Princeton Weekly Bulletin June 8, 1998
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Class Day '98
At Class Day on Monday, June 1, President Shapiro presented the senior class with a symbolic key to the campus, and Class Day awards were presented.
The Harold Willis Dodds Achievement Award, recognizing the senior who best embodies the qualities of ''clear thinking, moral courage ... and a thorough devotion to the welfare of the University and the life of the mind,'' was given to chemistry major Anthony Cukras. A member of the Student Volunteers Council, he has worked on Trenton housing projects, been an officer of the Student Health Advisory Board and represented Princeton at the National American College Health Association.
The Frederick Douglass Service Award, given 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,'' went to Kevin Hudson, a sociology major also earning certificates in American Studies and African American Studies. Chair of the Third World Center Governance Board and a minority affairs adviser, he has also been a member of the Race Relations Working Group and an intern at the Blairstown Center.
The Allen Macy Dulles '51 Award for the senior whose activities best represent ''Princeton in the nation's service and in the service of all nations,'' was given jointly to Hudson and Jessica Hulsey, an English major, who has become known nationally for her work combatting drug addiction and shared the podium at last year's Summit for America's Future with President Clinton, President Bush and General Colin Powell. At Princeton, she was a project director for the Student Volunteers Council.
The Class of 1901 Medal for the senior who has done most for Princeton was awarded to Woodrow Wilson School major Jeffrey Siegel, president of the Undergraduate Student Government, who has devoted himself to improving campus life and served on the faculty-student Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid and the Priorities Committee.
English major Patricia Chi won the W. Sanderson Detwiler 1903 Prize for the senior who has done the most for the class. Class vice president during sophomore year, she served as president both junior and senior year. She was responsible for oversight of the class budget and coordination of social, volunteer, alumni relations and publicity programs.
The Priscilla Glickman '92 Memorial Prize, honoring ''independence and imagination in the area of community service,'' went to Stephanie Paffhouse, a chemistry major also earning certificates in Spanish language and culture, Latin American Studies and the Teacher Preparation Program, and chemical engineering major Pratik Shah. Paffhouse, project coordinator at Community House for three years, worked with the YWCA to establish an ESL program targeting Princeton's Latino population. Shah was Student Volunteers Council student administrator for four years, working on numerous projects.
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Athletic awards
The C. Otto von Kienbusch Sportswoman of the Year Award was given to religion major Amy MacFarlane, who captained the field hockey team to two NCAA Final Four appearances, and sociology major Nicole Harrison, who set school records in seven indoor and outdoor track events.
The William Winston Roper Trophy, awarded for ''high scholastic rank and outstanding qualities of sportsmanship and general proficiency in athletics,'' went to history majors Christian Ahrens, who led the heavyweight crew to national championship; Steven Goodrich, center in Princeton's basketball offense; and lacrosse player Jonathan Hess, who won the 1997 Turnbull Award as the nation's top attackman on the team that won its third consecutive national championship this season.
The Class of 1916 Cup, presented to ''the varsity letter winner who, continuing in competition in his or her senior year, achieved at graduation the highest academic standing,'' was shared by psychology major Jaclyn Schwenker, breaststroker on the women's swimming team, and civil engineering major Kemal Askar of the Tiger lightweight crew.
Honorary classmates
Josue Lajeunesse, janitor in Pyne Hall, and Beth Morgan, assistant dean of student life, were named honorary members of the Class of 1998.