2010 - Jefferson Scholars Foundation

a n n u a l 

r e p o r t 

2010

The entrance to the 

Foundation offices.

Katie Tully (left), the Kenneth L. Bazzle Fellow 

(Environmental Science) and a friend enjoy a quiet 

afternoon on the Fellows Center patio.

j e f f e r s o n s c h o l a r s f o u n d a t i o n 

2010 

the mission of the jefferson 

scholars foundation is to serve 

the university of virginia by 

identifying, attracting, and 

nurturing individuals of 

extraordinary intellectual 

range and depth who possess 

the highest concomitant 

qualities of leadership, 

scholarship, and citizenship.

table of contents 

101 Finalists gather at U.Va. in March 

for the 2010 Jefferson Scholars 

Undergraduate Selection Weekend.


Our Leadership 

letter 7 

The Foundation 

overview 18 

Our New Home 

a year of building 28 

The Year in Review 

Rick Kellogg (left) and Jimmy Wright 

officiate at the ribbon cutting ceremony for 

the new Jefferson Fellows Center. 

undergraduate scholars 

program 36 

graduate fellows 

program 38 

development 41 

finance 51 

alumni 55 

The Scholars 

significant 

achievements 57 

classes 2010 – 2014 61 

The Fellows 

significant 

achievements 113 

Members of the Class of 2011 on an Alternative 

Spring Break trip to Portland, Oregon, March 2010. 

fellows 

symposium 114 

classes 2005 – 2010 119 

Appendices 

a: the undergraduate 

selection process 135 

b: the graduate 

selection process 144 

c: finance 149 

d: alumni 151 

Katie Tully, the Kenneth L. Bazzle Fellow, 

pictured with Doña Irene and Don Héctor 

Fuentes in Turrialba, Costa Rica, in the Barrio 

of San Juan Norte.

our leadership 

A view from the Fellows Center Reading Room into the 

courtyard. Model ship built by Ray Lamas, the Melville 

Foundation Fellow (Darden School of Business).


from the chairman 

and president 

A t this time last year the Jefferson 

Scholars Foundation had just completed the 

most challenging year in its history. The 

turmoil in the financial markets had produced 

a 21% investment loss for the 

G. Moffett Cochran James H. Wright 

endowment. This situation necessitated important but rather dramatic 

cutbacks in the number of scholarships and fellowships offered by the 

Foundation. 

What a difference a year makes! In 2010, the endowment generated a 

solid 15.1% return. Development activity produced an additional 10.3 

million dollars in cash flow. The positive portfolio performance allowed 

us to return to our usual pattern of increasing the number of scholarship 

recipients in the entering class. We are delighted that the Class of 2014 is 

10% larger than the Class of 2013. 

The past fiscal year was also one of significant change. Most noteworthy is the successful 

completion of the Jefferson Fellows Center and the Foundation’s administrative offices. The 

32,700 square-foot facility became fully operational just in time for the arrival of the 101 

finalists in this year’s undergraduate scholarship competition. The building, which features 

38 geothermal wells for ground-source heat pumps, roofs designed to harvest rainwater for 

irrigation, and high-performance windows to maximize daylight, is on the cutting edge 

of environmentally sustainable design. It provides Jefferson Fellows with ample space for 

teaching and research and permits the Foundation to sponsor a variety of activities for the 

University community that only could be imagined before. 

The Foundation also undertook a significant review of its governance structure. Working 

closely with the U.Va. Alumni Association, which created the Jefferson Scholarship Program 

three decades ago, the Foundation’s Board of Directors identified several areas, including

jefferson scholars foundation 2010 

accounting responsibility, audit engagement procedures, 

investment responsibility, and the manner in which the 

Foundation’s Chairman is appointed, that will require revisions 

to the Foundation’s governance documents. The Foundation 

and the Alumni Association approved a Memorandum of 

Understanding that when implemented will produce changes 

that will reflect best governance practices and will help assure the 

Foundation’s continued growth. 

In his role as chairman of the Board, Rick Kellogg played a critical role in both the 

completion of the building and the improvements in the governance structure. On April 

16, 2010, the Board of Directors approved a resolution expressing gratitude to Mr. Kellogg 

for his remarkable leadership. Moffett Cochran assumed the role of chairman from him and 

Mark Pirrung was elected vice chairman at the same time. 

At its core the Foundation remains focused on its mission of attracting some of the 

world’s most talented leaders and scholars to the University. Both the undergraduate 

and graduate selection processes again produced outstanding results. The undergraduate 

competition was especially rigorous. We received a record 1,226 nominations, due primarily 

to the addition of three new selection regions (Rhode Island, Mississippi, and the United 

Kingdom) and the decision to accept two nominations from those participating schools 

that felt they had two worthy candidates. The 101 finalists, who hailed from all over the 

world, congregated in Charlottesville on the weekend of March 26-28. As a result of these 

deliberations, 27 remarkably talented individuals from 13 states and 3 foreign countries will 

compose our 30th entering undergraduate class. 

our new building 

provides jefferson 

fellows with ample 

space for teaching and 

research and permits 

the foundation to 

sponsor a variety of 

activities for the 

university community 

that only could be 

imagined before. 

Fifty-six finalists in our graduate competition (another new record) from 21 different 

departments of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, the Darden School, and the Law 

School spent the weekend of February 18-20 in Charlottesville. The entering class will 

include five recipients from the College and one from the Darden School. For the first 

time the Foundation conducted a dissertation year fellowship competition to identify a 

current Ph.D. candidate in the College whose academic record is exceptional and who 

has demonstrated an unusual eagerness to share knowledge with a broad audience. We are 

pleased that the Foundation’s first recipient of the Dissertation Year Fellowship will join our 

community of Scholars and Fellows for the 2010-11 year.

leadership 

The record of achievement written by the enrolled Scholars and Fellows continues to 

make us proud. The 2010 graduating class included 15 members selected to live on the 

Lawn, the chair and a vice chair of the Honor Committee, the student representative 

to the Board of Visitors, the recipient of the Ernest H. Ern Outstanding Student award, 

the president of the Student Council, the president of the Inter-Fraternity Council, the 

Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award recipient, and the president of the Class of 2010. Among 

WHEREAS, in accepting chairmanship of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Richard 

C. Kellogg Jr. set out to achieve dual objectives of improving the Foundation’s governance 

and building the Foundation’s new home, and 

WHEREAS, under Rick’s untiring leadership the Foundation has effected an 

agreement with the Alumni Association which will greatly improve the Foundation’s 

governance, and 

WHEREAS, as a direct result of Rick’s vision, perseverance, and commitment the 

Foundation has successfully financed and built the Foundation’s new home and center 

for its graduate fellows, and 

WHEREAS, his vision for the Jefferson Fellows Center inspired the creation of a 

physical space that will foster academic excellence and interdisciplinary conversation of 

the highest order, and 

WHEREAS, he has always and consistently led the Foundation with exceptional grace, 

humility, and wisdom, and 

WHEREAS, he has always and consistently placed the interests of the Jefferson 

Scholars Foundation ahead of any competing forces or other distractions, and 

WHEREAS, and foremost, he personally represents the highest ideals of leadership, 

scholarship, and citizenship, now therefore the Board of Directors of the Jefferson 

Scholars Foundation hereby extends to Richard C. Kellogg Jr. its enduring gratitude and 

admiration for a job exceedingly well done.


the post-graduate honors received by the Class of 2010 were a Luce Scholarship, a Gates 

Cambridge Scholarship, and a Coro Fellowship. The cumulative GPA for the class was 3.78. 

The Scholars and Fellows returning to the Grounds are well positioned to continue the 

legacy of achievement to which they are rightful heirs. Seven members of the Fourth-Year 

Class will live on the Lawn. A chair of the Resident Staff Program, two members of the 

Honor Committee, and the chair for the representative body for the Student Council are 

all Jefferson Scholars. A Jefferson Fellow will serve as president of the Raven Society, and 

another received a prestigious three-year pre-doctoral fellowship from the National Science 

Foundation. 

Another noteworthy event occurred during Final Exercises when the first recipients of the 

Hartfield-Jefferson Scholars Teaching Prize were announced. Made possible by a $1 million 

gift from an anonymous benefactor, the Teaching Prize recognizes and rewards faculty 

members at the School of Engineering and Applied Science who have compiled a record 

of outstanding undergraduate teaching. The first recipients each received a cash prize of 

$12,500. 

This year also saw the Foundation lose two men who meant a great deal to us. Frank 

Batten Sr. was among the Foundation’s earliest benefactors, providing a named scholarship 

at a critical time in our existence. His interest in our work continued vicariously through his 

daughter Dorothy’s service on the Board of Directors. Norman Graebner’s death also left a 

void. Professor Graebner was a devoted friend and advocate in the latter years of his life and 

is the only recipient of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Award for Excellence, granted to 

him in the fall of 2006. 

As the Foundation celebrates its 30th year, its future is exceedingly bright. The new 

building will host several exciting events in the coming year, including the second Forum 

for Interdisciplinary Dialogue and the second reunion of all Jefferson Scholar alumni. 

The Jefferson Fellows Center will host teaching assistant sections led by Jefferson Fellows, 

seminars led by University faculty, and lectures by invited scholars who will stimulate 

intellectual discourse for the entire University community. The selection competition in 

both the undergraduate and graduate programs will continue to attract to the Grounds 

remarkably talented students who otherwise would not come to the University. 

None of this could occur without the selfless service provided by hundreds of 

volunteers who serve on our selection committees, on the National Advisory Board, on the 

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Campaign Committee, and our Board of Directors. We thank all who have helped 

the Foundation reach this milestone in its history, and we invite others to join the 

exciting intellectual community that will continue to bring further distinction to the 

Foundation and to the University. 

G. Moffett Cochran James H. Wright 

Chairman 

President 

back row: Mike Lutz, Controller; Pat Ingram, Director of Development; Helen Dwyer, Director of Business Planning and Operations; 

Kevin Murray, Director of Gift Planning; Patrick Garcia, Associate Director of Development; Joanne Payne, Executive Assistant for 

Development; Lew Burrus, Director of Technology. 

front row: Donna Slough, Senior Executive Assistant; Joy Vaughan, Senior Administrative Assistant for Undergraduate Scholarship 

Program; Nina Barker, Director of Undergraduate Scholarship Program; Karen Tapscott, Senior Administrative Assistant for Graduate 

Fellowship Program; Jimmy Wright, President; Carmen Holmes, Event Coordinator/Administrative Assistant; Leah Sutker, Financial Analyst; 

Lauren Ross, Foundation Program Analyst; Doug Trout, Director of Graduate Fellowship Program. 

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board of directors 2010-11 

The Board of Directors is responsible for exercising all corporate matters and for managing the 

business and affairs of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation. 

G. MOFFETT COCHRAN (Col ’73, Law ’76) 

CHAIRMAN 

Chief Executive Officer 

Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC 

New York, New York 

C. MARK PIRRUNG (Col ’73) 

VICE CHAIRMAN 


Atlanta Beverage Company 

Atlanta, Georgia 

LEE S. AINSLIE III (Engr ’86) 

Managing Partner 

Maverick Capital 


THOMAS J. BALTIMORE JR. (Com ’85, GSBA ’91) 

President and Chief Executive Officer 

RLJ Development LLC 

Bethesda, Maryland 

RICHARD M. BERKELEY (Col ’74, Law ’80, GSBA ’80) 

Partner 

Camden Partners Holdings LLC 

Baltimore, Maryland 

MARY SCOTT BIRDSALL (Educ ’66) 

Schelford Farm 

Charlottesville, Virginia 

WILLIAM F. BLUE JR. (Col ’81, GSBA ’86) 

Vice Chairman, Investment Banking and 

Capital Markets 

Wells Fargo Securities 

Charlotte, North Carolina 

DAVID L. BOWLIN (Col ’69) 

Memphis, Tennessee 

GREGORY L. CURL (Grad ’71) 


CLAIBORNE P. DEMING 

Chair of Executive Committee 

Murphy Oil Corporation 

El Dorado, Arkansas 

THOMAS F. FARRELL II (Col ’76, Law ’79)* 

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer 

Dominion Resources, Inc. 

Richmond, Virginia 

C. THOMAS FAULDERS III (Col ’71)** 


U. Va. Alumni Association 


GERTRUDE J. FRASER* 

Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement and Associate Professor 

University of Virginia 


PETER M. GRANT (Col ’78, GSBA ’86) 

Partner 

Stone Arch Capital 

Minneapolis, Minnesota 

VICTORIA D. HARKER (Col ’86)** 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 

AES Corporation 

Arlington, Virginia 

LANDON HILLIARD III (Col ’62)*** 

Partner 

Brown Brothers Harriman & Company 


DOUGLAS S. HOLLADAY JR. (Col ’69, GSBA ’76) 

Operating Partner 

Meritage Private Equity Funds 


SEALY H. HOPKINSON (Col ’83) 

Huntington, New York 

TIMOTHY J. INGRASSIA (Col ’86) 

Partner and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions of Americas 

Goldman, Sachs & Company 


RICHARD C. KELLOGG JR. (Col ’74) 

Chair 

Basic Management, Inc. 

Houston, Texas 

LAURA DAVIES MATEO (Col ’79) 

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 

JOHN D. MILTON JR. (Col ’67) 

Chief Financial Officer and Vice President 

Patriot Transportation Holdings, Inc. 

Jacksonville, Florida 

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PETER QUICK (Engr ’78) 

Former President 

American Stock Exchange 

Mill Neck, New York 

ALAN Y. ROBERTS (Col ’64)** 


HAROLD J. RODRIGUEZ JR. (Col ’77) 

Chief Administrative Officer and Managing Director 

Greenhill & Company, Inc. 


W. REID SANDERS (Col ’71) 

Private Investor 

Chickasaw Partners 


MARGARET R. SCAIFE 

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

TODD R. SCHNUCK (Col ’81) 

President 

Schnuck Markets, Inc. 

St. Louis, Missouri 

ELIZABETH FITZ SCOTT (Educ ’74) 


CHARLES C. TOWNSEND III (Col ’71) 

Chief Executive Officer and General Partner 

Aloha Partners 

Providence, Rhode Island 

MARY M. WATSON (Col ’78) 

Vice-President, Wealth Management Financial Advisor 

Smith Barney 


PHOEBE L. YANG (Col ’91) 

General Counsel 

National Broadband Task Force 

Federal Communications Commission 

Washington, D.C. 

* representative of Board of Visitors 

** ex-officio member 

*** emeritus member 

Members of the Class of 2012 at the Great Wall of China, May 2010. 

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national advisory board 

Appointed annually by the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Board of Directors, the National 

Advisory Board serves as the Foundation’s chief ambassadors and meets once a year with the 

Foundation Board. 

G. MOFFETT COCHRAN (Col ’73, Law ’76) 

CHAIRMAN 




ANDREW C. BLAIR (Col ’82) 


Colonial Parking, Inc. 


STANLEY B. BLAYLOCK (Col ’85) 

Sewickley, Pennsylvania 

EDWARD J. DOBBS (Col ’93) 

President 

Dobbs Management Service LLC 


SAMUEL C. DUDLEY JR. (Col ’85) 

Professor and Chief of Cardiology 

University of Illinois at Chicago 

Chicago, Illinois 

WILLIAM B. DUNAVANT III (Col ’82) 


Dunavant Enterprises, Inc. 


R. FOSTER DUNCAN (Col ’76) 

Managing Director 

Advantage Capital Partners 

New Orleans, Louisiana 

M. JEROME ELMORE (Col ’70) 

Partner 

Bondurant Mixson & Elmore 


ERNEST H. ERN 

Senior Vice President, retired 

Professor Emeritus 

Department of Environmental Sciences 



PATRICK B. FENN (Col ’77, Law ’82) 

Partner 

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld 


DANIEL F. FISHER JR. (Col ’72) 

Associate Professor of Surgery 

University Surgical Associates 

Lookout Mountain, Tennessee 

SUSAN VOIGT GUMMESON (Com ’84) 

New Canaan, Connecticut 

PETER E. KAPLAN JR. (Com ’96) 


Angelo, Gordon & Co. 


CURTIS A. KRIZEK (Law ’85) 


Prairie Capital Management LLC 

Kansas City, Missouri 

WILLIAM H. LYON (Col ’91, GSBA ’00) 

Vice President 

Morgan Stanley-Private Wealth Management 

San Francisco, California 

KENNETH A. MASOTTI (Com ’85) 

Weston, Massachusetts 

HENRY H. MCVEY (Col ’91) 

Head of Global Macro and Asset Allocation - Global Equity 

Morgan Stanley Investment Management 


JAY DEAN MILLER (Engr ’87) 


Kappametrics, Inc. 

Chantilly, Virginia 

JEFFREY A. MILLER (Col ’73) 


Lovett Golf Company 

Naples, Florida 

R. TIMOTHY O’DONNELL (Col ’77, JDMBA ’80) 

Partner 

Jefferson Capital Partners, Ltd. 


STEPHEN C. PEACHER (Com ’86) 

Chief Investment Officer 

Sun Life Financial 

Weston, Massachusetts 

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THOMAS F. PRESTON (Col ’78) 


BETH B. REAGAN (Col ’81) 


CHARLOTTE B. ROBBINS 


EDWARD TODD ROBBINS 

Surgeon 


CAROLE M. ROGIN (Educ ’71) 


Bostrom Corporation 


ERIN LEE RUSSELL (Com ’96) 

Principal 

Vestar Capital Partners 


LAWRENCE D. SCHLANG (Col ’81) 


Bantu, Inc. 

Vienna, Virginia 

TIMOTHY D. SHEEHAN (Col ’93) 

Partner 

Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company 


SUSAN J. THOMAS (Col ’86) 


CHRISTOPHER A. TODD (Arch ’84) 

Fairfax, Virginia 

CHRISTOPHER G. TURNER (Col ’87, GSBA ’91) 


Barclays Capital, Inc. 


STEPHEN M. VAN BESIEN (Col ’85) 

Partner 

Cenario Capital Management 


DAVID N. WEBB (GSBA ’77) 

Partner 

SFW Capital Partners LLC 

Rye, New York 

ROBERT E. L. WILSON V (Col ’74) 

Senior Vice President - Investments Financial Consultant 

Smith Barney Citigroup 


C.S. BRENT WINN (Col ’83) 

President 

Gunston Restoration & Construction 


TODD M. SIMKIN (Col ’97) 

Associate Director 

Susquehanna International Group 

Wynnewood, Pennsylvania 

JOHN B. SYER (Col ’61) 

President Emeritus 

U.Va. Alumni Association 


R. BLAIR THOMAS (Col ’84) 

Group Managing Director 

The TCW Group 


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alumni association board of managers 2010-11 

The Board of Managers oversees the affairs of the University of Virginia Alumni Association. Several 

members serve as appointed directors to the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Board of Directors. 

ALAN Y. ROBERTS (Col ’64) 

CHAIR 


VICTORIA DUx HARKER (Col ’86) 

VICE CHAIR 

McLean, Virginia 

M. ALExANDRA ARRIAGA (Col ’87) 


ATIIM K. (TIKI) BARBER (Com ’87) 


WILLIAM F. BLUE JR. (Col ’81, GSBA ’86) 


DONNA L. BYRD (Col ’92) 

Alexandria, Virginia 

SHANNON S. CARTER (Com ’81) 


MARGARET H. CHANG (Com ’90) 

Los Angeles, California 

G. MOFFETT COCHRAN (Col ’73, Law ’76)***** 


EMILY S. EWELL (Engr ’07)*** 


JAMES T. FANG (Engr ’95) 

Gloucester Point, Virginia 

ELIZABETH PHILIPS FOSTER (Com ’82) 

Norfolk, Virginia 

PETER M. GRANT (Col ’78, GSBA ’86) 

Long Lake, Minnesota 

OWEN D. GRIFFIN JR. (Com ’93, Grad ’94, GSBA ’99) 

Suffolk, Virginia 

CHRISTINE P. G USTAFSON (Col ’82) 

Paradise Valley, Arizona 

Taylor Richardson, the Tampa Area Scholar, Class of 2013, works with young students during an Alternative Spring Break trip to Jamaica. 

