Dmitry Abramov, a biology and political science
major from Guilderland, was co-salutatorian of Union College's Class of 2003.
He is a 1999 graduate of Guilderland High School.
Abramov is enrolled in the eight-year Leadership in Medicine
Program, a joint degree program with Union College and Albany Medical College. He received from Union bachelor's
degrees in biology and political science, and a master's degree in health
systems administration. He will enroll at AMC this fall.
At Union, he served on the Academic Affairs Council, and he was a
member of subcommittees on scheduling and transfer credits. He was a four-year
volunteer with the College's Kenney Center, where students serve as mentors to
students in after-school programs. He was a member of Alpha Epsilon Pi
fraternity.
He participated in Union's National Health Systems term, a summer
program in which students study the health professions in England, the Netherlands
and Hungary.
He also participated in the political science term in Washington,
D.C., where he was an
intern at Congressional Quarterly.
He wrote his senior thesis
on developing a new infrastructure for the medical malpractice system.
A native of Belorussia, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1989.
He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Pi Sigma Alpha, the
political science honor society.