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Senior Pinguang Yang Receives Frederica Clarkson Award
May 10, 2014, Clarkson University,
Potsdam, New York
Graduating senior Pinguang Yang of Brooklyn, N.Y. received
the Frederica Clarkson Award during Clarkson University’s
121st commencement ceremony today. He was selected for the
$1,000 award by a vote of the full University faculty based
on his scholarship and promise of outstanding achievement.
The award was established in 1921 as a bequest in the will
of Frederica Clarkson, sister of Thomas S. Clarkson, for whom
the University is named. This award and the Levinus Clarkson
Award are traditionally given to the two top students in the
graduating class.
Yang, a member of Clarkson’s Honors Program, CSTEP
and a Ronald E. McNair Scholar, received a bachelor of science
degree in biomolecular science. A graduate of Manhattan Comprehensive
Night & Day High School, Yang will graduate with a 3.96
GPA.
Yang received the Clarkson University Support Staff Award,
a Phalanx Commendable Leadership award, and was inducted into
Phalanx, Clarkson’s highest honorary society.
Following commencement, Yang will attend Hofstra North Shore-LIJ
School of Medicine for a dual M.D.-Ph.D. program. He plans
to get an M.D. in oncology and a Ph.D. in cancer research.
Photo caption: Clarkson University President Tony
Collins (left) presents the Frederica Clarkson Award to Pinguang
Yang.
Source: Clarkson University Website: News &
Events
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