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ALExANDER B. HUME (Col ’65) 

Hume, Virginia 

SHELLY K. L. JOHNSON (Arch ’87) 

Raleigh, North Carolina 

RICHARD C. KELLOGG JR. (Col ’74) 


JEFF S. LEE (Arch ’78) 


SANDRA W. LEWIS (Col ’72) 

Suffolk, Virginia 

TERI LOVELACE (Col ’82) 


BYRON F. MARCHANT (Law ’87) 


VINCENT J. MASTRACCO JR. (Col ’61)* 


DEANNE E. MAYNARD (Col ’87) 


FRANCIS D. MCMULLAN (Col ’74) 


TIMOTHY G. O’SHEA (Col ’81, GSBA ’85) 


NOREEN L. POULSON (Col ’78) 


STEPHEN A. RIDDICK (Col ’85) 

Silver Spring, Maryland 

REGINALD E. RUTLEDGE JR. (Col ’55, GSBA ’59) 

Rye Brook, New York 



D. FRENCH SLAUGHTER III (Col ’77, Law ’80) 


STEPHEN P. S MILEY (Col ’71) 

Dallas, Texas 

BRYANT L. STITH (Col ’92) 

Lawrenceville, Virginia 

TERESA A. SULLIVAN* 


JOHN B. SYER (Col ’61)**** 


E. ARMISTEAD TALMAN (Col ’54, Med ’58) 


MICHELE T. TARBET (Nurs ’74) 

Rancho Santa Fe, California 

ANN H. TAYLOR (Col ’80, GSBA ’85) 

Keswick, Virginia 

JOAN STAPLETON TOOLEY (Col ’75) 

Billings, Montana 

DANIEL VAN CLIEF III (Col ’99)** 


MARY M. WATSON (Col ’78) 


PHOEBE L. YANG (Col ’91) 


* representatives of the Board of Visitors 

** ex-officio member, President of the 

Young Alumni Council 

*** ex-officio member, Vice President of the 

Young Alumni Council 

**** Honorary Life Member 

***** ex-officio member, Jefferson Scholars 

Foundation 

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the foundation 

In early design meetings, Fellows asked the architects to 

incorporate ample community space both inside and outside 

the building. The ground level patio and personalized decks 

provide for great conversation space and views.


In the early days of the American Revolution, 

Virginia’s governor, Thomas Jefferson, presented to the 

House of Delegates a remarkable document, A Bill for the 

More General Diffusion of Knowledge. With the outcome 

of the war far from certain and the future of our fledgling 

republic in doubt, Jefferson nonetheless proceeded as if 

ultimately the 

purpose of the 

jefferson scholars 

foundation is to 

strengthen our 

democracy by 

preparing those with 

“genius and virtue” 

to lead wisely and 

act decisively for 

the public good. 

victory were certain, focusing on measures necessary to prevent democracy 

from being “perverted... into tyranny.” The foremost of these was a system 

of public education. 

In this legislation, Jefferson proposed a from every other organization that distributes 

graduated system of public schools designed merit-based scholarships to worthy young 

to ensure that “those persons, whom nature university students. 

hath endowed with genius and virtue, should The Foundation’s goal is to ensure that 

be rendered by liberal education worthy to the University community benefits from the 

receive, and able to guard the sacred deposit presence of these exceptional individuals, 

of the rights and liberties of their fellow individuals who, as stated in the Foundation’s 

citizens.” And he insisted that “they should mission, are “of extraordinary intellectual 

range and depth [and] who possess the 

be called to that charge without regard to 

wealth, birth or other accidental condition or highest concomitant qualities of leadership, 

circumstance...and educated at the common scholarship, and citizenship.” The Jefferson 

Scholars Foundation takes seriously its 

expense.” 

This vision of education is at the heart of responsibility to ensure that the nation’s most 

the Jefferson Scholars Program and the Jefferson 

Fellows Program, and distinguishes the have the opportunity to take advantage of all 

deserving students, regardless of background, 

work of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation the University has to offer. 

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Ultimately, however, the purpose of the 

Jefferson Scholars Foundation is to strengthen 

our democracy by preparing those with 

the “genius and virtue” to lead wisely and 

act decisively for the public good. Since the 

fall of 1981, when the first class of twelve 

Jefferson Scholars matriculated, 702 undergraduates 

and 72 graduate students have 

entered the program. They have gone on to 

earn Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell, Truman, 

Fulbright, Udall, Goldwater, and Gates 

Cambridge scholarships and to serve on the 

Board of Visitors of the University. Threequarters 

have pursued advanced degrees 

Ben Wallace (the C.D.L. and M.T.B. Perkins Scholar, Class of 2012), 

Anya Havrilak (the Molly Hereford - Susanne Smith Scholar, Class 

of 2013), and Greg Siegel (the Valentine Family Scholar, Class of 

2011) pose after their third place ranking at the Mock Trial National 

Competition in Memphis. 

and virtually all have gone on to the work 

that Jefferson envisioned for them: leading 

charitable organizations and congregations, 

establishing health clinics in rural areas, creating 

innovative businesses, and teaching at our 

most prestigious academic institutions. 

identifying exemplars of 

leadership, scholarship, 

and citizenship 

Without exception, the students who compete 

to be Jefferson Scholars or Fellows are at 

the head of their class. The Foundation’s challenge 

is finding just those outstanding few 

who represent the best hope for the future. 

Thanks to the generosity of the University 

alumni and friends, the annual competition 

is able to cast a wider net with each passing 

year. More than 50 regions around the country, 

with more than 3,500 high schools, can 

now nominate Scholars. 

Selecting each class of Scholars involves 

untold hours of concentrated effort on the 

part of thousands of high school principals 

and guidance counselors, the 750 alumni, 

faculty, and friends who serve on regional 

and national selection committees, and the 

Foundation staff. 

In 2009-10, the Foundation received 1,226 

nominations from participating secondary 

schools. After regional reviews and additional 

analysis of possible candidates from schools 

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Stephanie Hull, the Farish Family Scholar in the Class of 

2010, poses for a photo during her internship at the U.S. 

Consulate in Shenyang, China. 

not geographically eligible to nominate, as 

well as international students and qualified 

applicants to the University’s Engineering, 

Architecture, and Nursing schools, 101 finalists 

were brought to Charlottesville for an 

introduction to the University and a series 

of exercises and interviews. Of these, 27 new 

Jefferson Scholars will make up the Class of 

2014. 

Candidates for Jefferson Fellows undergo 

a slightly different selection process. The 

Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, the 

Darden School of Business, the School of 

Law, and the School of Engineering and 

Applied Science all nominate their most outstanding 

applicants. The Jefferson Scholars 

Foundation then invites selected candidates 

to Charlottesville to meet with prospective 

faculty mentors and University graduate 

students. Because special consideration is 

given to students who show an eagerness to 

share important ideas with a wide audience, 

many are asked to give a presentation or participate 

in a group exercise. 

In 2009-10, 56 candidates accepted invitations 

to compete and 6 will enroll in the 

University as Jefferson Fellows. 

attracting the best to 

mr. jefferson’s university 

At a time when many household budgets are 

under strain, the Foundation’s role in ensuring 

that outstanding young people benefit 

from a University education in leadership 

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Members of the Class of 2013 wait their turn to use 

the zip line at Challenge Discovery.

James Rogers (the L.S. Waldrop/T. Evans Wyckoff Scholar), 

Class of 2011, and Rahul Gorawara (the John S. Lillard 

Scholar), Class of 2010, instruct a course in the fall 2009 

Semester titled “Anatomy of a Financial Crisis.”

the foundation 

“I chose to accept the Scholarship for a variety of reasons: the sheer breadth of 

opportunity that the Scholarship provides, particularly with the summer 

programmes; the possibility of a long-term mutual relationship between myself 

and the Foundation; the strong network of alumni; the opportunity of a first-rate 

education in America that may not have otherwise been possible; the strength of 

the relationships that I witnessed amongst the current Scholars.” 

Colette Elizabeth Martin, the Adolphus W. Hawkins Jr. Scholar, Class of 2014 

and service is more critical than ever and the 

funding it provides is substantial. In 2009-10, 

the Foundation supported 122 undergraduate 

Jefferson Scholars and 36 graduate 

Jefferson Fellows at a direct cost of $5.8 

million. Four-year support of a single out-ofstate 

Jefferson Scholar and five-year support 

of a Jefferson Fellow are now $180,000 and 

$250,000, respectively. 

While the funding they receive undoubtedly 

plays a large role in the decision of the 

Scholars and Fellows to attend the University, 

it is by no means the sole determinant. The 

University has a well-established educational 

culture defined by four core values: academic 

rigor, honor, student self-governance, and 

public service. The role of the Foundation 

is to convey the advantages of attending a 

university with this distinctive set of values 

and then make it possible for exceptional 

students who find this vision compelling to 

join the University community. 

nurturing our next 

generation of leaders 

The Foundation’s obligation to its Scholars 

and Fellows goes far beyond financial 

support. Over the years, the Foundation 

has established a series of programs that 

enhance their leadership skills and deepen 

their understanding of the requirements of 

responsible citizenship. 

In their first semester, the newest Scholars 

take part in a Challenge Discovery 

weekend, which launches their careers at the 

University by giving them the opportunity 

to learn more about themselves and each 

other. The two-week Institute for Leadership 

and Citizenship, a program for the 

rising second-year class each summer, promotes 

a deeper understanding of these topics 

through study and service learning. The 

following summer, Scholars choose from 

among three three-week Foreign Travel/ 

Study Programs and then pursue a research 

project that requires additional travel. In the 

summer preceding their fourth year, Scholars 

may choose to pursue an internship with 

a Jefferson Scholar alumnus/a, funded by 

the Foundation. In addition, the Foundation 

offers a series of seminars, dinners, and 

other events designed to bring Scholars and 

Fellows together regularly during their stay 

at the University. 

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Although the Fellows are older and have 

mapped out an individual course of study, 

the Foundation nonetheless strives to foster 

their engagement with the University community. 

During the annual selection weekend, 

each second-year Fellow presents his or 

her research, an experience intended to give 

Fellows the opportunity to render original 

work for critical feedback in a public setting. 

Fellows also engage in a team-building 

exercise at the start of the year, host monthly 

meetings, and work throughout the year on 

a major interdisciplinary conference that is 

hosted by the Foundation. 

a private partnership in 

the public interest 

Since its inception, public-private partnerships 

have provided the University with its 

margin of excellence and ensured that it 

continues to foster the “informed citizenry” 

that Jefferson considered “the bulwark 

of democracy.” The Jefferson Scholars 

Foundation is an excellent example of this 

partnership. Thanks to the foresight and 

commitment of generous benefactors, the 

Foundation has steadily enhanced its undergraduate 

program and launched a flourishing 

fellowship program. Their contributions 

were instrumental in creating a new home 

for the Foundation, a complex of three 

Chris Belyea (the Warren W. Hobbie Scholar) and Ian Czekala (the Olive 

B. and Franklin C. Mac Krell Scholar), both the Class of 2010, pose 

victoriously after completing the Marine Corps Marathon. 

buildings that reinterprets Jefferson’s architectural 

principles for the twenty-first century. In 

addition to housing the Foundation’s offices, 

this 32,700 square-foot facility provides Jefferson 

Fellows with ample space for teaching 

and research and permits the Foundation to 

sponsor a variety of activities for the University 

community that only could be imagined 

before. 

As the Foundation enters its 30th year of 

service, Jefferson Scholar and Fellow alumni 

are strengthening our democracy by applying 

not only their talents but also the lessons of 

leadership and citizenship they gained while at 

the University, to the benefit of the nation and 

the world. Our current and future Scholars 

and Fellows will be well prepared to join them 

in their turn. 

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Kappie Farrington, the R.E. Lee Wilson Scholar in the Class of 2010, 

poses in front of EcoMarket, a program she organized that brought 

together local and eco-friendly farmers, artists, and businesses for the 

finale of U.Va.’s Earth Week celebration.

o u r new home


“I really feel a Fellows 

community now.” 

Lanier Sammons, Edgar 

Shannon Fellow 

Rick Kellogg (left) and Jimmy Wright officially open the new Jefferson Scholars 

Foundation buildings. 

Over five years ago, the leaders of the Jefferson Scholars 

Foundation realized that if it were to succeed in attracting the most qualified 

Ph.D. students to the University, it must create an intellectual community that 

fostered interdisciplinary research and dialogue. One way to strengthen this 

community was to build it around a Jefferson Fellows Center. 

The Foundation immediately began to 

search for a suitable site. After exploring 

the possibility of locating the center next 

to Alumni Hall, the Foundation purchased 

property on the corner of Maury Avenue and 

Clarke Court, near the Carl Smith Center 

and Scott Stadium. The property had been 

home to a series of fraternities over the last 

half-century, most recently Beta Theta Pi. 

The house, designed by local Charlottesville 

architect Eugene Bradberry, had been vacant 

for three years and had suffered extensive 

structural damage and neglect. 

The Foundation engaged VMDO, an 

award-winning local architecture firm, to 

design the center. After extensive analysis, 

VMDO and the Foundation determined 

that the existing structure would not meet 

the needs of the Foundation and determined 

“Every detail of this building was being 

tailored to our needs as students. We 

were frequently asked how we plan to 

use the space and how our academic 

and social needs could be met there.” 

Carolyn Beans, Terrence D. Daniels Family 

Fellow (Biology) 

to build an entirely new facility. VMDO 

turned to the Foundation’s Architecture 

Committee and current Jefferson Fellows to 

The canopies that extend from Foundation Hall provide shelter on 

the patio as well as artistic shadows. 

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center design principles 

FIRST 

Conceive the site as an ordered set of parts, each distinct while also part of the larger whole; 

such that their disposition is controlled by a clear geometric scheme and a rigorous use of 

proportion. 

SECOND 

Focus on the integration of building and site into one seamless, carefully considered experience. 

The project should have landscape at its center, with structures openly attending to this 

space while creating dynamic outdoor rooms. 

THIRD 

The arrangement of structures should be emblematic of the institution and its mission, and 

thereby embody reciprocity between the architecture and the culture of the place. 

FOURTH 

Develop the entire project as a critical extension of the Humanist tradition, with a particular 

eye toward innovation and invention using familiar elements in useful new ways. 

FIFTH 

Explore the poetics of ingenious solutions to pragmatic issues, including imaginative reactions 

to regional climate, environmental comfort, conservation of resources, and special components 

of the program. 

determine the elements necessary to attain 

the Foundation’s goals. The Foundation 

wanted a structure that would be sustainable 

and true to the architectural principles that 

guided Thomas Jefferson in his design for 

the University. 

Once the architectural planning was 

underway, the Foundation concentrated 

on financing. Because it could more easily 

secure funds for programming than for 

bricks and mortar, the Foundation decided 

to rely on the capital markets to finance the 

construction. Working with SunTrust and 

the Industrial Development Authority of 

Albemarle County, the Foundation assumed 

responsibility for an $18 million bond that 

effectively provides for a 30-year term with 

an interest rate of approximately 4 percent. 

With financing secured and architectural 

plans finalized, the Foundation engaged 

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the jefferson fellows center 

Martin Horn as general contractor and 

employed Mike Matthews of Matthews 

Development as owner’s representative. A 

building permit was received on October 23, 

2008, and construction began immediately 

thereafter. Thirteen months later the staff of 

the Foundation moved in, and on March 15, 

2010, the Foundation received a certificate 

of occupancy for the entire complex just 

in time to host 101 finalists in the 2009-10 

undergraduate competition. 

The 32,700 square-foot facility is composed 

of four connected structures: the 

“The building is a new opportunity to 

become better acquainted with all the 

members of the Jefferson Scholars 

Foundation community in both an 

academic and personal context.” 

Jason Pan, the Taylor-Tyree Family 

Fellow (Law) 

Foundation offices, Foundation Hall (event 

space), the Jefferson Fellows Center, and the 

Reading Room. The ensemble contains a 

number of features that it is hoped will meet 

Leadership in Energy and Environmental 

Design (LEED) standards for gold certification. 

Among the sustainable features are 

geothermal wells for ground-source heat 

The JSF staff at the 

dawning of construction.


center goals 

THE CENTER WILL BE: 

1 Magnetic in attracting and bringing the community of Fellows together into a meaningful 

and memorable place that is also dynamic, vibrant and vital. 

2 Recognized on Grounds, and elsewhere, as a significant destination as well as a point of 

departure — that invites one to 

return. 

3 An elegant understatement; 

gracious, welcoming, comfortable 

and warm in character; relaxed, 

accessible, casual and informal in 

nature; and solid, substantial, 

impressive and permanent in 

quality. 

4 A source of inspiration, a place of 

interaction, and a locus for the 

exchange of ideas. 

5 Modest in its scale, precise in its 

proportions, simple in its organization, 

and clear in its overall order. 

6 Sensitive to the environment and 

sustainable in terms of the materials 

used, the building systems employed, 

and the thoughtful use of 

resources and energy. 

7 A lighted building, a beacon to 

the University and directly linked to 

the community where Fellows can 

share their learning with a broad 

audience. 

The mission of the Fellowship Program at work: three Jefferson 

Fellows, all studying in different disciplines (art history, music, 

politics), discuss ideas in shared office space at the new 

Fellows Center. 

8 Openly supportive of conversation, study and teaching as matters of importance; filled 

with dedicated individual and group spaces, wide-open all the time to Fellows, while still 

confidently secure. 

9 Situated so that one can move effortlessly between inside and outside, between buildings 

and rooms and courtyards and gardens, in the tradition of the University’s best buildings and 

landscapes. 

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the jefferson fellows center 

“We wanted to create a physical space for Jefferson Fellows that will attract and 

compel the highly recruited students the University seeks — students who might 

otherwise choose Cambridge, Oxford, New Haven, New York or Palo Alto over 

Charlottesville to pursue their education. These nonpareil graduate students will 

congregate, study, teach, research, converse, and share ideas across more than 

two dozen disciplines now participating in the Jefferson Fellowship.” 

Richard C. Kellogg Jr., Past Chairman, Jefferson Scholars Foundation Board of Directors 

”The building is cutting-edge for environmentally sustainable design because of 

its low energy usage, the building materials used, and the overall impact of the 

building on the surrounding environment. The facility is also a very healthy 

environment for occupants because of its clean air and because none of the 

materials used emit harmful toxins.” 

Bob Moje, VMDO Architects 

Justin Rose, the Birdsall Fellow for the Miller Center 

of Public Affairs (Politics), answers questions from a 

reporter at the opening of the Fellows Center.


defining qualities of the new center 

T HE C ENTER SHOULD BUILD DIRECTLy 

ON THE p ROg RAm’S RECOg NIz ED 

STRENgTHS AS: 

A N O ppORTUNITy awarded on the basis of 

merit with a tradition of open and rewarding 

faculty-student interaction that enhances the 

quality of undergraduate teaching. 

A SETTINg that promotes and fosters an 

intimate intellectual community that is as 

supportive and nurturing as it is mutually 

challenging. 

A N E xpERIENCE that stimulates an unusual 

depth of interdisciplinary academic achievement 

and sparks the highest capacity for 

leadership, scholarship, and citizenship. 

A view from the Jefferson Fellows Reading Room. 

pumps, specially designed roofs to harvest 

rainwater for irrigation, high-performance 

windows to maximize light, and a bioretention 

pond designed to limit groundwater 

runoff. 

When imaginatively conceived and 

lovingly constructed, a building can send 

a powerful message. The Jefferson Scholars 

Foundation’s new facility conveys the Foundation’s 

commitment to excellence, its belief 

in the value of intellectual discourse and 

interdisciplinary inquiry, and its unwavering 

dedication to attracting some of the world’s 

most outstanding leaders and scholars to the 

University. 

