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Rodriguez |
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Sulmeyer
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When he heard that five
students had won Marshall scholarships, entitling them
to two years of study in the United Kingdom, John Pearson
was overjoyed. “I’m just delighted and I
hope this will continue,” says the director of
Stanford’s Bechtel International Center. The five
join two Rhodes scholars named in November, bringing
the University’s combined total to a record seven
recipients. “It’s a tremendous compliment
to the students who applied,” Pearson says.
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Ahmed
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Nichols |
Increased outreach by Pearson and other administrators
probably didn’t hurt, either. This year, 48 students
and young alumni applied for the prestigious scholarships,
up from 32 last year and 18 four years ago, at the height
of the Internet boom.
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Williams |
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Bradford |
The Marshall winners include recent graduates Sameer
Ahmed, ’03, who is completing an internship at
the American University in Cairo, and Michael Sulmeyer,
’02, a special assistant at the Department of
Defense. The others, Marden Nichols, Nick Rodriguez
and Tracy Williams, are current seniors. Alex Bradford,
a junior who will graduate this spring, is headed to
Ireland on a Mitchell scholarship.
Photos courtesy News Service. |
