There were three Field Prize-winners: law student Joseph Grinstein for his essay "Jihad and the Constitution: The First Amendment Implications of Combating Religiously Motivated Terrorism," history student George S. Williamson for his dissertation "The Longing for Myth in Germany: Culture, Religion and Politics, 1790-1878," and history student Kenji Yoshino for three essays. The Theron Rockwell Field Prize was established in 1957 by Emilia R. Field in memory of her husband, who was a member of the Class of 1889. It is awarded for a poetic, literary or religious work by any Yale student.
WREXHAM PRIZES: Three graduating seniors have received Wrexham Prizes this year. Andrew Elder Zurcher of Davenport College received the prize for "the best Senior essay in the field of the humanities" for his work "'Kindly offices that bynde': The Heroic Tradition and Aristotelean Decency in Book VI of 'The Fairie Queene.'" Professor Elizabeth Fowler was the adviser for the paper, which was submitted to the English department.
Two students were jointly awarded the Wrexham Prize for "the best Senior essay or other substantial piece of writing in the field of the social sciences." Graham Angus Duncan of Pierson College was honored for his essay "The Nazification of the Dresdner Bank, 1933-38"; Professors Timothy Guinnane and Henry Turner were the advisers for the paper, which was submitted to the economics department and the German studies program. Andre Soldo of Branford College received the prize for his essay "Creative Responses to Creative Destruction: A Case for an Unconditional Basic Income." Professor Ian Shapiro was the advisor for the essay, which was submitted to the program in ethics, politics and economics.
VAN SINDEREN PRIZES: Adrian Van Sinderen Prizes for Book Collecting were awarded to seven undergraduates this year.
Senior Prizes of $500 were awarded to Joshua D. Chapman of Branford College for his collection of first editions of 20th-century fiction and to Peter Morris of Ezra Stiles College for his books on sexuality and gay studies. Honorable Mention $250 was awarded to Joseph Braude of Calhoun College for his collection of books on Middle Eastern religious and intellectual history; Elizabeth Grandia of Trumbull College for her books on women and sustainable development; and David Winickoff of Davenport College for his collection of history, poetry and illustrated classics.
The Sophomore Prize of $350 was awarded to Matthew Boudway of Branford College for his collection of books on the Catholic revival in English literature. Honorable Mention $150 was awarded to Daniel Ezra Johnson of Branford College for his collection of books by Vladimir Nabokov.
The prizes were established in 1957 by the late Adrian Van Sinderen, Class of 1910, to encourage undergraduates to collect books, build their own libraries, and read for both pleasure and education.
YALE-CHINA PRIZE: Presented for the first time this year, the Yale-China Prize was created to honor the best piece of scholarship addressing any aspect of the study of China. The prize will be awarded annually. Receiving the inaugural Yale-China Prize is Maggie Chiang '96 of Silliman College, whose essay was cited by the selection committee as "a fine piece of scholarship, demonstrating a high level of thoroughness, originality and erudition." Ms. Chiang's essay is titled "Language and Authorship in the Jin Ping Mei: A Test of the Li Kaixian Authorship Theory."
YALE-UNITE INTERNSHIP: Three members of the Class of 1997 have been chosen to participate in a six-week summer internship at the Union of Needle Trades and Industrial Textile Employees UNITE in New York: Kate Andrias of Silliman College, Stephanie Chan of Silliman College and David Silva of Ezra Stiles College.
ENGINEERING PRIZES: The following students were presented with academic prizes. All received a certificate in addition to the monetary and other awards listed. Henry Prentiss Becton Graduate Prize of $500 -- Md. Mohiuddin Mazumder, a graduate student in the applied physics department; the Henry Prentiss Becton Prize of $500 and a silver bowl -- Jeremy A. Teichman '96 of Ezra Stiles College, who majored in mechanical engineering; the Edward O. Lanphier Prize in Electrical Engineering of $500 and a silver bowl -- Gregg E. Favalora '96 of Saybrook College; the $500 Donald Warren McCrosky Prize in Mechanical Engineering -- Sean E. Purcell '96 of Silliman College; the Department of Chemical Engineering Prize Walker of $250 --Gregory F. Egnaczyk '96 of Davenport College; the $200 Harry A. Curtis Prize in Chemical Engineering -- Mark R. Hagan '97 of Ezra Stiles College; the Belle and Carl Morse Junior Prize in Electrical Engineering of $500 -- Alan J. Tseng '97 of Morse College; the Department of Applied Physics Prize of $250 -- Scott A. Selberg '96 of Silliman College.