The Fellowship has become more 

cosmopolitan in the five years that I 

have “known” it. It’s become smarter 

and more aggressive — in a good way, 

of course — about recruiting and 

nourishing talent, about expanding to 

include Law and Darden, and about 

setting a precedent for the ideal 

graduate student community.... 

Leah Sievers, Marc and Nancy Shrier Fellow 

The Reading Room inside the Fellows 

Center welcomes cross-disciplinary 

interaction and study. 

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the year in review 

Elements: wood, glass, brick, 

slate, and stone were all used to 

showcase what many Fellows 

referred to as a “forward looking” 

series of buildings.


undergraduate 

scholars 

program 

Fiscal year 2010 was an exciting, 

challenging, and successful year for the Undergraduate 

Program. The 30th annual selection cycle was our most competitive. 

Nearly 3,500 secondary schools in 56 regions were invited to nominate candidates, 

including our three new regions: Mississippi, Rhode Island, and the 

United Kingdom. One hundred and one finalists were identified, and 27 new 

scholars will come to the University of Virginia as members of the Class of 

2014. They will join the 90 Scholars in residence who already contribute to life 

and culture at the University of Virginia. 

Members of the Class of 2012 hike Old Rag Mountain during the Institute 

for Leadership and Citizenship in August 2009. 

one hundred and one 

finalists were 

identified, and 27 new 

scholars will come to 

the university of 

virginia as members of 

the class of 2014. 

In addition, the Foundation’s 

Undergraduate Advisory Committee, 

chaired by William F. Blue Jr., met 

multiple times this year to examine aspects 

of the Undergraduate Program’s 

selection process as well as the enrichment 

program. At the suggestion of 

this committee, a new Faculty Advisory 

Committee was formed, made up 

of members of the University faculty. 

Members of this new committee will 

work with the Foundation to help recruit 

new Jefferson Scholars and advise 

current Scholars. 

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graduate 

fellows 

program 

The idea grew out of a strategic planning discussion aimed at broadening 

the overall reach of the Jefferson Fellowship: Let’s build a facility where 

graduate Fellows from across the Grounds, representing nearly every discipline, 

can assemble, talk, listen, study, and teach. Their cross-disciplinary 

interaction, on a daily basis, will fuel discussion and not only strengthen the 

University’s graduate student life but enrich the entire University community. 

Over the course of the last five years, land 

purchases led to countless design meetings 

that included current Jefferson Fellows 

and alumni. Design ideas were translated 

into architectural renderings and construction 

plans. Geothermal wells were dug, a 

sophisticated rainwater harvesting system 

was developed, and a green building was 

christened in April 2010 with one goal in 

mind: to further the Foundation’s ability 

to identify, attract, and recruit outstanding 

Ph.D., M.B.A., and J.D. candidates to the 

University of Virginia. 

The move to the building was easily the 

highlight of the 2009-10 academic year. 

Comments from Fellows — whether first 

year or fifth year — were virtually identical, 

and they followed their words with actions. 

Fellows admired the quality and design of 

the communal space, teaching facilities, offices, 

and quiet areas and flocked to the new 

facility as soon as the doors opened. They 

moved computers, books, and equipment to 

their offices, began meeting frequently, sharing 

ideas, and welcoming visitors to their 

new academic home. They immediately began 

putting the building to its intended use. 

“I had been dreading trying to find a 

place to run my research studies, 

propose my dissertation, or teach 

independent classes. Now, I have 

access to a beautiful dynamic space 

to do all these things and more!” 

Matt Lerner, the James H. and Elizabeth W. 

Wright Fellow (Psychology) 

Jenifer Guimond, Macfarlane Family Fellow in the Darden 

School of Business, at the Luxor Temple in Luxor, Egypt. 

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In the first month alone, Adam Dean, a fifthyear 

Jefferson Fellow, hosted his dissertation 

defense in one of the conference rooms, while 

Matt Lerner, a third-year Fellow, conducted a 

month-long childhood autism study. 

Clearly, 2009-10 will be seen as a milestone 

in the history of the Jefferson Fellowship Program 

and for the Foundation as a whole. The 

new building gives the Foundation the means 

to realize our vision of strengthening the 

University by promoting the highest-quality 

cross-disciplinary scholarship, citizenship, 

and leadership at the graduate level. For 

future generations of Fellows, the building 

will come to represent a different sort of 

milestone. It will represent a starting point, 

from which they launched their careers and 

began their life’s work.


development 

I n response to uncertainty about the pace of financial recovery, 

the development office devoted fiscal year 2010 to strengthening old 

and building new relationships. We are pleased to report that this year the 

development team, along with the program directors and the president of 

the Foundation, met with well over 1,000 alumni, friends, and parents of the 

University, just as we have done in the past. It is through these relationships, 

some nearly thirty years old, that the Foundation can report an increase in 

philanthropic cash flow for the fiscal year of $10.4 million. 

Relationships are the cornerstone of any 

vital institution. This past year, the Foundation’s 

donors have created Jefferson Scholarships 

in recognition of leaders, scholars, and 

citizens whom they hold in high esteem. 

Eli Tullis, Paul Tudor Jones, and Lee and 

Elizabeth Ainslie created a challenge grant 

to fund a Jefferson Scholarship in honor 

of John and Betsy Casteen, to recognize 

their dedicated leadership and service to 

the University of Virginia. This challenge 

raised $1 million in funds to endow the John 

and Betsy Casteen Jefferson Scholarship. In 

addition, friends and colleagues of former 

University of Virginia Athletic Director Jim 

Rachael Beaton (back right), the C. Mark Pirrung Family Fellow 

(Astronomy), leads a group of undergraduate and graduate students at 

the Large Binocular Telescope on Mt. Graham in Arizona. 

Copeland established a Jefferson Scholarship 

to recognize Jim’s leadership in the classroom 

and on the athletics field, not only at 

the University of Virginia but also with the 

Cleveland Browns, where Jim played professional 

football, and at Southern Methodist 

University, where Jim held his last position 

as athletic director. Lastly, Beverly Mignerey 

endowed a Jefferson Scholarship in honor of 

her good friend Susan Shinn and her family. 

Their friendship began at the University of 

Colorado, and this scholarship will mark the 

opening of a new selection region that will 

attract Colorado’s most outstanding students 

to the University of Virginia this fall. 

Donors also celebrated these lifelong 

relationships through their contributions to 

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the Foundation’s new building. In 2009-10, 

Lucien Burnett, Jr., was remembered by his 

son, Lucien Burnett III, when the Foundation 

named its conference room in his memory. 

John and Wendy Havens chose to name 

the courtyard, the heart of the Foundation 

and Jefferson Fellows Center, for their good 

friend A. Macdonald (Mac) Caputo. The 

Foundation is proud that donors see in its 

work an appropirate vehicle to honor and 

remember those they hold dear. 

Now that the financial markets have 

regained their equilibrium, the Jefferson 

Scholars Campaign to raise $100 million 

have regained its momentum. The Foundation 

has received over $83.1 million in gifts 

and pledges so far. Of this, $54 million has 

been raised for Jefferson Scholars Pro- 

gram and $29 million for Jefferson Fellows 

Program. This campaign has materially 

strengthened the Foundation. Thanks to the 

generosity of its supporters, the Foundation 

has expanded its regional coverage from 44 

to 57 regions in the United States and the 

United Kingdom and from eight Jefferson 

Fellows in five disciplines to 36 Fellows in 17 

disciplines. 

The Jefferson Scholars Foundation has 

been fortunate throughout the years to have 

attracted thousands of individuals who have 

taken its mission to heart and who have 

joined with us to ensure that we prepare our 

very best students for a life of leadership and 

service. The generosity of our many friends 

and alumni is and will always be a critical 

part of this effort. 

Alex Eschenroeder, the James P. Massie Scholar, Class of 2012, hiking outside of Lhasa, Tibet. 

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betsy & john casteen and w. james copeland jr. scholarships 

This past year, the Foundation 

and viewed the Program 

was fortunate to be involved 

as a “central driver of 

in recognizing two of the 

change and excellence 

University’s favorite sons, 

in the University.” 

John Casteen and Jim 

In addition, friends 

Copeland. 

and former colleagues of 

Longtime benefactor and 

Jim Copeland have 

former Foundation board 

recognized his service to 

member Eli Tullis announced 

the University by 

a challenge gift created by Eli, 

funding the W. James 

Paul Tudor Jones, and Lee and 

Copeland Jr. Jefferson 

Elizabeth Ainslie. This gift Betsy and John Casteen. 

Scholarship. Jim (Col ’67) 

recognized John and Betsy 

was a leader in the 

Casteen for their service to the University classroom and on the gridiron, and he was 

community and the Foundation. Mr. 

the embodiment of Jefferson’s ideals for 

Casteen was instrumental in the creation students and graduates of the University of 

of the Jefferson Scholars Program in 1979 Virginia. “Jim’s life work as a leader in 

intercollegiate athletics, as an 

upstanding citizen subscribing to the 

highest of ideals, and as a true friend 

to so many throughout the years, 

never losing sight of the true gifts of 

friendship, kindness, and good 

heartedness, makes creating a 

Jefferson Scholarship in his name a 

well-deserved honor,” states Allison 

Cryor DiNardo. This scholarship will be 

held by a Scholar who was a high 

school varsity athlete who is a leader, 

scholar, and citizen. 

Jim Copeland, Cleveland Browns, 1967-1974. 

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the shinn- mignerey scholarship 

The Shinn Family holds a special place for 

Beverly Mignerey. At the University of 

Colorado, Beverly and her roommate, 

Susan Shinn, were best friends. After 

Susan’s tragic passing within a year of 

graduation, Beverly became like an adopted 

daughter to Susan’s parents, Jeanne 

and Charles. Beverly went on to marry 

Arthur Mignerey and have two children. 

When the Mignereys’ first child was born, 

a daughter, the Shinns were understandably 

moved when Art and Beverly named 

Charles and Jeanne Shinn, circa 1985. 

her Susan. 

The Mignereys’ son, Carey, went on to become a Jefferson Scholar from Atlanta in 2000. 

With the Shinns’ passing, the Mignerey family saw an opportunity to honor their dear friends 

as well as repay the debt of gratitude the Mignereys felt to the Foundation that so generously 

provided for their son’s education at the University. Realizing that the Foundation did 

not have a Jefferson Scholarship designated for the Shinns’ home state of Colorado, the 

Mignereys established the Shinn-Mignerey Jefferson Scholarship to give tribute to their 

friends. Charles Shinn was a decorated World War ll pilot, receiving the prestigious Air Medal 

for flying ten additional missions for a total of thirty-five. Jeanne and Charles were lifelong 

learners, avid world travelers, and had a real zest for life. Now in its seminal year, this new 

Jefferson Scholarship will attract students from Colorado worthy to hold the title of the 

Shinn-Mignerey Scholar. 

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benefactors 

The Jefferson Scholars Foundation offers its benefactors the opportunity to name scholarships and 

fellowships. A named Jefferson Scholarship or Jefferson Graduate Fellowship may be created with 

a gift of $500,000. Darden Fellowships have a naming level of $1,000,000. 

JEFFERSON 

SCHOLARSHIPS 

Endowed 

Scholarships 

The Anderson Family Scholarship 

The Arney and Scheidt Family 

Scholarship 

Atlanta Alumni Chapter - Baxter Maddox 


James J. Bailey III Scholarship 

Paul B. Barringer Family Scholarship 

Randolph P. Barton Family Scholarships 

Frank Batten Scholarship 

Mr. and Mrs. Anson M. Beard Jr. 


Richard M. Berkeley Family Scholarship 

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Birdsall III 

- to be named 

Betty and Jack Blackburn Scholarship 

Reverend Calvin and Frances Blackwell 


Katherine B. and William F. Blue 


Bowlin Family Scholarship 

Brockenbrough Family Scholarship 

Brooke/EBSCO Scholarship 

Charles L. Brown Memorial Scholarship 

Stewart H. Brown Jr. Scholarship 

W.L. Lyons Brown Foundation 


Brunswick School/Greenwich Academy 


Mary Catherine Hood Caldwell 


James K. Candler Scholarship 

A. Macdonald Caputo - to be named 

Edward C. Carrington Jr. Scholarship 

Class of 1983 - David P. Carmack 

Memorial Scholarship 

Lyell B. Clay Scholarship 

Cochran Family Scholarship 

Mary Tilman Corson Scholarship 

Richard S. Cross Scholarship 

Robert P. Crozer Family Scholarship 

Jeffrey Rockwell Cudlip Memorial 


Joseph R. Daniel Scholarship 

Terrence D. Daniels Family Scholarship 

Claude R. Davenport Jr. Scholarship 

Deerfield Academy Scholarship 

Brenda and Robert Dolan Scholarship 

William B. Dunavant Jr. Scholarship 

Patricia Frist Elcan Scholarship 

The Elson Scholarship 

Ernest H. and Jeanette P. Ern Scholarship 

Thomas M. Falcey Family Scholarship 

Farish Family Scholarships 

Betsey Gamble Feinour Scholarship 

T. David Fitz-Gibbon Scholarship 

Reginald S. and Julia W. Fleet 

Foundation Scholarships - in memory 

of Alexander Frederick Fleet 

Elizabeth M. Forsyth Scholarship 

William Prescott Foster Scholarship 

Harry W. Gilbert Scholarship 

Jason A. Gill Scholarship 

E. Stuart James Grant Scholarships 

James J. Griffitts Scholarship 

George G. Guthrie Scholarship 

G. Bernard Hamilton Family Scholarship 

Holbert L. Harris Foundation 


Mary Anderson Harrison Scholarship 

Hathaway Family Scholarships 

Havens Family Scholarship 

Adolphus W. Hawkins Jr. Scholarship 

Heimann Family Scholarship 

Frank and Ann Hereford Scholarship 

Molly Hereford - Susanne Smith 


C. Edward Hilgenberg Scholarship 

William M. Hill Jr. Scholarship 

Hilliard Family Scholarships 

Warren W. Hobbie Scholarship 

William A. Hobbs Scholarship 

Hollis Family Scholarship 

Holton-Arms School/Landon School 


L. David Horner III and S.W. Heischman 


Albert Gray Horton II Memorial Scholarship 

Frank W. Hulse IV Scholarship 

William S. Hunter Scholarship 

Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Scholarship 

Glenn Ireland II Scholarship 

Jefferson Scholars Alumni Scholarship 

Eugenie and Joseph Jones Family 

Foundation Scholarship 

John Paul Jones Scholarship 

Paul Tudor Jones II - to be named 

Douglas M. and Peggy Shomo Joyner 

Family Scholarship 

Roxanna and Ralph Joynes Scholarship 

KBR Foundation Scholarships 

Janice Clark Kellogg Scholarship 

Peter and Eaddo Kiernan Scholarship 

Elbert A. Kincaid Scholarship 

Chiswell D. Langhorne Jr. Scholarship 

Christopher A. Leventis - South Carolina 


George Lewis Scholarship 

Lawrence Lewis Jr. Scholarships 

William C. Lickle Scholarship 

John S. Lillard Scholarship 

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benefactors continued 

Carl H. Lindner III Scholarship 

Mary and Daniel Loughran Foundation 


Olive B. and Franklin C. Mac Krell 


John P. March Scholarships 

Thomas E. Martin Jr. Family Scholarship 

James P. Massie Scholarship 

William A. McClung Memorial 


Middendorf Foundation - Nicholas G. 

Penniman III Scholarships 

J. Sanford Miller Family Scholarship 

Minor Family Scholarship 

E. Sclater Montague Scholarship 

B.H. Rutledge Moore Family Scholarship 

- in honor of B. Allston Moore and 

Walter Bedford Moore 

Charles V. Moore Scholarship 

Morgan Family Scholarship 

Robin Ashley Morgan Scholarship 

Stanley G. Mortimer III Scholarship 

Virginia and Alfred L. Munkres 


Thomas G. and Joy P. Murdough 


The Noland Scholarship 

Norfolk Academy Scholarship 

Olsson Family Scholarship 

John H. and Mary H. Owens Scholarship 

William G. Pannill Scholarships 

Paradis Family Scholarship 

Parents Program Scholarship 

Albert Dorset Penick Scholarship 

C.D.L. and M.T.B. Perkins Scholarship 

Joan and Philip B. Pool Jr. Family 


Probasco Family Scholarship 

Martin A. Purcell Family Scholarship 

Ralph James Quale Jr. Scholarship 

Elwood R. Quesada Scholarship 

Peter and Crisler Quick Scholarship 

Ray R. and Eunice T. Ramey Scholarship 

Jean Rayburn - South Carolina 


Kenneth and Stannye R. Reutlinger 


J. Mack Robinson Scholarship 

Roby and Louise C. Robinson Scholarship 

E. Paul Rogers Jr. Scholarship 

St. Elmo Hall (Delta Phi) Scholarship 

James Earle Sargeant - Seven Society 


Shinn-Mignerey Jefferson Scholarship 

C. Porter Schutt Scholarship 

W. Harry Schwarzschild Jr. and Kathryn 

Schwarzschild Scholarship 

S. Buford Scott - to be named 

Thomas Gillespie Scully Scholarship 

Souder Family Scholarship 

Penelope W. and E. Roe Stamps IV 


Peter W. Stott Foundation Scholarship 

(Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Stott) 

Ann Vernon and Gilbert J. Sullivan 


Donna and Richard D. Tadler Scholarship 

Taylor-Tyree Family Scholarship 

Thanksgiving Foundation Scholarship 

Trainor Family Scholarship 

Deborah and Eli W. Tullis Scholarships 

Eli W. Tullis Scholarships 

University of Virginia Club of Richmond - 

Virginius Dabney Scholarship 

University of Virginia Club of 

Washington - Thomas B. Worsley 


Valentine Family Scholarship 

Nancy and Neal O. Wade Jr. Scholarship 

C. S. and F. F. Wright Scholarship 

L. S. Waldrop/T. Evans Wyckoff 


David C. Walentas Scholarship 

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon W. Wallace 

- to be named 

The Westend Foundation Scholarships 

The Westminster Schools Scholarship 

Westmoreland Coal Company - Penn 

Virginia Scholarship 

In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin B. 

White Sr. and Claire C. Smith 


Virginia R. and William H. White III 


Wendy Whitlow Scholarship 

William C. and Frederick W. Whitridge 


Ralph C. Wilson Scholarship 

R.E. Lee Wilson Scholarship 

Frank Gardiner Wisner St. Paul’s 


David J. Wood Scholarships 

Studie and Zach Young Scholarship 

William H.P. Young Scholarships 

Anonymous 

Anonymous 

Anonymous 

Anonymous - to be named 

Established 


Daniel S. Adler Scholarship 

The Alan and Muriel Botsford and 

Crawford and Virginia Johnson 


John and Betsy Casteen Scholarship 

G. David Cheek Family Scholarship 

Frederick C. Coble Scholarship 

W. James Copeland Jr. Scholarship 

Deming Family Scholarship 

Yvonne S. Dobbs Scholarship 

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Daniel F. Fisher Jr. M.D. Scholarship 

Fred C. Goad Scholarship 

Brenton and Lindsay Halsey Family 


Melissa Holland Scholarship 

Ingrassia Family Scholarship 

Kaplan Family Scholarship 

Thornton Kirby Scholarship 

Eugenia R. and Myron B. Mausteller 


Thomas E. McAuley Scholarship 

C. Wilson McNeely III Scholarship 

Charles H. Morse IV Scholarship 

Oehmig Family Scholarship 

Robert H. Parsley Scholarship 

Payne-Harmon Scholarship 

Puntereri-Rose Family Scholarship 

Charles K. and Edith H. Rosenberg 


Jaybird Clare Russell Family Scholarship 

James E. Rutrough Jr. Scholarship 

W. Reid Sanders Scholarship 

Todd R. Schnuck Scholarship - to be 

named 

Todd M. Simkin Scholarship 

Taylor Brothers Scholarship 

R. Blair and Susan J. Thomas Scholarship 

C. S. Brent Winn Family Scholarship 



GRADUATE 

FELLOWSHIPS 

Endowed 

Fellowships 

Paul B. Barringer Family Fellowship 

D. N. Batten Foundation Fellowship 

Kenneth L. Bazzle Fellowship 

Trey Beck Fellowship 

Birdsall Fellowship for the Miller 

Center of Public Affairs 

John A. Blackburn Fellowship 

Brian Layton Blades Fellowship 

Irby Cauthen Fellowships 

Penny S. and James G. Coulter 

Fellowship 

Gregory L. and Nancy H. Curl 

Fellowship 

Terrence D. Daniels Family Fellowship 

Thompson Dean Fellowship - to be 

named 

Harrison Family Fellowship - to be 

named 

Mary Anderson Harrison Fellowship 

Eric M. Heiner Fellowship 

Hilliard Family Fellowship 

Douglas S. Holladay Sr. and Cary N. 

