MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE february celebration
middlebury, vermont saturday, february 13, 2021 MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE Established 1800
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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Guntram Herb Professor of Geography
WELCOME Laurie L. Patton President, Middlebury College
STUDENT’S ADDRESS TO THE SENIOR CLASS Annie Blalock ’20.5
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SENIOR CLASS Janine Hetherington ’95 President, Middlebury Alumni Association
PRESENTATION OF THE JASON B. FLEISHMAN ’03.5 AWARD Derek Doucet Dean of Students
RECOGNITION OF STUDENTS Derek Doucet
PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS TO THE SENIOR CLASS Laurie L. Patton GAMALIEL PAINTER’S CANE CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2020.5 Words by Charles B. Wright Professor Emeritus of English, Hon DLitt, Class of 1915 Lyn Archer Ackert-Smith Lincoln, VT Neuroscience ALMA MATER Aidan Kolbe Acosta Rockport, ME Words by Margaret Dounce Dale ’43 and Dorothy Hood Bittmann ’43 Economics Ginger Green Adams Brooklyn, NY 5 Sociology Spencer P. Ainsworth Madison, CT SENDING FORTH Geology and Environmental Studies Danielle Stillman Jacob Brooks Allnutt Seattle, WA Associate Chaplain, Rabbi History of Art and Architecture-Architectural Studies and Environmental Studies Peter Bennallack Ammons Denver, CO 5 Chemistry and Biochemistry and Education Studies William T. Anderson Hingham, MA A special thank you to the members of the February Committee for their Chinese and Economics hard work and dedication to the February Celebration events, Bruce Atwood Sharon, VT and especially for the leadership of the following students: Computer Science Benjamin Kubanyi Barrett Bethesda, MD Julia Sinton and Benjamin A. Slater Political Science Grant Albert Berman Newton, MA Computer Science Corinne Noelle Bintz Camas, WA Computer Science Annie Gordon Blalock Baltimore, MD Environmental Studies and Biology Isla Rose Bowery Mendocino, CA Political Science William Francis Boyd Beverly, MA Neuroscience Margaret Charlotte Burlock San Francisco, CA English and American Literatures Derrick Edward Harry Burt Stonington, CT Geography Silvia Cantu Bautista Monterrey, Mexico Political Science Theo Castellano-Wood Austin, TX Chinese Jaehyung Cho Kimpo, South Korea Brent Miles Edwards Littleton, CO International Politics and Economics Biology Shaun R. Christean Seattle, WA Sean G. Fallon Deerfield, NH Biology International Politics and Economics Delaney Rose Collins Chagrin Falls, OH Isaac Feldman Austin, TX English and American Literatures Physics Molly D. Colwell Orinda, CA Whitney P. Findlay Sudbury, MA Mathematics and Economics Economics Walter Reynolds Conrad Yarmouth, ME Noah Ripley Fine Stamford, CT Computer Science and Film and Media Culture History Mariano Javier Correa Núñez Lima, Peru Robert James Finn II Mill Valley, CA Psychology History Claire Elise Cousineau Minneapolis, MN Bridget Mary Fitzgerald Rumson, NJ Chinese Neuroscience Emma R. Cowper Killingworth, CT Laura Elizabeth Friedrich Centennial, CO English and American Literatures and Theatre Religion and Computer Science Jennifer Ashley Crandall Wallingford, CT Eiko Fulton Walled Lake, MI Biology Geography Alyssa Marie Crogan Weybridge, VT Diego Enrique Garcia Astoria, NY Psychology and Education Studies Physics Nathaniel Nesius Danti Groton, MA Benjamin Robert Glass Winchester, MA Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Environmental Studies Jonathan R. Decker Northampton, MA Hannah Leyla Gokaslan Baltimore, MD Mathematics and Economics Geography and Environmental Studies Jourdon Sean Delerme-Brown Mount Vernon, NY Malik Gomez Bronx, NY Chinese and Political Science Neuroscience Joseph Higgins Dempsey Florence, VT Andrew Robert Greene Brookville, NY History History and Economics Gabriel Laird Desmond Tacoma, WA Zoe Rosenthal Grodsky Watertown, MA Environmental Studies and Philosophy Sociology Benjamin Russell Dohan Lexington, MA Tenzin D. Gyalpo Dharamsala, India Geography Computer Science Ningxuan Dong Ningbo, China Youssef Halim Rabat, Morocco International and Global Studies-European Studies Mathematics and Economics Jack Dowling Cincinnati, OH Paola Halley Brussels, Belgium Economics Biology Simone R. Edgar Holmes Charlotte, VT John Henry Hanson Huntington, NY History of Art and Architecture-Art History History of Art and Architecture-Architectural