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Oberlin College & Conservatory commencement exercises may 14, 2021 | 9 : 00 am & 2 : 00 pm
Oberlin College & Conservatory Commencement Exercises may 14, 2021 | 188th anniversary
In addition to President Ambar, the following people are sharing the commencement platform:
Gordon Deane ’71, Honorary Marshal
Motoko T. Deane ’71, Honorary Marshal
David Kamitsuka, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
William Quillen, Dean of the Conservatory of Music
Donica Thomas Varner, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary,
Commencement Marshal
senior class speakers
Henry Beecher Hicks IV
Joshua Emmanuel Rhodes
trustee of oberlin college
Christopher Canavan ’84, Chair
Oberlin College is proud to ofer closed-caption service for the 2021 commencement
ceremony. Live, real-time captioning is available via a mobile device browser at
go.oberlin.edu/captions using access code Oberlin. For links to translated captions in
other common languages, please see page 37.
A live audio and video feed of the commencement ceremony is available on the
Oberlin College website. Closed captions are also available on the live video stream.
Te college’s commencement exercises are being signed for hearing-impaired guests and students.
Te signers are from the Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center and are standing on the lef side
of the main platform.
ADA seating is available.
2order of exercises
President Carmen Twillie Ambar
Presiding
i | the academic procession
Honorary Marshals: Gordon Deane ’71 and Motoko Deane ’71
Procession Marshal: Donica Thomas Varner,Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Music: The Commencement Brass Ensemble
Te outdoor academic procession has its antecedents in the medieval European university. Te procession
is designed so that each graduate passes before each faculty member one fnal time before the conferring of
the degrees.
Te modern academic gown evokes the medieval cappa clausa, a closed cloak typically worn by clerics; the
modern hood, worn over the shoulders and down the back, recalls a functioning medieval head garment.
In the late 19th century, the Intercollegiate Code was established for American universities, through which
academic dress was standardized to convey the degree held, the feld of study, and the university awarding
the degree. Accordingly, there are three shapes of gown: the bachelor’s gown is characterized by full,
pointed sleeves; the master’s gown is characterized by oblong sleeves, cut away in front to leave a streamer
of the sleeve behind; the doctor’s gown is faced with velvet, a likely echo of the clerical tippet, and features
bell sleeves adorned with velvet bars.
Academic hoods vary in size, shape, and color; they are lined with silk in the ofcial color or colors of the
institution that granted the faculty member’s highest degree. Te trim color of the velvet binding indicates
the discipline of the degree, commonly including: Philosophy, dark blue; Music, pink; Arts, Letters, and
Humanities, white; Education, light blue; Law, purple; Medicine, green; Library Science, lemon yellow;
Science, golden yellow; and Divinity, scarlet.
Te gown is a symbol of the democracy of scholarship since it covers any clothing indicating rank or
status. Te cap has its own traditions. Te frst right of a freed Roman slave was the privilege of wearing a
cap, so the academic cap is the sign of the freedom of scholarship. Mortarboards have long been worn, but
in recent years sof caps or tams and other colorful headgear have gained favor.
An increasingly large number of universities in America have developed unique academic gowns; most of
these conform to the basic style of the Intercollegiate Code, although they replace traditional black with
school colors and are ofen ornamented with embroidered university seals or emblems. European academic
dress adds further diversity and color to the academic procession.
Te audience will rise until the procession reaches the stage and is seated.
3ii | invocation (audience stands)
The Reverend David F.H. Dorsey, Multifaith Chaplain to the College and Conservatory
iii | greetings
Christopher Canavan ’84, Chair, Board of Trustees
iv | welcome
President Carmen Twillie Ambar
Biographical notes on retiring faculty members, as well as the recipients of the Alumni Medal,
Distinguished Community Service Award, and Honorary Degrees may be found at the end of this program.
v | remarks
Henry Beecher Hicks IV, Student Representative from the Class of 2021 (9 AM)
Joshua Emmanuel Rhodes, Student Representative from the Class of 2021 (2 PM)
vi | the presentation of the alumni medal (video)
K. Scott Alberts ’94, President of the Alumni Association
candidate for the alumni medal
Walter “Walt” B. Galloway ’69
vii | the presentation of the award for distinguished
service to the community (video)
Motoko Deane ’71, Honorary Marshal
candidate for the award for distinguished service to the community
Gail Horn Wood ’70
Devoted to service in the Oberlin Community since her retirement from teaching at the Western Reserve
School District and the Oberlin Public Schools; service with the Oberlin Schools Endowment Board;
president of the board of trustees of the Oberlin Heritage Center and chair of the development committee
and tour docent.
Te candidate will be presented by James Monroe Professor of Politics and Professor of East Asian Studies
Marc Blecher.
4viii | the conferring of honorary degrees
(live and video)
President Ambar
candidate for the honorary degree of doctor of fine arts
Renata Adler
Author, journalist, staf writer for the New Yorker; contributor to Vanity Fair, the New York Review of
Books, Harper’s, the Atlantic, the New Republic; former chief flm critic for the New York Times.
Te candidate will be presented by Frederick R. Selch Associate Professor of Musicology James O’Leary.
candidate for the honorary degree of doctor of music
John Harbison
Institute professor at MIT, recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and a Pulitzer Prize; conductor and
composer-in-residence with numerous orchestras and festivals.
Te candidate will be presented by Assistant Professor of Voice Kendra Colton.
candidate for the honorary degree of doctor of humanities
Michael J. Sorrell ’88
Te longest-serving president in the 149-year history of Paul Quinn College, nationally regarded for his
eforts to remake higher education in order to serve the needs of under-resourced students and their
communities.
Te candidate will be presented by Trustee Patricia Shanks ’63.
candidate for the honorary degree of doctor of fine arts
Peter Baker ’88
Chief White House correspondent for the New York Times, political analyst for MSNBC, former journalist
with the Washington Post, author, and panelist on PBS’ Washington Week.
Te candidate will be presented by Robert S. Danforth Professor of Politics Eve Sandberg.
ix | commencement address
Peter Baker ’88
5x | remarks
President Ambar
xi | the presentation of the class of 2021
President Ambar
Listed are students from the college and the conservatory who were enrolled in courses needed to complete
degree requirements as of Spring 2021; students who have completed requirements since May 2020; and
students who have 12 or fewer credits to complete for their degree. Tis does not constitute the ofcial list of
graduates for 2021. Te ofcial list will be made available by the registrar afer June 30, 2021.
6candidates for degrees
the conservatory of music
Presented by Dean William Quillen
the degrees of Wenqin Yi Amer Hasan
bachelor of music Dazhou, People’s Republic of Chicago, IL
and master of China Georgia John Heers
music in choral Greer, SC
conducting the degree of
bachelor of music Scott Joseph Heinz
Jedidiah Lee Rellihan Oberlin, OH
Raymore, MO Nicolas Diego Alvarez
Claudia Grace Hinsdale
Greer, SC
Poughkeepsie, NY
the degrees of Colin Robert Anderson
bachelor of music Juntai Huang
Upper Marlboro, MD
and master of Guangzhou, Guangdong,
Ernest McIntosh Atkinson Jr. People’s Republic of China
music in historical Kingstree, SC
performance Aadam Ibrahim
Olivia Victoria Bentley Addison, IL
Tigran Buniatyan Cincinnati, OH
Oberlin, OH Dian Jin
Mercer Kingman Bristol Shanghai, People’s Republic of
the degree of Colorado Springs, CO China
master of music Andrés Felipe Carrero Sungeun Kim
in historical Leander, TX Seoul, Republic of Korea
performance Katherine Naomi Danforth Josephine Yoonji Lee
Zuguang Xiao Indianapolis, IN Glendale, CA
Xiangyang, People’s Republic of Atlee Daniel SungKyung Lee
China Fort Worth, TX Seoul, Republic of Korea
the degree of Matthew Reed Dion Gabriela Linares
artist diploma Somerset, MA Albany, CA
Ian Bernard English Tomas Jonathan Litchev
Christopher James Archer Lafayette, LA Dillon, CO
Houghton, MI
Isaac S. Fenner Jiaqing Luo
Niki Khabbazvahed Oakland, CA Wuhan, People’s Republic of
Tehran, Iran
Mathea Goh China
Hanlin No Wang Singapore, Singapore Ellie L. MacPhee
Guiyang, People’s Republic of
Herdís Mjoll Gudmundsdottir Greenville, SC
China
Reykjavík, Iceland Phoebe Mapes-Frances
Yizhang Wang Sr.