Moon Jr. Fellowship 

The Jefferson Arts and Sciences 

Dissertation Year Fellowship 

Corydon M. and Ruth Leigh Johnson 

Fellowship 

Eric P. and Elizabeth R. Johnson Family 

Fellowship 

Paul T. Jones II Fellowships 

John S. Lillard Fellowships 

H. Eugene Lockhart Family Fellowship 

Melville Foundation Fellowship 

Newman Family Fellowship 

Edward P. Owens Fellowship 

C. Mark Pirrung Family Fellowship 

Edgar Shannon Fellowships 

Marc and Nancy Shrier Fellowship 

Elizabeth Arendall Tilney and Schuyler 

Merritt Tilney Fellowship 

John E. Walker Jr. Fellowship 

James H. and Elizabeth W. Wright 

Fellowship 

Anonymous 

Anonymous 


Established 

Fellowships 

Daniel S. Adler Fellowship 

Laura S. Bailey Fellowship 

A. Macdonald Caputo Fellowship 

Doffermyre Family Fellowship 

Groundbreakers Fellowship 

John L. Nau III Fellowship 

Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation 

- to be named 

Peter and Crisler Quick Fellowship 

Harold J. and Jacquelyn F. Rodriguez 

Fellowship 

Richard G. and Alice C. Tilghman 

Fellowship 

Anonymous 


LAW FELLOWSHIPS 

Endowed Fellowships 

Chevy Chase Bank Fellowship 

The Schenck Fellowship 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Fellowship 

Established Fellowship 

Clay Thomas ’78 Memorial Fellowship 

DARDEN FELLOWSHIPS 

Endowed Fellowships 

John L. Colley Jr. Fellowship 

Macfarlane Family Fellowship 

Melville Foundation Fellowship 

Established Fellowships 

Inglesby Family Fellowship 

McFadden Fellowship 

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donors 

Donors who have contributed or committed $10,000 or more to the Jefferson Scholars 

Foundation from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 are listed below. 

Daniel S. Adler 

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Sanford Ainslie III 

Alumni Board of Trustees 

Anonymous* 

Mr. and Mrs. Tiffany B. Armstrong 

James J. Bailey III and Laura S. Bailey 

Robert M. Barnhart 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Berkeley 

Jerry B. Bias 

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Birdsall 

J. Tyler Blue 

William F. Blue Sr. 

Shelley L. Boyce 

W. L. Lyons Brown Jr. Charitable 

Foundation 

Susanna S. Brown 

A. Cary Brown-Epstein 

C. Austin Buck 

Andrew J. Bugas 

Mr. and Mrs. Williard Bunn III 

Mr. and Mrs. Lucien D. Burnett 

A. Macdonald Caputo 

Chevy Chase Bank 

B. F. Saul II 

Cochran Family Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. G. Moffett Cochran 

Community Foundation of Greater 

Memphis 

Mr. and Mrs. E. Todd Robbins 

Mr. and Mrs. James J. Connors 

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen S. Crawford 

Mr. and Mrs. Gary T. Crum 

Brittain B. Cudlip 

Joseph R. Daniel 

Mr. and Mrs. Terrence D. Daniels 

Mr. and Mrs. Norwood H. Davis Jr. 

Thompson Dean Family Foundation 

Michael A. DeCola 

Allison Cryor DiNardo and Robert B. 

DiNardo 

Edward J. Dobbs 

Mr. and Mrs. Everette L. Doffermyre 

Robert W. Downes 

Charles G. Duffy 

Patricia Frist Elcan 

Hugh M. Evans III 

Laurin Morgan Farrior 

Mr. and Mrs. McDara P. Folan III 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Frist 

Robert A. Gary 

Gerald J. Ford Family Foundation 

John L. Glover 

The Goad Family Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Goad Jr. 

Leslie H. Goldberg 

Michael B. Goldberg 

Peter M. Grant 

Mr. and Mrs. Brenton S. Halsey 

Mr. and Mrs. H. Hiter Harris III 

Harrison Family Foundation 

Marjorie H. Webb 

Mr. and Mrs. James B. Hebenstreit 

Diane E. Heim and Charles C. Reardon 

Landon Hilliard III 

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan J. Hirtle 

William A. Hobbs Jr. 

Lawrence D. Howell II 

Thomas V. Inglesby 

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Ireland II 

Mr. and Mrs. James C. Jenkins 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tudor Jones II 

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard W. Jurden 

Mr. and Mrs. Radford W. Klotz 

KPB Corporation 

J. M. Bryan Taylor 

Shawn Taylor 

Mr. and Mrs. Curtis A. Krizek 

Mr. and Mrs. Linwood A. Lacy 

Mary B. Langenberg 

Mr. and Mrs. John S. Lillard 

Mr. and Mrs. John G. Macfarlane III 

Madison Lane and Rugby Road 

Charitable Trust 

Frank D. Kittredge Jr 

Thatcher A. Stone 

William A. Marr 

Thomas E. McAuley 

Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius P. McCarthy 

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. McCrickard 

Courtney Johnson McEniry 

Alan B. Menkes 

Middendorf Foundation, Inc. 

Sealy H. Hopkinson 

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Mignerey 

Stanley G. Mortimer III 

Elis Olsson Memorial Foundation 

Anne O. Loeb 

C. Elis Olsson 

Inga O. Rogers 

Joseph A. Paradis Jr. Family 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Parsley 

Donald E. Perry 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Pitts Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. William L. Polk Jr. 

David A. Preiser 

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Quick 

Rodriguez Family Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Rodriguez Jr. 

David C. Rosenberg 

Harry C. Rosenberg 

Matthew J. Rosenberg 

Mr. and Mrs. William P. Russell 

James E. Rutrough Jr. 

Ritchie Scaife 

Buford C. Scott 

Estate of Sybil Shrier 

Todd M. Simkin 

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Mrs. Jane Ashley Skinner and 

Mr. Peter G. Skinner 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Smith 

Souder Family Foundation 

Susanna Jacobus Souder 

William F. Souder 

Wallace Stettinius 

Peter W. Stott Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Stott 

Harold H. Stream III 

William R. Sullivan 

A. Wellford Tabor 

Richard D. Tadler 

Jo Ann G. Thetford 

Mr. and Mrs. R. Blair Thomas 

Lavinia H. Touchton 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald K.Truslow 

Mr. and Mrs. Eli W. Tullis 

William P. Utt 

U.Va. Club of New York 

Carlos A. Valle 

Mr. and Mrs. David N. Webb 

R. E. Lee Wilson Trust 

Mr. and Mrs. R. Halsey Wise 

*All donors wishing to remain 

anonymous are included here. 

planned gifts 

The following donors have made planned gift designations during the fiscal year July 1, 2009 to 

June 30, 2010 for the benefit of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation. 

M. Campbell Cawood 

M. Kirkman Finlay III 

William A. Hobbs Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. David Howard 

J. Thornton Kirby 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Parsley 

Patricia S. Silverman 

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capital campaign advisory committee 2009 -10 

PETER QUICK, Chair (Engr ’78) 




DAVID L. BOWLIN (Col ’69) 


KIP R. CAFFEY (Col ’77) 


Cary Street Partners 


A. MACDONALD CAPUTO (Col ’63, Law ’66) 

Advisory Director 

Morgan Stanley & Company, Inc. 


ALLISON CRYOR DINARDO (Col ’82, GSBA ’88) 

President 

Barat Wireless & Carroll Wireless 


HUGH MCCLOSKEY EVANS III (Col ’88) 


T. Rowe Price Associates 


CURTIS A. KRIZEK (Law ’85) 




JOHN S. LILLARD (Col ’52) 

Chair 

Wintrust Financial Corporation 

Lake Forest, Illinois 

THOMAS O. MCNEARNEY III (Col ’76) 

Executive Managing Director 

Transwestern Commercial Services 

Dallas, Texas 

KERRY D. MOYNIHAN (Col ’81) 

Managing Partner 

Desmond Partners, LLC 


ANNA MARIA NEKORANEC (Col ’86) 


LBK Capital 

Longboat Key, Florida 


President 

Schnuck Markets, Inc. 


THATCHER A. STONE (Col ’78, Law ’82) 

Chair and Chief Executive Officer 

xavian Holdings, Inc. 


RICHARD D. TADLER (Com ’78) 


TA Associates 

Boston, Massachusetts 

R. HOWARD TAYLOR III (Col ’73) 


Merrill Lynch & Co. 


R. HALSEY WISE (Col ’87) 


Intergraph Corporation 

Huntsville, Alabama 

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finance 

During fiscal year 2010, the Jefferson Scholars Foundation 

made substantial progress in recovering from the effects of the 2008 financial 

crisis, as it moved to a position of greater financial strength and stability. The 

Foundation’s financial results were positively impacted by strong endowment 

performance, substantial philanthropic support, reduced expenditures, and 

other steps taken to improve the Foundation’s financial resiliency. 

endowment return 

Through May 31, 2010, the fiscal year to-date 

endowment return was 15.1%. This growth 

has enabled the Foundation to rebuild fund 

balances severely impacted by the negative 

21% return of fiscal year 2009. Endowment 

performance coupled with new gifts and 

pledges has increased the total endowment 

balance from the approximately $202 million 

reported last year to over $212 million. While 

the endowment results have been strong, it 

will require continued positive results, additional 

gifts and pledges, and time for the 

Foundation endowment to exceed the $246 

million balance we were pleased to report 

several years ago. 

The Foundation’s long-term strategy 

has been to invest gifts and use investment 

income to support its operational expenses. 

Endowment growth is critical for maintaining 

spending power and providing resources 

to sustain and expand our core scholarship 

and fellowship programs. Today, direct 

scholarship and fellowship stipends comprise 

53% of the Foundation’s budget. To 

meet increases in the University of Virginia 

tuition and living costs, the Foundation’s 

in-state undergraduate stipends grew at 

an annual rate of 6.7% between fiscal 

years 2006 and 2011 while the out-of-state 

stipends increased by a 6.3% rate during the 

same time. Given the Commonwealth of 

Virginia’s financial situation and the expected 

continued decline in state support to the 

University, it is certainly possible the rate of 

stipend growth could continue at this pace. 

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0perational budget 

The Foundation has proposed an $11.3 

million operating budget for fiscal year 

2011. This budget reflects an 8% increase of 

$813,000 over the prior year, an increase required 

for a full year of the Jefferson Fellows 

Center financing and operating expenses. 

Last year, we reduced the number of incoming 

scholarships to adjust for the endowment 

decline. Now that our endowment is 

once again on the rise, we plan to increase 

the incoming scholarships at a pace we 

believe the endowment can sustain, with the 

objective of exceeding 35 incoming scholars 

annually. This year we took the first steps 

toward that goal by adding an additional 

three incoming scholars. 

The fiscal year 2011 spending plan is allocated 

approximately 76.9% for direct and 

indirect programmatic support, 11.6% for 

administrative expenses, and the remaining 

11.5% for fundraising costs. Programmatic 

support is comprised primarily of the scholarship 

and fellowship stipends that cover tuition 

and fees, room and board, books, and 

living expenses. It also includes the costs of 

our scholar enrichment and recognition programs 

as well as the portion of the Jefferson 

Fellows Center financing and operational 

expenses dedicated for the programmatic 

use by the Jefferson Fellows and Scholars. 

Actual spending during fiscal year 2010 is 

expected to be approximately $485,000, or 4.7%, 

below the approved budget of $10.5 million. 

This spending decrease was due to several factors 

including a delay in occupying the Jefferson 

Fellows Center as well as ongoing attention to 

monitoring expenditures, avoiding waste, and 

streamlining operational processes. 

capital expenditures 

The Foundation’s beautiful Jefferson Fellows 

Center was completed in March 2010. We 

executed a phased occupancy by moving into 

the administration building in late November 

2009 while Foundation Hall and the Jefferson 

Fellows Center construction was still underway. 

The full cost of the project was financed through 

a combination of hedged long-term municipal 

bond financing and medium-term bank loan 

financing. 

conclusion 

Our outlook is much brighter today compared 

to this time last year. The actions taken by 

Foundation leadership in response to the 

endowment losses have borne fruit, and we find 

ourselves standing in a better financial position. 

We continue to remain optimistic about the 

future and our ability to fulfill the mission of 

the Jefferson Scholars Foundation. Thanks to all 

who have contributed to our success. 

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finance committee 2009 -10 

The Finance Committee of the Board of Directors advises and guides the Foundation on its 

financial strategy, scrutinizes procedures and reports, and provides direction on financial planning 

and fiscal management. 

TIMOTHY J. INGRASSIA 

CHAIR 

Partner and Head of Mergers and 

Acquisitions of Americas 

Goldman, Sachs & Company 


G. MOFFETT COCHRAN 




DOUGLAS S. HOLLADAY JR. 




C. MARK PIRRUNG 




PETER QUICK 




W. REID SANDERS 

Private Investor 

Chickasaw Partners 


RICHARD C. KELLOGG JR. 

Chair 



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alumni 

At the end of fiscal year 2010, the Jefferson Scholars 

Foundation’s alumni consisted of 520 Scholars and 25 Fellows who live, work, 

and learn all over the world. Many of the Foundation’s youngest alumni are 

pursuing postgraduate degrees, while their older peers are making significant 

contributions to their communities as teachers, doctors, lawyers, veterinarians, 

parents, poets, musicians, playwrights, and small business owners. Among 

them is a producer and Emmy Award nominee for a documentary on the 

genocide in Darfur and, closer to home, the recently appointed associate dean 

for undergraduate academic programs at the University of Virginia. 

Alumni are vital to the well-being of the Foundation, serving as interviewers 

on selection committees and as advisors to the Foundation on various 

boards and committees. Their philanthropic contributions help sustain the 

Foundation’s growth and development. As the newest members of the alumni 

community, every member of the Jefferson Scholar Class of 2010 made a gift to 

the Foundation in the year of their graduation. 

Dan Sloan, Melville Foundation Fellow in biology, 

conducts fieldwork in Switzerland.

Staff and Fellows enjoy time 

together on the stone terrace. 

the scholars


jefferson scholars 

significant achievements 

2009 -10 

ZIMRA PAYVAND AHDOUT 

Economics Department Best Thesis Award 

CLAUDIA MCNEELY ANTONACCI 

Lawn Resident (2010-11) 

ELIZABETH STRATFORD BOWLES 

Jefferson Public Citizen Award 

THEODORE MELVIN CROCKIN 


THOMAS ALExANDER ESCHENROEDER JR. 


KATHERINE GRACE FARRINGTON 


CHARLES RIxEY GAMPER 

Coro Public Affairs Fellowship 

RAHUL KIRAN GORAWARA 

University of Virginia candidate for Rhodes Scholarship 

Certified Public Accountant designation from the State of Illinois 

SARAH ELAINE HART 

Alumni Association’s Ernest H. Ern Distinguished Student Award 

CATHERINE ANNE HARTMANN 

David A. Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award 

MICHELLE MARIE HENRY 

Luce Scholarship 

MARY OLIVIA HUTTON 

David A. Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award 

WILLIAM MONROE JACOBS 


Gates Cambridge Scholarship 

MONICA UMESH KASBEKAR 


Francis Carey Undergraduate Teaching Award 

LYNNE NICOLE KOLODINSKY 

Tri-Chair of the Resident Staff Program 

COURTNEY ALYSSA MALLOW 

Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award 

CLAIRE HAYS MONTAIGNE 

Chair of the Graduation Committee 

Class of 2011 Trustee 


SARAH PETTUS MUNFORD 

College of Arts and Sciences representative, 

Honor Committee (2010-11) 


LAURA KATHRYN NELSON 


MANAS NIGAM 


JOSEPH WEJE RILEY 


Student Council (2010-11) 

JAMES THOMAS ROGERS 


CAROLINE SIOBHAN RYON 


ALYSSA MICHELE SCHECHTER 


GREGORY SCOTT SIEGEL 


Honor Committee (2010-11) 

RACHEL SOO HOO SMITH 


BENJAMIN LEES WALLACE 

Chair of the Representative Body, 

Student Council (2010-11) 

CHRISTIANA GRACE WHITE 


LIAN xUE 

Floyd Prize in Mathematics


jefferson public citizen awards 

Grand Aides Program 

in Inner Mongolia 

ELIzABETH BOWLES 

Mary and Daniel Loughran Foundation Scholar 

Class of 2012 

ALEx ESCHENROEDER 

James P. Massie Scholar, Class of 2012 

CHRISTIANA WHITE 

Deborah and Eli W. Tullis Scholar, Class of 2012 

Lily, Alex, and Christiana were part of a JPC group 

that traveled to Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, and 

worked for three weeks alongside doctors and 

patients at the Inner Mongolia Medical College to 

develop a methodology for assessing a new Grand 

Aides healthcare initiative. Their goal was to gather 

baseline healthcare data that will be used to 

determine whether or not the current healthcare 

system in Hohhot will be significantly improved by 

the Grand Aides program. 

Water and Health in Limpopo 

RACHEL SMITH 

George Lewis Scholar, Class of 2013 

Rachel was part of a JPC group that focused on 

improving access to safe water and sanitation 

services in the villages 

of Tchibvumo and 

Tshapasha in Limpopo 

Province, South 

Africa. Their research 

studied prior water 

schemes and sought 

to determine best 

methods for providing 

adequate clean water 

to the villages. By 

Rachel Smith, the George Lewis 

increasing access to 

Scholar, Class of 2013, working to 

clean water, the project improve access to safe water and 

aim was to reduce 

sanitation services in Limpopo, 

childhood morbidity 

South Africa. 

rates. 

Women in Livestock Development 

Christiana White (far right), the Deborah and Eli W. Tullis Scholar, 

Class of 2012, poses with participants in the Grand Aides program 

in Inner Mongolia. 

KAPPIE FARRINGTON 

R.E. Lee Wilson Scholar, Class of 2010 

SARAH MUNFORD 

Norfolk Academy Scholar, Class of 2011 

Kappie and Sarah were part of a JPC group that 

traveled to the Gulu region of northern Uganda 

to study how women can be economically and 

socially empowered in a post-conflict area. 

