairie Village, Kansas

Lake Forest, Illinois

Elkhart, Indiana

Erdenheim, Pennsylvania

South Windsor, Connecticut

Dresden, Maine

Delmar, New York

Dickerson, Maryland

Atlanta, Georgia

Mars Hill, Maine

Southwest Harbor, Maine

Hamburg, Germany

Lucas Edward Delahanty

Lydia Katherine Deutsch

John James Devereux

Alejandra Flores Diaz

Jenna Elizabeth Diggs

Mitchell Peter Dillon

Michael Stephen Dooley

John Samuel Duchin

Laurence Bennett Duggan ’09

Sarah Adele Ebel

Zoe Antoinette Eddy

Erica Emily Ehrhardt

Michael James Eldridge

Hasan Khalid Elsadig

Kathleen Dolan Emerson

Cathryn Lisbeth Espey English

Katherine Sullivan Epstein

Sarah Monserrate Espinosa

Morgan Doone Estey

Elizabeth Hayes Eypper

Tanya Farber

Michael Scott Farthing

Erika Marie Fernandez

Caroline Adele Ferrari

Abriel Olivia Ferreira

Leland James Fidler

Christina Ann Fish

Thomas Jere Flanagan

Hugh Michael Fleming

Lewis Cameron Flinn

Alexandra Pope Foradas

Keri Christiane Forbringer

Johanna Katherine Fowle

Kira Pizzo Frenzen

Peter Gardner Fritsche

Brian Toshiro Fry

Timothy Santi Fuderich

Amos Fung

David Ruffin Funk

Raya Zahava Katsh Gabry

Monica Teresa Garciapaz

Charles Henry Garrett II

Ceren Chelsea Germeyan ’09

Samuel Murdoch Gilbert

Seth Isaac Glickman

Rachel Hermans Goldman

Jeanette Cousins Goldwaser

Kristina Melissa Goodwin

Jasmine Cherita Graham

Whitney Anne Grass

James Christopher Gray ’09

Wolf Micha Grueber ’08

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J. William Grunewald

Katelyn Elizabeth Gundersen

Allison Faye Gunther

Elisa Beattie Gutierrez

James Ha

Natalie Kerstin Haimo

Latoyia Elaine Hall

Stephen Henry Hall

William Wright Hameline

Catherine Marie Hamley

Annie Huntington Hancock

Thai Ha-Ngoc

Samuel James Hankinson

Audrey Agatha Hatch

Colman James Hatton

Michael Peter Hauser

Colin William Hay

Alexander James Healy ’09

Kyle Philip Hebert

Joseph David Henderson

Carlisle Leinaala Hess

Laura Dixon Heyl

Palmer Robinson Higgins

Clara Elizabeth Hill

Nora Kathryn Hill

Lindsay Specht Hodge

Kelsey Rose Howe

Sara Elizabeth Hubbard

Sally Topping Hudson

Sarah Donovan Hurley

Copley Lynn Huston

Gwendolyn Whitney Hutton

Francis Khang Huynh

Tho Xuan Thi Huynh

Alexandra Phillips Hyde

Caitlin Elizabeth Anne Hynes

Jason David Immerman

Nathan Irving Isaacson

William Raleigh Jacob

Julia Freda Jacobs

Ross David Jacobs

Kathryn Christie Jacoby

Henry Moses Jamison-Root

Maxine Cotton Janes

Evelyn Jaramillo

Nicholas Van Cott Johnson

Desiree Monique Jones

Khristianna Maui Jones

Kathryn Hurley Jordan

Daniel Louis Jose

German and History

French and Government and Legal Studies;

Minor: Visual Arts

English and Spanish

Psychology; Minor: Teaching


History; Minor: Art History

English


Classics and Spanish

Geology; Minor: Biology

Physics and Visual Arts

Economics-Environmental Studies

Geology-Environmental Studies

Mathematics; Minor: Economics

Economics and Mathematics

Economics


Africana Studies

Geology

Economics; Minor: English

Classical Studies; Minor: Biology

Physics; Minor: Chemistry

Economics



Romance Languages; Minor: Economics

Biology and History

History; Minor: French

German and Government and Legal Studies; Minor:

Economics

French and Government and Legal Studies

Biology; Minor: Economics

Art History; Minor: Visual Arts

Economics; Minor: Education Studies

Biology

Anthropology; Minor: German

Biology

Physics

History; Minor: Government and Legal Studies

Economics and English

Psychology


Psychology; Minor: Spanish

English


Biology and Spanish

Biochemistry and Physics

Anthropology; Minor: Biology

Neuroscience

Economics; Minor: Classical Studies


Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Sandwich, Massachusetts

Narberth, Pennsylvania

Winnetka, Illinois

Bronx, New York

New York, New York

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Bath, Maine

New York, New York

Bozeman, Montana

Gray, Maine


Saint Augustine, Florida

Queens, New York


East Williston, New York

Winslow, Maine

New York, New York

Keene, New Hampshire

Wethersfield, Connecticut

Armonk, New York

Bradenton, Florida

Morristown, New Jersey


Houston, Texas

London, England

Sandy, Utah

Indianapolis, Indiana

Columbia, Maryland

Milton, Massachusetts

New Bedford, Massachusetts

Baltimore, Maryland

South Portland, Maine

Portland, Maine

Yarmouth, Maine

Owls Head, Maine

Pepper Pike, Ohio

Brunswick, Maine

Newtown, Connecticut

Ridgewood, New Jersey

Wilmette, Illinois

University Place, Washington

Burlington, Vermont

Middleburg, Virginia

Wichita Falls, Texas

Darien, Connecticut

Memphis, Tennessee

Readville, Massachusetts

Wayland, Massachusetts

Dunwoody, Georgia

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Computer Science and Mathematics; Minor: Economics


