ST. MARY'S CITY, MD (05/02/2011)(readMedia)-- Brian Peter Tennyson, a resident of Ellicott City, Maryland, received the following awards at St. Mary's College of Maryland on April 30, 2011 at the annual Awards Convocation ceremony to recognize exceptional academic scholarship:

Dept. Award in Mathematics, Myron Marlay St. Mary's Project Award, and Dept. Award in Physics

Tennyson is a senior from Ellicott City, Maryland, majoring in physics and math. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Pi Sigma, and Omicron Delta Kappa honor societies. He is president of the Math and Physics Club. He is a Nitze Scholar, a 2011 Maryland Collegiate Honors Council Portz Award recipient, a 2010 Jeanne Brocavich Scholarship recipient and a 2009 Putnam Prize recipient. Tennyson will be attending Yale University in the fall of 2011, to obtain his Ph.D. in physics.

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St. Mary's College of Maryland, designated the Maryland state honors college in 1992, is ranked one of the best public liberal arts schools in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. More than 2,000 students attend the college, nestled on the St. Mary's River in Southern Maryland.

Posted Monday May 02, 2011 at 01:01 pm by St. Mary's College of Maryland
Last Updated Monday May 02, 2011 at 01:43 pm