Working with Heifer International’s (HI) Women 

in Livestock Development program (WiLD), 

the students conducted research through 

observations, interviews, and focus groups 

and worked to institute a women’s community 

development group in the region.

the scholars 

faculty advisory committee to 

the undergraduate program 2009 -10 

Chaired by Maurie McInnis (Jefferson Scholar Class of 1988), the newly appointed associate dean 

for undergraduate academic programs at the University, the Faculty Advisory Committee for the 

Undergraduate Program consists of faculty members who will assist the Foundation in two specific 

ways. They will: 1) aid in recruiting new Jefferson Scholars by meeting with finalists during Selection 

Weekend, serving on faculty panels or as seminar leaders, and following up afterwards with those 

finalists with whom they had significant interaction; 2) provide current Jefferson Scholars with better 

access to faculty, particularly people to whom they can turn for informal advising. The group had its 

first meeting in February to map out a plan for the year. The following faculty members have agreed 

to join the committee: 

MAURIE D. MCINNIS, Chair 

Associate Dean for Undergraduate 

Academic Programs 

JOHN D. ARRAS 

Professor 

Department of Philosophy 

BRIAN H. BALOGH 

Associate Professor 

Corcoran Department of History 

Co-Director, GAGE 

Miller Center of Public Affairs 

BRAD BROWN 

Associate Professor and Principal 

International Residential College 

McIntire School of Commerce 

JAMES F. CHILDRESS 

John Allen Hollingsworth Professor of Ethics 

and Social Thought 

Department of Religious Studies 

JOHN D. DILLERY 


Department of Classics 

DANA M. ELZEY 

Associate Professor, Materials Science and 

Engineering 

Director of Rodman Scholars 

DAVID T. GIES 

Commonwealth Professor of Spanish 

Department for Spanish, Italian and 

Portuguese 

W. DEAN HARMAN 

Professor 

Department of Chemistry 

BRUCE W. HOLSINGER 

Associate Dean for the Arts and Humanities 

and Professor 

Department of Music 

DANIEL S. LEFKOWITZ 

Associate Professor and Chair of MESA 

Department of Anthropology 

MICHAEL H. LEVENSON 

Professor 

Department of English 

AMORI Y. MIKAMI 

Assistant Professor 

Department of Psychology 

JOHN M. OWEN 


Department of Politics 

R. JAHAN RAMAZANI 

Edgar F. Shannon Jr. Professor 


DOROTHY SCHAFER 


Department of Biology 

MICHAEL J. SMITH 

Thomas C. Sorenson Professor of Policy 


TYLER JO SMITH 


Department of Art 

W. BRADFORD WILCOx 


Department of Sociology 

WILLIAM M. WILSON 

Academic Dean 

Echols Scholars Program 

BRANTLY WOMACK 

Hugh S. & Winifred B. Cunning Memorial 

Professor of International Affairs 


david a. harrison iii research awards 

Jefferson Scholars who have received David A Harrison III 

Undergraduate Research Awards to assist them in conducting 

independent research projects during the summer of 2010: 

KATE HARTMANN 

Northern New Jersey Area Scholar, Class of 2011 

“Conception, Differentiation and Representatives of Space at 

the Khachoe Drubling Monastery.” 

OLIVIA HUTTON 

Noland Scholar, Class of 2012 

“Food Supply and Nitrogen Dynamics in a Tanzanian Village.”


2010 enrichment speakers 

david lane 

In October 2010, Scholars and Fellows gathered for an enrichment luncheon with U.Va. alumnus 

David Lane (Col ’82), president and chief executive officer of ONE, an advocacy and campaigning 

organization focused on combating global poverty and preventable disease, with more than 2 

million members from around the world. Prior to joining the team at ONE, Lane was the director 

of public policy and external affairs and director of the east coast office (located in Washington, 

D.C.) for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He also served in a number of senior positions in 

the federal government, including executive director of the National Economic Council at the 

White House and chief of staff of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Lane spoke with Scholars 

and Fellows about the importance of advocacy and campaigning and shared some memorable 

stories about his travels around the world. 

brady lum 

In April 2010, Scholars heard remarks from 

Jefferson Scholar alumnus Brady Lum, 

president and chief operating officer of 

Special Olympics International. Lum 

shared stories from his time at the 

University as a Jefferson Scholar and talked 

about his fifteen years at the Coca-Cola 

Company, where he served in a variety of 

leadership roles in operations, marketing, 

strategic planning, and organizational 

development, including vice president, 

North America strategic planning and 

integration. Lum has also served as 

chairman of the board of the National 

Hands On Network, coordinating its recent merger with Points of Light Foundation. He 

delivered an important message, encouraging Scholars to say “yes” when opportunities for 

volunteer involvement arise. He encouraged Scholars to pay attention to their “fellow travelers” 

as they journey through life and to express gratitude often (and in writing) to those who help 

them along the way. 

Brady Lum (JS ’89) addresses Jefferson Scholars during an 

Enrichment Series Luncheon in April 2010. 

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class of 2010 


Our graduates 

Zimra Payvand Ahdout 

Reginald S. and Julia W. Fleet Foundation Scholar 

Roslyn High School 

Roslyn Heights, New York 

University Judiciary Committee, College of Arts and Sciences representative, 

Board of Visitors Diversity Council representative, counselor, Social 

Subcommittee chair, Issues Subcommittee, Executive Committee, First Year 

judge, First Year chair · Third Year Council, committee chair · Second Year 

Council, Academic Committee · Madison House Service Organization, Tutoring 

Program · Abundant Life Ministries tutor · Jefferson Literary and Debating 

Society · Sustained Dialogue · Hoos for Israel, AIPAC · Middle East Leadership 

Council, Community Involvement chair · Days on the Lawn · Sigma Delta, past 

president, president, Recruitment Committee · Monroe Society · Jefferson 

Scholars Public Service Fellow · David A. Harrison III Undergraduate Research 

Award · Raven-ODK First Year Award · Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society · Order of 

Omega National Greek Honor Society · Raven Society · Phi Beta Kappa · Lawn 

Resident · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Economics with highest distinction/Government 

Future Plans 

To attend Columbia University School of Law 

Robert Cain Atkinson III 

Studie and Zach Young Scholar 

Wesleyan School 

Norcross, Georgia 

Honor Committee, Vice Chair for Education, College of Arts and Sciences 

representative, Counsel, Pre-Trial coordinator · Leadership Consultants, team 

leader · Days on the Lawn · Students for the Preservation of Honor, group 

leader · Mentoring and International exchange Program mentor · University 

Unity Project, chair · Eastern North Carolina Teach for America pen pal · St. 

Elmo Hall · Phi Beta Kappa · Raven Society · Raven-ODK First Year Award · 

Lawn Resident · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Echols Interdisciplinary Major in Global Political Economy with 

distinction 

Future Plans 

To work as a business analyst for McKinsey & Company in Atlanta 

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Our graduates 

Allyson Jane Baxter 

The Westend Foundation Scholar 

Baylor School 

Chattanooga, Tennessee 

Madison House Service Organization, Barrett Day Care Center Program 

director · Martha Jefferson Hospital volunteer · Multicultural Education 

facilitator · Day in the Life Tutoring Program · B.U.C.K.S. (Brothers United 

Celebrating Knowledge and Success) · Hoos for Open Access, Financial 

Committee, secretary · Sustained Dialogue, moderator, Public Relations 

Executive Board · Step It Up Step Team, president, treasurer, moderator, 

secretary · University Guide Service · Sexual Assault Peer Advocates · Black 

Presidents Council · American Medical Student Association, Pre-Med Society · 

Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society · Sigma Alpha Lambda · Madison House 

Community Service Recognition · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Sociology, Distinguished Majors Program/Economics 

Future Plans 

To work as a cost estimator for Cedarglen Homes, a real estate development 

company in Calgary, Alberta, before pursuing a joint J.D./M.B.A. 

Christopher Michael Belyea 

Warren W. Hobbie Scholar 

Stone Bridge High School 

Ashburn, Virginia 

Rodman Scholars Council, president, Academic Affairs co-chair · Student 

Council, Engineering representative, Academic Affairs Committee · 

Resident Staff, Resident Advisor, House Council Advisor · AGAPE Christian 

Fellowship · Madison House Service Organization, Medical Services 

Program · The Spectra Engineering and Science Research Journal, founder 

and editor in chief · Cardiovascular Imaging Center, research assistant · 

Chemical Engineering Syngas Conversion Lab, research volunteer · First 

Year Council · Marine Corps Marathon · Wilson Journal of International 

Affairs, published author · Thornton Hall Art Gallery, featured artist · 

American Institute of Chemical Engineers · Merck Engineering & 

Technology Scholar · David A. Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award · 

Student Council ISAP Art Grant · Raven-ODK First Year Award · Tau Beta Pi 

National Engineering Honor Society · Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society · 

Omicron Delta Kappa · Raven Society · Intermediate Honors · Dean’s List · 

Rodman Scholar 

Degree 

B.S. Chemical Engineering with high honors 

Future Plans 

To attend medical school on a U.S. Army Health Professions Program full 

scholarship in pursuit of a joint M.D./M.B.A. degree. 

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Samantha Nicole Berger 

Ralph C. Wilson Scholar 

Williamsville North High School 

Williamsville, New York 

Madison House Service Organization, Big Sibling Program director, Boosters 

Program · University Programs Council, Special Programs Committee · head 

mentor of 2009-10 McIntire School of Commerce class · Virginia Society of 

Certified Public Accountants, The Leaders’ Institute · Student Council, 

Environmental Sustainability Committee · Ballroom Dance Club · Women’s 

Leadership Development Program · First Year Seminar · Sigma Delta, secretary 

· Beta Alpha Psi · Beta Gamma Sigma · National Association of Accountants 

Carman G. Blough Award · Raven-ODK First Year Award · Golden Key 

International Honour Society · National Scholars Honor Society · Sigma Alpha 

Lambda, academic achievement vice president · Omicron Delta Kappa · Dean’s 

List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.S. Commerce with distinction with concentrations in Accounting and 

International Business 

Future Plans 

To spend the summer working at KPMG in Washington, D.C., before pursuing 

a Masters of Science in Accounting at the McIntire School of Commerce 

Kim Feinstein, the Holton-Arms School/Landon School 

Scholar, Class of 2010, visiting the Taj Mahal during a 

January Term class in India.



Our graduates 

Kadeem Andre Cooper 

Hilliard Family Scholar 

Poly Prep Country Day School 

Brooklyn, New York 

First Year Players, Damn Yankees assistant director, Once Upon a Mattress cast 

member · Third Year Council, vice president · Second Year Council, vice 

president · Resident Staff, Resident Advisor · University Guide Service · 

Alternative Spring Break, New Orleans, China · Jefferson Scholars Public 

Service Fellow · Raven-ODK First Year Award · Raven Society · Lawn Resident · 

Phi Beta Kappa · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Government and Foreign Affairs with honors 

Future Plans 

To work at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. 

“There we were — competing for a four-year scholarship, playing frisbee on a 

Lawn designed by the author of The Declaration of Independence. There was no 

other place in the world that so easily mixed prestige and playfulness, no other 

place where people were so committed to having fun while pursuing their dreams 

of success.... [This University] deserves only the best and that’s why alumni and 

the Foundation go to such great lengths to bring you all here. We hope that, even 

in this hectic weekend, you will 

fall in love with this place just 

like we have.” 

Kadeem Cooper, Hilliard Family 

Scholar, Class of 2010 

Speech to the 101 finalists at the 

Jefferson Scholars Selection 

Weekend in March 2010 

Members of the Class of 2010 pose with Sandy Gilliam after a 

Jefferson Scholars dinner. 

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Gregory Adam Corkran 

Thomas G. and Joy P. Murdough Scholar 

Gilmour Academy 

Gates Mills, Ohio 

University Judiciary Committee, College of Arts and Sciences representative, 

First Year judge, First Year vice chair, counselor · Student Council CIO Consultant, 

co-chair · Madison House Service Organization, Boosters Program · Inter- 

Fraternity Council Judiciary Committee, judge · Sigma Chi, brotherhood chair, 

pledge class president, scholarship chair · Miller Center of Public Affairs, intern · 

Relay for Life · Sustained Dialogue · Jefferson Literary and Debating Society · 

SERVE · Alternative Spring Break, Atlanta · Alternative Winter Break, Peru · 

Order of Omega · Raven-ODK First Year Award · Dean’s List · Rodman Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. History with distinction/Economics 

Future Plans 

To work for the Boston Consulting Group 

in Dallas, Texas 

Ian Philip Czekala 

Olive B. and Franklin C. Mac Krell Scholar 

Rocky Point High School 

Rocky Point, New York 

Madison House Service Organization, Community Bikes · Catholic Student 

Ministry · Rodman Scholars Council, past president and alumni relations chair, 

president, academic chair · Rodman student advisor · Dark Skies, Bright Kids · 

The Spectra Engineering and Applied Science Undergraduate Research 

Journal, editor · American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics at U.Va., 

president, treasurer · U.Va. Engineering, contributor · RodChat, writer · 

Engineering Open House volunteer · Virginia Men’s Crew · Outdoors at U.Va. · 

Sigma Gamma Tau, vice president, secretary · Raven-ODK First Year Award · 

David A. Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award · American Astronomical 

Society Chambliss Student Achievement Poster Award · Omicron Delta Kappa · 

Aerospace Engineering Honor Society · Tau Beta Pi · Raven Society · Dean’s List 

· Rodman Scholar 

Degree 

B.S. Aerospace Engineering with high distinction/B.A. Astronomy 

Future Plans 

To enter the Ph.D. program in astrophysics at Harvard University 

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Our graduates 

Charles William Dyer 

William Prescott Foster Scholar 

Caddo Parish Magnet High School 

Shreveport, Louisiana 

Honor Committee, advisor · First Year Council representative · Resident Staff, 

Resident Advisor · Student Council, Arts Committee co-chair · Alternative 

Spring Break, Nicaragua site leader · Virginia Gentlemen, president, social 

chair · biochemistry and molecular biology research · Chi Phi · Henry Leach II 

Foundation Grant · Raven-ODK First Year Award · College Science Scholar · Phi 

Eta Sigma Honor Society · Lawn Resident · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. History/Foreign Affairs 

Future Plans 

To work in the office of Congressman Mike Quigley (Democrat, Illinois) on 

Capitol Hill 

Katherine Grace Farrington 

R.E. Lee Wilson Scholar 

Little Rock Christian Academy 

Little Rock, Arkansas 

First Year Players, Once Upon a Mattress cast member, Thoroughly Modern 

Millie assistant choreographer · Kappa Delta, philanthropy chair, assistant 

rush chair · Alpha Phi Omega, social chair · Living Gifts: Hope for Heifer 

International, president · Cav Food Pickup · PBR Cleanup Crew · Juvenile 

Diabetes Research Foundation, regional advocate · University Unity Project, 

Earth Week coordinator, EcoMarket event planner · Chesapeake Bay 

Foundation · Pancakes for Parkinson’s · Building Tomorrow · Wilson Journal 

Undergraduate Research Award · Jefferson Public Citizens Research Award · 

Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society · Sigma Alpha Lambda Honor Society · Echols 

Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. French/Global Development 

Future Plans 

To work in community development in West Africa before pursuing a 

graduate degree in international law and development practice 

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Kim Hirsch Feinstein 

Holton-Arms School/Landon School Scholar 

Holton-Arms School 


Sustained Dialogue, chair, vice chair, moderator · Fourth Year Class of 2010 

Trustee · Kappa Delta, parents’ weekend chair, sergeant at arms, spirit chair · 

Alternative Spring Break, Mexico, Smoky Mountains · Pancakes for Parkinson’s, 

CIO outreach chair · Student Council, Community Affairs Committee · Second 

Year Council · Day in the Life Volunteer · Jewish-Arab Sustained Dialogue · 

Hillel · Virginia Anthropology Society, officer · Hoos for Israel · Jewish Social 

Connection · VISTA Orientation · University Democrats · Hoo Crew · Sigma 

Alpha Lambda · Outstanding Contribution to the University Greek Award · 21 

Society Fourth Year Recognition · College Science Scholar · Dean’s List · Echols 

Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Anthropology 

Future Plans 

To move to Washington, D.C., to work in the non-profit industry 

“My classmates are fearlessly themselves. The Foundation was somehow able to 

pick us out for our leadership, passions, and aspirations. But when we get 

together, we don’t talk about our titles or accomplishments, which are many, but 

instead just enjoy each other for who we are and inspire and challenge each 

other to grow even more.... No one at the Foundation ever told us what to do 

here, but gave us limitless opportunities to excel in whatever we pursued and an 

unbelievable community with which to share it.” 

Kimmy Feinstein, Holton-Arms School/Landon School Scholar, Class of 2010 

Speech at the Fourth Year Dinner in April 2010 

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Our graduates 

Charles Rixey Gamper 

C. Edward Hilgenberg Scholar 

Gilman School 


Honor Committee, advisor · Day in the Life, tutoring program · Sustained 

Dialogue, moderator, Public Relations · Delta Kappa Epsilon, alumni relations 

chair · Inter-Fraternity Council president, membership education chair · Mid- 

Autumns Carnival, Executive Committee · Jefferson Scholars Public Service 

Fellow · Lawn Resident · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Political and Social Thought, Distinguished Majors Program with high 

distinction 

Future Plans 

To participate in the Coro Fellows Program for Leadership in Public Affairs in 


Rahul Kiran Gorawara 

John S. Lillard Scholar 

Adlai E. Stevenson High School 

Lincolnshire, Illinois 

Resident Staff, Resident Advisor · Board of Visitors, student representative · 

McIntire Investment Institute, president, Short Fund manager, chief 

information officer · Cavalier Daily finance columnist · The Virginia Advocate · 

Virginia Policy Review, Domestic Policy editor · Ballroom Dance Club · Salsa 

Club · Future Business Leaders of America, Phi Beta Lambda, chapter vice 

president, Virginia state president · Hindu Student Council · Indian Student 

Association · INST 1550, “Anatomy of a Financial Crisis” course instructor · IM- 

Rec Sports, group exercise instructor · Dr. James Shannon Miller Award for 

Electrical Engineering · Raven-ODK First Year Award · Raven Society · 

Intermediate Honors · Dean’s List · Rodman Scholar 

Degree 

Master of Public Policy/B.S. Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering/ 

Economics with highest distinction 

Future Plans 

To work as an analyst with Rivanna Capital, a Charlottesville-based 

hedge fund 

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Conor Wallis Grady 

Probasco Family Scholar 

The McCallie School 


University Guide Service · Second Year Council, Academic and Career 

Development Committee chair · Madison House Service Organization, Boosters 

Program · Phi Delta Theta · Alternative Spring Break, Egypt · First Year Players, 

Once Upon a Mattress cast member · Reformed University Fellowship · Raven- 

ODK First Year Award · Phi Beta Kappa · Omicron Delta Kappa · Lawn Resident · 

Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Biology with distinction/History 

Future Plans 

To attend Yale School of Medicine as a member of the Air Force’s Health 

Professions Scholarship Program 

Rahul Gorawara, the John S. Lillard Scholar, and his father celebrate during Finals Weekend, 2010, at the Jefferson Scholars Foundation 

Commencement Reception. 

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Our graduates 

Sarah Elaine Hart 

Roxanna and Ralph Joynes Scholar 

Rockbridge County High School 

Lexington, Virginia 

Class of 2010 Trustees, president · Third Year Council, Ring Ceremony chair, 

Infinity Ball chair · Second Year Council, Dinner Series Committee chair · 

University Assessment Advisory Committee · Madison House Service 

Organization, head program director, Daycare Program director · Days on the 

Lawn, team leader, Executive Planning team · Orientation Leader · Students for 

Students International, managing director, international executive · Virginia 

Organizing Project intern · Best Buddies · Virginia Society for the Recruitment of 

Special Scholars · University Democrats · Global Development Organization · 

Ernest H. Ern Distinguished Student Award · Raven-ODK First Year Award · 

National Society of Collegiate Scholars · Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society · Dean’s 


Degree 

B.A. Anthropology with distinction 

Future Plans 

To join the Jefferson Scholars Foundation as the Assistant Program Director 

Whitney Nicole Hawkins 

Mary Tilman Corson Scholar 

Fort Defiance High School 

Fort Defiance, Virginia 

Honor Committee, advisor · Second Year Council, Communications and 

Technology chair · Madison House Service Organization, Adopt-a-Grandparent 

Program · TheCourseForum, Public Relations chair · Books Behind Bars U.Va. CIO 

co-founder · Charlottesville Area Envirothon Program, refugee mentor, advisor, 

judge · Alternative Spring Break, vice president, Southern California site leader, 

selections chair · Alpha Phi Omega, president, service vice president, Public 

Relations chair, Blue Ridge House mid-week leader · St. Baldrick’s Foundation, 

Public Relations chair · University Democrats · Monroe Society · Hoo Crew · 

Cavaliers Care Day · SERVE · Days on the Lawn · Jefferson Scholars Public Service 

Fellow · Raven-ODK First Year Award · Lawn Resident · Dean’s List · Echols 

Scholar 

Degree 

B.S. Environmental Science 

Future Plans 

To work for the College Guide Program at Fluvanna County High School 

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Michelle Marie Henry 

Philadelphia Alumni Club Scholar 

Penncrest High School 

Media, Pennsylvania 

First Year Council, Fundraising Committee chair · Second Year Council, 

president · Third Year Council, president · Student Council, Legislative Affairs 

Committee, Lighting of the Lawn Committee, Environmental Sustainability 

Committee chair · Maupin House Council · Madison House Service 

Organization, Holiday Sharing, YMCA Cheerleading coach · University Peer 

Services, First Year mentor · Alpha Chi Omega, Philanthropy Committee, 

fraternity relations vice president · Albemarle County Envirothon Program, 

judge, mentor · VISAS, teaching consultant · Alternative Spring Break, 

Honduras, Belize, Chile, Thailand site leader · Girl Scout Troop 444 leader · 

Days on the Lawn, Tour Buddies, team leader · Pancakes for Parkinson’s, class 

outreach chair · National Science Foundation Award · Z Society First Year 

Recognition · TASC Alumni-Student Cooperative Scholar · National Society of 

Collegiate Scholars · Raven-ODK First Year Award · David A. Harrison III 

Undergraduate Research Award · Morris K. Udall Scholarship · Luce 

Scholarship · Phi Beta Kappa · Raven Society, Raven Council banquet chair · 

Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society · Lawn Resident · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

M.A./B.S. Environmental Sciences with distinction 

Future Plans 

To spend a year in Southeast Asia pursuing sustainable energy strategies on 

a Luce Scholarship 

Sarah Elaine Hart (the Roxanna and Ralph Joynes Scholar) and Greg Corkran (the Thomas G. and Joy P. Murdough Scholar), both 

members of the Class of 2010, at a Jefferson Scholars Dinner, Spring 2010. 

