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Scholarships
The Annalise Curtis ’18 Scholarship
The Annalise Curtis ’18 Scholarship was established in 2017 via the Class of 2018 Senior Class Gift, in memory of their classmate, Annalise Curtis. Student gifts to the fund were enhanced by contributions from Annalise’s family and friends, as well as parents of other members of the Class of 2018.
Annalise Claire Frederiksen Curtis, Class of 2018, was born in June 1996, in Burbank, CA. She majored in government at Hamilton and was an active volunteer, serving as a student EMT, tending to the Community Farm, organizing the Acoustic Coffeehouse Series for the Campus Activities Board, tutoring with Project SHINE, and working with the Prison Writing Archive. Annalise was also politically active, volunteering for the Bernie Sanders campaign and interning at Emily’s List, a progressive political action committee dedicated to diversity, inclusion and electing pro-choice women to the Democratic Party leadership. Annalise was spending the spring in Washington, D.C., with Hamilton’s Semester in Washington Program and preparing for a summer research project studying contemporary utopian communities in the United States, for which she had received an Emerson Grant, when she passed away unexpectedly. Professor of International Affairs Alan Cafruny, who directed the D.C. program during spring 2017, remembered Annalise in the campus newspaper, The Spectator, as “an outstanding student, intellectually curious, socially and politically engaged, generous and warm.”
Annalise’s friends recall her as compassionate, caring, funny, and kind. She truly valued the passion in others and was an amazing listener. Annalise had a habit of making everyone feel at home and welcome, no matter what situation they were in. She brought together multiple areas of campus and seamlessly bridged gaps between different groups of people.
October 2018
Please note: The named scholarships profiled on these pages support the College’s generous need-based financial aid commitment. These donor-funded scholarships help ensure the Hamilton promise of keeping education affordable through meeting a student’s full demonstrated financial need.