Simone M. Hammett-Lynch Newton, MA
Qingdao, People’s Republic of
China Aurora, CO Charlotte Jane Maskelony
Emily Barbour Hancock Arlington, VA
Chi Wai Wong
Tuen Mun, Hong Kong River Hills, WI Shannon Mustard
Moray, Scotland
7Cordelia Lindsey Mutter Timothy Kenwood Voet
Piermont, NY Sacramento, CA
Mayumi Naramura Ziyi Wang
Oberlin, OH Linyi, Shandong Province,
Nicole Maria Odreman- People’s Republic of China
Valenciano Caroline Elisabeth Wolfe
Miami, FL York, PA
Yeajin Park Haoying Wu
La Palma, CA Chongqing, People’s Republic of
Vincent Vinh Pham China
San Diego, CA Jiaqi Yu
Anne Marie Pinkerton Changchun, People’s Republic of
Wilmette, IL China
Joshua Emmanuel Rhodes Yizhou Zhong
Fayetteville, NC Suzhou, Jiangsu, People’s
Republic of China
Alyssa Lyric Rivera
Kingston, TN Jie Zhou
Zhaoqing, Guangdong, People’s
Caleb Paul Rose Republic of China
Charlottesville, VA
Hannah Elizabeth Sandoz
Lafayette, LA
Miguel Santos
Orlando, FL
Max Richard Schlenk
Shaker Heights, OH
Elliot Reed Shaull-Tompson
Monkton, MD
Grace Elizabeth Sievert
Homestead, FL
Craig Slagh
Cincinnati, OH
Drew Smith
Lawrence, KS
Esther Song
Northvale, NJ
Peiwen Su
Oberlin, OH
Alan Truong
Salinas, CA
Gavin VanWinkle-Bright
Akron, OH
8candidates for degrees
the college of arts and sciences and
the conservatory of music
Presented by Dean David Kamitsuka and Dean William Quillen
the double Julia Kristina Klein Jane Wickline
degrees of Ann Arbor, MI Santa Monica, CA
bachelor of arts Yuanzhe Liu Aidan Nathaniel Wiley Lippke
and bachelor Shanghai, People’s Republic of Bloomington, IN
of music China Janet Yuling Wu
Max Kwadwo Addae Clayton Dodge Luckadoo King of Prussia, PA
Bloomfeld, NJ Georgetown, TX
Erika Aoki Seyquan Michael Mack
Tokyo, Japan Boston, MA
Joshua Augustin Patrick Shiaohui McBride
Rochester, MN Bexley, OH
William J. Bertrand Céline Talia Opdycke
North Palm Beach, FL Bellevue, WA
Max Alexander Cook Natsumi Osborn
Ashland, VA Katy, TX
Andrew James Dame Marc-Antonio Padilla
Novi, MI Appleton, WI
Henry James Fernandez Nicholas Politi
Cooperstown, NY New York, NY
Julian Ben-David Grabarek T. Colton Potter
Acton, MA Orlando, FL
Sabine Uta-Lenore Gross Dirk S. Roosenburg
Pittsburgh, PA Athens, OH
Charlotte Annabelle Hill Amber Ginmi Scherer
Pleasantville, NY Winnetka, IL
Yuyu Ikeda Annemarie Birgit Schubert
Ichikawa, Japan Lincoln, NE
Margaret Susan Jackson Sophie O’Meara Shalit
Edina, MN River Edge, NJ
Julian Song Jacobs Samuel Weaver
Rensselaerville, NY Fuquay-Varina, NC
Otto Sebastian Kailing Willow Weiner
Kalamazoo, MI West Lafayette, IN
9candidates for degrees
the college of arts and sciences
Presented by Dean David Kamitsuka
the degree of Justin Archer Bank Alexander Marshall Black
bachelor of arts Riverwoods, IL Bessen
Didier N. Banyeretse Philadelphia, PA
Sophie Mora Aaron Seminole, FL Billy Segal Blender
Los Angeles, CA
Ivan A. Barrer Chicago, IL
Samuel Ray Agnoli McLean, VA Sheridan Blitz
Bexley, OH
Anna Lea Tompson Barron Cupertino, CA
Marah Ajilat Saint Paul, MN Claire Regina Bodger
Amman, Jordan
Matthew Nicholas Barry Nipomo, CA
Brendan Aleman Silver Spring, MD Emily Elizabeth Bollin
Chicago, IL
Eleanor Taylor Beck Rocky River, OH
Katherine Ali Montclair, NJ Olivia Eleanor Booth-Howe
Saint Paul, MN
Kai Becker Scarborough, ME
William Zachos Anmahian Hilo, HI Finn Bordal
Brookline, MA
Jacqueline Adamson Bednar Santa Monica, CA
Matthew Richard Antezzo Prospect Heights, IL Anna Bosco
Bridgewater, CT
Rae Bell Newton, MA
Athina Arianna Apazidis Brookline, MA Elizabeth Braverman
Wayland, MA
Iris Anna Bennett Bethesda, MD
Sara Lily Aragaki Lincoln, MA Andrea Elizabeth Bray
Upland, CA
Olivia Berke Davis, CA
Jordan Armstrong New York, NY Mary Clare Brody
Sebastopol, CA
Tomas Berle Carman Santa Monica, CA
Liam Ashbrook Stockbridge, MA Isabel Brown
Wallingford, PA
Emily Alyssa Bermudez Chevy Chase, MD
Adriano Wajdi Atallah Chicago, IL Oliver Bernard Brown
New Rochelle, NY
Emily Mae Berner Ridgefeld, CT
Cameron Avery Reisterstown, MD Luke David Buck
Los Altos, CA
Ruth Kiran Bieber-Stanley Wakeman, OH
Kyra Joy Aviles Albuquerque, NM Caroline Barrett Budnick
Armonk, NY
James Robert Bilhartz East Greenwich, RI
Liam Kyle Axon Dallas, TX Austin Michael Buga
Newton, MA
George Robert Birch Oberlin, OH
Emma Bally Woodinville, WA Camille Winifred Butler
Brooklyn, NY
Elmhurst, IL
10Dzikamai Blessing Bwititi Tyler Brooke Collins Hang (Heather) Tanh Do
Harare, Zimbabwe Los Angeles, CA Hanoi, Vietnam
Minqi Cai Maya Colman Carson Alexander Dowhan
Yulin, Guangxi, People’s Winchester, MA Walnut Creek, CA
Republic of China
Finley Audrey Congdon Han Du
Emily Grace Cairncross Hingham, MA Nanjing, Jiangsu, People’s
Media, PA Republic of China
Bridget K. Conway
Brigit Cann Reno, NV Reuben Dubester
Bethesda, MD Washington, DC
Kayri Alexis Craig
Eleanor Cannon Collinsville, VA Eli Hayes Hearth Durand
Ithaca, NY
Silas Crewe-Kluge McDonnell
Grifn Nigro Cappelletti La Grange, IL Bar Harbor, ME
Sherman Oaks, CA
Leah Benson Crowther Abigail M. Dyson
Gwendolyn Sylvia La Crescenta, CA Webster, NY
Cappel-McCoy Joseph Riley Edell
Samuel Peter Cryan
McKinney, TX West Chicago, IL
Westerville, OH
Jonah Rishon Carrol Nathan Miles Edelmann
Eleanor Teresa Cunningham
Las Vegas, NV Washington, DC
Sanibel, FL
Jocelyn Iris Cavins Emma Edenbaum
Ry Granata Currier
Davis, CA Medford, NJ
New York, NY
Andrés Eduardo Ceballos Villa Emma Bley Eder
Isabelle D’Arcy
Tousand Oaks, CA Seattle, WA
Hudson, NY
Mari Chandy Emma Edney
Emarie Rose De La Nuez
Fremont, CA New York, NY
Bronx, NY
Janie Lois Kae-Jung Chang- Sarah Jane Edwards
Mikaela Renee de Lemos
Weinberg Arlington, VA
Southlake, TX
Chandler, AZ
Domenick De Luca Anjali Kaur Eichbaum
Gillian Beth Chanko Woodside, CA
Federal Way, WA
Sandy Hook, CT
Sara De Roy Loubna El Meddah El Idrissi
Yen Chun (Wenna) Chen Temara, Morocco
Bellingham, WA
Taipei City, Taiwan
Matteo Paolo Debole Ambia Dessie Elias
Benjamin Lewis Ciener Bronx, NY
Los Angeles, CA
Santa Fe, NM
Liam Patrick DeLaite Lauren Elwood
Lansing Porter Clark Bangor, ME
Montclair, NJ
New York, NY
Mara Delta Olivia Estrada
Malachi Clemons Saint Louis, MO
Falls Church, VA
Skillman, NJ
Olly Jacob DeStefano Alexander Daniel Etgen
Miles Isaiah Cohen Raleigh, NC
Redwood City, CA
Bethesda, MD
Akira Di Sandro Jakob Tristan Faber
Sophie A. Collier Oberlin, OH
Schaumburg, IL
Washington, DC
Maeve Kiana Dick Anna Farber
Lexington, VA Brooklyn, NY
