Hamilton College COMMENCEMENT
CLINTON, NEW YORK May 19, 2024
ACADEMIC REGALIA
Academic regalia derive much of their general style and symbolism from the gowns, cowls, and caps of the medieval universities of Paris, Bologna, Oxford, and Cambridge. In 1895, most colleges and universities in the United States agreed to a common intercollegiate code. The bachelor’s gown has long pointed sleeves, and the master’s has long squared sleeves with a slit for the arm. The doctor’s gown is faced with velvet and has three velvet bars on each sleeve. Historically, the gown was black, but many degree-granting institutions now allow gowns in their own colors. The president and the dean wear caps and gowns designed for Hamilton College. The president also wears a medallion created as a symbol of his office by Ralph Menconi ’36. The academic hood, a descendant of the medieval cowl, indicates the wearer’s degree and field of study, as well as the degree-granting institution. The width of the velvet facing indicates the degree and its color the field of study: white for arts and letters; dark blue for philosophy; scarlet for theology; golden yellow for science. The lining of the hood is the color of the degree-granting institution: Hamilton’s is blue with a buff chevron. A poem popular in the 16th century says of the cap that “’Tis square like scholars and their books.” Some organizations and academic departments may choose to provide adornments for graduates such as stoles, cords, medallions, pins, and tassels from groups officially recognized by Hamilton College.
THE HAMILTON DIPLOMA
The Hamilton diploma, written in Latin, is in the medieval tradition that considers undergraduates as apprentices. Once their apprenticeship is complete, they are allowed to “commence.” Here is an English translation of the diploma, as if it were being presented to Alexander Hamilton himself: Hamilton College in the State of New York extends its most cordial greetings to all who witness this document.
Know ye that ALEXANDER HAMILTON has studied the best of the sciences and arts with sufficient enthusiasm to be recognized as someone worthy of receiving the customary rewards of distinction.
Wherefore Hamilton College declares and appoints this person BACHELOR OF ARTS and by virtue of this diploma confers upon him the power to enjoy the rights and privileges unique to that title.
In witness whereof the trustees of this College have caused their seal and the signatures of the president and dean to be affixed at the foot of this document.
David Wippman President
Ngonidzashe
Munemo Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty
Bestowed in the chambers of the College on the 19th day of May, 2024, the 212th year of the College.
For those who have done exceptionally well, the diploma reads BACHELOR OF ARTS WITH THE HIGHEST DISTINCTION (summa cum laude), BACHELOR OF ARTS WITH GREAT DISTINCTION (magna cum laude), or BACHELOR OF ARTS WITH DISTINCTION (cum laude).
Diplomas will be mailed to each senior who completes the requirements for the bachelor’s degree and should arrive in four to six weeks.
WELCOME
Welcome to Hamilton College’s Commencement ceremony honoring the Class of 2024.
Hamilton College was chartered by the Regents of the State of New York in 1812. The first formal Commencement ceremony was held in 1815 for six seniors, although two students who had transferred to Hamilton became the College’s first graduates a year earlier. In 1816, 17 students received their diplomas, representing the first graduating class to attend Hamilton for four years.
For about 70 years starting in 1815, every senior spoke at Commencement, a ceremony that lasted all day and was held in the church on the southern end of the Clinton Village Green. As reported in On the Hill: A Bicentennial History of Hamilton College, most of the students who attended Hamilton in its early years were from Oneida County and elsewhere in New York, with the rest coming from New England, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
We congratulate the graduates and are delighted to welcome their families and friends from around the country and the world to the College’s 212th Commencement ceremony.
CARISSIMA
Dear is thy home - stead, glade and glen, Fair is the light that Haunt-ing our hearts in ab - sent days, Call -ing us back from Mem - o - ry still shall close en - fold, Bring-ing us joys of
crowns thy brow; Gath - er we close to thee a - gain, stress and storm, Ten - der - ly all thy good old ways days of yore; Faith shall thy con - stant fame up - hold,
Moth - er, all - lov - ing thou hast been, Our own sweet La - dy Shine in thy smiles; be love thy praise! Thine arms are ev - er While years,Ca - ris - si - ma, grow cold. We love thee ev - er -
thou! ———— Our own sweet La - dy thou! warm, ———— Thine arms are ev - er warm. more, ———— We love thee ev - er - more.
M. W. Stryker 1872 (Adapted)
ORDER OF EXERCISES
PROCESSIONAL
CALL TO ORDER
WELCOME
AWARD OF HONORS AND PRIZES
CLASS SPEAKER
AWARD OF HONORARY DEGREES
REMARKS
PARTSONG
AWARD OF DEGREES IN COURSE
CHARGE TO THE GRADUATES
“CARISSIMA”
RECESSIONAL
Bagpipes of the Mohawk Valley Frasers
The College Marshal
Lisa Trivedi
The President of the College
David Wippman
The Chairman of the Board of Trustees
David M. Solomon ’84, P’16
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty
Ngonidzashe Munemo
The James Soper Merrill Prize Winner
Quinn A. Brown ’24
Christian Hernandez Barragan ’24
The President
Senator Doug Jones
I’ll Be On My Way
Shawn Kirchner (b. 1970)
The Hamilton College Choir
Victoria C. Nieto Betancourt Director, Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
Aubrey E. Campbell ’26
Ryan M. Hayes ’24
John L. Hern ’24
Soloists
Elena Nezhdanova
Pianist
The President, Vice President, and Members of the Faculty
The President
Anna R. Skrobala ’24 Director, Hamilton College Choir President
Bagpipes of the Mohawk Valley Frasers
The audience is requested to remain until the procession has retired.
