4 UC Santa Barbara Graduates Win Top Academic Honors

Four graduating seniors in the College of Letters and Science at UC Santa Barbara have been selected to receive awards for outstanding academic achievement at commencement exercises on June 11 and 12.

Kimberly K. Hoang of Bakersfield, who majored in Asian American Studies and communication, will receive the Luis Leal Social Sciences Undergraduate Award for outstanding interdisciplinary achievement in the social sciences.

The award was established in honor of Don Luis Leal, a distinguished visiting professor of Chicano Studies whose presence and scholarship have greatly enriched the Santa Barbara campus.

Cathy Tran of Westminster, a biopsychology major, will receive the Francis Colville and Terry Dearborn Memorial Award for outstanding academic achievement as an honors student majoring in the sciences.

The award was established in memory of Francis M. Colville, associate professor of physical education at UCSB, and Terry H. Dearborn. (Tran is also this year's winner of the campus's Thomas More Storke Award for outstanding scholarship and extraordinary service to the university, its students, and the community. The Storke award was announced earlier.)

Madeline A. Zamoyski of San Jose, who majored in philosophy and political science, will receive the William R. Reardon Undergraduate Award for outstanding academic achievement in an arts or humanities discipline. The award is named for the late William R. Reardon, a UCSB professor of dramatic art and associate dean in the College of Letters and Science.

Maura R. Madou of Palo Alto, a microbiology major, will receive the Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr. Outstanding Senior Award in recognition of her outstanding scholarship and contributions to the campus community.

The award was established in memory of Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr., who served as chancellor and professor of soils and plant nutrition at UC Irvine and as acting chancellor at UCSB.

The College of Letters and Science is the largest college at UCSB and the third largest in the UC system.

The college enrolls about 16,000 students-80 percent of all UCSB undergraduates-and offers nearly 80 majors and interdisciplinary programs and more than 30 academic minors.