Geology


Sociology; Minor: Education Studies

Classics; Minor: German

Physics


Biology

Physics; Minor: Music

Classics and Music


French; Minor: Chemistry

Economics; Minor: Spanish

Government and Legal Studies and Sociology

Geology-Environmental Studies; Minor: Biology

Psychology

Biochemistry; Minor: Computer Science

Sociology; Minor: Visual Arts

History; Minor: Music


Physics; Minor: Chemistry


Biochemistry; Minor: French


History-Environmental Studies; Minor: Education

Studies


History-Environmental Studies

Computer Science; Minor: History

Anthropology; Minor: Spanish

Economics; Minor: German

English; Minor: Music

Asian Studies and Psychology

Asian Studies and Economics


English; Minor: Education Studies

English and German; Minor: Visual Arts


Spanish; Minor: Asian Studies

English-Environmental Studies; Minor: Biology

English; Minor: Chemistry

Anthropology; Minor: Theater

Asian Studies and Government and Legal Studies

Government and Legal Studies; Minor: Asian Studies

Government and Legal Studies; Minor: Teaching

Art History and French


English; Minor: Africana Studies

Religion; Minor: Psychology

Psychology; Minor: Education Studies

Jackson Heights, New York

Longboat Key, Florida

Port Washington, New York

Norristown, Pennsylvania

Westford, Massachusetts

Dedham, Massachusetts

Bronx, New York

Mystic, Connecticut

Lyme, New Hampshire

Caracas, Venezuela


Seoul, Republic of Korea

Greenwich, Connecticut

Fairfax, Virginia

McLean, Virginia

Murray Hill, New Jersey


Cos Cob, Connecticut



Union City, Georgia

Homewood, Illinois

Pleasanton, California

Ashland, Massachusetts

Vacaville, California

Weatogue, Connecticut


Tallahassee, Florida


Wausau, Wisconsin

Kentfield, California

Mamaroneck, New York

New York, New York

Los Altos Hills, California

Daegu, Republic of Korea

Greenfield, Massachusetts



Bound Brook, New Jersey


Woodacre, California

Glencoe, Illinois

Caribou, Maine

Queens, New York

Irvine, California

Jamestown, Rhode Island

Singapore, Republic of Singapore

Wayland, Massachusetts


Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

Nattawan Junboonta

Andrew Elliot Kantor

Jonathan Michael Karl

Kelly J. Keebler

Oliver Henry Kell

Kara Ann Kelley

Mary Hope Kelly

Theodore Tyler Kietzman

Elliot Kilham

Eunsung Elisa Kim

Jin-Kyung Esther Kim

Seoung-Yeon Kim

Joshua Hopkins King

Elizabeth Marie Kirby

Matthew Charles Knise

Alexander Gregory Kontur

Jane Brooks Koopman

Elise Marie Krob

Van Schaumburg Krueger

Nikolai Isamu Kubota-Armin

Fatoumatta Kunjo

Adam Samuel Kurstin

Matthew Palmer Kwan

Lakshmi Lakshmanan

Tenzing Tashi Sherpa Lama

Brooke Rachelle Lamothe

Paul Colin Landsberg

Amelia Lucille Lanier

Hannah Marie Larson

Andrew Robert Lawrence

Skye Oliver Lawrence

Claire Sylvie Leblanc

Nicholas Anthony Lechich

Elizabeth Kyu-eun Lee

Jeongmin Jenny Lee

Rachel Gee Lee

Gemma Louisa Leghorn

John Marshall Lisle Lehman

Matthew Robert Leotti

Jake Bergin Levin

Shelley Oriana Levin

Daniel Aaron Levis

Kathleen Chong Lewis

Alison Lin

Jeffrey Ching Lin

Abbey Rose Littman

Kristin Yiming Liu

Alexandra Callahan Locke

Daniel Robert Lorberbaum

Sarah Lord

Shavonne Lord

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Classical Studies; Minor: Government and Legal Studies

Chemistry; Minor: Italian


Economics-Environmental Studies; Minor: Dance

Biology; Minor: Visual Arts

Psychology

Physics

Music; Minor: Government and Legal Studies

Economics

Music; Minor: Economics


Biochemistry; Minor: Spanish

French; Minor: Government and Legal Studies


Latin American Studies-Environmental Studies;

Minor: Biology

Economics

Art History and Visual Arts



Computer Science and Mathematics; Minor: Economics


Physics-Dual Degree; Minor: Government and Legal

Studies

Biology

Music

Asian Studies and Economics

Economics; Minor: Spanish

Visual Arts; Minor: Teaching

English and Government and Legal Studies; Minor:

Philosophy

History; Minor: Visual Arts

Neuroscience; Minor: Religion

Anthropology


Philosophy

Sociology; Minor: Economics

Neuroscience; Minor: Economics

English

Spanish and Biology-Environmental Studies

Computer Science; Minor: Mathematics



Economics

Anthropology and French

German; Minor: Music

Economics

North Haven, Maine

Richmond, Virginia

Hawthorne, New Jersey

Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia,

Canada

Rumney, New Hampshire

Cumberland, Maine

Orr’s Island, Maine

Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special

Administrative Region

Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special

Administrative Region

Hollis, New Hampshire

Wallingford, Connecticut

Huntington Beach, California

Charlotte, Vermont

Kaneohe, Hawai’i

Windham, Maine

Tokyo, Japan

New York, New York

Yarmouth, Maine

Springvale, Maine

Pennington, New Jersey

Morristown, New Jersey

Boca Raton, Florida



Shanghai, People’s Republic of

China

Braintree, Massachusetts


Nesconset, New York

Baltimore, Maryland

Brooklyn, New York

Waterville, Maine

Boise, Idaho

West Warwick, Rhode Island

Concord, Massachusetts

Dhaka, People’s Republic of

Bangladesh

Cincinnati, Ohio

Ojai, California



Taos, New Mexico

Duxbury, Massachusetts

Newtonville, Massachusetts

Far Hills, New Jersey

Medway, Massachusetts

Benjamin Robert Moore Lovell

Lindsay Allen Luke

Sarah Palmer Luppino

Colin Frederick MacCormack

Kelsey Catherine MacEachern

Haley Nielsen MacKeil

Megan Elizabeth Macleod

Morgan Elowe MacLeod ’09

Olivia Joan Madrid

Arun Makhija

Kara Courtney Maloney

Danielle Elizabeth Marias

Lauren Sandell Marshall

Sarah Hart Marston

Alicia Chantel Martínez

Molly Anne Masterton

Kenta Craig Matsumoto

Colin Lloyd Sliker Matthews

Taylor Renee McCormack

Megan Jean McCullough

Mark Ralph McGranaghan ’09

William Thomas McIver

Shea Gordon McKeon

Emily Kim McKinnon

Peter James McLaughlin

Nell Yong Mei

Kyle Benjamin Mikami

Margot Danforth Miller

Jose Christopher Mark Lota

Mirasol

Abigail Fulton Mitchell

Luke John Mondello

Barrett Edward Moore

Marissa Ann Moore

Matthew D. Moran

Sean Christopher Jacob Morris

Reeham Wasfia Motaher

Ahmad Hassan Muhammad

Rachel Parmelee Munzig

Christopher Stephen Murphy

James Robert Nadeau

Shana Faye Natelson

Kimberly Flynn Naton

Andrea Jacqueline Navarro

Scott Alexander Nebel ’09

Christopher Alan Necchi

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History and Physics

English and Theater and German; Minor: Teaching

Biochemistry

Asian Studies; Minor: Chemistry

Biology; Minor: Mathematics

Mathematics and Spanish

History; Minor: Philosophy


Government and Legal Studies and History

Economics and History

Computer Science and Government and Legal Studies

Asian Studies; Minor: Education Studies

Chemistry; Minor: Mathematics


Latin American Studies and Visual Arts

Government and Legal Studies; Minor: Chemistry


Economics


French and Visual Arts

English; Minor: Art History


Psychology; Minor: Mathematics

Spanish; Minor: Biology

Anthropology; Minor: Russian



Biology; Minor: Dance

Biology; Minor: Visual Arts


Classical Studies; Minor: Biology


History; Minor: Anthropology

Psychology; Minor: Italian

Neuroscience

Sociology; Minor: Teaching

Asian Studies and Economics; Minor: Spanish

Economics and Music

History; Minor: Chemistry

Visual Arts; Minor: English

Neuroscience; Minor: English



English; Minor: Psychology


Psychology; Minor: Gender and Women’s Studies

Biology

Art History and Religion

Biology and Economics

Quincy, Massachusetts

Gorham, Maine

Syracuse, New York

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

Huntington, West Virginia

Huntington, West Virginia

Laconia, New Hampshire

Dobbs Ferry, New York

Monmouth, Maine

Hopedale, Massachusetts

Northridge, California

Wiscasset, Maine

Seattle, Washington

Newington, Connecticut

San Anselmo, California

Rancho Santa Fe, California


Newburyport, Massachusetts

Mercer Island, Washington


New York, New York

Springvale, Maine

Brooklyn, New York

Briarcliff Manor, New York

Englewood, New Jersey

Littleton, Colorado

Brooklyn, New York

East Blue Hill, Maine

Miami, Florida

Ashland, Massachusetts

Cumberland Foreside, Maine

Plovdiv, Republic of Bulgaria

Upper Montclair, New Jersey

New York, New York

Ashburn, Virginia

Lewiston, Maine

Silver Spring, Maryland


Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Traverse City, Michigan

Flushing, New York


Dhaka, People’s Republic of

Bangladesh

Watchung, New Jersey

Medford, Massachusetts

Bristol, Rhode Island

Newtown, Connecticut

Fort Worth, Texas

Wallingford, Connecticut

James Scott Neely

Brenna Leigh Nicely

Maria Caroline Nicolais

Gabrielle Jing-jing Niu

Emily Louise Norton

Rachael Marie Norton

Timothy Kerry O’Brien

Christopher Philip O’Donnell

Scott Walter Ogden

Thompson Stewart Ogilvie

Yuna Oh

Hannah Katherine Olson

Ta-Hsuan Ong

Chinoye Jessica Ada Onyebuchi

Camila Diana Osorno

Matthew Cyrus Ostrup

Feng Ou

Joseph Robert Pace

Gillian Grace Page

Elsbeth Kate Paige-Jeffers

Kate Haviland Pastorek

Nehal Indravadan Patel

Jamie Lynn Paul

Elizabeth Joy Pedowitz

Francesca Alessandra Perkins

Ashley Ludlow Peterson

Walkens Petit-Frere ’05

Alexandra Lauren Pfister

Alyssa Phanitdasack

Mark Patrick Phillips

Leonard Augustus Pierce

Nikolay Mardik Pilibosyan

Matthew Aaron Pincus

Rebecca Weaver Podell

Katherine Lundy Pokrass

Luke Edward Potter

Timothy Flynn Poulin

Jarrod Salcedo Powell

Brian Ward Powers

Lillian Elizabeth Prentice

Helen Xin Pu

Andrew James Quatrale

Farhan Aqebur Rahman

Tara Sunita Rajiyah

Emily Catherine Winstanley

Randall

Molly Elisabeth Randall

Megan Byrd Rawson

Amanda Nicole Ray

Daniel Lucas Reagan

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Asian Studies and English



Neuroscience


Government and Legal Studies; Minor: Italian

Sociology; Minor: English

Africana Studies and Sociology


English and Visual Arts

Neuroscience and Visual Arts

Spanish; Minor: Chemistry

History; Minor: Biology


Biology; Minor: History



Asian Studies; Minor: History

Economics

French and Government and Legal Studies; Minor:

Africana Studies

Visual Arts; Minor: Italian


English and Religion

Philosophy

Biology and French; Minor: Visual Arts

Visual Arts; Minor: Spanish

German and History; Minor: Teaching

French; Minor: Biology


Sociology; Minor: Psychology

Spanish; Minor: Music

Sociology; Minor: Economics

Economics; Minor: Environmental Studies

Philosophy; Minor: Economics

Mathematics and Economics


English-Environmental Studies; Minor: Italian


English

Economics; Minor: Archaeology

Classics

Economics

German and Government and Legal Studies;

Minor: Teaching

History

Government and Legal Studies; Minor: Anthropology


French and History

Africana Studies and History; Minor: Visual Arts

History; Minor: English

Anthropology; Minor: History

Economics

Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Verona Island, Maine

New Canaan, Connecticut




Birmingham, Alabama

Lowell, Massachusetts

Lowell, Massachusetts

Liberty, Maine

Snowmass Village, Colorado

New York, New York

Oakland, California

Jenkintown, Pennsylvania

Barrington, Rhode Island

Scarsdale, New York


Norwich, Connecticut

Brooklandville, Maryland


Mountain View, California

Coral Springs, Florida

Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Antioch, Illinois


New York, New York

Northfield, Illinois


Waccabuc, New York


West Tisbury, Massachusetts

Camden, Maine

Burlington, Connecticut

South Glastonbury, Connecticut

Cabin John, Maryland


Toronto, Ontario, Canada




Duxbury, Massachusetts

Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Seoul, Republic of Korea

Wayne, Maine

Winnetka, Illinois


Paris, Maine

Santa Monica, California


New York, New York

Centerport, New York

Newburyport, Massachusetts

Alexandra Lane Reed

Eric Ryan Reid

Andrew “Boomer” Repko

Sarah Austen Richards

Dana Michelle Riker

Robert Gerard Riley

Diego Fernando Rivera

Shalmai Dianne Rivera

Shamir Janet Rivera

Benjamin Matthew Roberts-Pierel

Elissa LeMieux Rodman

Cassandra Neiman Rodrigues

Rosa Esther Rodriguez

Clare Elizabeth Ronan

Christopher Michael Rossi

Michael Isaac Rothschild

James Christopher Rowe

Leah Casey Rubega

Zachary Perrault Rudick

Christopher Frederick Ryan

Aya Jennifer Sakaguchi

Carina Maria Sandoval

John Timothy Scannell Jr.