11Madeleine Adrien Faubert Micaiah Wright Fox Megan Catherine Grabill
Montvale, NJ North Brunswick, NJ East Lansing, MI
Yunfei Feng Ella G. Franklin Avery Ruth Grace
Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Lexington, KY Brookline, MA
Republic of China
Sarah Marie Frazier Adeline Michelle Grame
Eleda Horner Fernald Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Oberlin, OH
Wallingford, PA
Lucy J. Fredell Maeve Greising
Samuel Hunt Fertig Washington, DC Johnston, IA
Brussels, Belgium
Jennifer L. Gallagher Sophie Grosskopf
Katie Annalise Feuerstein Conneaut, OH Seattle, WA
Mequon, WI
Sophia Garcia Peng Gu
Leina Mizuno Fieleke Oberlin, OH Nanjing, Jiangsu, People’s
Lexington, MA Republic of China
Hanae Eda Garrison
Kennie Fierro Maplewood, NJ Maeve Kennedy Gualtieri-Reed
El Paso, TX Chapel Hill, NC
Bethany MunYeen Gen
Isaac Leon Finestone Sacramento, CA Puma Guerrero
San Francisco, CA Lewisburg, PA
Renée Geyer
Olivia Fink Fredericksburg, VA Olivia Anne Guerriero
Manchester, NH Keene, NH
Gregory James Gillen
Lydia Simone Finkel Mount Vernon, OH Zoe Rose Mock Guiney
New York, NY Granville, OH
Madi Goetzke
Victoria Lynn Fisher Saint Louis, MO Maxwell Benjamin Gutterman
Wellington, OH New York, NY
David Emanuel Gold
Kate Fishman Albuquerque, NM Caroline Haas
New Paltz, NY Los Angeles, CA
Maya Goldberg
Delaney Anne Flaherty Brooklyn, NY Will Emmet Hagan
Albany, NY Cleveland, OH
Amos Elijah Goldfarb-Brown
E. Daniel Fleischer Tucson, AZ Julia Acadia Halm
Hanover, NH Dallas, TX
Lauren Rathus Goldsamt
Benjamin Flomenbaum Great Neck, NY Lawrence William Morris
Lincoln, MA
Olivia Cambron Goldstein Hamilton
Grace Flynn-Young Louisville, KY Seminole, FL
Novato, CA
Xiaoyun Gong Isaac David Raphael Handy
Ilana Foggle Beijing, People’s Republic of New York, NY
Madison, CT China Alyssa Roberta Corse Harder
Gina Helen Fontanesi Paola González Quevedo Charlottesville, VA
Los Angeles, CA Milwaukee, WI Kristen Janeé Harris
Brendan Tomas Fontanez Sarah Goodstein Calumet City, IL
Saint George, VT Northridge, CA Ella Marie Hass
Fox Reet Kaur Goraya Berkeley, CA
West Hartford, CT Rockville, MD Brianna Renee Hayes
Houston, TX
12Christo Hays Xiran Hu Abigail Keller
Cambridge, MA Beijing, People’s Republic of Oberlin, OH
Zoe Hecht China
Emma Flynn Keppler
Boston, MA Eric A. Hughett Portland, OR
Tomas Edward Hefer Milford, OH
Miriam Khanukaev
Longwood, FL Emily A. Humphreys Boston, MA
Alaina A. Helm North Reading, MA
Alex Khater
Hummelstown, PA Olive G. Hwang Joliet, IL
Dylan Henson Fishers, IN
Leon Joseph Khoury III
Chico, CA Zoe Nicole Iatridis Columbia, SC
JunYoung Heo Atlanta, GA
James Stephen Kibitel
Northbrook, IL Christian Ikeokwu Bay Shore, NY
Maxwell Mark Herman Lagos, Nigeria
Eunice Yeeun Kim
Traverse City, MI Ritesh Kumar Isuri Fremont, CA
Anna Heubert-Aubry Camp-Diable, Mauritius
Marisa Juliet DeAngelo Kim
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY Jillian Renee Jaczkowski San Francisco, CA
Connor Edward Hibbard Clinton Township, MI
John William Kirkpatrick
Saline, MI Zoe Pekor Jasper Kirchenbauer
Henry Beecher Hicks IV Newton, MA Arlington, VA
Nashville, TN Gustav Erik Jaynes Julian William Klingen
Catherine Emily Higgins Plainfeld, NH Washington, DC
Yardville, NJ Sierra Jelks Robert Allan Klock
Cheikh S. Higgs Denver, CO River Forest, IL
Camden, NJ Alexander Eric Nishimura Caleb Michael Knapp
Daniel Russell Hill Jensen Ridgefeld, CT
Swarthmore, PA
Oberlin, OH Tory Knapp
Eva Noelle Morehead Hilton Seok Jun Jeon San Francisco, CA
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Los Angeles, CA Jenna Ko
James Barlow Holland Yan Jin Seoul, Republic of Korea
Beijing, People’s Republic of
Annapolis, MD Milend Carl Kolbet
China
Lauren Alyssa Holmes New York, NY
Carolina Maria Johnson
Arlington, VA Katherine Joyce Koritz
Stockholm, Sweden
Joshua Steiker Holtzman River Forest, IL
Jessica Abby Julian
Newton, MA Sara L. Kostic
Brookline, MA
Nicole Jinshil Hong Shorewood, WI
Kotaro Kajita
Palo Alto, CA Alexander John Kott
Tokyo, Japan
Mikaela Johnell Howard Washington, DC
Lucy Kayla Kaminsky
Durham, NC Max Phillips Kraemer
Sleepy Hollow, NY
Orion Avelino Howard Parkland, FL
Zareen Kaur Kang
Hartford, CT Lauren Deborah Kuchnir
Somerset, NJ
Alex Kenneth Howell Southborough, MA
Seattle, WA
13Tomas Prendergast Kumar Nicholas Teodore Lewitt Zenobia Lee Marder
Carversville, PA Brookline, MA Brooklyn, NY
Davis Tyler Lai Tian Liang Kiera Rose Markham
New York, NY Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Tinley Park, IL
Minh C. Lam Republic of China
Molly Marie LaDue Marshall
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Michael Liu Reno, NV
Robinson Tomas Lamont Princeton Junction, NJ
Alexander D. Martin
Brookline, MA Michelle Y. Liu Denver, CO
Ellisa Momoko Lang Sharon, MA
Sophia V. Matossian
Honolulu, HI Xueyao Liu Ann Arbor, MI
Adelaide Laros Beijing, People’s Republic of
Man Kit Mau
Wilmette, IL China
Zhongshan, Guangdong, People’s
Emma Katherine Larson Justin Changyuan LiXie Republic of China
Shanghai, People’s Republic of
Cottontown, TN Catherine Elise Mavrich
China
Leo Lasdun Oberlin, OH
Hsu Tai Lo
Brooklyn, NY Zachary Bennett Mayer-Bickel
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Madeline Marie LaValley Boulder, CO
Ezra Loeb
Bernardston, MA Grace Juliana McAllister
Catonsville, MD
Lorenzo M. Lawson Brooklyn, NY
Tomas Vincent LoVoi
Chicago, IL Maximillian Ehlert McAllister
Tulsa, OK
Isabelle Virginia Leavy San Francisco, CA
Yan Lu
Sacramento, CA Khalid McCalla
Shanghai, People’s Republic of
Brooklyn Olivia Lee Atlanta, GA
China
Issaquah, WA Emory Wood McCool
Iliana Lukasik
Xander Lee Maplewood, NJ
Lancaster, NY
Santa Monica, CA Jhaylen Sway McDavid
William Robertson Lynch
Gideon Zecher Leek Simsbury, CT
Arlington, VA
Cambridge, MA Caitlin N. McDermott
Qianjun Ma
Will Coult Chamberlain Leet Washington, DC
Beijing, People’s Republic of
Chicago, IL China Fiachra Robert McDonagh
Denise Marie Lepore Beechhurst, NY
Sophie Paige Macaulay
Yorba Linda, CA Duxbury, MA John M. Mckeown
Nuriel Zamir Leve University Park, MD
Cameron MacIntyre
New York, NY Mansfeld, MA Robert G. McLaughlin
Dorian Levine Highland Park, IL
Katherine MacPhail
Oberlin, OH Durham, NC Anna McLean
Isaac McCusker Levy Charlottesville, VA
Samuel Mader
Philadelphia, PA Washington, DC Margarette Katherine McLean
Amelia Helena Neuber Lewis South Burlington, VT
Kristof Magnus
