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Date: June 1, 1999
Members of Class of 1999 Honored at Class Day
Princeton, N.J. -- At Class Day ceremonies on May 31, President Harold Shapiro presented the senior class with a symbolic key to the campus, and Class Day awards were presented.
Will Huen won the Harold Willis Dodds Award, given to the senior who best embodies the high example set by Harold Willis Dodds during his tenure as 15th president of Princeton, "particularly in the qualities of clear thinking, moral courage, a patient and judicious regard for the opinion of others, and a thorough devotion to the welfare of the University and to the life of the mind."
A Woodrow Wilson School major and Asian-American activist, Huen was co-chair of the 1997 Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. He was also coordinator of the Big Brother/Big Sister Program at Community House.
The Frederick Douglass Service Award is awarded to a senior who has exhibited "courage, leadership, intellectual achievement, and a willingness to contribute unselfishly towards a deeper understanding of the experiences of racial minorities, and who in so doing reflects the tradition of service embodied in education at Princeton." This year's winners are Chi Soo Kim and Erin Locklear.
Kim, an English major who also earned a certificate in American Studies, was class senator in the Undergraduate Student Government in 1997-98. She has served as a member of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women and as chair of the Committee's Student Task Force. She has also served as a student admissions associate, a resident adviser in Wilson College, and co-chair of the 1997 Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
Locklear majored in sociology, earning a certificate in American Studies. She chaired the Third World Center Governance Board and was a member of the Committee to Improve Minority Recruitment and the Race Relations Working Group. Locklear was social chair of Native Americans at Princeton.
Kelly Fuksa, a chemistry major, received the Allen Macy Dulles '51 Award, presented to the senior whose activities "best represent or exemplify Princeton in the nation's service and in the service of all nations."
As chair of the board of directors of the Student Volunteers Council, Fuksa oversaw all SVC projects. A dedicated volunteer, she has worked with runaway teens, volunteered in a day care center in Trenton for abused and neglected toddlers, and worked in a women's shelter in Philadelphia.
The Class of 1901 Medal went to David Ascher, a Woodrow Wilson School major. This award recognizes the senior who, "in the judgment of the student's classmates, has done most for Princeton." President of the Undergraduate Student Government, he had previously served as a student senator and as academics chair. Student co-chair of the Committee on the
Course of Study, Ascher also worked to promote adoption of a more generous financial aid policy by the Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid.
The W. Sanderson Detwiler 1903 Prize for the senior who, in the judgment of classmates, has done the most for the class, went to politics major Grace Maa. President of the class since 1997, she also chaired the Honor Committee. She coordinated public service, career and social activities for her classmates and designed a class web site to promote class unity. She worked with deans, faculty, alumni and peers to develop initiatives to combat alcohol abuse.
The Priscilla Glickman '92 Memorial Prize, honoring "independence and imagination in the area of community service," went to Kate Gwon, a history major who has worked on many projects with the Student Volunteers Council, and Community House volunteer Jaffet Ghebretnsae, who majored in molecular biology.
Athletic awards
The William Winston Roper Trophy, honoring Princeton's outstanding male athlete, was shared by basketball player Brian Earl, football and baseball player Matt Evans, and hockey player Jeff Halpern. All three majored in economics.
Kirsty Hale and Caitlin Rich shared the C. Otto von Kienbusch Sportswoman of the Year Award. Princeton's career leader in field hockey goals, Hale majored in psychology. Rich, three-time captain of the women's fencing team, majored in ecology and evolutionary biology.
The Class of 1916 Cup, awarded to "the varsity letter winner who, continuing in competition in his or her senior year, achieved at graduation the highest academic standing," went to Alex Sierk. A molecular biology major, Sierk was placekicker for the football team.
Honorary classmates
Named honorary membrs of the Class of 1999 were Elizabeth Bogan, senior lecturer in economics, and Rick Curtis, director of the Outdoor Action Program.