Hannah Kay Scheidt

Michael Philip Schember

Stephanie Christine Schmiege

Emily Joan Schonberg

Rebecca Rose Schouvieller

Madeleine Woodside Schrier

Kelly Erin Schussler

Samantha Taylor Schwager

Tana Mara Scott

Elizabeth Campbell Selinger

Paul Daniel Sellew

Garrick Vincent Sheldon

John Joseph Doherty Shennan

Camille Maria Shepherd

Sofia Bird Siegel

William King Skarinka

Samuel Iden Smith

Tyler Patrick Smith

Kathryn Ann Solow

Jessica Jung Eun Song

Bryce Adam Spalding

Robert Armstrong Stanley

Justin Peck Starr

Caitlin Kristen Stauder

Leah Alexandra Stecher

Elizabeth Inez Stevenson

Nicholas James Stone

Andrew Joseph Sudano

Kevin Michael Sullivan

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Visual Arts

English

Biochemistry and Music


Economics and Psychology

Music ; Minor: Mathematics

Government and Legal Studies-Environmental Studies;

Minor: Spanish

Biology

Geology; Minor: Archaeology


Government and Sociology; Minor: History

Music

Art History

English; Minor: Economics

Mathematics; Minor: Education Studies

Economics; Minor: Art History

Sociology; Minor: Anthropology

Anthropology



Romance Languages-Environmental Studies;

Minor: Biology

Chemistry and Mathematics; Minor: Economics

Neuroscience and Visual Arts

Art History and Spanish

Economics and Mathematics

Economics; Minor: Teaching

Physics; Minor: Spanish

Biology

Gender and Women’s Studies; Minor: French

Anthropology; Minor: Chemistry

Biology and Classical Studies

English


English and Gender and Women’s Studies

English; Minor: History

English; Minor: Chemistry

Anthropology; Minor: Government and Legal Studies


Classics and English

History

English and Religion


Anthropology

Mathematics and Economics; Minor: Government and

Legal Studies


Economics; Minor: Biology

English



Aspen, Colorado

Londonderry, New Hampshire

New Canaan, Connecticut

Wilmington, Delaware

Singapore, Republic of Singapore

Danvers, Massachusetts

Essex, Vermont

Westport, Connecticut

Swampscott, Massachusetts

Old Saybrook, Connecticut


Paiania, Greece

Arlington, Virginia

Lutherville, Maryland

Scottsdale, Arizona

Lemoyne, Pennsylvania

Newtown Square, Pennsylvania

Fitchburg, Massachusetts


Providence, Rhode Island

Exeter, New Hampshire

San Jose, California

Charlotte, North Carolina

Lakeville, Connecticut

Lebanon, New Hampshire

Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Canaan, Connecticut

Shelter Island, New York

Yarmouth, Maine

Andover, Massachusetts

Houston, Texas

Grand Rapids, Michigan

West Simsbury, Connecticut

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Lake Forest, California

Fairfield, Connecticut

Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan

Brattleboro, Vermont


Starkville, Mississippi


Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Bedford, New York


Sudbury, Massachusetts


Berwyn, Pennsylvania

Orleans, Massachusetts

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Madeline Soldner Sullivan ’09

Timothy Scott Sullivan

Eugene Yu Sun

Xin Sun

Jia Xun Sung

Cameron James Swirka

Joanna Sibilla Taatjes

Maximillian Zoltan Taylor

Tyler Patten Tennant

Jordan Christopher Termine

Robert L. Terrell ’74

Alexis James Thomakos

Allison Champagne Thomas

Steven Anargyros Thomas Jr.

Lindsey Elizabeth Thompson

Anne Elizabeth Tolsma

Nicholas Tom

Nga Thien Tong

Philip Tonucci

Adam Alexander Tracy

Drew Rotondo Trafton

Anh Hoai Viet Tran

Colby Randol Trenkelbach

Perry Lin Trethaway

Zachary McKernan Tretter

Elaine Tsai

Jules Tobias Valentino Valenti

Alexander Gorodnitzki van Boer

Emma Beaumont Verrill

Nandini Vijayakumar

Kimberly Yoonmi Vincent

Thomas Robert Wakefield

Devin Francis Walsh

Kathleen Dulaney Walsh

Lawrence Yukwang Wang

Sarah Anne Pabodie Ward

Charles Holton Warren

Lindsey Cook Warren-Shriner

Samantha Danielle Waxman

Sean Martin Weathersby

Jessica Dare Weinberg Weaver

Bob PoFang Wei

Alison Marshall Weisburger

Robert Thomas Welch

Helen Wen

Katherine Jia-Lin Wen

Eleanor Talbot West

Benjamin Joseph Wharton

Elizabeth Morrell Wilcosky

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English

English; Minor: Music

Art History; Minor: Economics

Neuroscience; Minor: Spanish



Mathematics

Biochemistry; Minor: English

English and Government and Legal Studies


Biology




Music; Minor: English

Biology; Minor: Sociology

Chevy Chase, Maryland

Cody, Wyoming

Summit, New Jersey

Tolland, Connecticut

Irving, Texas

Chatham, New York

Denver, Colorado

Quincy, Massachusetts

Bethesda, Maryland

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


Buffalo Grove, Illinois


East Hampton, New York

Bronx, New York

Milford, Connecticut

Alexander Finley Williams

Carolyn Montgomery Williams

Charlotte Thompson Williams

Claire Rankin Williams

Stephanie Leigh Williams

Brooks Stuart Winner

Leah Anne Wolberg

Norris Man Wong

Carl Emery Woock

Sarah Catherine Wood

Jessica N. Yang

Kathy Yang


Jaclyn Nicole Zaborski

Akiva Gabriel Zamcheck

Kevin Michael Zikaras

HONORARY APPOINTMENTS

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

CUM LAUDE

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

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Students elected to Phi Beta Kappa wear green and white ribbons on their academic gowns.

PHI BETA KAPPA

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HONORANDS OF THE 2010 COMMENCEMENT

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Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.)

Joan C. Countryman has a long and distinguished career in education. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, with a master of urban studies degree from Yale University, she was a Fulbright fellow at the London School of Economics. She began her teaching career as coordinator of community schools in Philadelphia, and then was a lecturer and assistant dean of students at the University of Pennsylvania. From 1970 to 1993 she taught mathematics at the Germantown Friends School, where she was director of studies, director of independent studies, and assistant head. Countryman was head of the Lincoln School in Providence, Rhode Island, from 1993 until her retirement in 2005. She was drawn out of retirement to serve as interim head of Oprah Winfrey’s Leadership Academy for Girls in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2006, followed by a one-year term as interim head of the Atlanta Girls’ School. She has been a board member at Sarah Lawrence; the National Center for Independent School Renewal; Women and Infants Hospital; the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools; and the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, among others. She is the author of Writing to Learn Mathematics (1992) and Black Images in American Literature (1977).


