Senior Annabel Barry Named Co-Winner of the 2019 Pyne Prize

February 14, 2019
Annabel Barry Photo: Denise Applewhite

Annabel Barry ’19 has been named co-winner of the University’s 2019 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest general distinction conferred on an undergraduate.

They will be recognized at a luncheon during Alumni Day on campus Saturday, Feb. 23.

Barry, of Southport, Connecticut, is an English major who is also pursuing certificates in European Cultural StudiesHumanistic Studies and Theater. In November, Barry was named a George J. Mitchell Scholar to study philosophy and literature at University College Dublin (UCD). Barry will begin her studies in Ireland in September.

The Pyne Honor Prize, established in 1921, is awarded to the senior who has most clearly manifested excellent scholarship, strength of character and effective leadership. Previous recipients include the late Princeton President Emeritus Robert F. Goheen, former U.S. Sen. Paul Sarbanes and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

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