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Our graduates 

Stephanie Barron Hull 

Farish Family Scholar 

Ravenwood High School 

Brentwood, Tennessee 

Madison House Service Organization, Tutoring Program · University 

Democrats, Communications Corps and Fundraising Committee · Monroe 

Society, vice president, Public Relations chair, secretary · Miller Center of 

Public Affairs, research assistant · PACEM, Hoos for Hunger and Homelessness · 

Alternative Spring Break, Chile, Service Learning Research Grant · Days on the 

Lawn · Kappa Delta, Standards Board and Hospitality chair · University Hall 

precinct captain · Hoos for Obama, vice president · Hoo Crew · Center for 

Politics Award for Civic Excellence · Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow · 

Global Initiatives Symposium Taiwan grant recipient · Z Society Recognition · 

Raven-ODK First Year Award · Phi Beta Kappa · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

Masters in Public Policy/B.A. Foreign Affairs 

Future Plans 

To travel to Washington, D.C., in the fall to pursue a career with the federal 

government 

The Jefferson Scholars Class of 2010 at the Fourth Year Dinner. 

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William Monroe Jacobs 

Ann Vernon and Gilbert J. Sullivan Scholar 

James Monroe High School 

Fredericksburg, Virginia 

Madison House Service Organization, Albemarle Housing Improvement 

Program, Rivanna Trails Foundation, Community Bikes program director · 

Charlottesville Community Bikes shop manager · The Oculus layout editor · 

Alternative Spring Break, Charleston, Santa Monica, Saguaro National Park · 

Jazz Chamber Ensemble · Musicians on Call · Triathlon Club · Triathlon 

Collegiate National Championship · University Democrats · Washington 

Literary Society and Debating Union · Undergraduate Research Network · 

Materials Science and Engineering research assistant · U.Va. Computational 

Materials Group research assistant · U.Va. Center for Electrochemical Science 

and Engineering research assistant · Lehrstuhl für Aerodynamik research 

assistant · Technische Universität München research assistant · Society of 

Physics Students · Rodman Scholars research coordinator · Gates Cambridge 

Scholarship · Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship · Virginia Space Grant 

Consortium Fellowship · Outstanding Physics Major Award · International 

Mathematical Contest in Modeling honorable mention · Raven-ODK First Year 

Award · David A. Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award · Tau Beta Phi · 

Raven Society · Lawn Resident · Intermediate Honors · Dean’s List · Rodman 

Scholar 

Degree 

B.S. Engineering Science/Physics with highest distinction 

Future Plans 

To pursue a Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Cambridge as a Gates 

Cambridge Scholar 

Theodore Donaldson Jordan 

Deborah and Eli W. Tullis Scholar 

Woodberry Forest School 

Woodberry Forest, Virginia 

Student Council, College of Arts & Sciences representative · First Year 

Fellowship, president, large group leader · Phi Delta Theta, pledge class 

educator, pledge class secretary · Students for Students International, 

secretary, service director · First Year Players, Once Upon a Mattress cast 

member · Virginia Literary Review · Reformed University Fellowship · 

Anglican College Ministry · Fellowship of Christians in Universities and 

Schools · Seven Society Graduate Fellowship for Superb Teaching Award, 

selection committee · Raven-ODK First Year Award · Dean’s List · Echols 

Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Religious Studies/French 

Future Plans 

To work as an Assistant Youth Pastor at the Presbyterian Church of New 

Providence, in New Jersey 

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Our graduates 

Monica Umesh Kasbekar 

Reginald S. and Julia W. Fleet Foundation Scholar 

Providence High School 


Madison House Service Organization, Tutoring Program, Medical Services 

Program director, Kluge Children’s Rehabilitation Center volunteer · The 

Oculus co-editor in chief · Undergraduate Research Network Executive Board · 

Cavaliers Care site leader · V-Rise Research Planning Group · Harman Lab 

research assistant · CHEM 181 and CHEM 181L teaching assistant · Alternative 

Spring Break, Costa Rica · Alternative Winter Break, Zion National Park · Club 

Swimming · Indian Students Association · Days on the Lawn · Francis Carey 

Undergraduate Teaching Award · American Chemical Society Section Award · 

Kenneth C. Bass Scholarship · Raven-ODK First Year Award · College Science 

Scholar · Raven Society · Lawn Resident · Intermediate Honors · Phi Beta 

Kappa · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.S. Biochemistry with highest distinction 

Future Plans 

To enter the M.D./Ph.D. Program at Washington University in St. Louis 

Audrey Marie Lackner 

Mr. and Mrs. Anson M. Beard Jr. Scholar 

Dobbs Ferry High School 

Dobbs Ferry, New York 

Madison House Service Organization, tutor · St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 

religious education teacher · Catholic Student Ministry · Swing Dance Club · 

Building Tomorrow · VISAS Language Consultant · Student Physics Society · 

Math Club, president · Alpha Phi Omega, corresponding secretary · Math 

Tutoring Center · Second Year Science Scholar · Raven-ODK First Year Award · 

Golden Key International Honour Society · Sigma Pi Sigma · Pi Mu Epsilon · 

Phi Beta Kappa · Intermediate Honors · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Physics/Mathematics with distinction 

Future Plans 

To pursue a Ph.D. in the history of science in the Science Studies Program at 

the University of California at San Diego 

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Courtney Alyssa Mallow 

Frank Batten Scholar 

Apex High School 

Apex, North Carolina 

Student Council, Environmental Sustainability Committee · Watson House 

Council president · University Programs Council, Arts and Enrichment codirector, 

special programs director, summer programs director · Student 

Entrepreneurs for Economic Development events chair, Bluefields project 

leader · U.Va. Economics Club, president · U.Va. Experimental Economics 

Laboratory lab manager · U.Va. Recycling, Shea House conservation advocate · 

Blueprint Leadership Institute · Alternative Spring Break, El Progreso, 

Honduras, site leader · volunteer Arabic teacher · Virginia Ambassadors, High 

School Visits Committee · Cavalier Daily photographer · U.Va. Salsa Club, 

showcase dancer, choreographer · Kroger pharmacy technician · Alpha Kappa 

Psi, Alumni Relations Committee, pledge class event coordinator · U.Va. 

Department of Economics Veconlab research assistant · Algernon Sydney 

Sullivan Award · William M. Hill, Jr. Award · U.Va. Department of Economics 

Agrain Research Award · ACCIAC Fellows in Creativity and Innovation Award · 

Jefferson Public Citizens Award · Davis Projects for Peace Award · Center for 

Global Health Research Grant · College of Arts & Sciences Small Travel Grant · 

Institute for Practical Ethics Internship Award · Double Hoo Research Award · 

Raven-ODK First Year Award · Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society · Golden Key 

International Honour Society · Omicron Delta Kappa · Phi Beta Kappa · 

Intermediate Honors · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Economics with distinction/Environmental Thought and Practice 

Future Plans 

To spend the summer working on international development projects in 

Panama and Nicaragua before taking an experimental economics research 

job at the University of South Wales, in Sydney, Australia, this fall 

Members of the Class of 2010 root for U.Va. at a home baseball game.



Our graduates 

Laura Ruth McLaughlin 

George G. Guthrie Scholar 

The Taft School 

Watertown, Connecticut 

University Judiciary Committee, First Year judge, investigator · Students for 

Students International, Educational Resources · Madison House Service 

Organization, Daycare Program director, Medical Services, Migrant Aid tutor, 

Boosters Program · Webb Dorm, Community Service coordinator · Unite for 

Sight volunteer, Ghana · Sigma Kappa · Virginia Women’s Chorus · Community- 

Based Research Grant · Raven-ODK First Year Award · Lawn Resident · 

Intermediate Honors · Phi Beta Kappa · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Human Biology with highest distinction 

Future Plans 

To remain in Charlottesville to obtain a Masters in Public Health from U.Va. 

Michelle Henry, Philadelphia Alumni Club Scholar, and Sarah Rovang, T. David Fitz-Gibbon Scholar, celebrate the holiday season with a 

visit to Rockefeller Center in New York. 

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John Alexander Nelson 

Molly Hereford - Susanne Smith Scholar 

St. Albans School 


Student Council, president, vice president for administration, Safety and 

Wellness Committee chair · First Year Council, vice president · Second Year 

Council, Dinner Series Committee · Third Year Council · Honor Committee, 

senior advisor, advisor, Community Relations Committee, Braintrust 

Committee · Presidential Search Committee · University Safety and Security 

Committee, student representative · Cavalier Daily, opinion columnist · 

Sustained Dialogue · St. Elmo Hall · ACC Leadership Conference, U.Va. 

participant · Inter-Fraternity Council Judiciary Committee, judge · Jefferson 

Scholars Public Service Fellow, Film Series · Kenneth G. Elzinga Scholarship for 

Academic Excellence · William V. Daniel Award · Raven-ODK First Year Award · 

David A. Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award · Raven Society · Lawn 

Resident · Phi Beta Kappa · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Government and Foreign Affairs, Politics Honors Program/Economics 

Future Plans 

To work for Bain & Company in New York City 

Sarah Katherine Rovang 

T. David Fitz-Gibbon Scholar 

La Cueva High School 

Albuquerque, New Mexico 

American Institute of Architecture Students, president, Third Year vice 

president, Second Year representative, Liaisons Program coordinator · Board 

of Trustees · Sexual Assault Facts and Education · Third Year Council · 

Washington Literary Society and Debating Union · Fortnightly Literary 

Magazine · The Oculus, published author · Days on the Lawn · Raven-ODK First 

Year Award · Omicron Delta Kappa · Dean’s List 

Degree 

B.A. Architectural History with highest honors 

Future Plans 

To pursue a Ph.D. in the History of Art and Architecture at Brown University



Our graduates 

Caroline Siobhan Ryon 

Delaware Scholar 

Sanford School 

Hockessin, Pennsylvania 

Honor Committee, advisor · Student Council, Student Arts Committee 

outreach chair, Presidential Debate Initiative Committee, Legislative Affairs 

Committee · Arts & Sciences Council, First Year chair · Arts Council, student 

representative · Madison House Service Organization, Boosters Progam · U.Va. 

Drama, The Seagull, Pippin, Shakespeare’s R&J, Hedda Gabler, So Careless, 

Oklahoma!, The Imaginary Invalid, cast member, publicity intern, scenic 

technician · U.Va. Drama Department, box office associate · First Year Players, 

Once Upon a Mattress and Cabaret cast member, Sweeney Todd assistant 

director · Shakespeare & Company Intensive Training Institute · Kids Acting 

Out, president, co-vice president, director, treasurer · Arts Board 

Subcommittee secretary · Jefferson Literary and Debating Society · Sustained 

Dialogue · Monroe Society · Michael Wagenheim Scholarship · Irene Ryan 

Award for Oklahoma! · Raven-ODK First Year Award · David A. Harrison III 

Undergraduate Research Award · Golden Key International Honour Society · 

National Society of Collegiate Scholars · Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society · Lawn 

Resident · Intermediate Honors · Phi Beta Kappa · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. English with high distinction/Drama 

Future Plans 

To spend the summer working for Mockingbird Pictures film company before 

attending the University of Virginia School of Law 

Oil painting by Chris Belyea, the Warren W. Hobbie Scholar in the Class of 2010.


Robert Hamilton Smithson Jr. 

Ernest H. and Jeanette P. Ern Scholar 

Cary Academy 

Cary, North Carolina 

Madison House Service Organization, Tutoring Program · Abundant Life 

Tutoring Program · Resource Recess · Club Swimming · Wind Ensemble · 

Clarinet Ensemble · Musicians on Call · University Jazz Ensemble · Jazz 

Chamber Ensemble · Charlottesville/University Symphony Orchestra · Hoo 

Crew · Outdoors at U.Va. · U.Va. Triathlon Club · U.Va. Cycling Club · ASA Club 

Swimming Nationals Meet, medalist · First Year Fellowship · Chi Alpha 

Christian Fellowship · Reformed University Christian Fellowship · U.Va. 

Hospital, aneurysm research · Undergraduate Research Network, Executive 

Board, workshops chair · Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honor Society · Raven-ODK 

First Year Award · College Science Scholar · Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society · 

Raven Society · Intermediate Honors · Phi Beta Kappa · Dean’s List · Echols 

Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Economics with highest distinction/Physics 

Future Plans 

To pursue a Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at 

Chapel Hill 

Miriam Pratt Todras 

Wendy Whitlow Scholar 

Collegiate School 


Sexual Assault Peer Advocacy, president · Sexual Assault Leadership Council, 

member · Sexual Assault Advisory Committee, member · Interfaith Dialogue, 

co-president · Sustained Dialogue · Chi Omega · 21 Society recognition · 

Raven-ODK First Year Award · Lawn Resident · Raven Society · Phi Beta Kappa · 


Degree 

B.A. Political and Social Thought, Distinguished Majors Program 

Future Plans 

To work for Teach for America in Nashville, Tennessee



Our graduates 

David William Truetzel Jr. 

St. Louis Scholar 

John Burroughs School 


Honor Committee, Chair, McIntire representative, Counsel, Pre-Trial 

coordinator · Madison House Service Organization, Boosters Program, 

volunteer teacher’s assistant · Sustained Dialogue · Kappa Sigma · Inter- 

Fraternity Council, vice president for party patrol · Students for Students 

International, chief financial officer · Raven Society · Lawn Resident · Dean’s 

List 

Degree 

B.S. Commerce with concentration in Finance/B.A. History with distinction 

Future Plans 

To work as an analyst for Greenhill & Company, an investment banking firm 

in New York City 

The William Prescott Foster Scholar, Charles Dyer, poses with his family during Finals Weekend, May 2010. 

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Luke Ethan Wildfire 

Olive B. and Franklin C. Mac Krell Scholar 

Mt. Lebanon High School 


Resident Staff, resident advisor · Catholic Student Ministry · St. Thomas 

Aquinas Church, religious education teacher · Virginia Model United Nations 

Conference, Virginia International Committee Simulation, volunteer chair · 

Alternative Spring Break, Tanzania · International Relations Organization · 

Environmental Science Organization · Student Environmental Action · School 

of Engineering Science, Technology, and Society Department teaching 

assistant · Outdoors at U.Va. · Hoo Crew · Club Ultimate Frisbee, captain · 

Rodman Council, Academic Affairs chair · Civil Engineering Undergraduate 

Curriculum Committee · Engineering Students without Borders · Raven-ODK 

First Year Award · Tau Beta Phi · Chi-Epsilon National Civil and Environmental 

Engineering Honor Society · Raven Society · Intermediate Honors · Dean’s List · 


Degree 

B.S. Civil Engineering with high distinction/Environmental Science 

Future Plans 

To pursue a masters degree in Biological Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech 

Vincent Edouard Zimmern 

Dallas Area Scholar 

Cistercian Preparatory School 

Dallas, Texas 

Arts & Sciences Council, Peer Advising Committee chair, Mathematics 

representative · Madison House Service Organization, Adaptive Skiing · 

Academic Quiz Bowl · Mathematics Club · Black Voices Gospel Choir · Catholic 

Student Ministry · St. Thomas Aquinas choir · SERVE · Habitat for Humanity · 

Amnesty International · Undergraduate Research Network · The Oculus staff 

editor · Table Tennis Club · College Republicans · Jefferson Literary and 

Debating Society · University Salsa Club, choreographer of Salsa Showcase · 

U.Va. Mathematic Modeling Contest, first prize · Jefferson Literary & Debating 

Society Smith-Simpson Debate Winner · International Mathematical 

Modeling Contest, honorable mention · Third Pacific Coast Undergraduate 

Math Conference, presenter · Virginia Space Grant Consortium Scholarship for 

Mathematical Research · Dean’s Small Research and Travel Grant · David A. 

Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Mathematics with honors 

Future Plans 

To pursue a masters degree in computational science and engineering at the 

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland 

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class of 2011 

Sue Ann Abigail 

Adams 

The Westminster Schools 

Scholar 



Arts & Sciences Council, treasurer 

(2010-11), president, publicity chair, 

First Year Committee, Executive 

Committee, outreach chair, Grants 

Selection Committee · Student 

Council, proxy representative · Madison House Service Organization, Habitat 

for Humanity · Maupin House Council, intramural coordinator · College 

Foundation Board, student member · Sustained Dialogue · Majors Advising 

Program, advisor · Chi Omega · First Year Fellowship · Reformed University 

Fellowship, Supper Club · Alternative Spring Break, Belize · SERVE · Days 

on the Lawn, Lunch Buddies, team leader · Raven Society, Raven Council 

treasurer (2010-11) · Gosnell Writing Prize · Raven Society First Year 

Recognition · Phi Beta Kappa · Intermediate Honors · Dean’s List · Echols 

Scholar 

Field of Study 

Psychology/Economics 

Claudia McNeely 

Antonacci 

Robert P. Crozer Family 

Scholar 

Maclay School 

Tallahassee, Florida 

Student Council, Environmental 

Sustainability Committee · Peer 

Health Educators · AIDS Service 

Awareness and Prevention · 

Laboratory of Experimental 

Economics, lab assistant · Girl Scout Troup 444 leader · Days on the Lawn · 

Bridging the Gap · Baking and Pastry Arts Association, treasurer · Kappa 

Delta, recruitment chair · Alternative Spring Break, Bangladesh · Phi Eta 

Sigma · David A. Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award · College of Arts 

& Sciences Research Award · Wilson Journal for Undergraduate Research · 

Undergraduate Research Network Symposium · Raven Society · Order of 

Omega · National Society of Collegiate Scholars · Raven Society First Year 

Recognition · Dean’s List · Lawn Resident (2010-11) · Echols Scholar 


Religious Studies/Environmental Thought and Practice 

Anjun Kumar 

Bose 

Paradis Family Scholar 

Tates Creek Senior High School 

Lexington, Kentucky 

Indian Student Association · Baking 

and Pastry Arts Association · Students 

for Students International, web 

developer · U.Va. Engineering 

Foundation, web team · BoseDesigns. 

com, web developer · Zeta Beta Tau, 

judiciary chair (2010-11), risk manager, historian · Biomedical Engineering 

Department, researcher · Double Hoo Research Grant · Raven Society First 

Year Recognition · Rodman Scholar 


Biomedical Engineering 

Michelle 

Christine 

Chmielewski 

Souder Family Scholar 

Crystal Lake Central High School 

Crystal Lake, Illinois 

Second Year Council, Academic and 

Career Committee chair · Third Year 

Council · Madison House Service 

Organization, Medical Services 

Program, English as a Second 

Language tutor · U.Va. Collegiate Mock Trial, 2009 All-American attorney · U.Va. 

