Franklin Miller Awards

It would be my pleasure to nominate Edward Delk '27, for the Franklin Miller Award. Eddie conceived of the idea for, and spearheaded the success of, a career panel at Kenyon featuring alumni working in environmental fields. This event was the result of Eddie's strong desire to make connections with, and learn from, professionals in his chosen field of study (environmental science). He also knew that many of his peers shared that same need, and he wanted to be able to meet it — and that speaks to Eddie's personality. Eddie, under the advisorship of Evan Stern (Philander Chase Conservancy project coordinator), and with the help of his fellow Ccnservancy interns Maren, Nina and Clara, brought "Green Collar Jobs: An Environmental Career Panel and Networking Opportunity for Kenyon Students" to fruition, This event brought to Kenyon three alumna from Seattle, Washington, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Columbus.

The all-day event gave students five separate opportunities to engage with and learn from the panelists (a discussion, two small-group networking events with the alumni and two class visits by the panelists). The events engaged dozens of students; the panel alone hosting approximately forty. Throughout the planning and the day of the event, Eddie showed dedication to a cause driven by a need he saw not only in himself, but in his friends and peers. I think Eddie is deserving of this award not only due to the realization of his idea and the success of the event, but because 1) he saw a need among peers and sought to fulfill it, and 2) the event has provided the framework for future environmental science career events at the College. Kenyon's green centers will use this event as the foundation to continue providing engaging opportunities for students relating to careers in the environment. Eddie's work has the real potential to carry on to many future classes of environmental studies students and students passionate about the environment.  

Lucas made multiple extraordinary contributions to the academic environment of the College. First, Lucas is exceptionally enthusiastic about research in pure mathematics. Ever since he participated in PCMI 2025 (actually even before  that), he has spent countless hours working on open research problems in extremal combinatorics without getting any course credit or any form of external motivation. He continued doing research in a related field as a KSSS this past summer. As a result, he has authored and co-authored three research manuscripts (one submitted to a journal, the other two close to being submitted).  

Lucas already gave two talks at national conferences and two talks in the department, as part of our Math Mondays series. He has been invited by an expert in the field to give a talk on his research this November in a special session  of an AMS (American Mathematical Society) meeting in Arizona. His enthusiasm for mathematics goes beyond academic work and benefits others. He is always happy to talk about mathematics with anyone. His interview about his summer research has just been published by the Office of Communications.   

Lucas is a co-founder of a new student club on Mathematical Problem Solving. He is a leader and an active member of the group. He spearheaded the formation of the group. He helps his fellow students by serving as a tutor at the Math and Science Skills Center and he helps his professors by serving as grader.  

Last but not least, he will play a major role in this semester's Science Saturday event. After a gap year, the Science Saturday event is coming back. In the past, there was no math component in this program. Upon my recommendation, the organizers agreed to include math, and Lucas volunteered to create and lead the math activity. He took time this past summer to prepare number theory and cryptography related activities that will be attractive for middle schoolers.

All in all, Lucas has indeed made unusual and significant contributions to the academic environment of the College in multiple ways. He is a most deserving student for the Franklin Miller Award.

