# Senior Prizes Each spring semester, members of the senior class are selected by Kirkland's deans and tutors to receive house awards at the senior dinner. Kirkland has been awarding house prizes for close to 90 years, and has prizes for intramurals, excellence in science and the humanities, and for house spirit, among other things. Listed below are the recipients of each award since its inception as well as a brief description of the award itself. ### KDS Lifetime Achievement Award > This Kirkland House award is presented to the Senior who has demonstrated the greatest commitment and contribution within their class to Kirkland’s Drama Society. ### Kirkland House Boat Cup > This Kirkland House award is presented to the Senior who demonstrates undying perseverance, a penchant for 6:00 A.M. practices on the river, and the ability to handle an oar. In short, the Senior who helps the House Crew row, and row, and row, and row. The prize is a silver Jefferson cup. ### The William Gerety Cup > This Kirkland House award is presented in memory of William Gerety, an outstanding former Kirkland House Resident, who contributed a great deal of time and effort to the intramural sports program. The recipient personifies the ideal of a well-rounded Harvard student who keeps up in his or her studies and who has contributed the most in his or her class to intramural sports. The prize is a silver Paul Revere bowl. 1998 Derek Herbert, Cedar Riener, & Deborah Sternlight 1999 Ryan Heslop & Justin Lerer 2001 Paul Daubenmire & Elisha Yaghmai 2003 James Richadson Ross Whittle 2004 Kathryn Barletta & Jeffrey Fogel 2005 Richard Kennard Mansfield & Helis Zulijani 2006 Simon Chang & Tom Spellman 2007 Kevin Papay & Julia Pederson 2008 Margaret Macdonald 2009 Rob Sneckenberg 2010 Danny Kim 2011 Ken Toyoda 2012 Liinus Hietaniemi 2013 Tyrell Dixon 2014 Ian Myjer 2015 Chris Holthouse 2016 Edie Johnson & Rachel Tandias 2017 Stefan Rajkovic 2018 Darlington Nwaudo 2019 Joseph Zuckerman ### David McCord Prize > This Harvard Prize is awarded to the senior in each House who demonstrates unusual talent in writing, drama, music, painting, drawing, or sculpture. The winner receives credit at the Coop towards the purchase of an appropriate art book or art-related supplies and a book plate. 1999 Keisha Minyard 2001 Alyssa Soby 2004 Gordon Reid Carolin 2005 Toni Marie Marchioni 2006 Liam Martin 2007 Mary Birnbaum & Ezra Cohen 2008 Marielle Woods 2009 Kathleen Breeden 2010 Loren Amor 2011 Mark Isaacson 2012 Anne Polyakov 2013 Richard Sims 2014 Heather Mauldin 2015 Libby Coleman 2016 Billy Orman 2017 Juna Gjata 2018 Benjamin Grimm 2019 Jose Coronado ### George Caspar Homans Prize > This Kirkland House award is given in memory of the first House Committee Chairman of House Committee. The George Caspar Homans Prize is for excellence in the social sciences. A book in the winner's field of interest is awarded annually by the Senior Common Room of Kirkland House to a graduating senior. 1999 Muriel Jean-Jacques 2001 Matthew Vogel 2004 Kristin Eichensehr 2005 Matthew William Mahan 2006 Allison Rone 2007 C.R. Sincock 2008 John Cella & Taylor Owings 2009 Scott Kominers 2010 Trevor Bakker 2011 Oded Oren 2012 Susan Wang 2013 Madeline Magnuson 2014 Eric Chung 2015 Arleen Aguasvivas 2016 Andrea Ortiz 2017 Itzel Vasquez-Rodriguez 2018 Christopher Egi & Blessing Jee 2019 Justin Curtis ### Kirkland House Arts Award > The Kirkland House Arts Award is presented to the Senior in Kirkland House who has contributed in a significant way to the arts in the House. The prize is a silver plate. ### The Jonathan Hart Prize > This prize is awarded to a student of Kirkland House who has excelled in the field of history, literature, or philosophy. The winner receives a book selected by Prof. Hart and a monetary award. ### Arthur Smithies Award > This Kirkland House award is given in memory of Arthur Smithies, House Master of Kirkland House from 1965-1974. This monetary prize is awarded to the student or students who have contributed the most to Kirkland House music and/or arts. The prize is a monetary award. 