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Families and friends from around the globe gathered in the Bowl on May 28 to watch Lawrenceville’s 213th commencement.
At the ceremony, Head of School Steve Murray gave special thanks to the graduates’ families, saying, “You have entrusted to our care your greatest treasure. Your children make Lawrenceville what it is, and for these fleeting few years when you allowed us to have them in our care, they animated our lives with their endless humor and good cheer, their inquisitive minds, their kind hearts, and their loyal spirits – for that, we are truly grateful.”
Before joining Jonathan G. Weiss ’75 (President of the Lawrenceville School Board of Trustees) in handing out diplomas, Murray bestowed two of the School’s highest student honors. Jack Patel ’23 received the Edward Sutliff Brainard Prize, which is given annually by the faculty to the Fifth Form student whom it holds in the highest esteem. The Trustees’ Cup, awarded each year by the Head of School on behalf of the Board of Trustees to that student who has most influenced the School for good, was presented to Madeline Elizabeth Laws ‘23.
Murray ended his remarks by telling the now-former Fifth Formers, “We are sad to see you leave, but are excited for all that lies before you and are confident that you will bring the same energy, intelligence, integrity, and spirit to the next chapters of your lives as you’ve demonstrated here. Remember – you will always be a Lawrentian.”
Congratulations to The Lawrenceville School Class of 2023!
Erik Abramson
Pacific Palisades, California
Reese Whitney Abromavage
New York, New York
Jocelyn Rose Acosta
North Brunswick, New Jersey
Christine Awo Dede Addo
South Bend, Indiana
Viraj Agarwala*
New Delhi, India
Camila Aguirre
Whitestone, New York
Kiley Alt
Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania
Naa Kwama Adjabeng Ankrah
Mays Landing, New Jersey
Aarushi Attray
Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Edward W. Balaban
Millbrook, New York
Bradley Duane-Anthony Barrett
Kingston, Jamaica
Autri Banerjee Basu*
Pennington, New Jersey
Jacob Semaj Beccles
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Charles Lichtenberg Began
Fairfield, Connecticut
Jaelyn Renee Bennett
Pennington, New Jersey
William Derickson Waples Bennett
Newtown, Pennsylvania
Callen Glaser Berwick
San Francisco, California
Audrey-Lillie Bing
Trenton, New Jersey
Max Jacob Blecher
Princeton, New Jersey
Robert Blenk
Busan, South Korea
Andrew Paul Boanoh
Robbinsville, New Jersey
Mia Elizabeth Bocian*
Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Michael Scott Boyer
Pennington, New Jersey
Katherine Elizabeth Braden
Bedford Corners, New York
Patrick Brady
Skillman, New Jersey
Hale Hailand Brown
Bedford, New York
Harrison Bentley Orrick Bylin
Montclair, New Jersey
Benjamin Y. Cavanagh
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Praachi Chakraborty*
Princeton Junction, New Jersey
Yewon Chang*
Seoul, Korea
Hunter Joseph Chauvette
Shaker Heights, Ohio
Andrew Chen
Irvine, California
Julia Chiang*
West Windsor, New Jersey
Kevin Chiang
West Windsor, New Jersey
Sara Elizabeth Chiang*
Princeton, New Jersey
Anushka Chintamaneni
West Windsor, New Jersey
Madeline Yu-An Chiu
Taipei, Taiwan
Olivia Yu-Ping Chiu
Taipei, Taiwan
Jack Henry Chou
South Bay, Hong Kong
Daniel James Clark
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
William Bradford Collins
Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Andrew Duncan Cook Jr.