Board of Audit and Management · Navigant Consulting Case Competition, 1st 

place team · McIntire School of Commerce, tour guide, student mentor · Beta 

Gamma Sigma, corporate relations vice president · Kappa Delta · Alternative 

Spring Break, Executive Board, treasurer, Guatemala, Argentina site leader, 

China · Days on the Lawn · Raven Society · National Society of Collegiate 

Scholars · Raven Society First Year Recognition · Intermediate Honors · Echols 

Scholar 


Commerce/Economics 

2

class of 2011 

William Thomas 

Cozean 

Jeffrey Rockwell Cudlip 

Memorial Scholar 

St. Ignatius High School 

Cleveland, Ohio 

Madison House Service Organization, 

Big Sibling Program · Commerce 

Council, president · Inter-Fraternity 

Council, Judiciary Committee judge · 

Sigma Alpha Mu, president, treasurer, 

pledge class president · Alternative Spring Break · Spirit of Entrepreneurship 

and Enterprise Development · SERVE · Socially Responsible Investment 

Organization 


Commerce: Concentration in Finance and Management/Foreign Affairs 

Theodore Melvin 

Crockin 

Harry W. Gilbert Scholar 

Frank W. Cox High School 

Virginia Beach, Virginia 

One in Four, president, vice president · 

University Guide Service · Take Back 

the Night, vigil chair, men’s outreach 

co-chair · Walk a Mile in Her Shoes · 

Student Entrepreneurs for Economic 

Development · Inter-Fraternity 

Council, Judiciary Committee judge · Phi Society, Rush Committee co-chair · 

Alternative Spring Break · Monroe Society · Raven Society · Raven Society First 

Year Recognition · Lawn Resident (2010-11) · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Commerce: Concentration in Finance and Accounting 

Lee Whitmore 

Eschenroeder 

James K. Candler Scholar 

E. C. Glass High School 

Lynchburg, Virginia 

One in Four · University Guide Service · 

Bike & Build · Alternative Spring 

Break, Costa Rica · Phi Delta Theta · 

Institute for Practical Ethics, summer 

internship grant 


Bioethics 

Carrie L. Filipetti 

Cochran Family Scholar 

Clarkstown High School South 

West Nyack, New York 

Student Council, Diversity Initiatives 

Committee co-chair · Madison House 

Service Organization, Habitat for 

Humanity/AHIP program director · 

The Advocate · Hoos for Israel, 

president, AIPAC communications 

coordinator, vice president of 

advocacy · Hillel Jewish Student Organization · Children of Abraham Institute 

for Scriptural Reasoning · Rutherford Institute intern · ArgHOOers Debate 

Organization, secretary · Federalist Society · Raven Society · Astronomy 

Society, secretary · Raven Society First Year Recognition · Dean’s List · Echols 

Scholar 


Religious Studies 

3


class of 2011 

Erin Kathleen 

Franey 

Peter W. Stott Foundation 

Scholar 

Jesuit High School 

Portland, Oregon 

University Judiciary Committee, 

educator · First Year Players · AIDS/HIV 

Service Group volunteer · Hope 

Community Center volunteer · 

Organizing for America/Democratic 

Party volunteer · Catholic Student Ministries: Virginia Organizing Project, 

intern, U.Va. chapter head · Workers and Students United, student leader · 

Black Voices Gospel Choir · IMPACT, Justfaith, First Year Small Group · Students 

for Peace and Justice in Palestine · Alternative Spring Break, Service Learning 

Grant recipient · Raven Society · Raven Society First Year Recognition · Echols 

Scholar 


Political and Social Thought 

Erin Franey, the Peter W. Stott Foundation Scholar, Class of 2011, 

reads on the back of a junker on Halong Bay, Vietnam, during 

her summer foreign travel experience in 2009. 

Lauren Elizabeth 

Groetch 

William A. McClung Memorial 

Scholar 

School of the Holy Child 

Rye, New York 

Hoos Open to Preventing Eating 

Disorders · Feminism Is For 

Everyone · First Year Players, chief 

hair/makeup designer · RockChor a 

cappella, founder, president · Virginia 

Organizing Project · 3.7 Literary Magazine, poetry editor · Kids Acting Out · 

Queer Student Union · Dean’s List 


English 

Catherine Anne 

Hartmann 

Northern New Jersey Area 

Scholar 

Voorhees High School 

Glen Gardner, New Jersey 

Student Council, Building and 

Grounds Committee co-chair · 


Soccer Organization of Charlottesville/ 

Albemarle coach · Alternative Spring 

Break, treasurer, site leader, New Orleans, Belize · Sigma Kappa · David A. 

Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award · Phi Beta Kappa · Intermediate 

Honors · Dean’s List 


Religious Studies/South Asian Studies 

4

class of 2011 

Justin Michael 

Holmes 

Katherine B. and William F. 

Blue Scholar 

Catonsville High School 

Catonsville, Maryland 

Honor Committee counsel · Alternative 

Spring Break, New Orleans · Sustained 

Dialogue · Relay for Life · Phi Society, 

secretary, kitchen manager · Habitat 

for Humanity · Take Back the Night · 

Dream Rock Studios, iPhone developer · Student Game Developers 


Computer Science 

Molly Logan 

Holmes 

B.H. Rutledge Moore Family 

Scholar 

Savannah Country Day School 

Savannah, Georgia 

Student Council, Public Service 

Committee, Committee on Civic 

Engagement subcommittee chair · 

Students for Students International, 

managing director, Executive 

Board, Finance Committee · The Declaration, associate editor · Pi Beta Phi · 

OFFScreen · Alternative Spring Break, Jamaica · University Peer Support, 

Executive Board, mentor · Junior Inter-Sorority Council · Z Society First Year 

Recognition · Raven Society First Year Recognition · Intermediate Honors · 

Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Comparative Literature/Media Studies 

Lynne Nichole 

Kolodinsky 

Frank and Ann Hereford 

Scholar 

Norristown Area High School 

Norristown, Pennsylvania 

Fitzhugh House Council, vice president · 

Virginia Association of College and 

University Housing Officers Conference, 

team leader 2009 · National Residence 

Hall honorary co-chair, national 

communications coordinator · Woody/Cauthen Association Council, co-advisor · 

Resident Staff, tri-chair (2010-11), resident advisor, senior resident · St. 

Thomas Aquinas Church choir · Catholic Student Ministry · Music Arts Board 

undergraduate co-chair (2010-11) · University Singers · Musicians on Call · First 

Year Players, Footloose musical director · Pit Orchestra · Virginia Themis Society · 

Raven Society · University Guide Service · Office of Residence Life Recognition 

for Outstanding Contribution · Z Society First Year Recognition · Intermediate 

Honors · Dean’s List 


Political Philosophy, Policy, and Law/Music 

Kelly Melissa 

Laustsen 

Peter and Crisler Quick 

Scholar 

Newman Smith High School 

Carrollton, Texas 


Big Sibling Program, Tutoring 

Program · Webb House Council · 

Committee on Undergraduate 

Admissions · Alternative Spring Break, 

Smoky Mountains, Ecuador · Alpha Chi Omega, house manager; Club crosscountry 

· U.Va. Sustainability, student employee, conservation advocate · 

Recycling Center volunteer · Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society · 

Intermediate Honors · Rodman Scholar 


Civil/Environmental Engineering


class of 2011 

Warren Currie 

Mackie-Jenkins 

KBR Foundation Scholar 

Highland School 

Warrenton, Virginia 


Charlottesvile Free Clinic program 

director, Emergency Department 

patient representative · Kids Acting 

Out · First Year Players, Sweeney Todd 

musical director, Thoroughly Modern 

Millie actor · Alternative Spring Break, Guatemala, Egypt · University Guide 

Service · First Year Seminar · SERVE · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Biology 

David Andrew 

McGinley 

St. Elmo Hall (Delta Phi) 

Scholar 

Bay Shore High School 

Bay Shore, New York 


investigator · First Year Council, 

Community Service Committee · 

Webb House Council · Madison House 

Service Organization, Big Sibling 

Program · Students for Students International, fundraising director · Socially 

Responsible Investment Organization, analyst · Sigma Alpha Mu, alumni 

chair, scholarship chair, pledge class vice president · Junior Inter-Fraternity 

Council, vice president · Inter-Fraternity Council, Judiciary Committee judge · 

Alternative Spring Break, Cusco, Peru, site leader, Bangor Ridge, Jamaica · 

Towards a Better Latin America · Monroe Society · SERVE · Phi Eta Sigma 

Honor Society · Echols Scholar 


Commerce 

Claire Hays 

Montaigne 

Randolph P. Barton Family 

Scholar 

The Fieldston School 

Bronx, New York 

First Year Council, Community Service 

Committee co-chair · Maupin House 


Organization, Boosters Program, 

Hot Shots volunteer · Class of 2011 

Trustees, graduation chair (2010-11) · College Access for Everyone, co-founder · 

Third Year Council, Infinity Ball chair, Recognition Dinner chair · Virginia 

Ambassadors, Student Information Session leader · University Guide Service · 

Women’s Novice Crew Team · Virginia Athletics Honor Roll · Raven Society · 

Intermediate Honors · Lawn Resident (2010-11) · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Human Biology 

Sarah Pettus 

Munford 

Norfolk Academy Scholar 

Norfolk Academy 


Honor Committee, investigations 

coordinator, advisor, Building 

Tomorrow president, vice president · 

Student Council, Civic Engagement 

Committee, College of Arts & 

Sciences representative, Student 

Life Committee · Bike to Uganda, volunteers and outreach chair · Students 

for Students International, Ghana director, expansion director · Seeds of 

Hope Brazil, international director · Girl Scout Troop 444 leader · University 

Relations Committee, Dance Marathon · Pancakes for Parkinson’s, flipper 

captain, Donation Collection Committee · First Year Fellowship · Pi Beta Phi, 

vice president of membership, recruitment assistant chair · Jefferson Scholars 

Public Service Fellow · Jefferson Public Citizens Grant · Community Based 

Research Grant · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Global Development Studies/Foreign Affairs 

6

class of 2011 

Laura Kathryn 

Nelson 

Thanksgiving Foundation 

Scholar 

Noble and Greenough School 

Dedham, Massachusetts 


Committee founder and chair, Civic 

Engagement Committee · University 

Judiciary Committee, First Year judge · 

Maupin House Council president · 

Madison House Service Organization, Board of Directors, Holiday Sharing · 

Sexual Assault Board member · varsity field hockey · U.Va. Club Ice Hockey · 

2009 ACC Leadership Conference · Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow, 

Advisory Board, lead fellow · Ernest H. Ern Distinguished Student Award 

Committee · Advisory Committee to the Office of Community Partnerships · Pi 

Beta Phi · David A. Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award · Robert Kent 

Gooch Scholarship · Institute for Practical Ethics Scholarship · Raven Society · 

Phi Beta Kappa · Lawn Resident (2010-11) · Intermediate Honors · Dean’s List · 




Manas Nigam 

E. Stuart James Grant Scholar 

Carlisle School 

Martinsville, Virginia 

First Year Council, Diversity 

Committee · Dobie House Council · 

resident staff, Recognition Committee, 

resident advisor · Beta Theta Pi, 

leadership chair · Di Shaan Bhangra 

Team · U.Va. Hospital, Surgical 

Admissions Suite and Family 

Care · Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad, EMT · Beirne B. Carter 

Immunology Center · Goehler-Gaykema Neuroimmunology Laboratory · 

Soccer Organization of Charlottesville-Albemarle · Washington Literary 

Society and Debating Union · Sustained Dialogue · India Day, organizer/MC · 

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month director · Asian Pacific-Americans 

Leadership Training Institute · Hindu Students Council · Hong Kong 

University of Science and Technology, School of Business Administration, 

University Programs Council, CIO Connections Committee, Students for 

Students International · Duke University, Division of Cardiovascular and 

Thoracic Surgery summer researcher · Warwick D. Johnson International 

Scholarship · Lawn Resident (2010-11) · Intermediate Honors · Dean’s List · 



Economics 

Kaleigh Brogan 

Oleynik 

Paul B. Barringer Family 

Scholar 

Greensboro Day School 

Greensboro, North Carolina 

University Programs Council, PKG 

Concert Committee · Offscreen Film 

Club · Glass Garden Literary Magazine, 

public relations chair, co-founder · 

Black Voices Gospel Choir · Students 

Taking Action Now in Darfur, Darfuri tutoring chair · Charlottesville Flash Mob · 

Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Interdisciplinary/Comparative Conversation Analysis 

Caroline Terrell 

Richards 

Mary Anderson Harrison 

Scholar 

J. J. Pearce High School 

Richardson, Texas 


Adopt-A-Grandparent Program · 

Ballroom Dance Club · SERVE · 

Outdoors at U.Va. · Hoo Crew · 

Professor’s Picks Book discussion 

group · Charlottesville City League Youth Basketball, assistant coach · 

Reformed University Fellowship, ministry team · First Year Fellowship, 2008 

leader · International Justice Mission campus chapter · Charlottesville 

Abundant Life Ministries · Nicaragua Planning Committee, Barefoot 5K 

run · Nicaraguan Orphan Fund, president (2010-11), spring break service 

trip, leadership team, board member · Pi Beta Phi · Phi Eta Sigma · National 

Society for Collegiate Scholars · Dean’s List 


Nursing


class of 2011 

James Thomas 

Rogers 

L.S. Waldrop/T. Evans Wyckoff 

Scholar 

Radford High School 

Radford, Virginia 

Student Council, Safety and Wellness 

Committee · Madison House Service 

Organization, Tutoring Program 

director · Cavalier Daily, opinion 

columnist, senior associate editor, 

associate editor, Outstanding First-Year Award · Jefferson Literary and 

Debating Society · Washington Literary Society and Debating Union · 

McIntire Investment Institute, chief financial officer, conglomerates sector 

head · McIntire Investment Institute, president · Commercial Law I, teaching 

assistant · INST 1550 Anatomy of a Financial Crisis, course instructor · Virginia 

Society for the Recruitment of Special Scholars, training vice president · 

Alternative Spring Break, Appalachian Trail site leader, Washington, D.C./ 

Shenandoah Valley site leader · Library Student Advisory Committee · Virginia 

Press Association, 2nd Place Editorial Writing Award · Days on the Lawn · 

Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow · Monroe Society · Phi Eta Sigma 

Honor Society · Intermediate Honors · Lawn Resident (2010-11) · Dean’s List · 



Commerce: Concentration in Finance and Management/History 

Alyssa Michele 

Schechter 

Ralph James Quale Jr. Scholar 

Wooster School 

Danbury, Connecticut 


counselor, First Year judge · Cauthen 

House Council, intramural coordinator · 

Sigma Delta, ISC representative, 

recruitment co-chair · Sustained 

Dialogue · Students for Students 

International, Executive of Service, Adopt-A-Scholar director, scholar director, 

Zanzibar contact · Alternative Spring Break, Quito, Ecuador · Global Business 

Brigades, Panama · Jewish Leadership Council · Jewish Social Justice Council, 

chair (2010-11), vice chair · Hillel Alternative Spring Break, Montevideo, 

Uruguay · Hillel First Year Leadership Development · Talkspace Israel · Raven 

Society · Golden Key International Honour Society · Phi Beta Kappa · Lawn 

Resident (2010-11) · Dean’s List 


Political Philosophy, Policy and Law/Spanish 

Members of the Class of 2011 Sarah Touse, The Westend Foundation Scholar, and Laura Nelson, the Thanksgiving Foundation Scholar, 

“horse around” in China.

class of 2011 

Gregory Scott 

Siegel 

Valentine Family Scholar 

Kent Denver School 

Englewood, Colorado 

Honor Committee, College of Arts 

& Sciences representative, senior 

counsel, Faculty Advisory Committee 

chair · University Judiciary Committee, 

counsel · U.Va. Collegiate Mock Trial, 

captain, Executive Board · LASE 151 

Honor and Ethics in Everyday Life, class facilitator · Virginia Alpine Ski and 

Snowboard Team · Sigma Chi · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Economics 

Emily Nicole 

Skiba 

Cincinnati, Ohio Scholar 

Summit Country Day School 

Cincinnati, Ohio 


Migrant Aid Program · Breakthrough 

Collaborative, teacher intern · 

Charlottesville City Schools, substitute 

teacher · University Singers, concert 

manager, secretary · OperaViva’s 

Pirates of Penzance, actor · STARS Program volunteer · College Access for 

Everyone, IMP Grant, student coach · Virginia Festival of the Book! volunteer · 

Virginia Ambassadors office hours · Undergraduate Babysitters · Monroe 

Society · Days on the Lawn · McIntire Department of Music, Dean’s Fund 

Scholarship · Phi Beta Kappa · Intermediate Honors · Dean’s List · Echols 

Scholar 


English/Secondary Education 

Sarah Elizabeth 

Stickley 

William G. Pannill Scholar 

Rockbridge County High School 

Lexington, Virginia 


Migrant Aid Program director (2010- 

11), English as a Second Language 

Program · “I Have a Dream” Program · 

Cavalier Marching Band · HOOps 

Band · Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship, 

core group leader · Abundant Life Ministries tutor · Global Development 

Organization · Raven Society · Days on the Lawn · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Kinesiology 

Stuart Elizabeth 

Stump 

Lawrence Lewis Jr. Scholar 

Charlotte Latin School 


Jefferson Literary and Debating 

Society, Good-ole-Girl Probationary 

Award · University Singers · Chamber 

Singers · Reformed University 

Fellowship · HOPE (Homeless 

Outreach Poverty Eradication), 

leadership team vice chair · Pi Beta Phi · Echols Council · Z Society First Year 

Recognition · 21 Society Recognition · Golden Key International Honour 

Society · National Scholars Honor Society · Phi Beta Kappa · Intermediate 

Honors · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Politics Honors Program/English


class of 2011 

Ji-Soo Suh 

Richard M. Berkeley Family 

Scholar 

International School Manila 

Manila, Philippines 

Honor Committee, LASE 151 Honor 

and Ethics in Everyday Life class 

facilitator · University Judiciary 

Committee, counsel · College of 

Arts & Sciences Council, First Year 

representative, Academic Affairs 

Committee · resident staff, resident advisor · Sexual Assault Board member · 

Alpha Delta Pi · Mentoring and International exchange Program · 2010 

Navigant Case Competition winner · Rolls-Royce ICE Competition winner · 



Commerce/Government 

Danna Elisabeth 

Thomas 

Robin Ashley Morgan Scholar 

Broadneck High School 

Annapolis, Maryland 

Arts & Sciences Council, Music 

Department representative · Student 

Council Arts Committee · U.Va. Arts 

Board, student representative · 

McIntire Department of Music, jazz 

intern, tour guides founder · 

Arts Administration 300-level course Art and Technology, co-creator · U.Va. 

Medical School Center for Cell Signaling, undergraduate intern · Chi Omega · 

St. Baldrick’s Foundation, treasurer · Days on the Lawn · Language Corps 

volunteer in Cambodia and Vietnam · TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers 

of Other Languages) certified · Charlottesville Vineyard Christian Daycare · 

Breast Cancer Research Swimsuit Calendar fundraiser, Virginia representative · 

U.Va. Jazz Ensemble, lead saxophone · U.Va. Jazz Chamber Ensemble · U.Va. 