Spring 2026

Grace Jansen '26

Amanda Kuo '26

Fall 2025

Marilyn Gates '26

Laney Tullius '28

Spring 2025

Elizabeth Redmond '25

Khue Tran '25 and Mariah Szabo '26

Fall 2024

Basil (Isabella) Strickland '26

Marissa Sun '25

Fall 2023

Yufan Lu '25

Jaden Stewart '25

Spring 2024

Jessica Besca '24

 Olivia Rataezyk '25

Fall 2022

Michelle Lin '23

Happy Wang '23

Spring 2023

Victoria Brown '23

Molly Fording '23

Fall

Roya Best '22

Ella Wilson '23

Spring

Salame Shubitidze '22

Taylor Womack '24

Spring

Alex Thoms '23

Paris Tully '21

Fall

Zola Gray '23

Xiaoyu (Dorothy) Wang '21

Spring

Ben Baturka '20

April Murphy '22

Fall

Sutton Amthor ’21

Scout Crowell ’20

Spring

Ghada Bakbouk ’19

Qiyam Stewart ’21

Fall

Masen Colucci ’19

George Goldman ’20

Spring

Mustafa Aziz ’19

Jenna Rochelle ’18

Fall

Max Smith ’18

Toneisha Stubbs ’18

Spring

Eliza Abendroth ’18

Phoebe Carter ’17

Fall

Christiana Binkley ’17

Edgar Martin ’17

Spring

Emily Bulik-Sullivan ’16

Sean P. Bush ’17

Kaitlin, Creamer ’16

Fall

Qossay Alsattari ’16

James Currie ’16

Spring

Sarah Eisenlohr ’15

Shariq Khan ’15

Fall

Lila Greco ’15

Willa Sachs ’16

Spring

Co-awardees Julia Greer ’15, Casey Griffin ’14 & Emma Miller ’15

Megan Koenecke ’15

Fall

Benjamin Ros ’14

Robert Sellers ’14

Spring

Paul Hoehn ’14

Karen Huntsman ’13

Fall

Solomon Reisberg ’13

Co-awardees Tommy Brown ’13, Matt Hershey ’13 & Alexander Variano ’13

Spring

Paul Bisagni ’12

Timothy Jurney ’15

Jessica Goley ’12

Claire Dutton ’14

Fall

Darko Gligorovski ’14

Sean Grant ’14

Sarah Heminger ’13

Ashley Meyer ’14

Reina Thomas ’14

William Koehler ’11 

Meredith Blake ’09 

Caleb Ruopp ’09 

Matthew Jacobson ’09 

Priscilla Erickson ’09 

Pengyu “Alex” Zhao ’10 

Monica Kriete ’11

Tsvetan Asamov ’08 

Kathleen Woods ’09 

Chris Henson ’09 

Katerina Karaivanova ’10

Loren Bondurant ’07

Aaron Clark-Ginsberg ’08

Lee Kennard ’07

Matthew Zaremsky ’07

Kaelin Alexander ’07

Stefanie Wilson ’08

Christopher R. D’Ardenne ’06

Michael B. Dash ’07

David A. Long ’07

Marissa H. Stearns ’06

Tatsiana A. Zhurauliova ’06

Jacob Yandura ’09

Caitlin Wells ’06

Mary Hostenske ’06

Joanna Budd ’06

October

Joseph M. Neilsen ’06

Aaron T. Samuel ’05

November

Emily E. Nishioka ’05

Lara J. Cox ’06

February

Kelly Henry ’07

Jennifer Underwood ’05

April

Katharine Touchton-Leonard ’05

Lisa King ’07

October

Brad Bennett ’04

Alexander Franz ’04

November

Robbie Ketcham ’04

Kathy Lynd ’04

February

Mara Bernstein ’04

Jun Ma ’07

April

Tyler Van Wormer ’04

Benjamin Fahey-Burke ’06

October

Matthew Buckley ’03

November

Joseph Freeman ’05

Jennifer Raterman ’05

February

D. Michael Barnhart ’04

Chandra McClelland ’06

April

Christopher Wager ’05

Daniel Kiepfer ’03

October

Lisa M. Maurer ’04

Sarah C. Stella ’02

November

Margaret C. Scavotto ’02

Heather L. Van Ligten ’02

February

Michael F. Sriprasert ’02

Abby E. Rokosch ’02

April

Sarah R. Fox ’02

Lindsay M. Sabik ’03

October

Meredith Ishida ’03

Sarah Kammerer ’01

November

Emily Anderson ’01

Erika Plank ’01

February

Adam Knapp ’01

Jacob Howley ’03

Jessen Book ’01

April

Anneka Lenssen and Fritz Horstman ’01

William J. Ward ’01

Christopher Monson ’01

November

Donald Cole ’01

Sara Gage ’00

December

James Ray ’00

Alexis Staples ’02

March

Sarah Wasserman ’03

Allison Hawkins ’00

April

Jessica Berretto ’00

Anne Crosby ’00

October

Will Sugden ’99

Maraleen Shields’00

March

Joseph Fouse ’99

Erin Wimmers ’00

April

James Riggs Jr. ’99

Jesse Savage ’99

May

Michael Floyd ’01

Laura Vazquez ’99

David Heithaus ’99

Christopher Junkin ’99

May

Jefferson Barlew ’98

Beth Schiller ’98