Studies Ansley Delaune Harralson Atlanta, GA Jenny L. Moss White Plains, NY Molecular Biology and Biochemistry International Politics and Economics Christopher Evan Hauptfeld Berlin, CT Ezekiel G. Mostov San Francisco, CA Mathematics Computer Science Jocelyn Hernandez Maywood, CA Munyaradzi Munyati Harare, Zimbabwe Computer Science Film and Media Culture and Political Science Katherine E. Hilscher Boothbay Harbor, ME Ibrahim M. Nasir Park Ridge, IL Sociology and Anthropology-Sociology/Anthropology Economics Da Thi Hoang Hue, Vietnam Samuel Ballou Naumann Medfield, MA Physics Political Science and Arabic Colin Alexander Howe Syracuse, NY Kazuto Nishimori Tokyo, Japan Biology Physics Jake Ramond Hulina Westport, CT Phoebe Colvin Oehmig Brunswick, ME Political Science Biology and Environmental Studies Nicholas Lyman Hunnewell Sherborn, MA Pratt Maelena Olson South Portland, ME International Politics and Economics Environmental Studies and Geology Yihe Jiang Shenzhen, China Eden Pham Chicago, IL Economics Economics Jonna Catherine Keith Pittsford, VT Bennett Pienkowski Ashland, VA Environmental Studies and Biology Philosophy Keun Young Jennifer Ko Frankfurt, Germany Andrew Joseph Platt Warren, VT Economics International and Global Studies-Global Security Beatrice Anne Lee Ramsey, NJ Nicole Elizabeth Pollack Shaker Heights, OH Economics Environmental Studies and Political Science Madeleine Monique Lehner Greenfield, NH Amelia J. Pollard Hastings-on-Hudson, NY Environmental Studies Political Science Zachary William Goldsmith Levitt Northampton, MA David Michael Powell Albany, NY Geography and Computer Science Economics Teadora Benioff Levy Brooklyn, NY Alec Cameron Rogers Atlanta, GA History Mathematics Maya Anna London-Southern Middlebury, VT Thomas Louis Sacco Cranston, RI Sociology and English and American Literatures Physics Selvyn Yovany Martinez Barahona Chicago, IL Sara Julia Santiago New York, NY International and Global Studies-Latin American Studies Religion Isabella Antúnez de Mayolo Mauceri Cedar Falls, IA Emma V. Schoblocher Dallas, TX Political Science Film and Media Culture Wyllis Steven McKissick Littleton, CO Tate Elizabeth Serletti Wynnewood, PA Economics Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies Mariah Serra Conyngham, PA Eliza Uberuaga New York, NY History of Art and Architecture-Museum Studies Spanish Carlos J. Serrano Orlando, FL Clementina Julia Ullman Washington, DC International and Global Studies-East Asian Studies Neuroscience and History of Art and Architecture-Art History Fayza Shammin Oberlin, OH Valeriia K. Vakhitova Vladivostok, Russia Film and Media Culture and Psychology Environmental Studies and Geology Eva T. Shaw Norwich, VT Samantha Valone Wayland, MA Economics Economics Joshua Dean Shepard Essex, VT Ben Vandenbosch Mercer Island, WA Chemistry and Biochemistry Computer Science Marius Wilfred Sheppard Skærved London, United Kingdom Jacob E. Villalobos Dallas, TX Political Science Sociology Takao Shimizu Setagaya, Japan Maren Christian Walsh Denver, CO Computer Science and Neuroscience International and Global Studies-Latin American Studies Elizabeth Y. Shivel Kennebunkport, ME Logan Alexander Warshaw Westwood, MA Neuroscience French Taite Jamie Shomo Greenwood Village, CO Cameron Kane Weiner Houston, TX Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies and History of Art and Architecture-Art History Geology Elizabeth Marie Simmons Malibu, CA Jinghao Zhang Tianjin, China English and American Literatures History of Art and Architecture-Architectural Studies and Studio Art Julia Isabel Sinton Ithaca, NY Karina Zyatitsky Anchorage, AK Psychology Geology Benjamin Arost Slater Wayland, MA International Politics and Economics ______Allison Stevens Livingston, MT Neuroscience The list above includes students who are receiving their degrees today, Abigail A. Stone Duxbury, MA those who received their degrees in August 2020, and those who will complete their degree requirements on or before May 30, 2021. Computer Science Kevin DeLaney Strenski Indianapolis, IN Russian Rebecca Hope Strull San Rafael, CA Geography Ashley Tietz Tonini Sunnyvale, CA Religion Lynn Claire Travnikova London, United Kingdom International and Global Studies-Middle East and North African Studies Daniel Alexander Turpin Huntsville, AL Film and Media Culture THE JASON B. FLEISHMAN ’03.5 AWARD GAMALIEL PAINTER’S CANE
