The Brian Horey ’82 Civic Freedom Award
An award and scholarship given annually to the students who make the greatest contribution to promoting the ideals of freedom and Western civilization.
2024 Award: Michael Hanratty
Michael Hanratty ’24 of Barkhamsted, Conn. is the 2024 recipient of the the Brian Horey ’82 Civic Freedom Award. Hanratty is the Class of 2024 Valedictorian, graduating Summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, majoring in economics and political science and receiving high honors in political science. As a 2023 James Madison Fellow his research project was titled “The Development of the Supreme Court’s Power of Judicial Review” and Stanley Brubaker, professor of political science, was his faculty sponsor.
Past Winners
- Grant Morro ’20
- Victoria Rykaczewski ’20
- Tara Hildabrant ’19
- Will Laud ’19
- Lucas Cooper ’18
- Andrew Derrenbacker ’18
- Caitlin Gilligan 17
- Michael Hogg ’17
- M. Kevin Costello ’16
- Hannah Loiacono ’16
- Andrew Romeo ’16
- Emily Taft ’15
- David Poortinga ’14
- Santina Scarcella ’14
- Leigh V. Herzog ’13
- Taylor Hollen ’13
- Alan He ’12
- Alexandra Nieto ’12
- Kathleen Hicks ’11
- Medvis Jackson ’11
- John Lyon ’11
- Samuel R. Daly ’10
- Safwan B. Shabab ’10
- Olivia Offner ’09
- Daniel Fichtler ’08
- Jennifer Frey ’08
- Anne C. Ameno ’07
- Hyun Yoon ’07
- Jeffrey Galletly ’06
- Nicholas Brown ’06