Meet the Class of 2025 Valedictorians and Salutatorians

Fifty students in the graduating Class of 2025 have been named valedictorians or salutatorians, Dartmouth's highest undergraduate academic honors. 

Albert Zhang '25

Gainesville, Fla.

Geography and economics double major

"My time at Dartmouth has allowed me to dig into the big life questions of morality, meaning, purpose, and theology in a dialogue-rich faith community," says Zhang, whose academic interests range from urban planning to meteorology.

Zhang was an active member of campus faith-based organizations, including Wheelock Society, Aquinas House, and Vox Veritatis. Among other international travels, he participated in two foreign study programs, with the geography department in Prague and with the Asian societies, cultures, and languages department in Saigon. 

With an interest in urban and spatial economics, Zhang wrote two culminating papers studying the impact of design review and building code reform on housing construction. He gained practical experience in urban planning through internships at Kittelson and Urban3. As a James O. Freedman Presidential Scholar, he also studied the relationship between migration and local political change in Europe.

Post-graduation, he will be joining the Boston-based real estate advisory firm Landwise and plans to pursue graduate school in urban planning and economics. 

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