Thoreau Scholars cover the spectrum of scientific inquiry and adventure by maintaining extraordinary academic records and gaining an amazing array of experiences during their undergraduate years. They have spread out all over the world, from Costa Rica to Africa, completing summer internships and academic programs that put them in the oceans, trees, deserts, jungles, remote villages, and cities. They have headed for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, the Rainforest Action Network, the Gobi Desert, and environmental justice movements in New York City. Some Scholars work on the cutting edge of technology and environmental policy creating solutions for cleaner drinking water and alternative energy sources. Others set sail on tall ships learning the oldest ways of celestial navigation. What drives our Scholars on their personal quest? It's their overriding determination to make our world a better, healthier place, together with a real sense of adventure.

Each year, the Henry David Thoreau Foundation selects 10-12 students from Massachusetts with plans to pursue an interest in an environmental field at the undergraduate institution of their choice. Our recent Scholars are listed here.


Class of 2011

Class of 2012

Class of 2013

Class of 2014

Class of 2011 Scholars
Benjamin Bramhall		Phillips Academy Andover		Dartmouth College
Danielle S. Dahan		Lexington High School		Brown University
Caren E. Garber		Cohasset High School		Tufts University
Andrew R. Knapp		Duxbury High School		Harvard College
Lili A. Kocsis		Boston Latin School		Harvard College
Alexander V. Kumar		North Andover High School		Cornell University
Joanna G. Larson		Masconomet Regional High School		Harvard College
Anna K. Ostow		Cambridge Rindge and Latin School		University of California at Berkeley
David S. Poritz		Amherst Regional High School		Brown University
Mary C. Szpak		Belmont High School		Harvard College
Aaron M. Thom		Natick High School		MIT

Class of 2012 Scholars
Destiny A. Archambault		Greenfield High School		Roger Williams University
Molly E. Beauchemin		Seekonk High School		University of Virginia
Michael J. Bilodeau		Hull High School		Middlebury College
Alyce H. Buchenan		Carver High School		Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Evan E. Deutsch		Cohasset High School		Middlebury College
Adam A. Freierman		Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School		Colorado College
Nicholas S. Hammond		Minuteman Regional High School		Merrimack College
Ling Lin		Boston Latin School		Harvard College
Stephanie L. Marlin		North Reading High School		College of the Holy Cross
Kaitlyn R. Pritchard		Scituate High School		Northeastern University
Christopher T. Whitehead		Ashland High School		Dartmouth College
Class of 2013 Scholars Sophia B. Duncan     Newton North High School     Wesleyan University Ruari M. Egan     Pittsfield High School     Carnegie Mellon University Adam F. Formica     Arlington High School     Columbia University Misha H. Herscu     Amherst Regional High School     Harvard College Alexander E. Huth     King Philip Regional High School     Cornell University Katherine E. Lynch     Dartmouth High School     Connecticut College David A. Oddleifson     Cohasset Middle High School     Dartmouth College Jeremy I. Pivor     Wayland High School     Washington University Class of 2014 Scholars Natalie W. Akers     Monument Mountain Regional High School     Yale University Amelia F. Antrim     Swampscott High School     Dartmouth College Danny Chiao     Acton-Boxborough Regional High School     MIT Katrina D. Malakhoff     Barnstable High School     Harvard College Daniel E. Moraff     Commonwealth School     Brown University Paul J. Quackenbush     Amherst Regional High School     Middlebury College Megan M. Richardson     Cohasset High School     Lafayette College Theresa Santiano-McHatton     Revere High School     MIT