Dana Scholars

The Dana Legacy at Bates

Dana Scholars, Class Years 2019, 2020, 2021
Dana Scholars, Class Years 2019, 2020, 2021

 Since the early 1960s Bates has been the recipient of a number of generous grants from the Charles A. Dana Foundation of New York City. In making these awards, the Foundation sought to recognize and honor excellence among students and faculty at the College.

In 1965 Bates received support from the Foundation to establish the Dana Scholars Program. The program grants the Charles A. Dana Award to 20 students from the first-year class. These students, the Dana Scholars, are recognized with the award for their academic excellence and promise, their leadership potential, and their service to the College and the community. Students are nominated by faculty, coaches, staff, and other students. Nominees are asked to write an essay. A committee reviews the essays, letters of nominations, transcripts, and other information on the student’s activities at the College and in the community when making its decisions. The Dana Award is the highest honor bestowed on a first-year student, and the student carries the honor throughout her or his Bates career.

In 1966 the Dana Foundation awarded the College a grant to establish an endowed professorship fund that would recognize exceptional teacher-scholars among the Bates faculty. Over the next thirty years, a distinguished group of faculty was honored with Dana professorships and recognized for their exemplary teaching, the value of their research, and their service to the College. Between three and seven Dana professors hold the honor at any one time. They hail from across the disciplines, underscoring the depth of talent on the Bates faculty.

In addition to supporting programs that honor excellence among students and faculty, the Dana Foundation awarded funds to Bates in 1963 to support the construction of a chemistry building, Dana Chemistry Hall, enabling the College to move its chemistry classrooms and labs from Hedge Hall to expanded and better equipped facilities. The Foundation also provided generous support to Bates toward the construction of Ladd Library in 1971, and for renovation of the Memorial Commons in 1966 and 1976.

In 1984 the Dana Foundation provided funds to established the Dana Research Apprenticeship Program, a summer and academic-year program supporting student research that launched the College’s ambitious programming in support of rigorous undergraduate research. The Summer Research Apprenticeship program continues today, now joined by more than a dozen other student research programs.

Scholars by Class

Class of 2023

Chloe BaylorEmma Johnston
Alysee CleasbyRishi Madnani
Martha ColemanKian Moaledj
Adrian deColaKhadeeja Qureshi
Max DevonLauren Reed
Sofia EdgarMartha Reyes
Saliha GomnaLea Rosen
Tony HooksIlana Rosker
Ricky HuangKush Sharma
Caleb IrelandZoe Wynn

Class of 2022

Douglas AmiraultBen Hoffinger
Losseni BarryNahida Moradi
Maya BenzigerPeter Riley
Aaliyah BlackOgnyan Simeonov
Emma BlockBoxuan Su
Biruk ChafamoBridget Thompson
Yueh Qi ChuahChristina Wang
Ryan FisseMaya Wasserman
Dianna GeorgesBen Wilson
Amalia Herren-LageAlixandra Zabin

Class of 2021

Nour al TwalKerry Manuel
Emily BassHannah McKenzie
Joan BuseAzusa Okada
Dustin FichmannMadeline Polkinghorn
Ellie FriendsEmma Proietti
Joseph IngerMatt Suslovic
Bijou KanyamboEisho Takatsuji
Ben KeenerNicholas White
Trisha KibugiAnah Witt
Sarah KingHermione Zhou

Class of 2020

Jayde BiggertSamuel Findlen-Golden
Amanda BreaLars Gundersen
Matthew BrennanCharlotte Karlsen
Abraham BrownellFahim Khan
Jason CanadayJagjit Lally
Zoe ChamberlainOriana Lo Cicero
Madeline ClarkJesse Saffeir
William EbertMaya Seshan
Grace EllrodtChristopher Simard
Doris EtienneEmma Soler

Class of 2019

Zofia AhmadZachary Anderson
Mayelin Burgos LizardoJacob Atwood
Patricia CrimminsChirayu Baral
Erin Hazlett-NormanJavier Carranza
Tessa LiebesMaxwell Gold
Yuchen LiuEric Jordan
Hadley MoreauOwen Lewis
Karly OettgenDylan Metsch-Ampel
Ella RossCaleb Perlman
Gwen WhiddenRobben Tian

