Jack Rizzo ’25 and Lily Frautschi J.D. ’26 Honored as 2024 Anderson Scholars
Two William & Mary students—Jack Rizzo ’25 and Lily Frautschi J.D. ’26 —were honored as 2024 Alvin P. Anderson Scholars during a reception on Sept. 24 at TowneBank in Williamsburg, Va.
The Anderson Scholars program honors the contributions of the late Alvin P. Anderson, a 1970 graduate of William & Mary and 1972 graduate of the Law School, who was a managing partner at Kaufman & Canoles.
During the reception, Anderson’s wife, Betsy Calvo Anderson B.A. ’70, HON ’15, P ’00, described how
when TowneBank first put the Anderson Scholarship in place, she wrote a paragraph describing her husband’s personal qualities so that the students selected each year would reflect similar qualities, not just grade point averages and a list of accomplishments.
Among those qualities were unimpeachable integrity and ethics, gusto for life, enthusiasm, leadership, vision, mentorship, devotion to family, and the ability to work hard and play hard.
Todd Mooradian, Dean of the Mason School of Business and T.C. and Elizabeth Clark Professor of Business Administration, introduced the Business School’s Anderson Scholar, Jack Rizzo.
“What about Jack Rizzo?” Mooradian asked with a smile. “I shared his CV with one of our executive partners this afternoon and he looked at it and said, ‘my whole fraternity hadn’t done that much when we were undergrads.’”
Hailing from Staunton, Virginia, Rizzo majors in business analytics, minors in history, and is a skilled entrepreneur. He has founded two entrepreneurial organizations, T’Swap, an on-campus thrift store that has acquired more than 1,250 donated items and has impacted thousands of students on campus, and his own band, Halcyon Lane, of which he is lead guitarist and financial and media manager.
Rizzo is also a Mason Investment Club portfolio manager, an Economics Club Partner, and a member of Alpha Phi Omega. He has extensive internship experience with State Farm (2022), Deloitte’s Consultant Simulator Program (2023), and Amazon (2024). He has a job offer from Amazon when he graduates.
“I’ve just been eternally grateful for all the opportunities the Mason School of Business offered me, and William & Mary in general, the teachers who guided me and the friends I’ve met on campus,” Rizzo said as he accepted his award. “I want to thank you dearly for this honor.”
For the other Anderson Scholar recipient, Lily Frautschi, A. Benjamin Spencer, Dean and Trustee Professor of Law began by saying “Alvin Anderson really encapsulates everything that makes a citizen lawyer, which is what we produce at William & Mary Law School,” said “And I can tell you, we have the epitome of a citizen lawyer right here in Lily Frautschi.”
Frautschi earned her undergraduate degree in history and in Russian language and literature from the University of Virginia. For a year prior to law school she worked for Casa de Esperanza, a nonprofit organization in Houston, where she provided primary care for and met daily emotional, medical, and therapeutic needs of newborn to seven-year-old foster children. Over the course of the year, she cared directly for 19 children.
This past summer, she served as a legal intern in Beijing, where she conducted research primarily on the online protection of children as well as the protection of labor and user rights in the digital age. Next summer, she hopes to intern in a corporate law firm as well as at a children’s law center. Last November she was certified as a volunteer crisis counselor.
“Because Lily is interested in many careers, such as family lawyer, juvenile defense attorney, climate change/healthcare litigator, etc., she will use the rest of her time at our Law School to decide which avenue best suits her,” Spencer said. “And no matter what her choice, she will excel as only our citizen lawyers can excel.”
Accepting her award, Frautschi thanked everyone who helped shape her career and the world around her.
“Many of those people, from my law school experience, are in this room,” Frautschi said. “It means the world to me, and I’m very honored to get to know you a little bit better every time that I see you.”
Each student received a $5,000 scholarship and an inscribed crystal vase. The first two Anderson Scholars were selected in 2010. Betsy Anderson has served as president of the William & Mary Alumni Association and as a trustee of the Marshall-Wythe School of Law Foundation.
About Alvin Anderson
Alvin Anderson was a managing partner at Kaufman & Canoles. In addition to serving others through his 36-year law career, Anderson contributed to his community in numerous ways. He was the director of both the Riverside Healthcare Association and Hampton Roads Academy, and he served on multiple TowneBank boards: Hampton Roads, Peninsula, and Williamsburg. Additionally, Anderson was the commissioner in chancery and the commissioner of accounts for the circuit courts of the City of Williamsburg and James City County.
In 1998, he received the William & Mary Alumni Medallion for his professional achievements and outstanding commitment to William & Mary. Anderson served his alma mater in many ways—as a member of the College’s Board of Visitors, as a trustee of the Law School Foundation, and as president of the Alumni Association.