Hamden, CT Crozet, VA Bailey Arden McWilliams-
Nia Patricia Lewis Woods
Corinne Wickham Marble
Elkins Park, PA Kent, OH
Acton, MA
14Bhairavi Mehra Chelsea Brooke Munster Joseph Alec Palmiotti
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India San Luis Obispo, CA Newtown, PA
Lucas A. Mendicino Sophia Madeline Musiak Mallika Pandey
Bufalo, NY Federal Way, WA Kathmandu, Nepal
Louise Hai Li Metz Jae Muth John Walter Sullivan Parker
Troy, NY Cary, NC Bay Village, OH
Lila Sara Michaels Alexa Coyne Myles Sarah Nicole Passannante
Bethesda, MD Pasadena, CA Livermore, CA
Ivy Simone Miller Rajitha Narreddy Natalie Kaye Passaro
Oracle, AZ Bloomfeld Hills, MI Oak Park, IL
Enrico Ugo Milletti Samuel Narváez Wesley Tompson Patterson
Hillsborough, CA Longmont, CO Greenville, MS
Daniel Miriti Pacheco Claire Sullivan Nave Danielle Pechthalt
Columbus, OH Bellevue, WA Los Angeles, CA
Alexis Christine Mitchell Khang Do Gia Nguyen Silas Gerald Pelkey
Fort Mill, SC Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Hilo, HI
Jasmine Nicole Mitchell Nguyen Ngoc Tran Quang Mary Meadowlark Perchlik
Herndon, VA Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Marshfeld, VT
Julian Mitchell-Israel Vu Minh Nguyen Samantha J. Perez
Brooklyn, NY Hanoi, Vietnam Vernon Hills, IL
Daniel Montes Lexi Nieves Maranda May Phillips
Chicago, IL Oberlin, OH Encinitas, CA
Sung-il (Sun) Moon Zachary Kandel Novick Micaela Lucia Pirzio-Biroli
Marina, CA Sharon, MA Mercer Island, WA
Emma Angeline Maitland Elliot R. Nuss Gaurab Pokharel
Moore Portland, OR Morang, Nepal
Baltimore, MD Noa Oberman Patrick Dylan Powers
Daniel Procida Moramarco Palo Alto, CA La Grande, OR
Haddonfeld, NJ Natalie Jane Odmark Corrie Purcell
Evelyn Morrison Carmel, IN Fayetteville, AR
Seattle, WA Oluwadamilare Oluwatimilehin Talia Emma Putnoi
Marika Mortimer-Lotke Ogunjimi Brookline, MA
Arlington, VA Dolton, IL Sheng Qin
Ella Mosher Connor O’Loughlin Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s
Ann Arbor, MI Newington, CT Republic of China
Kahtia Grace Moyotl Roger Charles Ort Alexis Quirk
Queens, NY Avon, CT Topsfeld, MA
Stella Zilpha Mulroney Lucilla Ruth Ostheimer Tumas Rackaitis
Los Angeles, CA Newark, DE Hudson, OH
Ceiveon Caesar Munoz Maddison M. Paladino Roberto Ramos
Willis, TX Downers Grove, IL Santa Ana, CA
15Lucia Rathbun Matthew Sato Shivani Singh
Seattle, WA Louisville, KY Rochester, NY
Paige Reinstein Sydnie Elizabeth Savarese Shea Sion
Bufalo Grove, IL Boonton Township, NJ Potomac, MD
Sofe Divall Rejto Allison Elizabeth Schmitt Kayla Jasmine Small
Curl Curl, Australia Mountville, PA Fulton, MD
Zihua (Corinne) Ren Hannah Sheridan Scholl Bridget Smith
Foshan, Guangdong, People’s Wellesley, MA Lawrence, KS
Republic of China
Samuel Anthony Schuman Ivy Fernandez Smith
Jane Francis Rissover-Plotke Montclair, NJ Austin, TX
Chicago, IL Isobel Vaughan Schwob Olivia Lynette Smith
Tyler Patrice Roberts Cumming, IA Maplewood, NJ
Brooklyn, NY
Alexander Tompson Scott Patrick G. Smith
Garrett Andrew Robins Andover, MA Dayton, OH
Fort Collins, CO
Jojo Ryan Scott Benjamin Hantho Smullyan
Niki Johanna Rodgers Buena Vista, CO Montclair, NJ
Milton, VT
Mark C. Scott Jenna Nicole Snowden
Bella Mayumi Rody-Wright Northfeld, IL Cincinnati, OH
Delmar, NY
Kurtis Wade Scranton Mirian Soria
Julia Lane Rohde Leesburg, VA Chicago, IL
Valparaiso, IN
Maya Seckler Emily Grace Spezia-Shwif
Marie Antonia Romanelli Newton, MA Hood River, OR
Mount Prospect, IL
Noa Segal Clare Stevens
Helen Bianca Ross Randolph, NJ Arlington, VA
Fort Tomas, KY
Shafe Selvidge Emma Grace Stillman
Leo Claire Ross Chapel Hill, NC Plymouth, MA
Brooklyn, NY
Max Jesse Shain Robert Leslie Stott II
Esme Margarita Rubinstein San Francisco, CA Fair Haven, NJ
Allison Park, PA
Madeline Ann Shaw Charles W. Stube
Ella Jo Rumsey Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA Grand Island, NY
Atlanta, GA
Maja Elvia Shaw Todorovic Emmeline Sudock
Jordan Oscar Sacks Elmhurst, IL Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
Los Angeles, CA Danyating Shen Isabel Anjali Ruskin Tadmiri
Victor Cesar Salcido Oberlin, OH New York, NY
Rockville, MD
Ziwei Shu Gideon G. Tamir
Kiera Saltz Guangzhou, Guangdong, Beverly Hills, CA
Lafayette, CO People’s Republic of China Alexandra Bishop Tash
Mickel Armstrong Sandifer Tess Ann Siciliano Tucson, AZ
McComb, MS Sarasota, FL
Nathan Alexander Taubkin
Farzad Sarkari Eduardo Ramon Sienra Clifon Park, NY
Sugar Land, TX Lempeke
Juliane Patricia Taylor
Asunción, Paraguay
New York, NY
16Miles Temoney Taylor Hawthorne Walters Barnaby James Woods
Upper Marlboro, MD West Lake Hills, TX Seattle, WA
Rosie Tale Yuting Wang Jalen A. Woods
Chicago, IL Tianjin, People’s Republic of Chicago, IL
Molly Russell Tayer China
Alexandra Catherine
Belmont, MA Ren Wang Wooldredge
Yuan Tian Shanghai, People’s Republic of Stow, OH
China
Beijing, People’s Republic of Spencer Jun Wright
China Zikai Wang Crownsville, MD
Georgeanna Tisdale Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s
Binhong Wu
Oberlin, OH Republic of China Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s
Will FK Tokunaga Jonas Wanstok Republic of China
Cambridge, MA
Albany, CA Christina Yi Wu
Piper Jo Divine Triggs Katharine Addison Ware Saint Charles, IL
Arlington, VA
Boulder, CO Elaine Wu
Spencer Tu Cara Margaret Waters Lexington, MA
Memphis, TN
Tokyo, Japan Sulan Wu
Emily Patrina Tucci Emily Lauren Weakley Rockville, MD
Bloomington, IN
East Dundee, IL Yiwen Wu
Elmo Tumbokon Olivia Grace Weeks Luoyang, Henan, People’s
Los Angeles, CA Los Altos, CA Republic of China
Jacqueline Elaine Valentine Emma Mae Wehrman Shuting Xie
Walnut Creek, CA Kirkland, WA Beijing, People’s Republic of
Jamie Patrick Weil China
Rochelle Kathryn van der
Merwe Plantsville, CT Laura Elizabeth Young
Saint Paul, MN Alexandra Babcock Wessel Pepper Pike, OH
Periklis Vasilikos Pittsburgh, PA Cong Yu
Tessaloniki, Greece Judd Louis Wexler Beijing, People’s Republic of
Los Angeles, CA China
Zachary Andrew Vaughn
Canton, GA Elizabeth White Shuangwei Yu
Charleston, SC Beijing, People’s Republic of
Leilani Marie Vellon China
Chicago, IL Ashlyn Marie Whittington
Columbia, SC Jingyi Yuan
Luke Flanagan Volkert Hangzhou, People’s Republic of
Philadelphia, PA Jessica Elizabeth Wilber China
Gianna Volonte Hinsdale, IL
Sophia Alexandra Zandi
Corona, CA Devin Michael Williams Loveland, CO
Ty Logan Wagner New York, NY
Raul J. Zaorski
