Robert Gould Bush Long
SCHOOL: Westminster Schools of Augusta
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES: Student government, class president and academic prefect; concert and jazz bands; Science Olympiad; varsity tennis and soccer teams; varsity debate team
AWARDS AND HONORS: Student of Richmond County; four consecutive perfect scores on the National Latin Exam; two consecutive perfect scores on the National Greek Exam
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: Assistant senior patrol leader in Boy Scouts; Augusta Urban Ministries Day Camp volunteer; participant in Richmond County Youth Leadership program
COLLEGE/CAREER PLANS: Attend Harvard University. Robert’s career interests include medicine and writing.
OF NOTE: Robert is known nationally and internationally for his knowledge of classic languages, being one of only nine students worldwide to earn a fourth perfect score in Latin and one of only four to earn a perfect score in Greek two consecutive years in the United States and Canada.
NOMINATOR’S QUOTE: “Robert is a natural leader, and his classmates respect his intellectual ability, like him personally and follow his lead... In over 20 years of teaching Latin and Greek, I have never had any student more accomplished in the languages than Robert Long.” – Randall Nichols, Latin and Greek teacher