J. Taylor Crandall of the Bowdoin Class of 1976 and overseer of the College emeritus is managing partner at Oak Hill Capital Partners in California, a firm he joined in 1986. He is also chief operating officer of Keystone, Inc., playing key roles in nearly all of the major transactions in which Keystone has invested. Prior to joining the firm, he was a vice president with First National Bank of Boston. Crandall has an extraordinary record of philanthropy and service at Bowdoin and beyond. Among his generous gifts to the College are four endowed professorships and an endowed scholarship. He was a member of the Board of Overseers from 1991 to 1997. From Maine to Texas and to California, he has given often, generously, and anonymously in support of children’s health, medical research, the arts, and education. He is the secretary-treasurer of the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Foundation, and he has served as a trustee or board member for the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health; the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation; the Park City Foundation; and the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Foundation.

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Doctor of Science (Sc.D.)

Eve Marder is the Victor and Gwendolyn Beinfield Professor of Neuroscience in the biology department at Brandeis University and an internationally known researcher into the dynamics of small neuronal networks using the crustacean stomatogastric nervous system. Her work was instrumental in demonstrating that neuronal circuits are not “hard-wired,” but can be reconfigured by neuromodulatory neurons and substances to produce a variety of outputs. Marder was chief editor of the Journal of Neurophysiology from 2002 to 2008 and served on the editorial boards of Physiological Reviews, Journal of Neurobiology, and Journal of Neuroscience, among others. She is a past president of the Society of Neuroscience, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has received the Miriam Salpeter Memorial Award for Women in Neuroscience, the W. F. Gerard Prize from the Society for Neuroscience, the MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Health, and two Javits Neuroscience Investigator Awards. She earned a bachelor of arts degree at Brandeis and a doctorate at the University of California–San Diego.


Michael S. McPherson is the president of the Spencer Foundation in Chicago and a nationally known economist and author whose expertise focuses on the interplay between education and economics. He earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics, master’s degree in economics, and doctoral degree in economics at the University of Chicago. In a twenty-two-year career at Williams College, McPherson was professor of economics, chair of the economics department, and dean of the faculty. He then served as president of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, for seven years before being selected as the fifth president of the Spencer Foundation, which supports research about education. He has been a fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; a trustee of the College Board and the American Council on Education; and president of the TIAA-CREF Board of Overseers. He is the author or co-author of Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities; College Access: Opportunity or Privilege?; and Economic Analysis, Moral Philosophy, and Public Policy. He was the founding co-editor of the journal Economics and Philosophy.

HONORS IN MAJOR SUBJECTS

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ANTHROPOLOGY

Honors

Human Rights, the Cultural Defense, and Cultural Relativism: How Law and Anthropology Understand and Use “Culture”

Making Tattoos: Constructing Identity, Networks, and Social Structures among Artists and Collectors

The 2007–2008 Post-Election Violence in Kenya: Autochthony, Ethnic Cleansing, and the Politics of Identity

Stitching Together the Evidence: The Role of Inughuit Women on the Crocker Land Expedition, 1913–1917

ART HISTORY

Honors

Envisioning an American Ideal: Masculinity and Traditional Work Ethic in George Bellows’ Paintings of Maine Shipbuilding

“Objects of pre-eminence, dignity, and merit”: The Limoges Painted Enamel Collection of Henry Clay Frick

BIOCHEMISTRY

Honors

The Thermal and Photochemical Stabilities and the Excited Electronic States of Natural and Synthetic Polyenes

Targeted Functional Analysis of Fgf/Bmp Antagonistic Signaling during Tooth Development in Danio rerio

The Effect of Myosuppressin on Nitric Oxide Feedback in the Heart of the Lobster, Homarus americanus

Characterization of prdm1a in Zebrafish Tooth Development

Analysis of Homolog Pairing in Drosophila melanogaster Using RNAi Knockdowns

Detecting Microbial Contributions to SOM under Elevated CO2

BIOLOGY

Honors

Testing Roles of RNA-binding Protein Orf 19.1750 in Pre-mRNA Splicing and mRNA Export

Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration and Turnover after Twelve Years of Elevated CO2

Temperature, Growth, and Metabolism in the Green Sea Urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Enhancing the Bioremediation Capacity of Bacillus subtilis Using Trehalose

Assessing Light Capture and Photosynthesis in Sun and Shade Abies balsamea Branches Using a Three-Dimensional Canopy Model

Mutational Analysis of the Extracellular Domain of Wall Associated Kinase 2

Mathematical Modeling of Underwater Walking in the Green Crab, Carcinus maenas

Quantification of Ascending Interneuron-2 and Nerve 5 Growth Characteristics after Deafferentation in the Cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus

The Role of fgf10a in Tooth Morphogenesis in Danio rerio

The departments of Art, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, English, Geology, History, Mathematics, Music, Psychology, Romance Languages, and Sociology and Anthropology, and the Biochemistry, Environmental Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, Latin American Studies, and Neuroscience programs award only one level of departmental honors. Other departments award honors at the levels of Highest Honors, High Honors, and Honors, and the recipients are so designated.

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Enhancer Preference at the yellow Locus in Drosophila melanogaster

CHEMISTRY

Honors

Oxidation of Atmospherically Relevant Organic Aerosols and Related Phospholipids

Mechanisms of Cationic Amine Sorption to Montmorillonite

8-Quinolyl-Tetramethylcyclopentadiene: A Tailored Ligand for Cobalt Catalysis

Peptide Fragmentations in Mass Spectrometry: The Role of C-terminal Basic Amino Acid Residues

Characterization of Pyrolysis Oil: Fractionation and Analysis by GC/MS and MALDI-FTMS

CLASSICS

Highest Honors

Playing the Game: Genre, Metaphor, and Poetic Persona in Horace’s Epistles 1 and Ovid’s Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto

High Honors

Furor and the Inexplicable in Seneca’s Phaedra and Thyestes

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Honors

Using Pheromones in a Swarm-Based Music Improvisation System

FleetDB: A Main Memory Functional Database

An Investigation of Approximate Viewshed Algorithms on Regular Square Grids

ECONOMICS

Highest Honors

The Development of Women’s Economic Rights in Nineteenth-Century America: Legislative Influences and Economic Impacts

Honors

Changes in Recipiency Rates of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program: Does Increased Funding Better Target or Assist Vulnerable Households?

