Power & Class

Aaron Harmon named 21st Century Leader

May 26, 2007

Aaron Harman ‘07 of Natick, Mass., was honored at the 137th Commencement at UMass Amherst as a 21^st Century Leader May 26th. One of ten honorees, Harmon completed dual degrees in Psychology and Neuroscience.

Throughout his time on campus he was active on the Student Health Advisory Board, eventually rising to co-chair and helping to increase membership fivefold. Harman spent two weeks participating in the School of Nursing’s Ghana Health Mission and has been a campus emergency medical technician. In the summer of 2003 he was a research assistant in the U.S. Army Food Science Laboratory in Natick; he later made a presentation on the work he did there at an annual meeting of the Institute of Food Technology.

Harman played saxophone in the Minuteman Marching Band and the UMass Jazz Band. He will attend the UMass Medical School this summer and plans to pursue a career in space medicine.

The 21^st Century Leader Awards recognize University of Massachusetts Amherst graduating seniors who have demonstrated exemplary standards of achievement, initiative, and social awareness. The recipients have excelled in one or more areas: as researchers in their respective fields, as undergraduate teaching assistants motivating others to learn, as leaders uniting and inspiring others to take constructive action, as community activists on or off campus, as role models in overcoming personal obstacles, or as outstanding creative or athletic talents. They have further demonstrated integrity, discipline, courage, compassion, and good humor. These awards are presented in the confident expectation that all of the recipients will bring further honor to themselves and their alma mater.