The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Committee annually recognizes a Boston College junior “who reflects King’s philosophy in his or her life and work.” The award, which started in 1982, provides 75 percent of senior year tuition. At the committee’s Awards Banquet in Lyons Hall on February 11, President William P. Leahy, SJ, announced Gerrel Olivier ’10 as this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Scholar. “It’s a great honor to receive an award associated with such an important American hero—a world hero,” said Olivier, who grew up in Randolph, Massachusetts, and is pictured above with his parents Elizabeth and Ludolph Olivier. A Carroll School of Management Honors Program student, Olivier is director of the AHANA Leadership Council Volunteer Corps and copresident of the AHANA Management Academy. For three years he has traveled to the hurricane-ravaged community of Turkey Creek, Mississippi, to help with reconstruction. He has also served in the Dominican Republic with Mustard Seed Communities, a faith-based, social service program, and he works with homeless children in programs run by the Boston public schools.