Why Is Junior Moving Out Alone? An Empirical Study of the U.S. Single-Person Household, 1969–1993

ENGLISH

Honors

Charting

Reliquary: A Novella

“Fragments re India and India Is Fragments”: The Feminine, Fragmentation, and Nationalist Yearning in Emergency Literature

Terror and Possibility: Walt Whitman, Henry James, and Democracy Unbound

No Vacancy: Nabokov’s Use of Space in Lolita, Ada, and Pale Fire

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Honors

Impacts of Pasture and Organic Crop Land Use Practices on Soil Carbon Storage in Midcoast Maine

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FRENCH

Honors

L’indigénisme haïtien en littérature: Les exemples de Jacques Roumain et de René Depestre

GENDER AND WOMEN’S STUDIES

Honors

Women on the River: Gender and Occupational Segregation in Whitewater River Guiding

GEOLOGY

Honors

Oceanographic and Hydrologic Effects on Harmful Algal Blooms in Harpswell Sound, Gulf of Maine

GERMAN

High Honors

Herausforderungen an die deutsche Kulturnation: Literatur, Politik und die Rolle des Intellektuellen um 1990

Honors

From Germany to Maine: The Translation and Adaptation of Kerstin Specht’s Lila

GOVERNMENT

High Honors

A Defense of Tocqueville’s Majority Tyranny

Playing with the Joints: An Examination of the Implications of the Free Exercise Clause for School Voucher Programs in Maine

German Nuclear Energy Policy and the Atomic Energy Law—The Role of the Federal Environment Ministry

New Thinking and Old Thinking: Franz Rosenzweig and Leo Strauss on the Erotics of Return

From the Cold War to the Twenty-First Century: A Comparative Look at the U.S. Policymaking Process Toward Allende’s Chile and Chávez’s Venezuela

Honors

The Intimations of Individuality: Michael Oakeshott Contra Friedrich Nietzsche

An Examination of the Sino-American Defense Policies on East Asian National Alignment

Transparency Not Secrecy: A Better Recipe for Avoiding the Trichinosis of Congressional Pork-Belly Earmarks

The Doctrine of Expressive Association: Boy Scouts of America v. Dale and the Future of the Right to Discriminate

HISTORY

Honors

Casamance Histories: Lalo Kebba Drammeh’s Performance of the Ngansu-Masing Epic

Conflicting Ideology: The Provisional Irish Republican Army and Their Catholic Base

An Uncommon Devotion: The Marriage of Franklin and Jane Pierce and the Reassessment of a President’s Personality

Practice and Protest: Early Black Physicians and the Competing Demands of Professional Life and Racial Activism

“The Right of Invention”: Revisionist Authors of the First Crusade

The New Past: Vico, Voltaire, and the Reinvention of History

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MATHEMATICS

Honors

Stochastic Perturbations of the Fitzhugh-Nagumo Equations

MUSIC

Honors

Steps Toward an Unforeseen Future: Music of Sleep and Dreams

Suite for Solo Cello and Electronics

NEUROSCIENCE

Honors

The Effects and Distribution of Homarus americanus-Specific Calcitonin-like Diuretic Hormone (Homam CLDH), an Intrinsic Neuromodulator to the Cardiac System of the American Lobster, Homarus americanus

Characterization of sema2a Gene Expression in Cricket, G. bimaculatus, in Response to Unilateral Auditory Deafferentation

Factors Driving Injury-Induced Neuronal Reorganization in the Cricket Auditory System: The Role of Activity in Sensory Neurons

Regulation of the Truncated Vasotocin Receptor in Goldfish, Carassius auratus

Differential Expression of Vesicle Associated Membrane Protein (VAMP) following Deafferentation in the Cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus

The Role of the Hippocampus in the Memory of Sequenced Non-spatial Events

Investigation into the Role of Semaphorin in Compensatory Neuronal Growth in the Cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus

PHYSICS

Highest Honors

A Novel Approach to Constructing Black Hole Puncture Initial Data

High Honors

Maximal Slices of Slowly Rotating Black Holes

Observing Surface Acoustic Waves in Crystals

The Merger of White Dwarf-Neutron Star Binaries

PSYCHOLOGY

Honors

Flexible Decision Making: Is Maximizing Really Detrimental?

The Relationship between Coping, Gender, and Neuroticism in Collegiate Athletes

RELIGION

High Honors

Popular Worship in Hindu South Asia: Exploring the Goddess Mariamman

Born Again in Second Life: Exploring the Religiosity in and of Virtual Experience

SOCIOLOGY

Honors

Hegemonic Masculinity and Sports at Bowdoin College

Increasing Access to Justice in the State of Maine: An Evaluation of the Courthouse Assistance Project

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APPOINTMENTS, PRIZES, AND AWARDS

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COMMENCEMENT AWARDS

Goodwin Commencement Prize

Class of 1868 Prize

DeAlva Stanwood Alexander Prize First Prize: Second Prize:

GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

Brooks-Nixon Prize

Almon Goodwin Phi Beta Kappa Prize

George Wood McArthur Prize

Leonard Pierce Memorial Prize

Dorothy Haythorn Collins Award

Abraxas Award

DEPARTMENTAL PRIZES

Africana Studies

Lennox Book Prize

Art

Anne Bartlett Lewis Memorial PrizeArt History: Visual Arts:

Art History Senior-Year Prize

Art History Junior-Year Prize

Richard P. Martel Jr. Memorial Prize

Biochemistry

John L. Howland Book Award in Biochemistry

Biology

Copeland-Gross Biology Prize

Donald and Harriet S. Macomber Prize in Biology

James Malcolm Moulton Prize in Biology

Chemistry

ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry

ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry

Hypercube Award

Kamerling Laboratory Award

Merck Index Award

Philip Weston Meserve Prize in Chemistry

U.S. Chemical Rubber Company Freshman Award

U.S. Chemical Rubber Company Laboratory Award

Classics

Hannibal Hamlin Emery Latin Prize

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Nathan Goold Prize

J. B. Sewall Greek Prize

J. B. Sewall Latin Prize

Computer Science

Computer Science Senior-Year Prize

Economics

Paul H. Douglas Prize

Noyes Political Economy Prize

Education

Maine Teacher Certification

English

Academy of American Poets Prize

Philip Henry Brown Prize

Hawthorne Prize

Nathalie Walker Llewellyn Poetry Prize

Non-Fiction Prize

Pray English Prize

Poetry Prize

Forbes Rickard Jr. Memorial Poetry Prize

David Sewall Premium

Mary B. Sinkinson Short Story Prize

Bertram Louis Smith Jr. Prize

Environmental Studies

Academic Award in Environmental Studies

Community Service Award inEnvironmental Studies

Geology

Geology Book Award

Arthur M. Hussey II Prize in Geology

German

German Consular Prize in Literary Interpretation

Old Broad Bay Prize in Reading German


Jefferson Davis Award

Philo Sherman Bennett Prize

History

Dr. Samuel and Rose A. Bernstein Prize forExcellence in the Study of European History