CANDIDATES FOR HONORARY DEGREES
DOCTOR OF LAWS
Rosa Brooks Presented by Lea Haber Kuck ’87, P’24, Charter Trustee Rosa Brooks is the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Policy at the Georgetown University Law Center, where she teaches constitutional law, international law, national security law, and criminal law and procedure. She also serves as the associate dean for centers and institutes and co-directs Georgetown’s Center on Innovations in Public Safety. Brooks is the author of several books, including Tangled Up In Blue: Policing the American City, based on her five years serving as a reserve police officer in Washington, D.C.; How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything, an examination of the military’s outsized role in the execution of American foreign policy; and Can Might Make Rights?: Building the Rule of Law After Military Interventions, with co-authors Jane Stromseth and David Wippman. She has worked in the Defense Department, the State Department, and for several international human rights organizations, and her articles and essays have appeared in major U.S. newspapers and magazines.
DOCTOR OF LAWS
Doug Jones
Presented by Lea Haber Kuck ’87, P’24, Charter Trustee In 2017, Doug Jones won a special election to fill the vacated seat of Jeff Sessions and became the first Democrat in 25 years to represent Alabama in the U.S. Senate. He subsequently earned praise from his fellow lawmakers for his bipartisan commitment to finding common ground on difficult issues. An attorney, Jones served earlier as staff counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, in private practice, and as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, during which time he successfully prosecuted two former Klansmen responsible for the 1963 racially motivated bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham that killed four young Black girls. His book, Bending Toward Justice: The Birmingham Church Bombing that Changed the Course of Civil Rights, is based on that landmark prosecution. He is currently a distinguished senior fellow with The Center for American Progress, a commentator for CNN, and an attorney for ArentFox Schiff.
Kendra Anne Abbott
Anya Sujata Acharya
Cassandra Elizabeth Adler
Amrit Singh Aggarwal
Sarah Ruth Ahrens
Naima Akter
Zavier Adams Alvarez-Burock
Phoebe Gail Grimaldi Anderson
Jameson Arthur Andrews
Sophie Alexandra Antone
Matt Richard Shevell Arndt
Anna Sophia Arzeno
Esther Auerbach
Alexander Kenneth Axton
Kate Low Bacigalupo
Sofia Anastasia Bagdade
Christina Marie Bagin
Matthew Brian Banbury
Jaewoo Bang
Leah Faith Basel
Anders Hansen Baum
Natalie Lauren Beebe
Leah S. Bell
Kahleel Rohini Bernard
Daniel Schwartz Bernstein
Campbell Rutherford Berry
Bailey Sherrill Black
William Jackson Bloom
Alexa Marie Bollnow
Ekaterina Bondarenko
Emily G. Borden
James Andrew Bourque
Emily Nicole Boviero
Emma Grace Bowman
Ella Joan Brady
Justin M. Brayton
Noah James Bridgeman
Sabrina Alessandra Broderick
August Grace Brooks
Zachary Harrison Brooks
Grace Amaya Brophy
Julia Rose Brous
Quinn Alexander Brown
Ailyn Burbano
Mya Jean Burns
William Alfred Burns
William Nathan Burstein
Connor Stephen Burt
Christian Terence Byrne
Nicholas Cackett Tamayo
Lia Valerie Cagnetta
Kalie A. Calagna
Grace Elizabeth Callanan
Zichu Allen Cao
Nicholas George Carabatsos
Alexander Joseph Carducci
Katherine Mary Carman
Zoe Anne Carovano
Jason Julio Casado
Christina E. Cawood
Grace E. Chapis
Helair Pepito Charles
Joshua Lewis Chase
Kimberly Drew Chase
Jordan P. Che
Gweneth Macy Child
Phoebe Grace Child
Chloe Lind Chiota
Olivia Laeles Chiota
Ethan Chi-ho Chiu
Hannah Sulgi Cho
Audrey Choi
Hanna Elizabeth Cillo
Patrick Daniel Cleary
Amanda Lillian Clifford
Evan Benjamin Cohen
Eileen Leah Cohn
Charles Atherton Colby
Andrew Joseph Coleman
Grace E. Cooper
Sophie Joy Crehan
Derek J. Criollo-Pintado
Leah M. Croke
Madison Irene Culcasi
Walker Brady Cummins
Peter Charles Cuomo
Claire Anne Cutler
Peter Storms D’Albert
Cicille A. Dan-Morton
Daniel Darras
Olivia Catherine Dashefsky
Ethan Randolph Daves
Georgia Eleanor Davis
Caroline Miller Dawson
Gabriela D. De Mendonça Gomes
Isabella Cesidia De Pirro
Kathleen Lara Deedy
Brogan Aloysius Deem-Ranzetta
Ethan Lemuel del Rosario
Mohamed Yassine Dhouib
Hannah Elizabeth Dillon
Ethan C. DiRienzo
Olivia DiTommaso
Maja Hanna Domagala
John Charles Donahue, Jr.
