Merton College, University of Oxford
MERTON MARSHALL SCHOLARSHIP
This Scholarship is for Graduate Study in any subject at either Masters
or Doctoral level at Merton College, University of Oxford and will be for
two years (with a possibility of a third year for doctoral studies). If
awarded a Merton College Marshall Scholarship candidates would be
expected to study at Merton College, Oxford only.
Further information about Merton College, Oxford will be available shortly.
For the Merton College website please visit:
http://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/Winners of the Merton Marshall Scholarships
2008
Sarah Horn
US University: United States Naval Academy
Originally
from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Sarah Horn will graduate from the United
States Naval Academy commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S.
Marine Corps. A political science major and racer on the Academy's
Varsity Offshore Sailing Team, she has served in numerous leadership
positions within the Brigade of Midshipmen and completed internships
with Defense Intelligence Agency and the Chief of Naval Operations
Executive Panel. Selected as the Academy's VADM James B. Stockdale
Fellow, Sarah published a paper in the Center for the Study of the
Presidency's annual anthology; her work analyzed American AIDS relief
policy toward Africa. At the University of Oxford, Sarah plans to focus
upon the role played by the American military in African development
efforts.
2009
Max Kleiman-Weiner
US University: Stanford University
Max
Kleiman-Weiner, of Santa Monica, California, will graduate in June 2009
from Stanford University with a B.S. in Biological Sciences. As a
Goldwater Scholar, Max pursued his interest in neuroscience through
research at Stanford, UCLA and the Institute of Neuroscience in
Shanghai. His senior thesis investigated the neural circuits that
underlie synchronized oscillations of sleep and epilepsy. At Stanford,
he taught a course on the neural basis of memory, edits an
undergraduate philosophy journal and helped design a nutritional
intervention for Chinese students with the Rural Education Action
Project. Max will pursue a D.Phil. in Neuroscience at the University of
Oxford.
2010
Gabriel Amo
US University: Wheaton College, MA
Gabriel Amo, of Pawtucket, RI, will graduate from Wheaton College, with a B.A.
in Political Science. A Phi Beta Kappa inductee and 2009 Truman Scholar, Gabe's interests are social welfare, education, and development policy. With Liberian and Ghanaian roots, Gabe has worked as an educator at
both the Liberian Refugee Camp in Ghana and in Uganda. Gabe has been
student government president and led the Roosevelt Institute chapter.
Away from Wheaton, Gabe was a PPIA Fellow at UC Berkeley, political
organizer, citizenship test instructor, and non-profit board member.
Gabe will pursue an MSc in Comparative Social Policy at Oxford.