ASME MAGAZINE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM: Hillary Margolis '97 of Morse College was awarded an American Society of Magazine Editors summer editorial internship. She will work for 10 weeks this summer at Fortune Magazine.
BEINECKE SCHOLARSHIP: Alexander L. Reid '97 of Morse College is among 16 recipients nationwide who each were awarded an Edwin, Frederick and Walter Beinecke Memorial Scholarship, worth $32,000 in support of graduate education. The Bethlehem, Pennsylvania-based Beinecke Memorial Scholarship Program operates under the auspices of The Sperry Fund.
BLANNING FELLOWSHIP: This year's recipient of the Wendy Blanning Summer Fellowship is Jane Chung '97 of Pierson College. Ms. Chung will spend the summer studying violin at the Taos, New Mexico, School of Music and at England's Joseph Silverstein-Pears Institute for Ad-vanced Musical Study.
The fellowship honors Wendy Blanning, Yale College Class of 1978, who died unexpectedly 20 years ago as she was about to enter her junior year at Yale. As a memorial, friends and family members created a summer fellowship that would be awarded to an undergraduate with financial need who had a special project or work opportunity for which there was no funding. Over the years the program has grown and this year's recipient, Ms. Chung, was chosen from over 40 applicants.
DAAD SCHOLARSHIPS: Five Yale seniors were awarded scholarships by the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst supporting one year of university study in Germany. Steven Goodman of Pierson College will conduct research at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Munich; Sonia Kupfer of Silliman College will study art history at the Free University of Berlin; Marc Moorman of Ezra Stiles College will conduct research in economic theory at the Free University of Berlin; and Valerie Weaver of Pierson College will study at the University of Stuttgart and conduct research in microbiology. Bryan Rigg of Silliman College declined the award to accept the Henry Fellowship. See below.
DOROT FOUNDATION TRAVEL GRANTS: The Dorot Foundation offers travel grants to support academic summer programs in Israel. Grants were awarded to the following Yale students: Amanda Cox '98 of Morse College, Rebecca Davis '98 of Berkeley College, David Kurtzer '97 of Jonathan Edwards College, Tamar Mentzel '97 of Saybrook College, Gregory Newmark '97 of Trumbull College, David Ponet '98 of Timothy Dwight College and Elizabeth Wahl '99 of Ezra Stiles College.
FULBRIGHT GRANTS: This year 13 members of the Yale College Class of 1996 have been awarded Fulbright Grants for study or teaching abroad. Those receiving grants for research are: Bianca Baumler of Morse College, who will study history in Germany; Rebecca Breslow of Saybrook College, who will study art history in the United Kingdom; James Ratcliffe of Silliman College, who will study political science and economics in Germany; Margaret Reilly of Berkeley College, who will conduct research on environmental policy in Hong Kong; Angela Rodel of Silliman College, who will study Slavic linguistics and ethnography in Bulgaria; Jonathan Schmidt of Davenport College, who will study economic development in Peru; Beatrice Thayaparan of Morse College, who will conduct research on public health issues in the United Kingdom; Elizabeth Woike of Berkeley College, who will conduct agricultural research in Costa Rica; and Katherine Zelljadt of Ezra Stiles College, who will study history in Germany. Teaching Assistantships have been awarded to Kevin Wofsy of Jonathan Edwards College, who will teach in France; and to Albert Hahn of Timothy Dwight College, Charles Kim of Saybrook College and Helena Ku of Trumbull College, who all have teaching assignments in Korea.
GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIP: Karen Ho and Avni Thakore, both juniors in Saybrook College, have been awarded Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, which support one or two years of study for American undergraduates with demonstrated interest in, and potential for careers in the natural sciences and mathematics.
HAYS-BRANDEIS FELLOWSHIP: Yale is one of ten institutions invited to submit nominations for the Mortimer Hays-Brandeis Traveling Fellowships, supporting year-long projects of study or research abroad in the visual and fine arts. Fellowships have been awarded to two graduating seniors: Ara Merjian of Pierson College, who will study art production in Spain during and immediately following the Civil War; and Rachel Natelson of Pierson College, who will study contemporary art in Hong Kong.