Denver, CO Paige Valentine Wilsie Wellesley, MA
Patrick Wai San Diego, CA
Yifan Zeng
East Brunswick, NJ Rachel Nicole Witt Wuxi, Jiangsu, People’s Republic
Maya Johanna Walsh-Little University Heights, OH of China
Baltimore, MD
17Miles Bixby Zhang Rania Ziar
Bethesda, MD Chicago, IL
Valentina (Xingzi) Zhang Joanna E. Zienkiewicz
Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s La Grange, IL
Republic of China Quentin Zimbalist
Zeyuan Zhang Montclair, NJ
Oberlin, OH Avehn Li-Ming Zimmer-Chu
Mincheng Zhao Round Hill, VA
Suzhou, People’s Republic of Noah Allan Zobel
China Amherst, MA
Hengrui Zhu Natalie Rose Zoltners
Heibei, People’s Republic of Chapel Hill, NC
China
Ava Jurgita Sabas Zuschlag
Xiaoqian Zhu Oberlin, OH
Zuhai, Guangdong, People’s
Republic of China
xii | closing remarks
President Ambar
xiii | recessional
The Commencement Brass Ensemble
Te audience will remain seated until the academic procession has withdrawn.
18honors
graduation Loubna El Meddah El Idrissi Anna Heubert-Aubry
with distinction with Honors in Physics and with Highest Honors in Teater
Astronomy Henry Beecher Hicks IV
Sophie Mora Aaron Lauren Elwood with Highest Honors in
with Highest Honors in with Highest Honors in Teater Comparative American Studies
Sociology and Dance Alex Kenneth Howell
Marah Ajilat Jakob Tristan Faber with Highest Honors in Teater
with Highest Honors in Politics with High Honors in Physics and Emily A. Humphreys
William Zachos Anmahian Astronomy with Highest Honors in Biology
with Honors in Philosophy Anna Farber Christian Ikeokwu
Cameron Avery with High Honors in Art History with Highest Honors in
with Highest Honors in Politics Yunfei Feng Computer Science
Liam Kyle Axon with Highest Honors in Carolina Maria Johnson
with Highest Honors in Chemistry with Highest Honors in
Mathematics Leina Mizuno Fieleke Anthropology
Emma Bally with Honors in Art History Kotaro Kajita
with High Honors in English Lydia Simone Finkel with Honors in Mathematics
William J. Bertrand with Highest Honors in Eunice Yeeun Kim
with High Honors in Physics and Comparative Literature with High Honors in
Astronomy Bethany MunYeen Gen Biochemistry
George Robert Birch with Honors in Politics Julian William Klingen
with Honors in Computer Madi Goetzke with Highest Honors in
Science with High Honors in Art History Economics
Elizabeth Braverman Lauren Rathus Goldsamt Robert Allan Klock
with Highest Honors in Hispanic with High Honors in Philosophy with Honors in Computer
Studies
Xiaoyun Gong Science
Luke David Buck with Honors in Mathematics Caleb Michael Knapp
with High Honors in
Megan Catherine Grabill with Honors in History
Biochemistry
with High Honors in Alexander John Kott
Caroline Barrett Budnick Anthropology with High Honors in Politics
with Honors in History
Olivia Anne Guerriero Adelaide Laros
Emily Grace Cairncross with Highest Honors in Dance with Honors in Philosophy
with High Honors in
Mathematics Zoe Rose Mock Guiney Madeline Marie LaValley
with Highest Honors in Hispanic with High Honors in Gender,
Maya Colman Studies Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
with High Honors in History
Julia Acadia Halm Gideon Zecher Leek
Silas Crewe-Kluge with Highest Honors in with High Honors in Politics
with Highest Honors in Environmental Studies
Comparative American Studies Nicholas Teodore Lewitt
Alaina A. Helm with High Honors in Gender,
Olly Jacob DeStefano with High Honors in Geology Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
with Honors in Philosophy
19Tian Liang Yuan Tian omicron delta
with Honors in Physics and with High Honors in epsilon: the
Astronomy Biochemistry alpha theta
Yan Lu Spencer Tu chapter of ohio
with Highest Honors in History with High Honors in Economics
Griffin Nigro Cappelletti
Lila Sara Michaels Gianna Volonte Thomas Berle Carman
with High Honors in Sociology with Honors in Religion
Gregory James Gillen
Jasmine Nicole Mitchell Patrick Wai David Emanuel Gold
with Honors in East Asian with High Honors in Philosophy Julian William Klingen
Studies
Yuting Wang Leo Lasdun
Sung-il (Sun) Moon with Honors in East Asian Justin Changyuan LiXie
with Honors in Economics Studies Sung-il (Sun) Moon
Emma Angeline Maitland Katharine Addison Ware Danyating Shen
Moore with High Honors in Sociology Ziwei Shu
with High Honors in History Clare Stevens
Cara Margaret Waters
Roger Charles Ort with High Honors in Chemistry Spencer Tu
with Highest Honors in Biology Alexandra Babcock Wessel
Samuel Weaver
Sarah Nicole Passannante with Highest Honors in Spencer Jun Wright
with Honors in Classical Chemistry Shuangwei Yu
Civilization Miles Bixby Zhang
Alexandra Catherine
Gaurab Pokharel Wooldredge
with High Honors in Computer with Highest Honors in Biology phi beta kappa:
Science
Jingyi Yuan the zeta
Patrick Dylan Powers with High Honors in East Asian chapter of ohio
with Highest Honors in Russian Studies Max Kwadwo Addae
Roberto Ramos Sophia Alexandra Zandi Samuel Ray Agnoli
with Honors in Biology with Highest Honors in Marah Ajilat
Dirk S. Roosenburg Comparative Literature Liam Kyle Axon
with Honors in Physics and Hengrui Zhu William J. Bertrand
Astronomy with Highest Honors in Physics Ruth Kiran Bieber-Stanley
Esme Margarita Rubinstein and Astronomy George Robert Birch
with High Honors in Physics and Ava Jurgita Sabas Zuschlag Billy Segal Blender
Astronomy with Honors in Philosophy Luke David Buck
Hannah Sheridan Scholl Emily Grace Cairncross
with High Honors in Politics delta phi alpha: Yen Chun (Wenna) Chen
Samuel Anthony Schuman
tau lambda chapter Andrew James Dame
with Highest Honors in History Sophia Mora Aaron Madeleine Adrien Faubert
Noa Segal Ruth Kiran Bieber-Stanley Yunfei Feng
with High Honors in History James Barlow Holland Leina Mizuno Fieleke
Clayton Dodge Luckadoo Victoria Lynn Fisher
Olivia Lynette Smith
with Highest Honors in Biology Charlotte Jane Maskelony Ilana Foggle
Shannon Mustard Bethany MunYeen Gen
Clare Stevens
Hannah Sheridan Scholl David Emanuel Gold
with High Honors in Economics
Maya Goldberg
20Olivia Cambron Goldstein Cara Margaret Waters Luke David Buck
Julian Ben-David Grabarek Samuel Weaver Mikaela Renee de Lemos
Megan Catherine Grabill Emma Mae Wehrman Jakob Tristan Faber
Avery Ruth Grace Paige Valentine Wilsie Yunfei Feng
Maeve Kennedy Gualtieri-Reed Spencer Jun Wright Renée Geyer
Julia Acadia Halm Janet Yuling Wu Paola González Quevedo