Words by Charles B. Wright, Professor Emeritus of English, Established in 2004 by family and friends of Jason Fleishman. Awarded annually as part of the February Celebration program to recognize outstanding students who matriculated Hon DLitt, Class of 1915 as part of the February First-Year Program four years earlier, regardless of their actual Music by E. Pruda Harwood Wiley, Class of 1912 date of graduation. Recipients epitomize Jason’s leadership, academic passion, determina- tion, and care for others. When Gamaliel Painter died, Chorus Jason Fleishman was a positive, caring, committed, motivated, and compas- He was Middlebury’s pride, Oh, it’s rap rap rap, sionate leader, student, and friend as a Feb at Middlebury College. Jason died A sturdy pioneer without a stain; And it’s tap tap tap, unexpectedly February 1, 2004, after Feb Celebration weekend. While a And he left his all by will If you listen you can hear it sounding plain; student, he was a member of the Middlebury College Ski Patrol, the board of To the college on the hill For a helper true and tried, directors of the Epilepsy Foundation of Vermont, and the crew team. He was And included in a codicil a cane. a trained EMT and worked as a trainer for the Middlebury Rugby Clubs. In As the generations glide, addition, he held numerous leadership roles, including being an active partici- There is nothing like pant in the February Outdoor Orientation and campus orientation programs. Oh, his blessed bones are hid, Gamaliel Painter’s cane. ’Neath a marble pyramid, Jason had an overwhelming love for the outdoors and lived with the most For ever there in honor to remain; positive attitude, no matter the obstacles. A neuroscience major with a premed track, he was determined to make the best of his education at Middlebury. But he built us Painter Hall Above all, Jason identified himself as a Feb, through and through. Jason was Noblest monument of all, committed to making a difference at Middlebury College and in the world and And he left to us his courage in the lives of the people around him. He always put other people first. and his cane.
PAST RECIPIENTS Devin L. Green ’04.5 Katherine Stamper Sullivan ’05.5 Daniel D. Stone ’06.5 Matthew K. Griswold ’07.5 Maria Chauncy Bryant, W. Scott Buckley, Jeffrey Marc Stern ’08.5 Claire Dorothy Graves, Alexandra Jane Schloss ’09.5 Pier Folger LaFarge ’10.5 Lorena Espinoza Guerrero ’11.5 Erik Fendik ’12.5 Cayla Marvil ’13.5 Teresa (Tess) Johnson Sneeringer ’14.5 Caitlin Duffy ’15.5 Matthew J. Witkin ’16.5 Elizabeth Stears ’17.5 Paige Guarino ’18.5 Julia Beck ’19.5 ALMA MATER THE SEAL GAMALIEL PAINTER’S CANE The official seal of Middlebury Gamaliel Painter’s cane is one of Words by Margaret Dounce Dale ’43 and Dorothy Hood Bittmann ’43 College shows an open book, the most treasured artifacts of the with simple marks for letters. College. Once the walking stick Walls of ivy, paths of beauty, Chorus The College’s motto, Scientia et of the founder of both the town We have known and loved them well. Middlebury, Alma Mater Virtus (Knowledge and Virtue), is and the College, today it is carried written on either side of the book. by the president in the academic Spir-ed chapel rising proudly, Symbol of His strength and truth. Around the edge of the seal are procession. It serves as the College’s Morning hymn and evening bell. Symbol of His strength and truth. four abbreviated Latin words: mace and as a symbol of institu- Ch0rus Coll. Med. Virid. Mon. Their full tional strength and character. The ~ or ~ form is Collegium Medioburiense Class of 2020.5 will receive a replica Sunset glowing o’er the mountains Viridis Montis; in English, of the original cane, reminding the Middlebury College of Vermont. graduates that they go forward from Snowy peaks and winding ways Middlebury, Alma Mater Middlebury with the strength and Peaceful stillness o’er the campus Symbol of our strength and truth. THE MEDALLION character of the College always at Mem’ries of most happy days. Symbol of our strength and truth. The presidential medallion, their side. Ch0rus which is worn on all ceremonial occasions, carries the official seal of Middlebury College on the Loyal ever in these friendships obverse and the name of the current We have spent four glorious years president and date of inauguration Filling us with hope and courage on the reverse. The first presidential medallion was presented to Samuel Till the hour of parting nears. S. Stratton by the Board of Trustees Ch0rus upon his inauguration as the 11th president of Middlebury College in 1943.