HEINZ FELLOWSHIPS: Two Yale College juniors and a sophomore are the recipients of this year's Class of 1960 John Heinz Government Service Fellowship. Each will receive a $1,000 cash stipend to pursue projects this summer. Political science major Sherrie E. Selwyn '98 of Jonathan Edwards College will spend several weeks as an intern in the Washington, D.C., Office of the Corporation Counsel's Abuse and Neglect Section; ethics, politics and economics major Winston Chan '97 of Jonathan Edwards College will spend 10 weeks as an intern in the Department of State's Office of the Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security in Washington, D.C.; and ethics, politics and economics major Sari Bashi '97 of Pierson College will investigate AFDC policy initiatives as an intern in the Office of New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
Honorable Mention was awarded to juniors Sandra Lee and Lisa Hasday, both of Ezra Stiles College, and Cary Joshi of Silliman College.
HENRY FELLOWSHIP: The Henry Fellowship is an exchange program between Harvard and Yale universities and the universities of Cambridge and Oxford. One Henry Fellowship is made available annually for a Yale graduating senior to study for one academic year at either Oxford or Cambridge. This year's recipient is Bryan Rigg of Silliman College, who will study European history at Cambridge.
HERTZ FELLOWSHIP: Steven Goodman '96 of Pierson College has received a Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellowship supporting up to five years of graduate study in the applied physical sciences.
HOWLAND FELLOWSHIP: The Charles P. Howland 1891 Fellowship supports study or research abroad and is given to a Yale College senior who demonstrates promise of useful activity in efforts to improve international relations. This year's recipients are Elizabeth Grandia of Trumbull College, who will conduct research on the feasibility of implementing family planning programs in the Peten, Guatemala; and Gayle Maslow of Timothy Dwight College, who will work and conduct research at FUNATURA, a Brazilian NGO dedicated to sustainable development of poor communities and protection of the environment.
HUANG FELLOWSHIPS: Established by the Yale Center for International and Area Studies, Parker Huang Undergraduate Travel Fellowships are awarded to students in Yale College to support study and travel in the non-English speaking countries of Asia and Africa. This year's recipients, all members of the Class of 1996, are: Peter Ehrenkranz of Davenport College, who will work with Save the Children and study the health issues involved with refugee repatriation in Angola, Sudan, and Pakistan; Jasmine Moorhead of Trumbull College, who will undertake a study of ritual and art-making in the Baule region of the Ivory Coast; Christopher Reynolds of Berkeley College, who will pursue intensive Chinese language studies in Beijing and conduct research on current China-U.S. relations; and James Sing of Jonathan Edwards College, who will undertake advanced Chinese language studies in Taiwan.
KEASBEY SCHOLARSHIP: A Keasbey Scholarship, which supports two years of study in any discipline at one of four British universities, was awarded to Andrew Zurcher '96 of Davenport College. Mr. Zurcher will pursue a M.Litt. in Renaissance Literature at the University of Cambridge.
CARL LOHMANN AWARDS: The Lohmann Prizes for Excellence in Undergraduate Design and Printing were awarded in two categories. In Traditional Craft Printing, the Award of Merit was presented to Aileen Hsueh '97 of Jonathan Edwards College for a suite of three posters for the Bach, Solomon and Gein concerts. Honorable Mention went to Alisa Scudamore '97 of Jonathan Edwards College for the Davenport College Gein concert poster and for two invitation cards, The Spider Ball and Christina Ann Leano.
In Computer Technology, the Award of Merit went to Lisa Hovsepian '96 of Pierson College for Recovery Cards, her senior project in graphic design. Honorable Mention was awarded to Timothy McCormick '97 of Ezra Stiles College for the contents page and masthead of the Yale Literary Magazine.
NSF FELLOWSHIPS: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships supporting three years of graduate study in the sciences were awarded to five Yale College seniors: Bridget Copley of Branford College, Erica Goldman of Ezra Stiles College, Helene Grossman of Berkeley College, Emily Beth Pronin of Trumbull College and Jeremy Teichman of Ezra Stiles College. The award was also presented to 10 alumni: Michelle Bosquet '95, Wangeci Bowman '93, Amar Chaudhary '95, Samuel Hess '95, Scott Hutson '95, Justin Lambert '94, Susannah McGuire Porter '95, Guinnevere Roberts '92, Lauren Shapiro '91, and Joseph Thornton '87.
RICE FELLOWSHIPS: Established by the Yale Center for International and Area Studies, Henry Hart Rice Foreign Residence Fellowships support year-long projects of study, research, or work abroad in countries with which U.S. relations are "tense or strained." Two Yale College seniors received awards this year: Amy Gallo of Pierson College will conduct research on HIV-AIDS issues in Russia while working with AIDS Infoshare Russia in Moscow; and Elizabeth Grandia of Trumbull College will conduct research on the feasibility of implementing family planning programs in the Peten, Guatemala.
