Two Yale College seniors, Brendon Levitt and Benjamin Olken, and one student at the School of Medicine, Angela Babineau, were named Luce Scholars for 1997-98. They are among 19 young Americans selected to spend up to a year working in Asian countries.
Mr. Levitt, an architecture major and resident of Jonathan Edwards College JE, was also awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study in Vienna, which he has declined. He plays trumpet for the Yale Symphony Orchestra and the Brass Syndicate. He is a printer for the JE turn-of-the-century printing press, and a member of the Urban Design Workshop. After his stay in Asia, he plans to attend graduate school in architecture, leading to a career in teaching, practice, and criticism.
Mr. Olken is pursuing a double major in math and in ethics, politics and economics. He is a resident of Branford College. An active member of Yale's Debate Team since his first year, he participated in the World Debating Championships in South Africa during winter break. He served as coordinator of the Yale Roundtable as a junior, bringing faculty members and students together for a series of 10 dinner discussions. Last summer he worked for the Office of Economic Policy at the Office of Management and Budget in Washington, D.C. He plans to work in management consulting for a few years after he returns from Asia, and eventually to pursue a career in economic policy.
A third-year medical student, Ms. Babineau plans to specialize in family medicine, and heads the Family Medicine Interest Group at Yale. She earned her undergraduate degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.