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Clarkson University Senior Pinguang Yang Receives Frederica Clarkson Award

May 10, 2014, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York

Graduating senior Pinguang Yang of Brooklyn, N.Y. received the Frederica Clarkson Award during Clarkson University’s 121st commencement ceremony today. He was selected for the $1,000 award by a vote of the full University faculty based on his scholarship and promise of outstanding achievement.

The award was established in 1921 as a bequest in the will of Frederica Clarkson, sister of Thomas S. Clarkson, for whom the University is named. This award and the Levinus Clarkson Award are traditionally given to the two top students in the graduating class.

Yang, a member of Clarkson’s Honors Program, CSTEP and a Ronald E. McNair Scholar, received a bachelor of science degree in biomolecular science. A graduate of Manhattan Comprehensive Night & Day High School, Yang will graduate with a 3.96 GPA.

Yang received the Clarkson University Support Staff Award, a Phalanx Commendable Leadership award, and was inducted into Phalanx, Clarkson’s highest honorary society.

Following commencement, Yang will attend Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine for a dual M.D.-Ph.D. program. He plans to get an M.D. in oncology and a Ph.D. in cancer research.

Photo caption: Clarkson University President Tony Collins (left) presents the Frederica Clarkson Award to Pinguang Yang.

Source: Clarkson University Website: News & Events