Pennington, New Jersey
Elon Cooper
Valencia, California
Peyton A. Cosover
Easton, Pennsylvania
Jacqueline Paley Courtney
Pennington, New Jersey
Satvik Dasariraju*
Princeton, New Jersey
Andrew Wilcox Davis
Richmond, Virginia
Charles Leonard Deaktor II
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Nicholas DeGeorge
Yardville, New Jersey
Liam Stratford Dennehy
Somerset, New Jersey
Hugh James Grenville Devine
Haverford, Pennsylvania
An Nguyen Dinh
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Leo Shohan Drazan
New York, New York
Michelle Chisom Egu
East Orange, New Jersey
Justin R. Fermin
New York, New York
William Oliver Finlayson
Ramsey, New Jersey
Liam Patrick Flynn
Greenwich, Connecticut
William Charles Ford
Denver, Colorado
Eric Atlas Frankel
Princeton, New Jersey
David Gao
Ewing, New Jersey
Qiheng Gao
Singapore, Singapore
Lucas Garcia*
Concord, North Carolina
Matthew Thomas Garcia*
Concord, North Carolina
Sean Christopher Garrity
Hingham, Massachusetts
Grace Hansen Gellatly
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Bailley Georgieva
Skillman, New Jersey
Lillian Grace Gessner
Wilmington, Delaware
Anna Louise Gill
Princeton, New Jersey
Colin A. Gordon
Princeton, New Jersey
Isabel Brosseau Gray
Cedar Mountain, North Carolina
Dara Marissa Grinberg
Manalapan, New Jersey
Ely Hahami*
East Williston, New York
Harrison Fox Halper
Brigantine, New Jersey
Turner Wells Hamilton
Princeton, New Jersey
Emily Whitesides Hammond
Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Daniel Luke Harlan
Princeton, New Jersey
Abigail Leigh Hehl
Burlington, New Jersey
Lauren M.A. Hennis
Nassau, Bahamas
Brody Herrick
Palo Alto, California
Mirren Islay Hibbert
Phoenix, Maryland
Dwayne Hinds Jr.
West Caldwell, New Jersey
Stanley S. Hir*
Danville, California
Christopher R. Hobbs
New York, New York
Jameson Jake Hocher
West Palm Beach, Florida
Mia Zayne Holub
Sion Hill, St. James, Barbados
Lily Lynn Hooge
Gustavus, Alaska
Caitlin Elliott Hoover
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
Frances Adrienne Hsu
Taipei City, Taiwan
Brody Thomas Hughes
Seaforth, Ontario, Canada
Samuel Huh
Hanoi, Vietnam
Caroline P. Hunt
Denver, Colorado
Hayley Faith Irvine
Pennington, New Jersey
Thomas Christopher Irvine
Pennington, New Jersey
Viacheslav Vladislavovich Iudenko
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Corinne Noelle Johnson
Franklin Park, New Jersey
Mingde Ju*
Shanghai, China
Adeline Petee Jung
Tewksbury, New Jersey
Roma Patel Kale
Avon, Connecticut
Quinn Fitzgerald Kammer
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Siddharth Karthodi
Skillman, New Jersey
Quintan Kilrain
Purcellville, Virginia
Emma Kim
Princeton Junction, New Jersey
Jisu Claire Kim
Seoul, Korea
Charles Knapp
Naples, Florida
Ani Marie Kozak
Oceanport, New Jersey
Peephat Kusolphatna
Bangkok, Thailand
Alistair Chi Kin Lam*
Hong Kong,
Noah Laubach
Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Madeleine Elizabeth Laws*
Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Noah Maxwell Lazar*
Orchard Park, New York
Ashley H. Lee
McLean, Virginia
Jackson Lee
West Orange, New Jersey
Lindsay Crofford Lee*
Haverford, Pennsylvania
Susan Chengrong Nicole Lee
Hong Kong
Su-Yeon Lee*
Seoul, Korea
Jalen Scott Lespinasse
Englishtown, New Jersey
Wai Chi Ethan Leung
Hong Kong, China
Lucas Spraggs Loxam
New Hope, Pennsylvania
Kelly Lu*
Acton, Massachusetts
Harris Lynch
Long Branch, New Jersey
Jack Mahoney
Roseville, California
Noemi Sofia Martinez
Glen Ridge, New Jersey
William John Mathews
Riverside, Connecticut
George McCain*
New York, New York
John McCain*
New York, New York
Roan B. McDonald*
Parker, Colorado
Anne Lane McDowell
Atlanta, Georgia
Shaun Alexander McMillan
Freeport, New York
Aiden Alexander Mellon
Laughlintown, Pennsylvania
Emily Mercy
Mill Valley, California
Katarina Zoran Mirković
Belgrade, Vračar, Serbia
