Humayun ’17 Is Potomac Youth of the Year
T
wo years ago, Arslon Humayun ’17 became fascinated with bioethics and its emphasis on the moral implications of
advancements in science and medicine. In his free time, he
started a blog and YouTube channel to share his own views on the
subject. This passion for something that is both academic and ethical helped Humayun earn the 2016 Potomac Youth of the Year award from the Potomac Chamber of Commerce.
“It was truly a shock, but an honor at the same time,” said
Humayun, who credits his 10 years at Landon with helping his
development both academically and ethically. He sees his study of
LOWDOWN Raul ’17 Earns Service Honor
O
n Saturday mornings, Zander Raul ’17 solves math
equations, explains grammar rules, and sometimes plays an educational game of “Hangman.”
This has been Zander’s routine for the past four years as a volunteer
tutor for the Latino Student Fund (LSF), a D.C.-area nonprofit
committed to helping underserved Latino boys and girls receive a strong academic foundation. At the LSF’s 17th Annual Gala March 9, the
organization recognized Zander’s dedication with the 2017 Community Service Award, which Headmaster Jim Neill presented to him.
For most of his time
bioethics as the perfect way to embrace this ethical responsibility to
boy, Raymond, and has
seeing science as something purely physical — ‘What are we capable
been awed by his pupil’s
progress. “The best thing I get out of tutoring is
when I teach Raymond
himself, others and the world at large. “I have really transitioned from of doing?’ — to something that is also ethical — ‘What should we be doing?’” he said. “Whatever I end up doing [for a career], that ethical part has to be there.”
Humayun, who has been a prefect, soccer player, and member of the
something and he realizes
Chamber Singers during his Landon tenure, is no stranger to awards:
said. “It’s amazing to see
for general excellence; the Noah Eig Fellowship Award for creating an
that he gets it,” Zander
him understand something new and to know that I had a part in that... I’ve been so fortunate in life, and I am just trying to give back as much
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— Arslon Humayun ’17, Potomac Youth of the Year
as a tutor, Zander has
worked with the same
as I can.”
Whatever I end up doing, that ethical part has to be there.
He has earned the Lower and Middle School Headmaster’s Awards
atmosphere of brotherhood and acceptance; and the Dartmouth Book Award for academic achievement.
LANDON SCHOOL | SUMMER 2017