Diemand-Yauman selected to receive Pyne Prize
Princeton senior Connor Diemand-Yauman has been named the winner of the University's 2010 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest general distinction conferred on an undergraduate. He will be recognized at a luncheon during Alumni Day on campus Saturday, Feb. 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 '40, former U.S. Sen. Paul Sarbanes '54 and current U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor '76. Diemand-Yauman, who is from Chesterland, Ohio, is majoring in psychology . He is writing a senior thesis that his adviser expects will be published in a top-tier journal.
