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The Reginald Fincke Jr. Medal Given by the Sixth Form of 1928 in memory of 1st Lt. Reginald Fincke, Jr. and awarded to a member of the Sixth Form who has shown in athletics his qualities of perseverance, courage, and unselfish sportsmanship Peter Webster Mumford The Cornelia Amory Frothingham Athletic Prize Given by her parents and awarded to a girl in the Sixth Form who has demonstrated all-round athletic ability and has shown exemplary qualities of leadership and sportsmanship Maeve Elizabeth McMahon and Zandra Vivian (CC) Ho The O’Brien Prize Given by the Hoopes family to a member of the Lower School who has shown qualities of integrity, loyalty, enthusiasm, and concern for others Rosalie Louise Lovy

The Gadsden Prize Given in memory of Jeremiah Gadsden of the Form of 1968 by his classmates and friends to a member of the Fifth Form who has demonstrated inspirational leadership, encouraging social and interracial understanding in the Groton community Chelsea Alexander, Ade Osinubi, and Yowana Wamala The Tronic Award Given in honor of Michael G. Tronic and awarded to a member of the Sixth

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Marianna Cydni Gailus and Eleanor Morgan Watson The Elizabeth and Margery Peabody Award Given to a member of the Sixth Form, other than a School prefect, whose contributions to the community demonstrate sensitivity, strength of character, leadership, and integrity Johnathan Bernard Terry The Monte J. and Anne H. Wallace Scholar Given to a student who has completed the Fourth Form in recognition of scholastic excellence as well as those qualities of character and commitment so important to the Groton community Malik Savoy McNeil Jabati The Laura J. Coolidge ’85 Poetry Prize Given in her memory by her husband Peter Touche to a member of the Upper School who has shown a love for the power of poetic expression and a sustained interest in writing and reading poetry

aria Kopp, Ben altshuler, and Starling irving

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Form who has made especially good use of the resources of the library and has shown strong interest in the life of the mind

ryan Meuth, Pranay Sharma, Naomi Wright, Hugh McGlade

The following awards were presented on the Saturday evening before Prize Day: The John Jay Pierrepont Prize Given to the best mathematics scholar in the Lower School Yinjie (Peter) Zhang The Lower School Studio Art Prize Yang Hyun (Yanni) Cho The Lower School Shop Prize Malcolm Akinje and Nena Wallace Atkinson The Lower School Creative Writing Prize

Nicholas Pierce Funnell

Georgia Shanley Brainard

The Asma Gull Hasan 1993 C IRCLE V OICE Journalism Prize Acknowledges outstanding leadership in creating, editing, and producing the School’s newspaper

The Heard Poetry Prize

Ranfei (Anita) Xu The Carroll and John King Hodges Prize Given in memory of Carroll Hodges, Form of 1905, and John King Hodges, Form of 1910, to a Sixth Former who has distinguished him- or herself in a capacity to be designated by the headmaster Michael Ryan Meuth

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Olivia Anne Thompson The Choir Cup Emma Virginia Izard The Richard K. Irons Public Speaking Prize Established in 1972 by McGeorge Bundy ’36 and Arthur T. Hadley ’42 in honor of their teacher Richard K. (Doc) Irons, presented to the student who most logically and effectively presents his or her ideas during the R.K. Irons Speaking Contest, held at Groton each spring Thomas Hugh McGlade III


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