2001 Mark Little 2004 Berenika Zakrzewski 2005 Francesca Anderegg 2006 Caroline Whiting 2007 Doug Balliett 2008 Steve Lin 2009 Grant Damon & Patrick McKiernan 2010 Walter Klyce 2011 Krystal Cantos & Wendy Wang 2012 Marissa Glynias 2013 The Members of "FIGJAM": Alex Bruce, Daniel Burack, Aaron Deutsch, Brendan Maione-Downing, Alex Morelli, John Tsai, & Nick Waldo 2014 Adriana Pohl 2015 Ricardo Robledo, Brian Mendel, Petey Menz, & Ian Nightingale 2016 Henry Burnam 2017 Christine Xu 2018 Audrey Chen 2019 Chris Haley ### The Kirkland Science Award > This prize is awarded to a graduating senior in Kirkland House who has excelled in the field of chemistry, physics, engineering, computer science, or other physical or mathematical science. The winner receives a book on a topic in the student’s field. ### The Donald and Cathleen Pfister Prize > Established through contributions from Kirkland House alumni and associates to honor the outgoing Masters, the prize is awarded to a graduating senior in Kirkland House who has demonstrated excellent achievement in the natural sciences. The prize consists of a book on a topic in the student's field and a monetary award. 2001 Michele Levin 2004 Colette Joan Shen 2005 Elizabeth Simmons Thrall 2006 Nate Labenz 2007 Vijay Yanamadala 2008 Allen Chen 2009 Hannah Frank 2010 Amrita Goyal 2011 Alex Lupsasca 2012 Aryeh Gold-Parker 2013 Juhi Kuchroo 2014 Alexandra Haber 2015 Alexander Jaffe 2016 Liz Karan & Tristan Wang 2017 Jack Stevenson 2018 Waverly He 2019 Mai-Linh Ton ### Kirkland House Service Award > The Kirkland House Service Award is presented to a Senior in the House in recognition of their service to Kirkland House. The prize is a silver plate. 1998 Elizabeth Hanify & Jason Peters 1999 Audrey Hong 2001 Matt Getman, Scott Gunn, & Jeremiah Lane 2004 Sara Clark 2005 Adam Kalamchi 2006 Sarah Kennifer 2007 Julia Morton 2008 Anna McCallie 2009 Frances Tompkins 2010 Billy Stallings & Cassie Snow 2011 Brad Paraszczak 2012 Abby Koff, Juan Munoz, & Teddy Tiab 2013 Cynthia Wu 2014 Rainjade Chung 2015 Raja Ghawi 2016 Chesley Ekelem & Meghamsh Kanuparthy 2017 Nick O'Brien 2018 Chris Dolliff 2019 Alvaro Quintero 2020 Julia Jean Dokko & Kevin R. English 2021 Sarah Gill 2022 Edward Athaide 2023 Hannah Martinez 2024 Aurora Maris Roche Avallone & Olivia Jocelyn Jensen Eckstein 2025 Nena King & Giselle Chiprez Ramirez ### Char Kim Award > At her untimely passing in 2016, Charlotte Hyun-Mi Kim '90 was remembered as the beating heart of Kirkland House. Charlotte's irrepressible energy, fearless initiative and sincere love for her many friends built community and created a web of long-lasting, treasured relationships. The Charlotte Hyun-Mi Kim '90 Award is given to the Kirkland House graduating senior who best epitomizes Charlotte's exuberant spirit and passion for fostering community at Kirkland House. The honoree receives a financial gift sponsored by Charlotte's classmates, family and friends. 2017 Colin Criss & Yanlin "Kit" Wu 2018 Daryn Forgeron & Sara Surani 2019 Kristen Hong & Sarah Judd 2020 Nicole Mariah Daurio & Erin Michelle Olivieri 2021 Katherine Huanming Lou 2022 Jacqueline Tubbs & Andrea Zhang 2023 Olayeni Oladipo & Michelle Stegawksi 2024 Maya Isolde Pena-Lobel 2025 Folukemi Olufidipe ### The Spirit of Kirkland House Award > This Kirkland House award is for the Senior in Kirkland who best exemplifies the spirit of the House. The prize is a silver Paul Revere bowl. 2020 Irla Belli 2021 Matthew Robbins Thomas 2022 Rafael Trevino 2023 Adam Aleksic 2024 Ina Bhoopalam 2025 Awa Debou Jasseh & Andrew John Lobo ### Faculty Deans' Award > Awarded by the Faculty Deans to the Senior whose contributions to House life, personal strengths, and intellectual achievements distinguish them among Kirkland House graduates. The prize is a silver plate. 2002 Joseph Michael Adelman & Mary Katherine Gardner 2003 Komal Bhasin 2004 Sloan Jordan Eddleston & Leslie Alexandra Hill 2005 Lauren Elizabeth Sancken 2006 Navin Lingam Kimar & Anica Chi-Ying Law 2007 Michael Chow & Gregor Brodsky 2008 Bradford Diephuis & Megan Powell 2009 Danielle Alexander 2010 Amy Michelle Beeson & Zachary Ryan Abel 2011 Kelly Bodwin 2012 Allen Padua 2013 Evan Greif 2014 Roland Yang 2015 Isaac Dayno 2016 Kate Buellesbach 2017 Francesca Childs 2018 Jacob Scherba 2019 Annie Mills 2020 Madison Caroline Schmitt 2021 Yoseph Boku 2022 Maranda Ngue 2023 Ivor Zimmerman 2024 Meadow Hall 2025 Cerena Wu