The Shoals Marine Laboratory has long had a reputation for cultivating those individuals with a strong curiosity and passion for the natural world in the marine sciences. This environment of mutual respect, collaboration, and love of learning, in order to better and sustain our world, has no doubt brought about a series of cohorts who rise to the top of the educational and scientific water table.
We gratefully recognize those who have dedicated themselves to the pursuit of raising awareness of the value of studying and clarifying the marine environment which sustains us all.
John M. Anderson Award for Excellence in Natural History at Shoals Marine Laboratory
John M. Anderson, Professor of Zoology at Cornell University from 1952 to 1979, was a founding faculty member of Shoals Marine Laboratory. His gift for teaching and dedication to undergraduate students are legendary. This award is granted to a Cornell University undergraduate student who has demonstrated sustained excellence in coursework and research at Shoals Marine Laboratory on Appledore Island.
Awardees of the John M. Anderson Award
2025 - Marshall Mumford, Environment and Sustainability
2024 - Braeden Thomson, Environment and Sustainability
2023 - Madeleine Wenger, Cornell Institute of Archaeology with minors in Marine Biology and Spanish
2022 - Lan Thuy Nguyen, Department of Animal Science
2021 - Avni Sukhdai Bhalla, Department of Biological Sciences
2019 - Hannah Gottesman, Department of Biological Sciences
2016 - Jonah Morreale, Department of Biological Sciences
2015 - Taylor Heaton Crisologo, Departments of Animal Sciences, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
2014 - Katherine Bemis, Department of Natural Resources
2013 - Vanessa Constant, Department of Natural Resources
Arthur C. Borror Award for Excellence in Natural History at the Shoals Marine Laboratory
This award is granted to a University of New Hampshire student (or recent graduate) who exemplifies the intellectual curiosity and commitment to the study of the organisms and environment at the Shoals Marine Lab epitomized by Dr. Arthur C. Borror. Dr. Art Borror is a professor emeritus of Zoology at the University of New Hampshire, who served as the longstanding UNH Associate Director of the Shoals Marine Lab. He is a self-proclaimed generalist of natural history. At UNH he taught a variety of classes from introductory biology to an advanced honors course in marine biology, and he also taught at the Shoals Marine Lab from the 1970s to the 1990s, inspiring students with his knowledge of and enthusiasm for all aspects of nature. He is known for creating adventures for students to explore the flora and fauna of the Isles of Shoals from documenting the organisms in the intertidal zone to banding gulls, cormorants, and wading birds in their nesting colonies.
Awardees of the Arthur C. Borror Award
2025 - Aimee Bousquet, Department of Marine, Estuarine, and Freshwater Biology
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