James E. Bland History Prize

Class of 1875 Prize in American History

Sherman David Spector of the Class of 1950 Awardin History

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Latin American Studies

Latin American Studies Prize

Mathematics

Edward Sanford Hammond Mathematics Prize

Smyth Mathematical Prize

Music

Sue Winchell Burnett Music Prize

Natural Sciences

Sumner Increase Kimball Prize

Neuroscience

Munno Neuroscience Prize

Physics

Edwin Herbert Hall Prize in Physics

Noel C. Little Prize in Experimental Physics

Psychology

Frederic Peter Amstutz Memorial Prize

Religion

Edgar Oakes Achorn Prize

Lea Ruth Thumim Biblical Literature Prize

Romance Languages

Goodwin French Prize

Eaton Leith French Prize

Charles H. Livingston Honors Prize in French

Dante Prize in Italian

Raimondi Prize in Italian

Philip C. Bradley Spanish Prize

Sophomore Prize in Spanish

Russian

Russian Prize

Sociology and Anthropology

Award for Distinguished Public Sociology and Anthropology

David I. Kertzer Prize in Sociology and Anthropology

Matilda White Riley Prize in Sociology and Anthropology

Elbridge Sibley Prize

Theater and Dance

Bowdoin Dance Group Award

Award for Excellence in Dance Performance

Abraham Goldberg Prize

Masque and Gown Student-Written One-Act Play Prize—Best Playwright

Alice Merrill Mitchell Prize

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William H. Moody ’56 Award

George H. Quinby Award

FACULTY PRIZE

Sydney B. Karofsky Award for Junior Faculty

NATIONAL AWARDS

Austrian Government Teaching Assistantship in English

Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Undergraduate Scholarship

Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant

Barry M. Goldwater Fellowship

Keasbey Scholarship

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Princeton in Africa Fellowship

Princeton in Asia Fellowship

Rhodes Scholarship

Harry S. Truman Scholarship

Thomas J. Watson Fellowship

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH AWARDS*

Beckman Scholarship

James Stacy Coles Summer Research Fellowship in Chemistry and Biochemistry

James Stacy Coles Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Martha Reed Coles Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Community Matters in Maine Summer Fellowship

Davis Project: 100 Projects for Peace Grant

Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Coastal Studies Research Fellowship

Faculty Research Grant Fellowship

Freedman Summer Research Fellowship in Coastal/Environmental Studies

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Freedman Summer Research Fellowship in Computer Science

Gibbons Summer Research Internship

Global Citizens Grant

Robert S. Goodfriend Summer Internship

Peter J. Grua and Mary G. O’Connell Faculty/Student Research Award

Howard Hughes Medical Institute EXROP Fellowship

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Postbac Summer Fellowship

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Fellowship

IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Postbaccalaureate Fellowship

IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Summer Fellowship

Kappa Psi Upsilon Environmental Studies Fellowship

Kent Island Summer Fellowship

Kibbe Science Fellowship

Richard B. ’62 and Sabra Ladd Government Internship

Latin American Studies Research Grant

Littlefield Summer Fellowship

Logan Environmental Community Service Fellowship

Clare Booth Luce Research Fellowship

Maine Space Grant Consortium Fellowship

McKee Photography Grant

Thomas A. McKinley ’06 Grant

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship

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Merck/American Association for the Advancement of Science Grant

Nikuradse-Matthews Summer Public Interest Fellowship

Nyhus Travel Grant

Paller Research Fellowship

Ellen M. and Herbert M. Patterson Research Fellowship

Preston Public Interest Career Fund Summer Fellowship

Riley Fellowship

Rusack Coastal Studies Fellowship

A. Raymond Rutan IV Scholarship Award for Summer Study in Theater

Scholarship for Summer Study in Dance

Surdna Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Water Resources Research Institute Fellowship

Nellie C. Watterson Research Award in the Creative and Performing Arts

EXTRACURRICULAR AWARDS

Lydia Bell Award for Initiative and Leadership in Public Service

James Bowdoin Cup

Bowdoin Spirit of Service Award

Common Good Book Award

Curtis E. Chase Memorial Award

General R. H. Dunlap Prize

Henni Friedlander Student Prize

Andrew Allison Haldane Cup

Lucien Howe Prize

James S. Lentz Leadership Award

Maine Campus Compact Heart and Soul Award

Maine Campus Compact PILLAR Award

Michael Francis Micciche III Memorial Award

Bowdoin Orient Prize

President’s Award

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Cup

Student Employee of the Year

Paul Andrew Walker Prize

ATHLETIC AWARDS

Academic Achievement Award for MenJames Scott Neely

Academic Achievement Award for Women

Annie L. E. Dane Trophy for OutstandingLeadership

The Harvey Award for JV and Club SportsLeadership

Outstanding First-Year Female Student Athlete

Outstanding First-Year Male Student Athlete

Outstanding Male Athlete

Lucy L. Shulman Award for Outstanding FemaleAthlete

Wil Smith Community Service Award

Society of Bowdoin Women Award

Frederick G. P. Thorne ’57 Award for OutstandingLeadership

Baseball

Francis S. Dane Baseball Trophy

Basketball

William J. Fraser Basketball Trophy

Paul Nixon Basketball Trophy

Women’s Basketball Alumnae Award

Women’s Basketball Best Defense Award

Women’s Basketball Bowdoin Pride Award

Women’s Basketball Most Improved Award

Football

“Boiled Owl” Football Award

Winslow Robinson Howland Football Trophy

Wallace C. Philoon Football Trophy

William J. Reardon Memorial Football Trophy

The Philip H. Soule Award

Ice Hockey

Hannah W. Core ’97 Memorial Award

Hugh Munro Jr. Memorial Hockey Trophy

John E. “Jack” Page Ice Hockey Coaches Award

Seventh Player Award

Peter Schuh ’96 Memorial Award

Harry G. Shulman Hockey Trophy

Christopher Charles Watras Memorial Women’sIce Hockey Trophy

Women’s Ice Hockey Founder’s Award

Lacrosse

Mortimer F. LaPointe Men’s Lacrosse Award

Ellen Tiemer Women’s Lacrosse Trophy

Paul Tiemer Men’s Lacrosse Trophy

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Paul Tiemer III Men’s Lacrosse Trophy