Christo Hays Cong Yu Julie Acadia Halm
Eva Noelle Morehead Hilton Jingyi Yuan Alaina A. Helm
Emily A. Humphreys Sophia Alexandra Zandi Daniel Russell Hill
Olive G. Hwang Miles Bixby Zhang Lauren Alyssa Holmes
Alexander Eric Nishimura Avehn Li-Ming Zimmer-Chu Emily A. Humphreys
Jensen Ritesh Kumar Isuri
Eunie Yeeun Kim pi kappa lambda: Carolina Maria Johnson
Julia Kristina Klein the theta chapter Eunice Yeeun Kim
Isabelle Virginia Leavy Emma Katherine Larson
Max Kwadwo Addae
Amelia Helena Neuber Lewis Isaac McCusker Levy
Joshua MacLaughlin Augustin
Tian Liang Amelia Helena Neuber Lewis
Andrew James Dame
Justin Changyuan LiXie Michelle Y. Liu
Katherine Naomi Danforth
Yan Lu Jhaylen Sway McDavid
Atlee Daniel
Sophie Paige Macaulay Roger Charles Ort
Julian Ben-David Grabarek
Maximillian Ehlert McAllister Maddison M. Paladino
Sabine Uta-Lenore Gross
Robert G. McLaughlin Roberto Ramos
Emily Barbour Hancock
Louise Hai Li Metz Dirk S. Roosenburg
Amer Hasan
Sung-il (Sun) Moon Esme Margarita Rubinstein
Charlotte Annabelle Hill
Daniel Procida Moramarco Farzad Sarkari
Claudia Grace Hinsdale
Ella Mosher Jojo Ryan Scott
Julia Kristina Klein
Chelsea Brooke Munster Olivia Lynette Smith
Josephine Yoonji Lee
Natalie Jane Odmark Yuan Tian
Clayton Dodge Luckadoo
Roger Charles Ort Zachary Andrew Vaughn
Shannon Mustard
Mary Meadowlark Perchlik Cara Margaret Waters
Mayumi Naramura
T. Colton Potter Samuel Weaver
T. Colton Potter
Alexis Quirk Alexandra Catherine
Craig Slagh
Garrett Andrew Robins Wooldredge
Samuel Weaver
Esme Margarita Rubinstein Jingyi Yuan
Aidan Nathaniel Wiley Lippke
Hannah Sheridan Scholl Raul J. Zaorski
Janet Yuling Wu
Annemarie Birgit Schubert Hengrui Zhu
Yizhou Zhong
Isobel Vaughan Schwob Joanna E. Zienkiewicz
Jojo Ryan Scott
Maya Seckler
society of sigma xi:
the oberlin chapter
Emily Grace Spezia-Shwif
Juliane Patricia Taylor Erica Aoki
Spencer Tu Athina Arianna Apazidis
Rochelle Kathryn van der Justin Archer Bank
Merwe Emily Alyssa Bermudez
Patrick Wai William J. Bertrand
21fellowships and prizes
the africana studies the africana studies the american
award for excellence honorable mention chemical society
in academic for academic undergraduate
achievement leadership award in organic
chemistry
Emarie Rose De La Nuez Kristen Janeé Harris
Lorenzo M. Lawson Joanna E. Zienkiewicz
the africana Daniel Miriti Pacheco
studies award the american
for excellence the american chemical society
in academic chemical society undergraduate
achievement certified bachelor’s award in physical
and community degree in chemistry
leadership biochemistry Yunfei Feng
Khalid McCalla
Joanna E. Zienkiewicz
the walter e.
the africana the american aschaffenburg prize
studies award chemical society
for excellence in certified bachelor’s
Natsumi Osborn
artistic achievement degree in chemistry
and academic the william t.
achievement Yunfei Feng battrick poetry
Micaiah Wright Fox Paola González Quevedo fellowship
Daniel Russell Hill Sierra Jelks
the africana Zachary Andrew Vaughn
studies award Cara Margaret Waters the john d. baum
for excellence in memorial prize
artistic achievement the american
and community chemical society Liam Kyle Axon
leadership certified bachelor’s
Georgia John Heers degree in chemistry the rick black ’73
and biochemistry and robin silverblatt
black ’72 geology
the africana studies Ritesh Kumar Isuri student research
award for excellence Farzad Sarkari award
in community
leadership Denise Marie Lepore
the american Georgeanna Tisdale
Brianna Renee Hayes chemical society
Henry Beecher Hicks IV undergraduate
award in inorganic the mardie
Nia Patricia Lewis chemistry wheatley blanchard
Jasmine Nicole Mitchell scholarship
Mickel Armstrong Sandifer Samuel Weaver
Emma Angeline Maitland
Moore
Noa Sega
22the arthur blank the crc press the fulbright
fellowship chemistry award english teaching
assistantship
Iliana Lukasik Liam Kyle Axon
Daniel Russell Hill Ruth Kiran Bieber-Stanley
the andrew Alexis Quirk Megan Catherine Grabill
bongiorno prize in Isobel Vaughn Schwob Julia Lane Rohde
english Alexandra Catherine Hannah Sheridan Scholl
Emory Wood McCool Wooldredge
the fulbright
the lysle k. butler the critical language scholarship
award scholarship
Jakob Tristan Faber
Adriano Wajdi Atallah Jasmine Nicole Mitchell
the daniel gardner
the jason chicoine the dahl award for student
memorial prize in philosophy prize excellence in
biology community-based
Jakob Tristan Faber learning
Alexis Quirk
Avehn Li-Ming Zimmer-Chu
Alexandra Catherine the distinction in
Wooldredge dance award
the goldwater
Maeve Kiana Dick scholars
the classics
department Olivia Cambron Goldstein
alumni prize the david a. evans ’63
chemistry prize Daniel Russell Hill
Sarah Nicole Passannante Alexandra Catherine
Cara Margaret Waters Wooldredge
the congress-
bundestag youth the karen gebhart the joyce a. gorn
exchange for young flint ’64 and peter memorial prize
professionals h. flint initiative in environmental
grants (figs) studies
Ruth Kiran Bieber-Stanley
Matthew Reed Dion Bridgit Cann
Charlotte Jane Maskelony
Simone M. Hammett-Lynch Madeleine Adrien Faubert
the norman c. Emily Barbour Hancock Julia Acadia Halm
craig ’53 chemistry Julie Kristina Klein Lauren Alyssa Holmes
scholarship Anne Marie Pinkerton Maya Seckler
Isabel Anjali Ruskin Tadmiri
Liam Kyle Axon
the stuart friebert Jessica Elizabeth Wilber
Oluwadamilare Oluwatimilehin and diane vreuls
Ogunjimi Avehn Li-Ming Zimmer-Chu
prize for excellence
in creative writing
Khalid McCalla
23the frank b. hanson, the faustina the john d. lewis
jr. memorial prize in hurlbutt memorial prize
economics conservatory prize for excellence in
comparative politics
Justin Changyuan Lixie Georgia John Heers
Spencer Tu Alexander John Kott
Miles Bixby Zhang the jacobs prize for
the study of religion the john d. lewis
the hope hibbard memorial prize
memorial scholarship
Margarette Katherine McLean for excellence in
in biology international politics
the louis and
annette kaufman Marah Ajilat
Tyler Brooke Collins
Kristoff Magnus music achievement Anna McLean
Louise Hai Li Metz
award in piano
Sarah Nicole Passannante
the john d. lewis
Jiaqing Luo memorial prize for
Silas Gerald Pelkey excellence in
Mikel Armstrong Sandifer the louis and political theory
Matthew Sato annette kaufman
Alexander Thompson Scott
music achievement Cameron Avery
award in violin
Janet Yuling Wu
the george g.
