Alex Price Receives Final Convocation Award

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Left to right: Dr. Paul Hemler and Alex Price

HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, VA (05/09/2012)(readMedia)-- At Final Convocation on April 26, Hampden-Sydney College junior Alex Tyler Price received the Selden-Franke Award in Mathematics, presented by Dr. Paul F. Hemler, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science. Honoring Colonel Dudley Bird Selden and Colonel Gustav Adolphus Franke, Jr., both of whom served the College as math professors, this award is presented to the outstanding junior mathematician.

Alex, a Venable Scholar, is a linebacker on the varsity football team and is a member of the Tiger Athletic Club, the Society of Physics Students, Hampden-Sydney's Big Brother program, and the honor society Chi Beta Phi (science). A physics and applied mathematics major, Alex graduated from Fairfax High School and is the son of Tammi & Jay Price of Fairfax.

A private college for men, Hampden-Sydney is ranked in the top tier of liberal arts colleges by U.S. News & World Report. The College is known for its liberal arts curriculum, the Honor Code which stresses individual and collective responsibility, and a focus on the needs of young men.