Celia Finn Dorsey
Colin Michael Doyle
Naomi Gaye Drew
Katerina Mai Dunleavy
Emmett Finn Dupree
Jakob Husted Durando
Shane Christian Dux
Carter James Dwyer
Emma Michelle Earls
Natalie Elizabeth Elmes
Saleh Jabir Eltayeb
Maeve Eskandari
Gianni Vincent Esposito
Michelle Estrella-Dominguez
Mark Judson Fakler
Dylan Tod Fargis
Sebastian Malide Favela
Samuel Jacob Feldman
Bethany Morgan Fell
Catherine N. Fengler
Emily Campbell Ferguson
Lauren Ferguson
Nathanial Lundgren Field
Casey Theresa Fiore
2024 CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS IN COURSE
Matthew Dylan Fiore
Jhoana Karen Flores
Nicholas James Fluty
Julia Renee Fornasar
John Parker Frank
Jessica Lee Frantzen
James G. Frazier
Grace Elizabeth Fuss
Brendan Joseph Gagan
Elizabeth Winn Gale
Jane Frances Galian
James Philip Gallagher
David Antonio Galvao
Mengyang Gang
Elizabeth Lynne Cree Gee
Samuel Roger Gilbert
Maxwell Owen Girard
Sarah Helen Gleba
Lorelei Lorraine Glidden
Dana Gunnel Goettler
Grace Verda Goldberg
Daniel J. Goldstein
Mateo Juan Pablo Gomez
Eliza Gonzalez
Eliana Jennifer Good
Henry Gooding
Drake L. Gorecki
Qisong Gou
Anna Olivia Grace
Charles Walter Graffin
America H. Grafton
Jack Robert Grant
Cameron Forrest Gray
Logan J. Greene
James David Griffin
Katherine Ann Grissmer
Kelly Marian Grossman
Katrina Lynn Grzeszczuk
Kathy Marisol Guerra
Katherine Frances Guido
Syra Jackson Gutow
Tam My Ha
Kai Laurence Haesslein
Emily Ann Hall
Carter Helliwell Hampson
Alexander Wesley Hanna
Derin James Hansen
Katherine E. Hansen
Maeve Deasey Harrington
Arden Resman Hauck
Ryan Matthew Hayes
William Tomoki Ohmamiuda
Haynes
Eva Corbett Hays
Sarah Jane Healy
Mark Edward Herdiech
John Laurence Hern III
Justin David Hern
Christian Jesus Hernandez
Barragan
Elizabeth Nicole Herr
Josue Isaac Herrera Rivera
Anthony Hevia
Adam J. Hibbert
Helen Siobhan Higgins
Madison Nicole Hinojos
Elizabeth H. Hirai
Simon B. Hoke
Jake Andrew Holmes
Yinjia Hou
Colin James Howe
Benjamin Kennedy Howell
Mark Edward Howrigan II
Haoyu Hsieh
Zhou Hu
Min Yu Huang
Zihao Huang
Liam Andrew Hudgings
Emma N. Hunter
Mary Adeline Hurner
Christa B. Ingabire
Mustafa Ismail
Hannah Caroline Florence Jablons
Julian McNear Jacobs
Gabriel Marshall Jallo
Taliyah Jenae’ James
Alec Owen Jansujwicz
John Richard Jee
Elaine Jia
Jason Jiang
Sarah Amy John
Jackson Powell Johns
Kimberly Johnson
James David Kaeser
Melissa Atia Kaleka
Ethan Brett Kalishman
Richard Marcus Kanders
Thomas Rudolf Kantaros
Anusha Karki
Divyam Chetan Karuri
Zoe Hillman Katz
Irene D. Keh
Anna Bacot Kein
Stephen Charles Asher Kelly
Ann M. Kennedy
Nicholas David Kern
Justin Hansol Kim
Alana Grace King
Jennifer Rose Klix
Ashley Kathleen Kolpan
Sean George Shang-Rae Kondracki
Tyler Benjamin Krasusky
Ashley Thayer Krawshuk
Emma Carolyn Krupp
Henry Haber Kuck
Thomas Bourke Kuhn
Yanki Kung
Lindsay Jordan Kuser
Chloe Galen Lance
Meghan Bradley Lane
Freya Elaine Langenberg
Michael Fischer Lau
Michael Gavin Lawlor
Jung Won Lee
Caden James Lemov
Phoebe Elisabeth Leonard
Miriam Silvia Lerner
James Joseph Lewis
Owen Lewis
Xiang Li
Yumeng Li
Bailey Ann Lillis
Regina Lin
Sage Bailey Lively
Pius Pak Lo
Jonathan Patricio Loja-Naula
Ezra Thayne Lombardi
Luis Felipe Lopez
Yongyi Lu
Rachel Jane Luxton
Emily Tran Ly
Lilian MacVeagh
Haley Taylor Maddox
Matthew C. Maillet
Anna Ji-Ting Mak
Lucinda Speth Makin
Renee E. Maldonado
Margaret Mallavarapu
Julia Hope Mancuso
Abigail C. Mangiafico
Alissa A. Mangiaracina
Riley Katherine Manion
Hollis B. Mann
Kyle Joseph Mannherz
Bram Ezra Mansbach
Camille Therese Martin
Dewayne C. Martin, Jr.
