Sitting back from a microscope in a cramped closet of a room, Adam Friedman '01 is comfortable in his surroundings. Yet, this past Saturday, the molecular biology major received the celebrated Pyne Prize, which is the highest general honor that the University can bestow on a member of its senior class.
Created in 1921 in memory of the life and character of M. Taylor Pyne 1877 — who also served as a trustee of the University from 1885 to 1921 — the M. Taylor Pyne Honor Prize is awarded annually to one or more seniors who have most exhibited excellence in scholarship, character and effective support of the best interests of the University.
Friedman will follow in the footsteps of Ben Sommers and Michael Bosworth, both Class of 2000, who received the Prize last year.
Friedman said that "anyone from the University community nominates you" for the award.
He further explained that administrators then "find what information is on paper" about each candidate and review each candidate's files. He said they then "try to follow up" on the information by speaking to people such as the candidate's academic adviser.
The winner of the prize receives a sum of money equivalent to the cost of a full year at Princeton for research work both at the University and elsewhere during the summer. Friedman spent several summers working at a summer program in math and science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Friedman says he thinks what really stood out on his record was "what [he has] tried to do for the arts here on campus." Not only did Friedman serve as the general manager for Theatre Intime for two years, but he also formed the performing arts council.
"I felt there were a number of issues to be addressed [about the performing arts on campus]," Friedman noted. "Essentially my goal . . . is to try to get the University's allocation of resources to correspond to what the arts provide for the campus [community]."
Friedman noted the well-known persona of the "scholar-athlete" and said he wanted to create an equally respected image of the "scholar-artist."
Friedman said because he is applying to M.D./Ph.D. programs, which are typically funded fellowships, he will not need the prize money to pay for his graduate education. He said he does not know what he will use the money for.
"I'm not going to spend it," Friedman said. "I'm not sure what I'll use it for right now."
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