ROTARY SCHOLARSHIPS: Rotary International Scholarships supporting a year of graduate study abroad were awarded to two seniors: Brooke Harlow of Berkeley College, for study in Mexico; and Linsey Pollack '96 of Silliman College, for study in Australia.
SAPIR PRIZE: The Edward Sapir Prize for the best senior essay in anthropology was awarded to Marian Swanzy-Parker of Pierson College for "Yale Students' Perceptions of Similarity and Difference: Interracial Dating, Interracial Marriage, and the Reinforcement of Racial Stratification."
SEARS DIRECTORS' CUP: Amy Nuernberg '96 of Saybrook College has been named a finalist for a $5,000 Sears Directors' Cup postgraduate scholarship. The award is presented by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and Sears, Roebuck and Co. to seniors who are members of their institution's athletic support staff. Ms. Nuernberg, who plans to attend medical school, was a student office manager for the Elis basketball team.
TIME INTERNSHIP: Jodie Morse '97 of Branford College will work for nine weeks at Time Magazine in New York during the summer as part of the Time Inc. Summer Editorial Intern Program.
TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIPS: Harry S. Truman Scholarships support up to four years of university study i.e., senior year of college and one to three years of graduate school for students planning careers in public service. Three Yale College juniors and one senior received the scholarships this year: Karen Dabbs '97 of Branford College, Daniel Marx '97 of Timothy Dwight College, Precious Williams '97 of Branford College and Yosem Companys '96 of Calhoun College.
UDALL SCHOLARSHIPS: Juniors Ryan Moore of Timothy Dwight College and Gregory Newmark of Trumbull College were awarded Morris K. Udall Scholarships supporting a year of study for American undergraduates with a demonstrated interest in, and potential for careers in environmental public policy, and for Native Americans or Alaska Natives with a demonstrated interest in a career in health care or tribal public policy.
CITIBANK AWARDS: Three School of Management graduating students have been cited by the Citibank Academic Excellence Program. They are Mohammed J. Alam, Sean C. McGeary and Diana H. Wang, all of whom received master's degrees in public and private management.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AWARD: School of Management students Joe Fahey '97, Jonathan Harrison '96 ad Rajiv Patel '97 won the Chemical now Chase Community Development Competition for their work with the Greater Dwight Community Development Corporation CDC in various capacities this past year. Among the students' initiatives is a proposed farmers' market and kitchen incubator in the Dwight-Edgewood neighborhood. As winners of the competition, the CDC will be given $25,000 for predevelopment expenses associated with the project. In addition, the group -- which now also includes graduating management student Joshua Broker, architecture students Leslie Creane and Brian Gumbs, and law student Alecia Davis -- has been guaranteed $200,000 in financing by Chase.
FISHER CAREER GRANT: Cellist Sophie Shao '98 is among five outstanding young instrumentalists throughout the United States selected to receive an Avery Fisher Career Grant. She and the other winners were awarded $10,000 each to help further their solo musical careers. The grant is administered through Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Artist Program.
GERSHON FELLOWSHIP: Lynn Hannum, a third-year graduate student in the department of laboratory medicine, has been awarded the Richard K. Gershon Fellowship to encourage biomedical careers. Ms. Hannum -- who works in the laboratory of Dr. Mark J. Schlomchik, assistant professor of laboratory medicine -- concentrates her research on better understanding the conditions required to maintain immunity to diseases, known as immunological "memory." She is focusing on the memory in B lymphocytes, the cells that produce antibodies. One theory she is examining is that the antibodies produced during an immune response are retained in the spleen and lymph nodes, and that periodic encounter with these stored antigens is necessary to re-stimulate memory B cells.
The fellowship is named in memory of Dr. Richard K. Gershon, a Yale professor of pathology, immunology and biology who died in 1983. He was a leader in the exploration of the immune system. The fellowship is funded by contributions from Dr. Gershon's family, friends and alumni.
NEWCOMBE FELLOWSHIPS: Four Yale graduate students have received Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. They are among 34 graduate students throughout the country chosen as fellows. Each recipient, who currently is writing a doctoral dissertation on a topic of ethical or religious values, will receive a stipend of $14,000 for a year of uninterrupted study.
The Yale recipients are Ph.D. candidates Nikolaos A. Chrissidis, Russian history; Daniel J. Cohen, history; Rachel M. Wheeler, history; and Laura Harwood Wittman, Italian literature. Ms. Whittman is a 1991 graduate of Yale College. Michael Frishkopf, who graduated from Yale College in 1984, also received a Newcombe Fellowship to pursue his doctoral studies in ethnomusicology at the University of California at Los Angeles.