Sabrina G. Martinez
Margaret Anne Maselli
Summer Joy McClintic
Christian T. McDaniel
Kelly Reynolds McElroy
Alexandra Victoria McEneney
Claire Wetherald McGennis
Emily Rose McGovern
Quinn Aidan McGrath
Matthew Joseph McGregor
Alaina Janae McKeen
Summer Peace Meade
Maria Isabel Mercado Rengel
Marley Hahl Merrihew
Sam Jacksic Meyerowitz
Vesa Miftari
Henry Richard Mitchell
Lucy Abigail Mixson
Aisling Rose Mockler
Caitlin Nicole Moehrle
Megan C. Mogauro
Madison Austin Monroe
Melissa Jane Morelli
Victoria Elizabeth Morelli
Charlotte Elizabeth Morey
Chiara Rose Morley-McLaughlin
Elijah L. Morosky
Fiona Hannigan Morrison
Olivia M. Morrow
Chrisstopher William Morse
Eric James Moss
Adina Rae Mujica
Madeline Rose Mulligan
Max Geoffrey Murphy
Timothy Ignatius Murray
Carter Myers-Brown
John William Myles
Lucy Winsor Naughton
Brandon Bonifacio Navarro Torralba
Clare Louise Nelle
John Douglas Nelson
Xavier Martin Nelson
Rorie Lynn Newman
Sumiko Clark Newman
Raymond Ni
Waleed Nadeem Nisar
Kelvin Nunez
Margaret Belle Ling Nye
Julia Anne Oakes
John R. Oblak
Kylie Mary Oblak
Bridget Rose O’Brien
Charles Miller O’Brien
Rachel Danielle O’Brien
Stella A. O’Brien
John Dalton O’Haire
Nicholas Oladele Osarenren
Anna Richenda Oshea
Olivia Otsuka
Elizabeth Ann Overstrum
Yongwoo Alan Park
Jessica Lake Parsons
Anastasia Eleni Passalaris
Skyla Holiday Patterson
Elizabeth Theresa Pendergast
Jorge L. Pérez Vázquez
Zachary Todd Perotto
Natalia Peters-Domenech
James Benjamin Peterson
Brandon Wilson Pettee
Breeze Ranae Petty
Gabriella Rose Pia
Isabella Grace Piacentino
Jacob Robert Piazza
Tatem Tilden Pierson
Jonathan J. Pietrafesa
Madeline Smith Pittel
Ethan Cheng Plous
Mary Grace Policelli
Henry Jackson Pomerance
Rebecca L. Pomerantz
Nicholas Irving Potash
Aliana Develin Potter
Katie Elizabeth Powell
Alessandra C. Priante
William Profy
Jacquelin Elizabeth Prunier
Samantha Lynn Quackenbush
Julia Magda Radomisli
Keshav Dinkar Rai
Madison Marie Rainone
William Carson Rampe
Katherine Elizabeth Rao
Natalia Reboredo
Kaitlin Francis Reed
Aidan Killeen Regan
Emma Astrid Reilly
Zoe Nolan Reinert
Samantha Rae Reisner
Vincent Stephen Reph
India Ames Reynolds
Caroline Aldrich Rhodes
William Upton Rice
Sofia Burgevin Riker
Jack Ritzenberg
Cole Alexander Rivell
Lily Jeanne Rizzoli
Eliza Prince Roberts
Barbara Nicole Roca
Katherine Louise Gish Rockford
Federico Alejandro Romero
Evan Albert Rosenfeld
Jack Benjamin Roye
Irmak Sagir
Jessica Sanchez
David Ryuichi Sandoz
Kathryn Harris Sands
Eleanor Catherine Sangree
Jackson Namath Sattinger
Rachel Arielle Saxon
Marc Franciscus Schermer
Catherine Verity Schmitt
Sara Azure Schneidman
Zakary Isac Paul Schwarz-Ruso
Michael A. Scoleri
Anthony Gerald Scurto
Piper Kelly Seamon
Elizabeth March Seider
Brian Joseph Seiter
Veronica Herschel Seixas
Gunnar Johnson Senatore
Lucy Elizabeth Seward
Nina Shaikh
Courtney Shannon Shay
John Hartman Sheets
Caroline E. Shen
Benjamin Ashton Sherman
Sophia Caroline Sherman
Richard G. Sherpa
Yuhan Shi
Bohbin Shim
Kloe I. Shkane
Katherine Marie Shock
Rachel Amanda Shornick
Jacob Dylan Shufro
Julia Marie Sinatra
Hannah Elizabeth Singer
Anna R. Skrobala
Theodore Henry Slosberg
Abigail Rose Smith
Harrison Bowes Smith
Jeremy Smith
Vincent Joseph Spitalieri
Abigail Rose Stanimer
Austin Daniel Stapleton
Adrian Stefan, Jr.
Eric P. Stenzel
Erin Grace Stevens
Oliver Johnson Stevens
Jackson Wilmot Strout
Graham Martling Frederick Stuard
Christopher Tate Suratt
Ryan Patrick Swanson
Julien LaRocque Swoap
Alex Szyperek
Dylan Lafayette Tarzian
Nicholas Frederic Taylor
Deniz Sener Tek
Oliver James Tennant
Sandy Thai
James Washington Thomas, Jr.
Teller Charly Thomas
Sophie Mei Wu Thompson
Nicole Jordan Tichner
Logan Rockwell Tonra
Rebecca Jill Toomey
William Allen Tormey
Sydney Elizabeth Tran
Thomas Ravi Travers
Khuslen Tulga
Gianluca Turndorf
Sabrina Elizabeth Turner
Caroline Sands Ullem
Gift Chidera Uwakwe
Alexi Renee Vaillancourt
Emile C. Vasquez Mejia
Xavier Vicente Vilaubi
Catherine Alexandra Vogt
Sadie Mae Wallis
Adriel Jonathan Wandja Django
Jianyi Wang
Maya Robie Weil-Cooley
Emily Kate Weinstein
Sofia Rose Yee Weinstein
Alexander Charles Weremchuk
Jesse R. Wexler
Sara Elena Wheatley
Charlotte Marie Whiting
Nathanael C. Wild
Ainsley Elizabeth Wilson
Johnathan Wilson
Pyu Pyu Win
Scout Maizie Winer
Marcella Winget
Yifan Wu
Maxwell Austin Wutzke
Entao Xie
Tiancheng Xu
Xiangyu Yan
Gabriella Sarah Zegarelli
Hayden Alexander Zeller
Jacob Li Zeng
Lianglangtian Zhang
Tianxing Zhang
Yunhai Zhao
Michelle Zheng
Clara Meiying Zhou de Magalhaes
Benjamin A. Ziegler
Helen Margaret Ziobrowski
Yunlu Zou
Degrees are awarded upon completion of all baccalaureate requirements.
MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2024
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
Cassandra Elizabeth Adler
Bailey Sherrill Black
Sabrina Alessandra Broderick
Lia Valerie Cagnetta
Chloe Lind Chiota
Olivia Laeles Chiota
Gabriela D. De Mendonça Gomes
Jessica Lee Frantzen
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
Sarah Ruth Ahrens
Jameson Arthur Andrews
Campbell Rutherford Berry
William Jackson Bloom
Grace Amaya Brophy
Grace Elizabeth Callanan
Katherine Mary Carman
Kimberly Drew Chase
Gweneth Macy Child
Maja Hanna Domagala
Mark Judson Fakler
Catherine Fengler
Grace Elizabeth Fuss
Elizabeth Winn Gale
James Philip Gallagher
Elizabeth Lynne Cree Gee
Lorelei Lorraine Glidden
CUM LAUDE
Zavier Adams Alvarez-Burock
Christina E. Cawood
Phoebe Grace Child
Hanna Elizabeth Cillo
Amanda Lillian Clifford
Peter Charles Cuomo
Daniel Darras
Olivia Catherine Dashefsky
Kathleen Lara Deedy
Mohamed Yassine Dhouib
Hannah Elizabeth Dillon
Emma Michelle Earls
Matthew Dylan Fiore
Julia Renee Fornasar
Katherine E. Hansen
Elizabeth Nicole Herr
Mary Adeline Hurner
Grace Verda Goldberg
Kelly Marian Grossman
Syra Jackson Gutow
Caitlin Nicole Moehrle
Megan C. Mogauro
Eric James Moss
Clare Louise Nelle
Sumiko Clark Newman
Olivia Otsuka
Irmak Sagir
Catherine Verity Schmitt
Kloe I. Shkane
Oliver Johnson Stevens
Ainsley Elizabeth Wilson
Johnathan Wilson
Tianxing Zhang
Dana Gunnel Goettler
Drake L. Gorecki
Logan J. Greene
James David Griffin
Katherine Ann Grissmer
John Laurence Hern III
Josue Isaac Herrera Rivera
Liam Andrew Hudgings
Sarah Amy John
Emma Carolyn Krupp
Yanki Kung
Jung Won Lee
Rachel Jane Luxton
Riley Katherine Manion
Kelly Reynolds McElroy
Madison Austin Monroe
Lucy Winsor Naughton
Anna Richenda Oshea
Yongwoo Alan Park
Jacob Robert Piazza
Natalia Reboredo
Anthony Gerald Scurto
Sophia Caroline Sherman
Julia Marie Sinatra
Anna R. Skrobala
Abigail Rose Smith
Julien LaRocque Swoap
James Washington Thomas, Jr.
Rebecca Jill Toomey
Emily Kate Weinstein
Tiancheng Xu
Clara Meiying Zhou de Magalhaes
Taliyah Jenae’ James
Alec Owen Jansujwicz
Kimberly Johnson
Thomas Rudolf Kantaros
Ashley Thayer Krawshuk
Regina Lin
Luis Felipe Lopez
Anna Ji-Ting Mak
Bram Ezra Mansbach
Summer Joy McClintic
Emily Rose McGovern
Fiona Hannigan Morrison
Rachel Danielle O’Brien
Stella A. O’Brien
John Dalton O’Haire
Elizabeth Ann Overstrum
Anastasia Eleni Passalaris
Julia Magda Radomisli
William Carson Rampe
Sofia Burgevin Riker
Katherine Louise Gish Rockford
Eleanor Catherine Sangree
Sara Azure Schneidman
Brian Joseph Seiter
Lucy Elizabeth Seward
Harrison Bowes Smith
Ryan Patrick Swanson
Logan Rockwell Tonra
Jesse R. Wexler
Scout Maizie Winer
Xiangyu Yan
Helen Margaret Ziobrowski
CONCENTRATION HONORS, 2024
Africana Studies
Christian T. McDaniel
American Studies
William Jackson Bloom
Anthropology
Elizabeth Winn Gale
Grace Verda Goldberg
Yanki Kung
Luis Felipe Lopez
Sofia Burgevin Riker
Archaeology
Matthew Dylan Fiore
Kimberly Johnson
Megan C. Mogauro
Art
Anna Sophia Arzeno
Daniel Schwartz Bernstein
Hanna Elizabeth Cillo
Celia Finn Dorsey
Eliana Jennifer Good
Rachel Jane Luxton
Gabriella Rose Pia
Kathryn Harris Sands
Art History
Miriam Silvia Lerner
Madeline Smith Pittel
Katherine Elizabeth Rao
Asian Studies
Sofia Anastasia Bagdade
Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
Naima Akter
Natalie Lauren Beebe
Kimberly Drew Chase
Maeve Eskandari
Mark Judson Fakler
Emily Ann Hall
Jung Won Lee
Anastasia Eleni Passalaris
Nina Shaikh
Abigail Rose Smith
Biology
Matt Richard Shevell Arndt
Campbell Rutherford Berry
Chloe Lind Chiota
Olivia Laeles Chiota
Hanna Elizabeth Cillo
Sophie Joy Crehan
Daniel Darras
Maxwell Owen Girard
Emma N. Hunter
Taliyah Jenae’ James
Bailey Ann Lillis
Camille Therese Martin
Chiara Rose Morley-McLaughlin
John William Myles
Alessandra C. Priante
Barbara Nicole Roca
Eleanor Catherine Sangree
Sara Azure Schneidman
Harrison Bowes Smith
Sandy Thai
Pyu Pyu Win
Xiangyu Yan
Gabriella Sarah Zegarelli
Michelle Zheng
Clara Meiying Zhou de Magalhaes
Chemistry
John Parker Frank
Min Yu Huang
Jorge L. Pérez Vázquez
William Profy
Alex Szyperek
Chinese
Henry Haber Kuck
Regina Lin
Ethan Cheng Plous