Herdís Mjoll Gudmundsdottir and carrie c. life
the clyde holbrook scholarship
memorial prize the thomas kutzen ’76
prize in economics Caroline Barrett Budnick
Alex Khater Maya Colman
Julian William Klingen
Gina Helen Fontanesi
the harry n. Clare Stevens
Caleb Michael Knapp
holmes prize
Yan Lu
Daniel Russell Hill
the lahaurine- Natalie Jane Odmark
johnston memorial
Yan Tian prize in french Emily Grace Spezia-Shwiff
Jonas Wanstok
the selby Benjamin Flomenbaum Cong Yu
harlan houston Ella G. Franklin
conservatory prize the wendell and
Mayumi Naramura
the gilbert lawall bettye logan prize in
prize in classics jazz studies
the carl e. howe Sarah Nicole Passannante Georgia John Heers
prize in physics
Patrick Wai
the joshua levitt the professor louis
memorial prize e. lord classics
creativity award
the emma r. howell ’03 Robert Ramos
poetry prize Matthew Sato William Robertson Lynch
Elmo Tumbokon Alexandra Catherine
Wooldredge
Jamie Patrick Weil
24the mellon mays the professor the piano
undergraduate james k. newton faculty prize in
fellows japanese prize accompanying
Cameron Avery Natsumi Osborn Julian Ben-David Grabarek
Emarie Rose De La Nuez
Leina Mizuno Fieleke the neuroscience the theodore presser
Elmo Tumbokon department prize undergraduate
scholar award
Xiran Hu
the james stanton Corrinne Wickham Marble Max Kwadwo Addae
mclaughlin
memorial prize Robert G. McLaughlin
Tyler Patrice Roberts the nancy k. rhoden
Lauren Elwood Isobel Vaughan Schwob
essay prize
Alex Kenneth Howell Jojo Ryan Scott Lauren Rathus Goldsamt
Rochelle Kathryn van der
the margaret Merwe the nancy robell
goodwin meacham Janet Yuling Wu memorial prize
prize in english Rania Ziar Yen Chun (Wenna) Chen
Emma Mae Wehrman Victoria Lynn Fisher
the oberlin college Emma Flynn Keppler
the leo s. millar research fellows
Claire Sullivan Nave
memorial prize Brendan Aleman Marc-Antonia Padilla
Renée Geyer Ritesh Kumar Isuri
Maeve Kennedy Gualtieri-Reed Sung-il (Sun) Moon the paul patrick
Olive G. Hwang Oluwadamilare Oluwatimilehin rogers prize in
Katherine Joyce Koritz Ogunjimi hispanic studies
Gaurab Pokharel Elizabeth Braverman
the rachel morris Olivia Lynette Smith Zoe Rose Mock Guiney
paper award in Sophia Alexandra Zandi Alexander Eric Nishimura
psychology Avehn Li-Ming Zimmer-Chu Jensen
Samuel Ray Agnoli Rosie Thale
Ruth Kiran Bieber-Stanley the rebecca c. orr
memorial prize the royal society of
Leina Mizuno Fieleke
Avery Ruth Grace Liam Kyle Axon chemistry certifcate
of excellence
Madeline Marie LaValley
Maranda May Phillips the jesse philips Luke David Buck
Isobel Vaughan Schwob fellowship in Eunice Yeeun Kim
economics
the nash drama award Julian William Klingen the scholars and
artists fellows
Anna Heubert-Aubry
the pi kappa lambda Zoe Hecht
Connor O’Loughlin musicianship award Sophia Alexandra Zandi
Max Kwadwo Addae
Janet Yuling Wu
25the science and the comfort starr the raymond h.
technology research prize in economics stetson award in
opportunities for psychology and
a new generation Justin Changyuan Lixie psychobiology
(strong) scholars Ziwei Shu
Spencer Tu Samuel Ray Agnoli
Sheridan Blitz
Spencer Jun Wright Ruth Kiran Bieber-Stanley
Andrés Eduardo Ceballos Villa
Miles Bixby Zhang Emma Edenbaum
Wesley Thompson Patterson
Olivia Cambron Goldstein
Samantha J. Perez
the comfort starr Dylan Henson
Roberto Ramos prize in history Devin Michael Williams
Rachel Nicole Witt
the rudolf serkin Thomas Berle Carman
Christina Yi Wu
conservatory Samuel Anthony Schuman
scholarship Jamie Patrick Weil
Jingyi Yuan
Jiaqing Luo the stetson-heiser
the comfort starr
prize in politics prize
the shansi fellows
Cameron Avery Mikaela Renee de Lemos
Reet Kaur Goraya Hang (Heather) Thanh Do
Emma Bally
Leina Mizuno Fieleke Isaac McCusker Levy
Jocelyn Iris Cavins
Jasmine Nicole Mitchell Marika Mortimer-Lotke
Eli Hayes Hearth Durand
Lucilla Ruth Ostheimer
McDonnell
Samantha J. Perez the louis sudler prize
Bethany MunYeen Gen
Corrie Purcell in the arts
Marisa Juliet De Angelo Kim
Jessica Elizabeth Wilber
Alexander John Kott Olivia Berke
Elaine Wu
Anna McLean
Hannah Sheridan Scholl the norma d.
the comfort
starr prize in Bridget Smith swearingen
anthropology Ty Logan Wagner memorial prize
Megan Catherine Grabill Eleanor Theresa Cunningham
the comfort starr
Carolina Maria Johnson prize in sociology
Isabelle Virginia Leavy the r.j. thomas ’52
Jae Muth Sophie Mora Aaron award for outstanding
Piper Jo Divine Triggs Jessica Abby Julian computer science
Yan Lu students
the comfort starr Lila Sara Michaels Domenick De Luca
prize in comparative Samantha J. Perez Samuel Hunt Fertig
american studies Juliane Patricia Taylor Christian Ikeokwu
Brendan Aleman Katharine Addison Ware Robert Allan Klock
Talia Emma Putnoi Gaurab Pokharel
Tumas Rackaitis
Emily Patrina Tucci
26the timara the norman hill
founders fund wright prize in
john clough prize biology
Drew Smith Emily A. Humphreys
Michelle Y. Liu
the timara Roger Charles Ort
founders fund Roberto Ramos
olly wilson prize Olivia Lynette Smith
Max Kwadwo Addae
the xarts award
the truman Olivia Victoria Bentley
scholarship Charlotte Jane Maskelony
Henry Beecher Hicks IV Samuel Narváez
Mikaela Lucia Pirzio-Biroli
the watson Will FK Tokunaga
fellowship
the grover zinn prize
Eleda Horner Fernald
Madi Goetzke Gianna Volonte
the george b.
wharton, jr. prize
in geology
Lauren Alyssa Holmes
the lucy pope
wheeler poetry prize
Olivia Anne Guerriero
the aaron wildavsky
memorial prize
Hannah Sheridan Scholl
the edward t. wong
memorial prize in
mathematics
Emily Grace Cairncross
27biographical notes
i | retiring members of the faculty
Yolanda Cruz, Robert S. Danforth Professor of Biology
Yolanda Cruz was appointed assistant professor of biology in 1986, associate professor in 1992, professor
in 1997, and Robert S. Danforth Professor of Biology in 2008. She taught courses in epigenetics and
in general, cell, molecular, and developmental biology. She also taught a health careers practicum, a
bioethics colloquium, and a frst-year seminar in biotechnology. She chaired the Department of Biology
in the 1998-99 academic year and from 2000 to 2002. As convenor for the natural sciences from 2002
to 2013 and from 2014 to 2021, Cruz was instrumental in organizing the Oberlin Summer Research
Institute and Oberlin Workshop and Learning Sessions. Her scholarly work concerned embryogenesis
and embryo-maternal signaling in metatherian mammals and received funding from the National
Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. She also taught a course in developmental
genetics at the University of the Philippines in 2015 as a Fulbright Senior Fellow.
Harry Hirsch, Erwin N. Griswold Professor of Politics
Harry Hirsch earned his AB summa cum laude at the University of Michigan and his MA and PhD
at Princeton University. His areas of study include constitutional law and jurisprudence, gender and
sexuality, and modern political theory. He has published several books and numerous articles on
constitutional theory and practice, gay rights and politics, and the First Amendment. Hirsch taught
courses on constitutional law, gay and gender politics, and American political thought. During the
2005-06 academic year, he also served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Michael Manderen ’76, Director of Conservatory Admissions; Lecturer in Guitar, Lute, and
Historical Plucked Strings
Michael Manderen began working at Oberlin in 1978 afer earning a bachelor of music in lute
performance and a bachelor of arts in history and music at Oberlin as a dual degree student. He has
served as a judge at state- and regional-level American String Teachers Association and Music Teachers
National Association guitar competitions. He has done commercial studio work in New York and
Cleveland and has made appearances with the Cleveland Orchestra on lute and guitar and with the
baroque orchestra City Musick (Chicago) on theorbo. He is also a sponsored touring artist under
the Ohio Arts Council Fee Support Program and a recommended performer by the United States
Information Agency. Manderen retired in 2020 afer 41 years at Oberlin.