Nordic Skiing

Polar Bear Award for Best Female Skier

Polar Bear Award for Best Male Skier

Rugby (Women’s)

Charlie Hews Spirit Award

Barry Honan Spirit Award

Most Improved Player

Most Valuable Player

Outstanding First-Year Player

Soccer

The Bicknell Award

George Levine Memorial Soccer Trophy

Christian P. Potholm II Soccer Award

Softball

Bowdoin Softball Achievement Award

Bowdoin Softball Team Award

Squash

Reid Squash Trophy

Most Valuable Player Award

Spirit Award

Swimming

Charles Butt Swimming Trophy

Robert B. Miller Swimming Trophy

Sandra Quinlan Potholm Swimming Trophy

Tennis

Samuel A. Ladd Tennis Trophy

Bowdoin Tennis Most Improved Award

Bowdoin Tennis Most Valuable Player Award

Track and Field

Leslie A. Claff Track Trophy

Bob and Jeannette Cross Award

Bob and Carl Geiger Award

Elmer Longley Hutchinson Memorial Trophy

Major Andrew Morin Award

Evelyn Pyun ’02 Memorial Award

Colonel Edward A. Ryan Women’s Track andField Award

Volleyball (Women’s )

Coach’s Award

Defensive Player of the Year

Offensive Player of the Year

Most Improved Player

GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS*

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* Students from Maine who are not Bowdoin graduates are eligible for some scholarships. Bowdoin graduates are listed with their class year, while no class year is indicated for non-Bowdoin graduates from Maine.

Dr. Herbert A. Black Scholarship

Charles Carroll Everett Scholarship

Garcelon and Merritt Scholarship

Dr. Ralph Fessenden Goodhue Scholarship

Timothy and Linn Hayes Scholarship

Guy Charles Howard Scholarship

George and Mary Knox Scholarship (July 2009)

Henry W. Longfellow Graduate Scholarship

Wilmot Brookings Mitchell Graduate Scholarship

Galen C. Moses Graduate Scholarship

919 Fellowship

O’Brien Graduate Scholarship

Lee G. Paul Scholarship

Dr. Clinton Noyes Peters and Alice F. Peters Medical Scholarship

Robinson-Davis Fund ScholarshipLaw School

Robinson-Davis Fund ScholarshipMedical School

Sherman David Spector of the Class of 1950 Scholarship for Graduate Study in History

Earl Kendall Van Swearingen Fund Scholarship

Nathan Webb Research Scholarship

ACADEMIC APPAREL

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The formal academic attire that distinguishes faculty

and graduates at academic ceremonies is a symbol at

once vertical and horizontal. It stretches back into

history, to the roots of academic institutions, while

at the same time it forms a bond of union among

contemporary academic scholars.

The gown, cap, and hood, which would certainly seem

quaint today if worn on our city streets, were originally

the ordinary apparel of our medieval ancestors. The

gowns varied in elegance according to the rank and

wealth of the owners, and the hood had the practical

function of being pulled over the head for warmth.

Many of the medieval universities had strict rules on

the subject; at Oxford, for example, the master of

arts had to swear that he owned the dress prescribed

for his degree and that he would wear it on all proper

occasions. Undergraduates were required to wear their

gowns whenever they appeared in the public street.

After the sixteenth century in Europe different styles

prevailed, but the older style was retained for certain

legal, official, clerical, and, especially, academic uses.

In America the gown has been used to some extent

since colonial times. It was only in the late nineteenth

century, however, that widespread interest—sparked

perhaps by the observance in 1886 of the 250th

anniversary of the founding of Harvard—brought

about several developments. In 1887 an enterprising

member of the graduating class of Williams College

designed academic gowns for the graduates to wear

at the Commencement ceremony. The garb was

significant and dignified; it was both traditional and

democratic; it answered a need, and it quickly became

popular. In 1895 an intercollegiate code, standardizing

the design and the color of each part of the academic

regalia, was accepted by nearly all American colleges

and universities.

The gown is usually black, and the cut of the sleeves

differs for bachelors, masters, and doctors. In addition,

the doctor’s gown has panels of velvet (usually black)

down the front and on the sleeves.

The cap is generally black, with a tassel, which is either

black or the color of the field of study; a doctor’s may

be gold. The most common style of cap is the Oxford

“mortar board,” with a square flat top, but some

variations are permitted.

The hood is the most distinctive part of the costume.

It is made of black and trimmed with velvet. Both the

length of the hood and the width of the trim vary with

the level of the degree, the doctor’s being the longest

and having the widest velvet border. The color of the

velvet indicates the field of study in which the degree

is earned: for example, white for arts and letters

(bachelor of arts), dark blue for philosophy, brown

for fine arts, golden yellow for science, scarlet for

theology. The lining of the hood is the color and style

of the university that confers the degree; these are all

specified in the standard code of the American Council

on Education. Bowdoin College’s lining is white and

green to symbolize the Bowdoin pines.

Whatever the degree or university, those who don

the gown and hood symbolically take their places in

the long procession of scholars who have pursued

truth and learning and passed it on to others. The

consciousness of that fellowship is at once a reward for

past efforts and an inspiration for the future.

Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maize

Arts, Letters, Humanities . . . . . .White

Commerce, Accountancy,

Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Drab

Dentistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lilac

Economics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copper

Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Light Blue

Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Orange

Fine Arts, including

Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brown

Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Russet

Journalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crimson

Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purple

Library Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lemon

Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Green

Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pink

Oratory (Speech) . . . . . . . . Silver Gray

Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dark Blue

Physical Education . . . . . . . Sage Green

Public Administration, including

Foreign Service . . . . . . .Peacock Blue

Public Health . . . . . . . . . . Salmon Pink

Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Golden Yellow

Social Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Citron

Theology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scarlet

Veterinary Science . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gray

HOOD BORDER COLORS INDICATING FIELDS OF LEARNING

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RAISE SONGS TO BOWDOIN

Words by K. C. M. Sills, Class of 1901

New Lyrics by Anthony Antolini ’63

Music by C. T. Burnett

Arr. by Thornton W. Allen

Raise songs to Bowdoin, praise her fame,

And sound abroad her glorious name;

To Bowdoin, Bowdoin lift your song,

And may the music echo long

O’er whispering pines and campus fair

With sturdy might filling the air.

Bowdoin, from birth, our nurturer and friend

To thee we pledge our love again, again.

While now amid thy halls we stay

And breathe thy spirit day by day,

Oh may we thus full worthy be

To march in that proud company

Of poets, leaders and each one

Who brings thee fame by deeds well done.

Bowdoin, from birth, our nurturer and friend

To thee we pledge our love again, again.

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