Cinema and Media Studies
Riley Katherine Manion
Sabrina G. Martinez
Oliver Johnson Stevens
Classical Languages
Eileen Leah Cohn
Classical Studies
Maeve Deasey Harrington
Megan C. Mogauro
Madeline Rose Mulligan
Margaret Belle Ling Nye
Julia Marie Sinatra
Classics
Dana Gunnel Goettler
Computer Science
Madison Austin Monroe
Samantha Rae Reisner
Creative Writing
Maja Hanna Domagala
Dana Gunnel Goettler
Eva Corbett Hays
Kimberly Johnson
Kelly Reynolds McElroy
Caitlin Nicole Moehrle
Elijah L. Morosky
Rorie Lynn Newman
Jacob Robert Piazza
Ainsley Elizabeth Wilson
Dance and Movement Studies
Sophie Alexandra Antone
Margaret Anne Maselli
Fiona Hannigan Morrison
Hannah Elizabeth Singer
Economics
Jameson Arthur Andrews
Grace Elizabeth Callanan
Ethan Lemuel del Rosario
Jakob Husted Durando
Grace Elizabeth Fuss
Daniel J. Goldstein
Carter Helliwell Hampson
Josue Isaac Herrera Rivera
Zhou Hu
John Richard Jee
Richard Marcus Kanders
Ann M. Kennedy
Henry Haber Kuck
Xiang Li
Quinn Aidan McGrath
Victoria Elizabeth Morelli
Chrisstopher William Morse
John R. Oblak
Kylie Mary Oblak
Ryan Patrick Swanson
Gianluca Turndorf
Entao Xie
Lianglangtian Zhang
Yunlu Zou
HONORS
Environmental Studies
Sarah Ruth Ahrens
Lia Valerie Cagnetta
Lauren Ferguson
Julian McNear Jacobs
Alec Owen Jansujwicz
Fiona Hannigan Morrison
Olivia Otsuka
Elizabeth Ann Overstrum
Natalia Peters-Domenech
Eleanor Catherine Sangree
Adrian Stefan, Jr.
Rebecca Jill Toomey
Sadie Mae Wallis
Maya Robie Weil-Cooley
Yunhai Zhao
French and Francophone Studies
Phoebe Gail Grimaldi Anderson
Gweneth Macy Child
Grace Verda Goldberg
John William Myles
Sophie Mei Wu Thompson
Geosciences
Veronica Herschel Seixas
German Studies
Zichu Allen Cao
Eric James Moss
James Washington Thomas, Jr.
Government
Sarah Ruth Ahrens
Zihao Huang
Hispanic Studies
Kathy Marisol Guerra
Sophia Caroline Sherman
History
Quinn Alexander Brown
Elizabeth Lynne Cree Gee
James David Kaeser
Carter Myers-Brown
Sumiko Clark Newman
Jacob Robert Piazza
Jack Ritzenberg
Brian Joseph Seiter
Helen Margaret Ziobrowski
Interdisciplinary
Kelvin Nunez
Stella A. O’Brien
Aliana Develin Potter
Eric P. Stenzel
Jesse R. Wexler
Japanese
Jessica Lee Frantzen
Justin David Hern
Adam J. Hibbert
Haoyu Hsieh
Mustafa Ismail
Skyla Holiday Patterson
Veronica Herschel Seixas
Literature
Gabriela D. De Mendonça Gomes
Kathleen Lara Deedy
Anna Bacot Kein
Sabrina G. Martinez
Anthony Gerald Scurto
Mathematics
Grace Amaya Brophy
Yuhan Shi
Johnathan Wilson
Middle East/Islamicate Worlds Studies
Syra Jackson Gutow
Neuroscience
Bailey Sherrill Black
Amanda Lillian Clifford
Catherine Fengler
Drake L. Gorecki
Kelly Marian Grossman
Sarah Amy John
Catherine Verity Schmitt
Julien LaRocque Swoap
Philosophy
Zavier Adams Alvarez-Burock
Gabriela D. De Mendonça Gomes
Mark Judson Fakler
Katherine E. Hansen
Catherine Verity Schmitt
Oliver Johnson Stevens
Scout Maizie Winer
Tianxing Zhang
Physics
Clare Louise Nelle
Elizabeth March Seider
Psychology
Olivia Catherine Dashefsky
Jessica Lee Frantzen
Rachel Jane Luxton
Lucy Winsor Naughton
Rachel Amanda Shornick
Tianxing Zhang
Public Policy
Evan Benjamin Cohen
Lorelei Lorraine Glidden
Mary Adeline Hurner
Emma Astrid Reilly
Rebecca Jill Toomey
Alexi Renee Vaillancourt
Sociology
Julia Rose Brous
Anusha Karki
Bram Ezra Mansbach
Emily Rose McGovern
Melissa Jane Morelli
Raymond Ni
Natalia Reboredo
Theatre
Naomi Gaye Drew
Christian Jesus Hernandez
Barragan
Alissa A. Mangiaracina
Summer Peace Meade
Aisling Rose Mockler
Rachel Danielle O’Brien
John Dalton O’Haire
Irmak Sagir
Anthony Gerald Scurto
Nicole Jordan Tichner
Women’s and Gender Studies
Maja Hanna Domagala
Syra Jackson Gutow
Anna Richenda Oshea
World Politics
Zhou Hu
2024 (continued)
CONCENTRATION HONORS,
SCHOLASTIC HONOR SOCIETIES
Eta Sigma Phi (Classics)
Eileen Leah Cohn
Dana Gunnel Goettler
Maeve Deasey Harrington
Helen Siobhan Higgins
Megan C. Mogauro
Madeline Rose Mulligan
Margaret Belle Ling Nye
Julia Marie Sinatra
Omicron Delta Epsilon (Economics)
Zavier Adams Alvarez-Burock
Matt Richard Shevell Arndt
Grace Elizabeth Callanan
Gianni Vincent Esposito
Grace Elizabeth Fuss
Daniel J. Goldstein
Josue Isaac Herrera Rivera
Zhou Hu
Quinn Aidan McGrath
Kylie Mary Oblak