Debanshi Misra
Robbinsville, New Jersey
Ryan Walter Mitsch
Rumson, New Jersey
Madison Elizabeth Montanaro
North Branford, Connecticut
Meghan Riley Montanaro
North Branford, Connecticut
Joseph J. Morsman*
Middlebury, Vermont
Jack Quinn Moses
Belle Mead, New Jersey
Walter Odin Murdoch
New York, New York
Rory Margaret Murphy*
Washington, District of Columbia
Oleksandr Mykhantso*
Chortkiv, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine
Edward Jensen Newsom
San Francisco, California
Ava Kathryn Noorchashm
Yardley, Pennsylvania
George Robert Northup*
Redwood City, California
Alexander B. Noviello*
Bridgewater, New Jersey
Andrew C. Noviello*
Bridgewater, New Jersey
Barbara Odae
Bronx, New York
Seunghun Oh
Seoul, Korea
Liam Michael O’Hearen
Madison, New Jersey
Elijah Ojo
Rahway, New Jersey
John Paul Okupski
Princeton, New Jersey
Amanda Kelly Park*
Greenwich, Connecticut
Andrew Sung Soon Park*
Seoul, Korea
Caroline Lilly Park
Greenwich, Connecticut
Kyle Park*
Princeton, New Jersey
Elizabeth Lucy Parnell
Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Jack H. Patel*
Dothan, Alabama
Ria Rakesh Patel*
Skillman, New Jersey
Payton Mae Petras
Belle Mead, New Jersey
Malin Phelan
Princeton, New Jersey
Charles Nisbet Scott Rawson
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Benjamin Bradley Reiland
Shakopee, Minnesota
Lucas Hale Robins
Chester, New Jersey
Marguerite L. Robinson
River Hills, Wisconsin
Brooke Frances Ross
Winnetka, Illinois
Charles Eric Rossman*
Montgomery, New Jersey
Aiden James Rourke
Westport, Connecticut
Madeleine Grace Rygh
Califon, New Jersey
William John Sabat
New York, New York
Hampton Kharon Brandon Sanders
Dayton, New Jersey
Rhea Sanjna Saranath
Bellevue, Washington
Julina Jenni Savela*
Stockholm, Sweden
Sean Scarpa
Skillman, New Jersey
Etta Clara Schar
Mill Valley, California
Alexandra Nicole Schmidt
Westborough, Massachusetts
Louis Senyk
New Hope, Pennsylvania
Jackson Dominic Sgro
Hopewell, New Jersey
Kishori Amol Shah
East Brunswick, New Jersey
Rania Amalia Shah
Princeton, New Jersey
Cole Sebastian Shannon
Somerset, New Jersey
Anoushka Sharma
Princeton Junction, New Jersey
Grant S. C. Shueh*
Skillman, New Jersey
Robert Edward Simone
North Caldwell, New Jersey
Olivia A. Simonian
Paramus, New Jersey
Akeil Smith
Nassau, Bahamas
Emily Alexis Smith
Columbus, New Jersey
Richard Sturdevant Smith III
Riverdale, New York
Dimitris Stefanidis
Bellerose, New York
Catherine Christabelle Sutter*
Princeton, New Jersey
Miki Takaoka
Tokyo, Japan
Camille Fay Trench
London, England, United Kingdom
Noah Arthur Trupin
Ewing, New Jersey
Yan Tsenter
Minsk, Belarus
Judith Van Dusen
Austin, Texas
James Grissom Van Meter
Georgetown, Kentucky
Eric Vivinetto
Wyckoff, New Jersey
Grace Thayer Walker
Richland, Michigan
Theodore Lyons Walsh
San Francisco, California
Tristan Bryce Wan*
Great Neck, New York
Ashley Wang*
Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Elizabeth Langhorne Webster
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Charles Joseph Weinstein
Princeton Junction, New Jersey
Tiffany Ruohan Wen
Pennington, New Jersey
John Edward Barthlow Williams*
Wayne, Pennsylvania
Jourdan Amore Wright
Ewing, New Jersey
Iris Wu*
Tokyo, Japan
Sean Yuxiang Wu
Princeton Junction, New Jersey
Alexander Tian Xia
Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Stephanie Maple Xu*
Shanghai, China
James Zhang
Irvine, California
Jasmine Zhang
Princeton Junction, New Jersey
Mary Hanya Zhang
Beijing, China
Adeline N.L. Zhou
Placentia, California
Allison Zhu
Saratoga, California
Bochen Zhu
Acton, Massachusetts
Daniel Wang Zhu
Pennington, New Jersey
Uma Zimmerman
Lexington, Kentucky
*Cum Laude
For additional information, contact Lisa M. Gillard H'17, director of public relations, at lgillard@lawrenceville.org.
See more 2023 Commencement photos on Lawrenceville's Flickr page.