Class of 2018

Alyssa AlexanderJason Boisvert
Sofia ElbadawiDylan Desjardins
Nell HoudeMatthew Johnson
Samra HusremovicJoshua Leiner
Katrina MuñozEzra Oliff-Lieberman
Julia RosenSalim Ourari
Julie SelfPaul Phillips
Lisa SlivkenNicholas Sergay
Anna TurnerKeenan Shields
Chia-lin YuDeepsing Syangtan

Class of 2017

Melody AltschulerAlexander Andonian
Claire BrownTiago Correia
Fan DongChristopher Crum
Eva GoldsteinJason DeFelice
Katharina HarlingGideon Ikpekaogu
Tara HumphriesNoah Levick
Kate MoodyAdrian Melendez-Cooper
Alicia RabideauNathan Moreau
Mary SchwalbeKhoi Tuan Nguyen
Alexandra UlinAndrew Segal

Class of 2016

Yuying ChenPhillip Dube
Emma DaviesMatthew Gee
Julia DunnSamuel Glasgow
Stephanie JonesDetmer Kremer
Cira Mollings-PuentesHoang Nguyen
Rachel NeckesJia-Anh Pan
Carly PeruccioWilliam Reber
Jessica PlotnikovTheodore Rube
Larissa SambelMaxwell Silverman
Erica VeazyColby Spehler

Class of 2015

Rebecca CarifioJarron Brady
Emily ClarkMichael Creedon
Skye EllementBrett Emmons
Ramya GhantasalaPatrick Class
Aliza KhurramRobin Jones
Olivia KrishnawamiSean McKenna
Katharine PaulsonLee Sandquist
Emily RosemanJonathan Schwolsky
Quincy SnellingsCody Tracey
Hannah WeissGraeme Welds

Class of 2014

Kathryn AilesOlalekan Afuye
Alexandra BalterMichael Arsnow
Emma HitchcockAdam Cervenka
Singha HonPeter Dixon
Molly HuffakerMatthew Ferren
Lei LeiYang Guo
Mariya ManahovaAung Myint
Rachel SpenceAlex Nowak
Devin TatroJoshua Sturtevant
Emma TimbersDouglas Welsh

Class of 2013

Zoe FahyDavid Born
Ellen GawarkiewiczMiles Isacke
Amna IlyasHansen Johnson
Mollie KervickTravis Jones
Orion McBeanConor Maginn
Joanna MoodyQasim Mahmood
Taryn O’ConnellDesmond Mushi
Natalie ThompsonDaniel Peach
Jenny TuD. Janith Rupasinghe
Sili WangGuoqing Sun

Class of 2012

Caylin CarbonellChristopher Calahan
Catherine ElliottJordan Conwell
Kristen GavinJoseph Ekpenyong
Tasnia HuqueCosmin Ghita
Xiaoxue LiJohn Laude
Olivia MoodyJustin Lipton
Karen NicolettiMichael Sagan
Jane PyoMarc Tollin
Angela SuYoon Loong Wong
Shannon WalshStephen Wright

Class of 2011

Margaret CaddenVictor Babatunde
Carolyn GallmeyerClyde Bango
Joanna MangarM. Masid Cader
Thao NguyenHiromi Go
Jamie NickersonAlexander Koster
Simone PatheBenjamin McCall
Ketevan VashakidzeTyler Mehegan
Mi Shan WongCody Newman
Zoey WortmanStephen Nunes
Tianjiao YanMichael Rashkov

Class of 2010

Julia BedellJared Bok
Leah CarrThomas Chapman
Rachel EadesRobert Friedlander
Emily GradySartaj Khan Mojlish
Nicole KahnRyan Langendorf
Justina KaminskaiteBradley McGraw
Emaan KaramatullahMatthew Reynolds
Ramona LapadusScott Sinisgalli
Elizabeth LebermanLixin Tang
Kathryn MorarosKevin Thorson

Class of 2009

Jessica AdelmanMark Andrews
Sulochana DissanaykeNyan Lynn Aung
Julie FarugiaDaniel Bousquet
Rachael GarbowskiMatej Kenda
Hannah GiassonCem Kurtulus
Hilary GinsburgMatthew Martone
Alexandra GoldsteinRazin Mustafiz
Sabrina MiessJake Nudel
Elizabeth RieCorey Pattison
Rebecca WasonSimon Willbanks

