AAE student honored at Purdue's annual Honor Convocation

Andrew Damon, an aeronautics and astronautics major from Indianapolis, received the $1,000 Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts for an outstanding senior who has demonstrated excellence and the highest standards of proficiency in the visual or performing arts. Damon has played lead alto saxophone as a four-year member of the Purdue Jazz Band and also has played in the Symphonic Band and Jazz Combo. He spent two summers as an intern at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The award is endowed by the late Louis Sudler, a Chicago businessman and supporter of the arts.

Purdue students were recognized for their academic achievements and leadership on Sunday (April 19) during the university's annual Honor Convocation at Elliott Hall of Music.