Gunnar Johnson Senatore
Ryan Patrick Swanson
Phi Alpha Theta (History)
Quinn Alexander Brown
Zichu Allen Cao
Peter Charles Cuomo
Georgia Eleanor Davis
Kathleen Lara Deedy
Dylan Tod Fargis
Nicholas James Fluty
Elizabeth Winn Gale
Elizabeth Lynne Cree Gee
William Tomoki Ohmamiuda
Haynes
John Laurence Hern III
Hannah Caroline Florence Jablons
Charlotte Elizabeth Morey
Elijah L. Morosky
Timothy Ignatius Murray
Carter Myers-Brown
Sumiko Clark Newman
Jacob Robert Piazza
Katherine Elizabeth Rao
Sofia Burgevin Riker
Brian Joseph Seiter
Kloe I. Shkane
Ryan Patrick Swanson
Thomas Ravi Travers
Benjamin A. Ziegler
Helen Margaret Ziobrowski
Phi Sigma Iota (Foreign Languages)
Cassandra Elizabeth Adler
Phoebe Gail Grimaldi Anderson
Bailey Sherrill Black
Emily G. Borden
Justin M. Brayton
Nicholas Cackett Tamayo
Zichu Allen Cao
Alexander Joseph Carducci
Gweneth Macy Child
Phoebe Grace Child
Kathleen Lara Deedy
Maeve Eskandari
Jessica Lee Frantzen
Grace Verda Goldberg
Drake L. Gorecki
Kathy Marisol Guerra
Eva Corbett Hays
Elizabeth Nicole Herr
Haoyu Hsieh
Mary Adeline Hurner
Ethan Brett Kalishman
Anna Bacot Kein
Ashley Kathleen Kolpan
Regina Lin
Luis Felipe Lopez
Marley Hahl Merrihew
Eric James Moss
John William Myles
Jacob Robert Piazza
Veronica Herschel Seixas
Lucy Elizabeth Seward
Sophia Caroline Sherman
Bohbin Shim
Kloe I. Shkane
Julia Marie Sinatra
Anna R. Skrobala
James Washington Thomas, Jr.
Sophie Mei Wu Thompson
Alexi Renee Vaillancourt
Benjamin A. Ziegler
Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science)
Sarah Ruth Ahrens
William Jackson Bloom
Nicholas Cackett Tamayo
Peter Charles Cuomo
Grace Elizabeth Fuss
Lorelei Lorraine Glidden
Mary Adeline Hurner
Ethan Brett Kalishman
Eric James Moss
William Carson Rampe
Alexi Renee Vaillancourt
Psi Chi (Psychology)
Christina E. Cawood
Amanda Lillian Clifford
Olivia Catherine Dashefsky
Catherine Fengler
Jessica Lee Frantzen
Sarah Amy John
Jennifer Rose Klix
Ashley Thayer Krawshuk
Rachel Jane Luxton
Lucy Winsor Naughton
Irmak Sagir
Rachel Amanda Shornick
Abigail Rose Stanimer
Tianxing Zhang
Cassandra Elizabeth Adler
Sarah Ruth Ahrens
Campbell Rutherford Berry
Bailey Sherrill Black
William Jackson Bloom
Sabrina Alessandra Broderick
Grace Amaya Brophy
Kimberly Drew Chase
Gweneth Macy Child
Chloe Lind Chiota
Olivia Laeles Chiota
Gabriela D. De Mendonça Gomes
Maja Hanna Domagala
Mark Judson Fakler
Catherine Fengler
Jessica Lee Frantzen
Grace Elizabeth Fuss
Elizabeth Winn Gale
Elizabeth Lynne Cree Gee
Dana Gunnel Goettler
Grace Verda Goldberg
James David Griffin
Katherine Ann Grissmer
Kelly Marian Grossman
Syra Jackson Gutow
Liam Andrew Hudgings
Sarah Amy John
Emma Carolyn Krupp
Kelly Reynolds McElroy
Megan C. Mogauro
Madison Austin Monroe
Lucy Winsor Naughton
Clare Louise Nelle
Anna Richenda Oshea
Olivia Otsuka
Yongwoo Alan Park
Natalia Reboredo
Catherine Verity Schmitt
Anthony Gerald Scurto
Sophia Caroline Sherman
Kloe I. Shkane
Abigail Rose Smith
Oliver Johnson Stevens
Julien LaRocque Swoap
James Washington Thomas, Jr.
Ainsley Elizabeth Wilson
Johnathan Wilson
Tianxing Zhang
Clara Meiying Zhou de Magalhaes
PHI BETA KAPPA MEMBERS
FACULTY RETIREMENTS
DAVID G. BAILEY
Dave Bailey is the Winslow Chair of Modern Science and professor of geosciences. His current research focuses on the history of igneous and tectonic activity in the northeastern United States and the mineralogy of New York State. The recipient of National Science Foundation ILI and CCLI grants and a research associate of the New York State Museum, he has twice served as president of the New York State Geological Association. Bailey has written numerous peer-reviewed papers, conference abstracts, and field trip guides. Before joining the faculty in 1990, he earned his doctorate at Washington State University, master’s degree at Dalhousie University, and bachelor’s degree at Bates College. Throughout his years at Hamilton, he has served as a Miami Posse mentor, chair of the Geosciences Department and Geoarchaeology Program, and on several committees. He is the recipient of both the Lang Prize for Excellence in Teaching (2020) and the Dean’s Scholarship Achievement Award (Notable Year, 2013).
