Published: February 2008
Some 400 people attended the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Committee Awards Banquet in Lyons Dining Hall on February 12 at which Eric Asuo-Mante ’09 (above, center) received this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Award. Congratulating him are his sister Harriet (left), professor Susan Michalczyk of the Arts and Sciences Honors Program (in flowered dress), and Anne Adorsi ’09 (far right). Conferred annually since 1982, the award provides 75 percent of senior year tuition, and is presented to a junior “who reflects King’s philosophy in his or her life and work.” Born and raised in Ghana, Asua-Mante majors in sociology with a pre-med concentration. He is on the executive boards of the AHANA Collective Theater, Dance Marathon, and the African Student Organization. “Eric is a dynamic, passionate young man,” said Michalczyk, who sponsored Asuo-Mante for the award. “He really exemplifies all that the MLK scholarship symbolizes.” The guest speaker at the dinner was Andrea J. Cabral ’81, sheriff of Suffolk County.