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May 10, 2021
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Eighteen Yale College juniors received honors from the Council of the Heads of Colleges in recognition of their scholarship, contributions to college life, and their character.
The winning students, their prizes, and the award citations written by their heads of college follow.
F. Wilder Bellamy Jr. Memorial Prize
Established in 1939 by friends of F. Wilder Bellamy Jr., B.A. 1937, the prize is awarded to a junior who best exemplifies the qualities for which F. Wilder Bellamy, Jr. is remembered, including personal integrity, loyalty to friends, and high-spiritedness in athletics, academics, and social life.
Elissa Beryl Bishop-Becker, of Key West, continued her spiritual journey beyond this physical life on April 27, 2021 after a brief battle with cancer. Born to Milton and Hazel (Simpson) Kaufman on July 20, 1947 in New York, she grew up in New Hyde Park, Long Island, attending the public schools of Great Neck South. A journey through several universities (American, New School, Hofstra, Adelphi) brought her a bachelorâs degree in English from Hunter College. Her early vocational and avocational work was in editing and writing, especially poetry.
By her own admission and delight, her greatest achievement was the birth of her daughter, Ericka Brindl Bishop in 1975. A single mother for many years, she supported and encouraged Ericka toward eventual matriculation in Morse College at Yale University.