Avi Attar ’20 Awarded Prestigious Pyne Honor Prize from Princeton

Princeton University named Avi Attar ’20 one of two recipients of the 2025 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest general distinction conferred on an undergraduate. The Pyne Honor Prize, established in 1921, is awarded to the senior who has most clearly manifested excellent scholarship, strength of character, and effective leadership. Previous recipients include U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and the late Princeton President Emeritus Robert F. Goheen.   

Avi was a standout student at Roxbury Latin, excelling in many different areas, from academics to extracurriculars. Such accomplishments include being named a National Merit Scholar; a first place finish in both Impromptu and After Dinner Speaking at the Stoneleigh-Burnham Public Speaking Tournament during his senior year; being elected by his classmates to deliver his class’s valedictory speech at Closing Exercises; and induction into RL’s prestigious Cum Laude Society, among others.