28David Walker ’72, Professor of English and Creative Writing
David Walker has taught at Oberlin since 1977 and has “never had the urge to look for a position
anywhere else.” His teaching interests centered on 20th-century literature, drama, and creative writing.
He served as chair of the English department from 1996 to 2002 and served as acting chair of the
creative writing program in the 2020-21 academic year. Walker was coeditor of Oberlin College Press
and the poetry journal FIELD and has published numerous articles, reviews, and books. He directed
the Oberlin-in-London Program seven times and codirected a London theater tour for Oberlin alumni
every other June. In 2011, Walker was a recipient of Oberlin’s Excellence in Teaching Award; in 2012, he
was featured in the Princeton Review’s “Te 300 Best Professors.”
Robert Young, James F. Clark Professor of Mathematics
Robert Young earned a bachelor’s degree at Colby College in 1965 and a PhD in mathematics at the
University of Michigan in 1971. He joined Oberlin’s Department of Mathematics in 1971 and was named
the James F. Clark Professor of Mathematics in 1988. He was chair from 1986 to 1990, during which
time he helped secure grants from the Sloan Foundation and from the General Electric Foundation.
He has authored more than 40 publications, including two textbooks, An Introduction to Nonharmonic
Fourier Series and Excursions in Calculus: An Interplay of the Continuous and the Discrete. He received
Oberlin’s Excellence in Teaching Award in 2008 and the Professor Props award for Best Instructor of the
Year in 2012. Among all of his experiences in mathematics and the arts, his participation in the Oberlin-
in-London Program in 1992 was perhaps the most transformative.
29ii | candidate for the alumni medal
Walter “Walt” B. Galloway ’69
Walt Galloway earned a degree in chemistry at Oberlin College in 1969 and served in the Peace Corps in
Ethiopia and Eritrea from 1969 to 1971. He started working with the Environmental Protection Agency’s
Ofce of Research and Development in 1974, where he served as a chemist, environmental scientist,
facilitator, change agent, and manager. While at the EPA, Galloway conducted environmental research
and various forms of training, facilitation, and organization development. Most of his work was with
local governments, citizens, and fellow research scientists, helping them succeed in community-based
environmental protection eforts. He retired in 2012.
Galloway is a member of the RI Rivers Council and the steering committee of the Narragansett Bay
Estuary Program, and he is a past board member of a local Waldorf school. He and his wife, Hollie,
sing early ecclesiastical music with a small group, and he continues a non-dual path of spirituality as an
SBNR (Spiritual But Not Religious) person.
At Oberlin, Galloway is cochair of the Class of 1969 Ambassador Team. He previously served as chair
of the Oberlin Annual Fund Advisory Board, the Oberlin EnviroAlums Steering Committee, and his
50th class reunion. He is also active with the Alumni Recruiting Network (ARN) and enjoys giving back
to Oberlin as a volunteer. “Oberlin set the stage for my entire life in myriad ways,” he says. “Returning
to Oberlin several times a year to volunteer recharges my soul in ways that few things do. I really value
the ARN to facilitate and enhance the probability of prospective students and Oberlin coming together
to continue our long history of producing citizens of the world who want to and can make a diference.
And serving as an ambassador, I get to support Oberlin and contact people I sometimes haven’t seen in
more than 40 years, and that’s really fun!”
Galloway is a third-generation Obie. His parents, Gordon and Mary Helen Gethman Galloway, were in
the Class of 1943, and his paternal grandmother, Alice Anderson Galloway, was in the Class of 1916.
iii | candidate for the award for
distinguished service to the community
Gail Horn Wood ’70
Gail Horn Wood has been a resident of Oberlin since Commencement/Reunion Weekend 1970 when
she and classmate Reid Wood ’70 married and received their BA degrees. Tey are the parents of Alex
B. Wood and Eli D. Wood and have two grandchildren. In service to Oberlin College, Gail and Reid
volunteered as the frst class agents for the Class of 1970 and worked on reunion committees every fve
years, including the 50th Reunion Committee that is still planning a delayed gathering.
Wood retired in 2007 afer 37 years of teaching in the elementary grades, frst at Western Reserve
School District and then 31 years in the Oberlin Public School District. Wood earned a master’s degree
in elementary education at Bowling Green State University in 1975. Her Prospect School third- and
fourth-grade “Open Room” team-taught classroom was recognized in 1990 as a Center for Excellence
for Students at Risk by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Between 1994 and 2007, she
and her teaching partner collaborated with Cleveland Opera on Tour as part of its Music! Words! Opera!
program, leading to the production of nine original student-written and composed operas. In 1996 and
2005, Wood organized the revision and coedited the textbook for third graders, Oberlin: Yesterday,
30Today, Tomorrow, and, with colleagues, received the History Teacher of the Year award from the Oberlin
Heritage Center in 2005. She achieved national board certifcation as a middle childhood generalist in
2001 from the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards. As an educational leader, she led
numerous conference workshops for teachers locally and throughout the United States and served for
three years on the NCTE Editorial Board.
During her teaching career, Wood was an advocate for quality education through her active and long-
term work on curriculum committees and advisory councils and as a district lead mentor for new
teachers and chair of the local professional development committee. She held a variety of leadership
positions in two teachers’ associations, including 24 years on the executive committee of the Oberlin
Ohio Education Association (OOEA), with seven years as president. She was part of the bargaining
team that crafed the frst negotiated contract between teachers and the Western Reserve School District
and helped secure and maintain protections for teachers and students as a bargaining team member of
OOEA. She served on the Oberlin College Graduate Teacher Education Planning Committee and the
College-Public School Partnership Steering Committee.
Wood has been devoted to service in the Oberlin community since her retirement from teaching. She
was the chair of the annual Art & Wine fundraising event of the Firelands Association of Visual Arts for
10 years and served seven years on the Oberlin Schools Endowment Board, including fve years as chair
of the grant review committee. She has been on the board of trustees of the Oberlin Heritage Center
since 2010, currently serving in her ffh year as president while continuing as chair of the development
committee and tour docent. She has been a counselor for the AARP Tax-Aide program in Lorain
County since 2009 and has been the local coordinator of the Oberlin site since 2019.
iv | honorary degree recipients
Renata Adler, Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts
An award-winning journalist, novelist, and flm critic, Renata Adler is known for her analytic essays
and reviews for New Yorker magazine, where she was a staf writer-reporter from 1962 to 1968 and from
1970 to 1982. Adler won frst prize in the O. Henry short-story awards competition in 1974, and her frst
novel, Speedboat, won the 1976 Ernest Hemingway Prize for best frst novel. Additional works by Adler
include Gone: Te Last Days of Te New Yorker (1999) and Irreparable Harm: Te U.S. Supreme Court
and the Decision Tat Made George W. Bush President (2004).
Adler has reported on some of the most defning historical moments of the last 50 years. She’s known
for her searing depictions of struggles for civil rights at home, in the Middle East, and in Africa; her
clear-eyed analysis of the Supreme Court and executive branch; her sharp critique of journalistic ethics
at some of the most powerful media organizations in the country; and her insight into how criticism
afects artists and patrons. She holds an AB from Bryn Mawr College, an MA from Harvard University,
a JD from Yale Law School, and an Honorary Doctor of Law from Georgetown University.
In addition to her work at the New Yorker, Adler has been a contributor to Vanity Fair, the New York
Review of Books, Harper’s, the Atlantic, and the New Republic. She was also chief flm critic for the New
York Times, professor of journalism at Boston University, and a visiting fellow at Stanford University’s
Hoover Institution. Adler calls herself part of the “radical middle,” politically unaligned on principle
and suspicious of what might be called “institutional thought.” Her one enduring interest has been to
uncover the ways that organizations (political, media, arts) press their members into thinking a certain
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