Class of 2008

Laura BurnsJason Buxbaum
Elizabeth ElliottEmmanuel Drabo
Allison EmeryMuhammad Saif Farooqi
Shawna-Kaye LesterKristofer Jönsson
Elizabeth MurphyDavid Kelly
Katherine NickersonZachary Lapin
Julie OttonSamuel Leichter
Lauren PluchinoBinit Malla
Emmy SpencerDavid Philbrook
Alix ZamanskyGregory Sousa

Class of 2007

Katheryn BlackVaibhav Bajpai
Monique BrownRyan Creighton
Melissa ChenGraham Enos
Lily ConoverNikolay Kostov
Alicia DessainNolan Machernis
Sara GipsMichael Neville-O’Neill
Kay Gonsalves-HadCasey Pfitzner
Ann LovelyLeyi Wang
Natasha MayetJordan Williams
Elizabeth ScannelMichael Wilson

Class of 2006

Christine ChmuraJeremy Fisher
Abigail CrispinSam Golden
Iavora DaraktchievaKim Kariuki
Emily DavieJohn Mulligan
Neha DuggarKhoabane Phoofolo
Jessica EdgerleyDaniel Pitts
Andrea LichtmanAlexander Smith
Julie NicolNathaniel Stambaugh
Alison Vander ZandenStoyan Stoyanov
Kimberly WhipkeyJose Gabriel Tungol

Class of 2005

Kelly BaehreRodrigo Dias
Erin BertrandJulian Felch
Britt EilhardtOliver Gjoneski
Kristin GerholdAndrew Jarboe
Michelle GompertsChristopher Laconi
Sarah JesseePrem Raj Neupane
Julia PlumbJason Rafferty
Kathryn RiceErin Renkens
Juyoung ShimAndrius Staisiunas
Rachel SilverKevin Weiler

Class of 2004

Amanda BeckEdwin Amonoo
Amy BurkhardtJordan Chase
Swita CharanasomboonMichael Lopez
Shaheen EmambuxSaul Miller
Julia McQuadeBradley Proctor
Cresa PughMichael Roy
Claire SchneiderRyan Shepard
Sarah TresselJesse Stewart
Migina TsaiNathan Williford
Valerie WicksKevin Yang

Class of 2003

Kathleen BurkeSamuel Goldman
Margaret HerrickStephen Gresham
Maria JoachimHoward Martin
Addie Rose MayerDominick Pangallo
Kirstin McCarthyMatteo Pangallo
Alake PilgrimSacha Savrimootoo
Erin RussMatthew Scherzer
Sonia ShariffDaniel Taylor
Prerana ShresthaGregory Weaver
Melissa WilcoxChristopher Westcott

Class of 2002

Maria Burnham-BestorSoren Aandahl
Mary DormanWilliam Brucher
Margaret EdmondsJohn Bunce
Nissa GaintyCharles Comey
Rebecca HakalaJohn Jesse Minor
Kate HumphreyMatthew Moulis
Andrea IrwinChristian Nauvel
Joo Ri JunCasey Saenger
Kate OlsenJason Surdowski
Jessie Withrow (deceased)Drew Weymouth

Class of 2001

Julie AveryDaniel Agar
Anneliese BrownJohn Ambrosino
Megan GogginsScott Betournay
Phoebe HsuehKen Chiang
Alina IfteniGeoffrey Geiger
Laura IversonNeeraj Mahadoo
Nicole RyanDavid Omom
Lauren SchwaberRushil Shakya
Breelyn WilkyMilko Todorov
Andria WilliamsEwan Wolff

Class of 2000

Elaine ChowJonathan Adler
Carly Dell’OvaDaniel Gavin
Courtney ElfBrendan Hahesy
Andrea EmshoffJoshua Howes
Rebecca GoetzSagun K.C
Jamie HomerEthan Miller
Else KyyroMichael Mroz
M. Gwendolyn SedneyMatthew Schlobohm
Lena SeneKevin Stroman
Jolene ThurstonAdam Thompson

