The Porter Astronomy Prize was established by the late Eleazer Porter of Hadley and is awarded for proficiency in first-year astronomy. (Prize determined by the Astronomy Department.)
2020-21:
Divided between—Alex DelFranco ’24, and Elizabeth Hillenkamp ’24
2019-20:
Divided between—Cailin S. Plunkett ’23, and Huichen (William) Wang ’23
2018-19:
Divided between—Joseph Palmo ’21, Kathleen Sullivan ’21, and Helena Treiber ’22
2017-18:
Divided between—Jea Adams ’21, and Dawit Wachelo ’20
2016-17:
Mark Schoen ’19 ($1,097)
2015-16:
Micaela Ednie ’1 ($1,027)
2014-15:
Allison Watson ’18 ($992)
2013-14:
Nicolette Rene Miranda ’16 ($464) and Hutomo Jayaadmaja Limanto ’17 ($464)
2012-13:
Betty Yuan Hsu ’15E ($895)
2011-12:
John Kevin Riggins Jr. ’12 ($825)
2010-11:
William Christopher Ruhm ’14 ($825)
2009-10:
Colin Samuel Slaby ’13 ($866)
2008-09:
Yordanka Aleksandrova Kovacheva ’12 ($795)
2007-2008:
John Liden Neff ’09 ($787)
2006-2007:
John Austin Vincent Yim ’06 ($668) and Todd Marshall Schell ’09
2005-2006:
No award
2004-2005:
Virginia Chidsey Hulick ’06 ($540)
2003-04:
Joseph Pendergast Vladeck ’06 ($500)
2002-03:
Shivang Satish Shah ’03 ($470)
2001-02:
Margaret Ann McKeon ’05 ($128), Ngoc My Trang ’05 ($128), Brian Jaakko Finnbjorn Lyons ’05 ($128)
2000-01:
Isuru Malaka Seneviratne ’04 ($343), and Young May Cha ’04 ($343)
1999-00:
Megan Christine Lau ’03 ($170), and Andrew Wilkin Foss ’03 ($170)
1998-99:
Elon Benjamen Slutsky ’02 ($320)
1997-98:
No award
1996-97:
Julia Elizabeth Sable ’02 ($320)
1995-96:
No award
1994-95:
Amanda Elizabeth Birmingham ’97 ($280)
1993-94:
Juan Miguel Burwell ’97 ($260)
1992-93:
Jesse Boardman Bump ’94 ($290)
1991-92:
Catherine Annette Miller ’94 ($280)
1990-91:
Christopher Harton Perry ’92 ($280)
1989-90:
Adam Somers Trotter ’93 ($260)
1988-89:
No award
1987-88:
Michael Wright Berry ’91 ($220)
1986-87:
No award
1985-86:
No award
1984-85:
Fred Castellano ’88—$162
1983-84:
Laurent Paul Lelloch ’87 ($65), and James David Fahn ’87 ($65)
1982-83:
Dmitry Svetlov ’86 ($220)
1981-82:
Michael Joseph Sernyak ’83 ($36.67), and Andrew Way Kendall ’83 ($36.66)
1980-81:
Richard Alexander Jacoby ’82 ($95)
1979-80:
David Alban Stevenson ’83 ($22.50), and Michael Joseph Serynak ’83 ($22.50), and Karl Clifford Golnik ’8 ($22.50)
1978-79:
Johanna Lee Eisenberger ’81 ($80)
1977-78:
Clifford Marc Hurvich ’80 ($40), and Cornelius Arthur Paul Sullivan ’79 ($40)
1976-77:
Thomas Ashton Rago ’79 ($70)
1975-76:
Charles McAlister Marshall, Jr. ’78 ($75)
1974-75:
Steven Jonathan Rosenwasser ’76 ($75)
1973-74:
Michael Baruch Delfiner ’77 ($80)
1972-73:
Kevin Hays Baines ’76 ($80)
1971-72:
Roland Baker Stoughton ’75 ($80)
1970-71:
Frederick William Schneider ’73 ($80)
1969-70:
David John Helfand ’72 ($50)
1968-69:
Dennis John Joseph Zaffetti ’71($25), and Roger Wilmot Turton ’71 ($25)
1967-68:
No award
1966-67:
David Edwin Altschul ’69 ($50)
1965-66:
Jeffrey Dorrington Fisher ’69 ($50)
1964-65:
Marc Damashek ’68 ($45)
1963-64:
Douglas Murray MacDonald ’66 ($45)
1962-63:
Jeffrey Alan Hoffman ’66 ($45)
1961-62:
Gary Scott Benson ’64 ($45)
1960-61:
George Edward Peterson ’63 ($35)
1959-60:
Sidney Bailey Parsons 62 ($35)