DEBRA L. BOUTIN
Debra Boutin, the Samuel F. Pratt Professor of Mathematics, joined the faculty in 1999 and studies graph theory, geometric graph theory, and group theory. In particular, she works with graphs, their drawings, and their symmetry groups. She has presented at many professional conferences and written numerous articles for publication in competitive research journals, in addition to a dozen classified papers that resulted from work with the Institute for Defense Analysis. Boutin, who served as a chief petty officer for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Naval Reserve from 1975 to 1995, holds a doctorate from Cornell University and a bachelor’s degree from Smith College. She has earned two Dean’s Scholarship Achievement Awards (Early Career Achievement, 2008, and Career Achievement, 2023), and has participated on several College committees, including terms as faculty chair and chair of the Campus Planning Committee. Boutin also has served as a dedicated mentor to many junior professors during her time on College Hill.
HERMAN K. LEHMAN
Having joined the faculty in 1996, Professor of Biology Herm Lehman focuses on the development and function of neurotransmitters. His research, which has involved dozens of students and been published in several professional journals throughout the years, has resulted in the identification, characterization, and functional delineation of a novel group of monoxygenases structurally similar to dopamine and tyramine B-hydroxylase. He has also conducted extensive analysis of traumatic brain injury on learning and memory. Lehman holds a doctorate from Florida State University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of West Florida. His list of service to Hamilton includes time as a Miami Posse mentor, director of the Senior Fellowship Program and the Levitt Public Affairs Center’s Public Health and Well-Being Program, and chair of the Biology Department and Neuroscience Program. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he volunteered as a contact tracer for Oneida County.
FACULTY RETIREMENTS
WILLIAM SALZILLO
Bill Salzillo, the Kevin W. Kennedy Professor of Art, began teaching on College Hill at Kirkland College in 1973 and joined the Hamilton faculty in 1978 when the colleges merged. A painter and printmaker, he was founding director of Hamilton’s former Emerson Gallery, serving from 1982 to 1992. His work has received numerous prizes and been exhibited in galleries and shows throughout the world, from the Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA) centennial exhibition in New York, to the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica in Venice, to national exhibitions of the Los Angeles Printmaking Society, to name a few. His most recent pieces explore the landscapes of California and the American Southwest and Italy. Salzillo, who has served as chair of the Art Department, holds a master’s degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art and bachelor’s degrees from Rhode Island School of Design and Middlebury College.
DAVID WIPPMAN
David Wippman joined the faculty in 2016, the same year he was named Hamilton’s 20th president. A recognized authority in international law, he has taught public international law, international criminal law, international human rights, and ethnic conflict. He received his bachelor’s degree from Princeton University, his master’s degree from Yale University, and his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School. After practicing law for nine years in Washington, D.C., he became professor and associate dean at Cornell Law School and vice provost for international relations at Cornell University. Wippman took a year away from Cornell to serve as a director in the National Security Council’s Office of Multilateral and Humanitarian Affairs, where he worked on war crimes issues, the International Criminal Court, economic sanctions, and U.N. political issues. In 2008, he was named dean of the University of Minnesota Law School. He has co-authored several books, including International Law: Norms, Actors, Process: A Problem-Oriented Approach and Can Might Make Rights?: Building the Rule of Law After Military Interventions. In 2019, he was named to the Advisory Council of Refugees International.
MICHAEL E. WOODS
Michael “Doc” Woods, the Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Music, has written more than 700 compositions in styles that include choral, orchestral and chamber, jazz combo, and big band. His work has earned widespread recognition, including from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), and has been performed by the Albany Symphony, the North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, the Central New York Jazz Orchestra, the Tulsa Philharmonic, the Salt City Jazz Collective, among others. As a performer, Woods has been director and bassist for the Zoé Jazz Band and bassist for the Omniverse Jazz Ensemble. At Hamilton, he has served as director of the Jazz Ensemble and as a Miami Posse mentor, and received the 2023 Distinguished Service Award from the Alumni Association. Woods joined the faculty in 1993 and is the first African American to receive a doctorate in composition from the University of Oklahoma. He earned his master’s degree at Indiana University and his bachelor’s degree at the University of Akron.
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THE COLLEGE SEAL
Among the first tasks of Hamilton’s original Board of Trustees in 1812 was to create a College seal that called for “the emblematical figure of a Celestial Being or angel, raising a veil from the vision of a pupil or novitiate.” The angel’s other hand rests on the “Book of Knowledge,” pointing to the Latin Lux et Veritas (Light and Truth). The College’s motto, Know Thyself, appears above the figures in Greek.
THE SENIOR CANES
The senior cane is awarded to each graduate and is intended to serve as a tangible reminder of the Hamilton experience and as a token of the College’s affection. The head of the cane forms a Continental tricorne hat in honor of Baron von Steuben, who served as drillmaster of Washington’s Continental Army and who laid the cornerstone of the Hamilton-Oneida Academy in 1794. Funding for the canes is provided by the Lee H. Bristol, Jr. ’45 Canes Fund, established by his wife, Louise Bristol, in memory of her husband.
THE FLAGS
The flags on the Commencement stage symbolize the diversity of the campus community. In addition to the flags representing the United States of America, the Oneida Nation, and Hamilton College, others represent the countries of students in the graduating class, as determined by those studying at Hamilton on student visas and flags of countries requested by our graduates.
THE GREEN APPLE PINS
Kirkland College was founded as a women’s college in 1968, and until it merged with Hamilton a decade later, it offered alternative educational opportunities for both women and men on the Hill. Built on an apple orchard, Kirkland College took the green apple as its emblem.