Class of 1999

Elena AtanassovaJay Edmonds
Nancy BuckleyAaron Hagge-Greenberg
Ana DavidTayven Hike
Marian DrakeMark Jensen
Rebecca GasiorDaniel Kreiss
Shannon HurstJohn MacKay
Amanda LackeyTheodore Murray
Adelia MyrickAnkur Sarin
Rebecca SkolnikTheodor Stefanov
Melissa ViningAdnan Yousuf

Class of 1998

Jessica BavierDerek Asadoorian
Jessica BondiAlan Brown
Grace EngShawn Draper
Karen FletcherMichael Ferrari
Meredith HavilandDavid Lieber
Amy HillChristian Oberle
Alyson LangloisGlen Philley
Anne Kate PerryDavid Seegal
Christine UngerRyan Spring
Michelle WongBenjamin Treat

Class of 1997

Elizabeth BalinStuart Abelson
Sarah BonkovskyChristopher Byrne
Heather DaviesMadhur Duggar
Cathy EatonGeoffrey Holm
Lucy FowlerRobert Mirabile
Rebecca GladdingShankar Narayan
Amy GrantGeoffrey Pynn
Kathleen LeonardJustin Sullivan
Aileen NovickMiltiadis Vafiadis
Shannon WalkerJoshua Wolfson

Class of 1996

Michelle BradfordNathaniel Anderson
Frith BreitzerMark Behn
Nancy BullettJohn Caughey
Rachel HenaultMark Erelli
Katherine HerronTyler Fish
Katie KennesonAlexander Komlosi
Megan MewborneArikan Olguner
Katherine MichalewichChris Plourde
Myla PazienzaRudrajit Samanta
Kendra PhelpsJeffrey Zink

Class of 1995

Brooke BelcherDerek Boggs
Kate DrummondEric Galant
Berit EichnerChristian Gullette
Daphne FrederiqueRobert Kaplan
Aimee GrossAllan LeSage
Kristin HagedornJohn Lyle
Lisa HamasakiThomas Morey
Heather JosselynBrook Mullens
Carrie LevesqueJames Scully
Allison NelsonJason Verner

Class of 1994

Paula ArnellDavid Carpenter
Kristin BakerJoshua Chadajo
Michelle ClaffeyBenjamin Dunlap
Kimberly HowlandAdam Fifield
Lisa ManningJason Grant
Laura MytelsTimothy Green
Marcie NeffScott Greenleaf
Sara OffensendGabriel Lee
Irene PfeffermanNathan Pund
Karen SternfeldJonathan Werner

Class of 1993

Sonali ArseculeratneRussell Arnold
Asli AydintasbasDavid Carr
Melissa ClayShawn Charest
Rebecca ColmanDuncan Cumming
Ginger DemolarJason Hanley
Elizabeth DempseyMichael Leahy
Heidi JohnsonLeon Nicholas
Aliza KaretnickCarey Oliver
Fawn RookeWilliam Pinches
Nicole RozsmanSamuel Tyler

Class of 1992

Daria BallingGregory Bendelius
Maria BamfordJohn Garesche
Alison ButtrickStephen Howe
Andrea ElderSamuel Leshnick
Jennifer KnappStephen Peters
April OberleDonald Peterson
Christina PetrilloStephen Schali
Acmena SchmidRobert Sprague
Penny SwiftTimothy Walsh
Katharine WiseAaron Winkler

Class of 1991

Kyra BelcherQazi Ahmad
Kim ConlinScott Clough
Julie EnglundRichard Crawford
Kathy FaragherMichael Evans
Melanie FlemingJames Hall
Sarah HamiltonJoseph Medio
Heidi HenrichsAnthony Ndungu
Morag MartinKamal Sen
Corey OserIan Shearer
Sucharita SahuKevin Wetmore

Class of 1990

Amdrea K. BueschelMark A. Clizbe
Nora V. DemleitnerMatthew H. Huddleston
Alyson C. EwaldMark W. Kennedy
Mahvash HassanCraig B. Palmer
Johanna L. MichelChristian D. Poulin
Sarah B. PralleStephen J. Provasnik
Anne E. RodriquesMatthew P. Rigney
Susanne J. SalkindBradley J. Stratton
Andrea L. SnowAndrew R. Tait
Christine L. SwartzJoseph D. Zydlewski