62 Rhode Island Students Awarded Pell Medal for Excellence in U.S. History
NEWPORT, R.I., July 10, 2024— Sixty-two students from across Rhode Island have earned the Herbert and Claiborne Pell Medal for U.S. History this year. Originally presented by Senator Claiborne Pell and his wife Nuala Pell, the award recognizes college and high school students in the state who have excelled in U.S. History.
The Pell Medal was established by the Pell family and is named for Representative Herbert C. Pell and his son, Senator Claiborne Pell. Herbert Pell served as a member of Congress and American Minister to Portugal and Hungary, while Claiborne Pell, who is responsible for the creation of the Pell Grants and the National Endowment for the Humanities, served in the Senate for 36 years and worked to strengthen American foreign policy. The medal, which features a pelican on the left side and an anchor on the right, symbolizes the Pell family and the state of Rhode Island. The Pell Center at Salve Regina University is proud to honor outstanding students of American history in Rhode Island.
The recipients of the 2024 Herbert and Claiborne Pell Medal for excellence in the study of U.S. History are:
Barrington High School
Cameron Kelley
Beacon Charter High School for the Arts
Mason Jacobs
Bishop Hendricken High School
Alexander Arnold
Blackstone Academy Charter School
Joshua Silva
Brown University
Emma Gardner
Bryant University
Evan O’Neill
Burrillville High School
Connor Marengo
Central Falls High School
Darwin Nunez Nieto
Central High School
Jessiret Pena Gomez
Chariho High School
William Ellis
Charles E. Shea High School
Lorena Fonseca
Classical High School
Kylie Tiemeyer
Community College of Rhode Island
Carissah Bizzle
Coventry High School
Aidan Simao
Cranston High School East
Madeline Flinn
Cranston High School West
Isabella Perrotta
Cumberland High School
Nathan Bessette
East Greenwich High School
Finán Gammell
East Providence High School
William Laroche
Jacqueline M. Walsh School for the Arts
John Chamblee
Johnston Senior High School
Logan Brennan
La Salle Academy
Kali Hauser
Lincoln High School
Olivia Riley
Lincoln School
Sofie DeForbes
Middletown High School
McKay Gleason
Mount Saint Charles Academy
Benjamin Sousa
Mt. Hope High School
Lucienne O’Brien
Mt. Pleasant Early College and Career Academy
Max Vasquez
Narragansett High School
Madeleine O’Neill
North Kingstown High School
Alice Dunning
North Providence High School
Kai Capitumini
North Smithfield High School
Carter Deslauriers
Paul Cuffee Upper School
Darius Lenus
Pilgrim High School
Keaney Bayha
Ponaganset High School
Riley McCormick
Portsmouth Abbey School
Aralyn Bradshaw
Portsmouth High School
Kaelyn Mahoney
Providence College
Holly Carew
Providence Country Day School
Lana Kooloian
Rhode Island College
Dylan Kelly
Rhode Island School of Design
Michael Gunn
Roger Williams University
Debra Mulligan
Amanda Leung
Rogers High School
Julia Connelly
Salve Regina University
Alicia Shook
School One
Ava Pollard
Scituate High School
Austin Simas
South Kingstown High School
Abigail Babigian
St. Andrew’s School
Aislinn Sidloski
St. Mary Academy Bay View
Lauren Kenol
The Greene School
John Sargent
The Prout School
Skyelyn Bozzi
The Wheeler School
Phoebe Porter
Tiverton High School
Ethan Goetz
Toll Gate High School
Katelyn Watson
Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts
N’vey Brown
University of Rhode Island
Violet Johnson
West Warwick High School
Madison Walsh
Westerly High School
Andrew Plumpton
William E Tolman High School
Britnnie Minaya
William M. Davies, Jr. Career & Technical High School
Ezequiel Barrera
Woonsocket High School
Matthew Cusson