Clarinet Quartet · Cavalier Marching Band · HOOps Band · Musicians on Call · 

Jazz vocalist · MINDS WIDE OPEN: U.Va. Celebrates Women in the Arts, 

statewide celebration intern, chair, coordinator, producer · Performed with 

the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, U.S. Navy Band, and Grammy-nominated 

jazz musicians Dave Liebman and Terrence Blanchard · Modern Medication 

album, featured alto saxophone · “The Tiptons,” opening performer · 

Piedmont Council of the Arts Art Blog, featured female artist · WTJU Eclectic 

Women radio show, guest host · Art Works Virginia state conference, student 

arts advocate · Bill T. Jones, Billy Bang, and Bill Cole Residencies, volunteer · 

Fred Frith Residency, alto sax performance · Miss Virginia Dogwood 2010, 

talent winner · Miss Virginia Finalist 2010 · Miss Maryland 2008 Preliminary 

Pageant · Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life Scholarship · McIntire 

Department of Music Performance Scholarship · Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society · 



Interdisciplinary/ Arts Administration and Jazz Studies 

Sarah Kristen 

Touse 

The Westend Foundation 

Scholar 

Girls Preparatory School 


Honor Committee counsel, 

investigations coordinator · Arts & 

Sciences Council, Strategic Initiatives 

chair, Academic Affairs chair, 

ombudsman, First Year Committee 

chair · University Judiciary Committee, senior counselor, counsel · Majors 

Advising Program, advisor · VISAS English as a Second Language assistant · 

Madison House Service Organization, Boosters Program · Girl Scout Troop 

444 leader · Webb House Council · First Year Council · Third Year Council · 

Sustained Dialogue · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Economics/Psychology 

Lian Xue 

William H.P. Young Scholar 

Shanghai Foreign Language 

School 

Shanghai, China 


Adopt-a-Grandparent Program, 

Holiday Sharing · Peer Advising 

Family Network advisor · Student 

Council Diversity Initiative · College 

of Arts & Sciences Council, Economic 

Department representative · Mentoring and International exchange 

Program · Alternative Spring Break, South Dakota · International Students 

Inc., president (2010-11), outreach chair · International Students and 

Scholars Program, student ambassador · SEED, Building Haiti · Salsa Club · 

Pancakes for Parkinson’s · Mainland Student Network, Interviewer Program · 

Raven Society · Floyd Prize in Mathematics · Intermediate Honors · Dean’s 



Economics/Mathematics 

0

class of 2012 

class of 2012 

Hannah Miller 

Barefoot 

Lawrence Lewis Jr. Scholar 

North Carolina School of the Arts 

Winston-Salem, North Carolina 

Brown College resident advisor 

(2009-11) · The Declaration, business 

manager, assistant art director, 

associate editor · Sustained Dialogue · 

Washington Literary and Debating 

Union provisional class · Monroe 

Society · UVa Community Garden, garden assistant (2010-11), UVa Outreach 

coordinator · Student Environmental Action, SPROUT community garden · 

Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society, William R. Kenan Jr. Fellowship · Dean’s List · 



Studio Art/English 

Elizabeth 

Stratford Bowles 

Mary and Daniel Loughran 

Foundation Scholar 

Washington International School 



Committee co-chair (2010-11), 

Environmental Sustainability 

Committee · Women’s Leadership 

Development Program, Executive 

Committee (2010-11) · Alternative Spring Break, Ghana, Panama · Global 

Development Organization · Jefferson Public Citizens Grant, Inner Mongolia 

Grand Aides research · Pi Beta Phi · Days on the Lawn, panelist, volunteer · 

Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow · Omicron Delta Kappa/Raven Society 

First Year Recognition · Z Society First Year Recognition · Dean’s List · Echols 

Scholar 



foreign travel study program 

2010 structured Foreign Travel 

Study trips 

The Culture of London 

(held at Regent’s College, London), led 

by Jon Readey (T.A.) and U.Va. Professors 

of English Michael Levenson and Clare 

Kinney 

Beautiful China and Beyond 

(travel through China, including Tibet) 

led by U.Va. Professor of Politics 

(Comparative Government and International 

Relations) and East Asia Center 

faculty member Brantly Womack 

Student-Led Service Learning 

Expedition to Tanzania 

led by Jefferson Scholar Alumnus Justin 

Reich (Class of 2000) 

Meg Raymond (the Randoph P. Barton Family Scholar) and 

Katie Kelley (the Thomas E. Martin Jr. Family Scholar), both 

members of the Class of 2012, on their structured Foreign Travel 

Study trip to China in May 2010. 

1


class of 2012 

Kirsti Anne 

Campbell 

James Earle Sargeant - Seven 

Society Scholar 

John Handley High School 

Winchester, Virginia 

Honor Committee advisor · Madison 

House Service Organization, Adopta-Grandparent 

Program director, 

Health Services volunteer · 2009 U.S. 

Presidential Scholars Program advisor · 

College Science Scholar, Summer Research Grant recipient · Undergraduate 

Research Network, Symposium chair · Women in Medicine Initiatives · 

American Medical Student Association · Fraser Lab member · McNamara Lab 

member · Days on the Lawn · Catholic Student Ministry · Chi Alpha Christian 

Fellowship · Monroe Society: Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow, Film 

Series · National Society of Collegiate Scholars · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Biology 

Richard David 

Cates Jr. 

Richard S. Cross Scholar 

Kennett High School 

Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 

University Guide Service · Washington 

Literary Society and Debating Union · 

Economics Club, Tutoring chair · 

2009 Bike MS Tour de Vine, the 

Meadeorites · Jefferson Scholars 

Public Service Fellow · Dean’s List 


Economics/Public Policy 

Wayne Lee Dell 

Charles L. Brown Memorial 

Scholar 

Pensacola High School 

Pensacola, Florida 

Student Council Arts Committee · 

Page-Emmet Association Council 

vice president · University Guide 

Service · Seeds of Hope, Brazil · First 

Year Players, assistant business 

manager, West Side Story assistant 

choreographer, Footloose cast member, Sweeney Todd fundraising chair · 

Virginia Gentlemen, president, business manager · University Singers · 

Pancakes for Parkinson’s, Entertainment chair · Omicron Delta Kappa/Raven 

Society First Year Recognition 


Economics/Chinese 

John Mark 

DiGrazia Jr. 

Claude R. Davenport Jr. 

Scholar 

St. Christopher’s School 


Honor Committee counsel, Senior 

Support, Pre-Trial coordinator · Webb- 

Maupin Association Council · 


Society · 1 in 4 · Cavalier Daily 

production · CHoosE a cappella, Contact manager · First Year Fellowship · 

Agape Christian Fellowship · Abundant Life Ministries, Bible Club, volunteer · 

Reformed University Fellowship · Seeds of Hope, Brazil · Beta Theta Pi, 

Executive Board, Scholarship chair · Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow · 

Cavalier Commendations recipient · National Society of Collegiate Scholars · 

Phi Eta Sigma Honors Society · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Spanish/Economics 

2

class of 2012 

Thomas 

Alexander 

Eschenroeder Jr. 

James P. Massie Scholar 

Trinity Episcopal School 


Honor Committee, Flex Exam Ad Hoc 

Committee co-chair, advisor · Student 

Council, University Unity Project · 


Bridging the Gap · Alternative Spring 

Break, Portland site leader, Ecuador · Jefferson Public Citizens Grant, 

Grand Aides - Inner Mongolia · Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Research, 

Rissman Lab · Phi Delta Theta · Dean’s List 



Tyler Stephen 

Frankenberg 

Carl H. Lindner III Scholar 

Archbishop Moeller High School 


Page-Emmet Association Council, 

community service director · 

Sustained Dialogue · The Whethermen, 

vice president, publicity manager · 

Alternative Spring Break, Cincinnati 

2010 site leader, Chicago · First Year 

Players, Sweeney Todd cast member · The Whethermen Improv Comedy, vice 

president · Summer Orientation Leader · International Relations Organization · 

Dean’s List 



Matt Pesesky, the Class of 1983 – David P. Carmack Memorial Scholar, Class of 2012, on safari in Tanzania during his foreign travel study 

experience. 

3


class of 2012 

Laura Karen 

Hansen 

Molly Hereford - Susanne 

Smith Scholar 

Pittsford Mendon High School 

Pittsford, New York 


Abundant Life Ministries Program 

tutor · Nursing Students without 

Borders, Local Initiatives director 

(2010-11) · Student Nurses’ 

Association of Virginia, vice president and legislative director (2010-11), 

Community Service chair, Cards for Kids · Days on the Lawn · Reformed 

University Fellowship · Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow, Health Care 

Reform Panel · Honors Clinical · Dean’s List 


Nursing 

Elizabeth Tyler 

Harris 

In memory of Mr. and Mrs. 

Benjamin B. White Sr. and 

Claire C. Smith Scholar 

St. Catherine’s School 


Student Council, Academic Affairs 

Committee · Third Year Council · 

University Board of Audit and 

Management, commissioner · 

Madison House Service Organization, Big Siblings mentor, Boosters, Cavs 

in the Classroom, PLAY After-School Activities · Students for Students 

International, Finance chair · Women’s Club Tennis Team · Days on the Lawn · 

Kappa Alpha Theta · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Commerce/Arts Administration and Curatoria Studies (Echols Interdisciplinary 

Major) 

Martha 

Pemberton 

Heath 

Betsey Gamble Feinour 

Scholar 

St. Andrew’s School 

Middletown, Delaware 

Sustained Dialogue, chair, moderator, 

public relations representative · 

University Democrats · University 

Guide Service · Virginia Women’s 

Rugby Football Club · University of Virginia Cycling Club · Anne Marye Owen 

Prize in Latin · Omicron Delta Kappa/Raven Society First Year Recognition · 



Mathematics/Political and Social Thought 

Mary Olivia 

Hutton 

The Noland Scholar 

Berwick Academy 

South Berwick, Maine 

First Year Players stage crew · 

Ballroom Dance Club · McGlathery Lab 

research assistant · St. Paul’s Episcopal 

Church choir · Canterbury Student 

Fellowship · Days on the Lawn · Chi 

Alpha Fellowship · Alternative Spring 

Break, Zion National Park, Utah · College Science Scholar · Jefferson Scholars 

Public Service Fellow · David A. Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award · 



Environmental Sciences 

4

class of 2012 

Kaitlin Murphy 

Kelley 

Thomas E. Martin Jr. Family 

Scholar 




counselor · Madison House Service 

Organization, Migrant Aid, YMCA 

girls lacrosse coach · Pancakes 

for Parkinson’s, Public Relations 

chair (2010-11), Personnel director · Chi Omega, Inter-Sorority Council 

representative · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Economics/Spanish 

Pemberton Heath, the Betsey Gamble Feinour Scholar in 

the Class of 2012, on a cycling trip to Independence Pass in 

Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. 

Jin Yoo Kim 

Olive B. and Franklin C. 

Mac Krell Scholar 

International School of Kuala 

Lumpur 

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 

Reunifications of the Koreas, 

committee chair · International 

Relations Organization, Virginia 

International Crisis simulation · 

Alternative Spring Break, Biloxi, 

Mississippi · Korean Student Association · Korean Catholic Student Ministry, 

treasurer, Worship and Praise chair · Virginia Model United Nations Conference, 

staffer 


Economics/Statistics 

Mary Catherine 

Kinniburgh 

Joseph R. Daniel Scholar 

Langley High School 


Conservation Advocates · Hoos Ready, 

Programs Committee · Madison House 

Service Organization · Learning Needs 

and Evaluation Center, volunteer · Day 

in the Life in-class tutor for English 

at Charlottesville High School · VISAS 

classroom consultant · Cavalier Daily, health and sexuality writer · Feminism 

Is For Everyone · Shamrock Marathon · CASPCA pet adopter · U.Va. Human 

Resources Department, yoga semester presenter · U.Va. Aquatic and 

Fitness Center, trainer · Ova Im-Rec, Outstanding Participant Retention 

Award, Group Exercise fitness supervisor, workshop leader, yoga instructor, 

volunteer teaching · representative and presenter for U.Va.’s yoga program 

at Southeastern Collegiate Fitness Expo at the College of William and Mary · 

Dean’s List 


English/Medieval Studies


class of 2012 

Joseph Michael 

Koes 

Chiswell D. Langhorne Jr. 

Scholar 

E. C. Glass High School 


First Year Council, activities 

committee · Woody/Cauthen 

Association Council · Madison House 

Service Organization, Big Siblings 

Program · Alternative Spring Break, 

Grand Canyon · Inter-Greek Habitat for Humanity, Steering Committee · 

Jefferson Literary and Debating Society · Sigma Alpha Epsilon · Sigma 

Alpha Lambda · Outdoors at U.Va. · Days on the Lawn · Alpha Epsilon Delta 

Pre-Med Honor Society · National Society of Collegiate Scholars · Golden Key 

International Honour Society · Dean’s List 


Biology 

Garrett Browne 

Lyons III 

C. Porter Schutt Scholar 

Tower Hill School 

Wilmington, Delaware 

Honor Committee, Investigations 

coordinator, Procedures Committee, 

Technology Ad-Hoc Committee, 

counsel · Student Council, Academic 

Affairs Committee · Madison House 

Service Organization, Bridging the 

Gap mentor, Community Events Program director · Sustained Dialogue · 

UVA Kiva · Miller Center of Public Affairs, Presidential Recordings Program 

· University Board of Elections · University Democrats, Membership 

Program director · College Republicans · Jefferson Scholars Public Service 

Fellow · Omicron Delta Kappa/Raven First Year Recognition · 

National Society of Collegiate Scholars · Phi Eta Sigma · Sigma Alpha 

Lambda Honor Society · Dean’s List 


History, Distinguished Majors Program/Foreign Affairs 

Maria Malas 

Lyell B. Clay Scholar 

Charleston Catholic High School 

Charleston, West Virginia 

Brown College Govboard, portal 

representative · Sigma Delta, Pledge 

Class president, Social chair · Peer 

Health Educator (2010-11), FIMRC, 

secretary (2010-11), VISAS, English as 

a Second Language tutor · Sustained 

Dialogue, moderator (2010-11) · 

Cavalier Daily, health and science senior writer, health and sexuality writer · 

2009 Bike MS Tour de Vine, MS 150 Team 


Philosophy/Biology 

Paul Jonathan 

Michel 

David J. Wood Scholar 

Monticello High School 


Student Council, Academic Affairs 

Committee · Webb/Maupin 

Association Council, vice president · 

Arts & Sciences Council, Spanish 

Department representative · Madison 

House Service Organization, team 

leader, Southwood bilingual tutor · Monticello High School, theater 

technician · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Spanish/Mathematics 

6

class of 2012 

Yixiao Min 

Havens Family Scholar 

Beijing Chaoyang Foreign 

Language School 

Beijing, China 

Honor Committee, senior educator 

(2010-11), Diversity Advisory 

Board · Student Council, Civic 

Engagement Committee, Diversity 

Initiative · Third Year Council 

(2010-11) · Madison House Service 

Organization, English as a Second Language Program director (2010-11), 

tutor · Monroe Society · Alternative Spring Break, Congaree · Hoos Ready, 

Program Committee · International Student Inc., Publicity chair · Mentoring 

and International exchange Program · International Host Program · Global 

Development Organization · Mainland Student Network · Chinese Student 

and Scholar Society · College Science Scholar · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Politics Honors Program/Economics 

Hannah Marie 

Moody 

David A. Walentas Scholar 

Harvard-Westlake School 

North Hollywood, California 

Echols/Humphreys Association 

Council, community service organizer · 


English as a Second Language 

volunteer · Pi Beta Phi · University 

Democrats · Women’s Water Polo Club, 

vice president · Dean’s List 


Foreign Affairs/Middle Eastern Studies 

Members of the Class of 2012 on the steps of the Rotunda before a dinner for the Institute for Leadership and Citizenship, August 2009.


class of 2012 

Emma Elizabeth 

Ying Murphy 

Hathaway Family Scholar 

Glenelg Country School 

Ellicott City, Maryland 

Virginia Organizing Project · Sustained 

Dialogue · Student Council, Civic 

Engagement Committee · University 

Singers · Chamber Singers · Alpha Phi 

Omega, Community Build Committee · 

First Year Fellowship · Agape 

Christian Fellowship · Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow · Z Society 

First Year Recognition · Raven Society First Year Recognition · Seven Society 

Recognition · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 



Emily Ann 

Pearce 

Olsson Family Scholar 

Lafayette High School 

Williamsburg, Virginia 


Bridging the Gap Program director, 

Charlottesville Area Riding Therapy 

instructor-in-training · Alternative 

Spring Break, site leader, chair, Grand 

Canyon · Eastern North Carolina Teach 

for America pen pal · Research Assistant · Relay for Life · University Democrats 


Biology/Environmental Science 

Matthew 

Magaldi Pesesky 

Class of 1983 - David P. 

Carmack Memorial Scholar 

Leonia High School 

Leonia, New Jersey 

University Guide Service, Outreach 

co-chair · Madison House Service 

Organization, Burley Middle School 

Tutoring Program · ONE at U.Va., 

treasurer · University Historical Society, 

founding member · University Archaeological Society · VISAS, language 

consultant · Habitat for Humanity · Hoos Grillin’, co-founder · U.Va. Wind 

Ensemble · Charlottesville/University Symphony Orchestra · Concert Band and 

Glee Club, guest musician · Trombone Ensemble · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


History 

Dagney Devlin 

Pruner 

Nancy and Neal O. Wade Jr. 

Scholar 

The Awty International School 


First Year Council · Second Year 


Organization, Boosters · Barrett Day 

Care Center, teaching aide · University 

Dance Club · American Indian Student 

Union · Kappa Kappa Gamma, Apparel chairman, Academic Committee · 

University Democrats 


Global Development Studies

class of 2012 

Megan Elizabeth 

Raymond 

Randolph P. Barton Family 

Scholar 

Episcopal School of Dallas 

Dallas, Texas 

Student Council, Environmental 

Sustainability Committee, Research 

& Development Task Force leader · 


Cavs in the Classroom Program 

director · Socially Responsible Investing Organization, Research Committee · 

First Year Players, Footloose cast member · Lax Lite · Alternative Spring Break, 

Portland, Oregon, site leader, Jamaica · Chi Omega, Recruitment chair · Days 

on the Lawn · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Commerce 

Matthew William 

Savarese 

Joan and Philip B. Pool Jr. 

Family Scholar 

Rye High School 

Rye, New York 


soccer coach · Orientation, leader · 

Alternative Spring Break, Fundraising 

chair, Smoky Mountains site leader, 

Honduras · Hullabahoos · U.Va. Arts 

Board · First Year Players, Footloose, cast member · Spectrum Theatre, I Love 

You Because, co-director and actor, Urinetown, assistant director · ACCIAC 

Fellows in Creativity and Innovation Award recipient · Dean’s List 


Media Studies/Music 

Simon Svirnovskiy (left), the William A. Hobbs Scholar, Class of 2012, rides a camel during a trip to Israel.


class of 2012 

Kelly Michael 

Snow 


Scholar 

West Springfield High School 

Springfield, Virginia 

College Access for Everyone, student 

coach · Hullabahoos · University 

Singers · First Year Players, Sweeney 

Todd, cast member · Dean’s List 


History/Foreign Affairs 

Semen Yakov 

Svirnovskiy 

William A. Hobbs Scholar 

Mary Institute St. Louis Country 

Day School 


Student Council, Student Arts 

Committee · Webb/Maupin 

Association Council, secretary · Arts & 

Sciences Council, Peer Advising chair · 

ONE at UVA, president · Madison 

House Service Organization, tutor, soccer coach · Virginia Gentlemen · First 

Year Players · Popsense.com, Sports editor · Eastern North Carolina Teach 

for America pen pal · Hillel at UVA, Birthright · Jewish Leadership Council · 

Sinai Scholars · Phi Eta Sigma Honors Society · Omicron Delta Kappa · Raven 

Society First Year Recognition · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Sociology/Political Philosophy, Policy and Law 

Christiana Grace 

White 

Deborah and Eli W. Tullis 

Scholar 

Vail Mountain School 

Vail, Colorado 

Honor Committee, pre-trial 

coordinator, counsel · Madison House 

Service Organization, Big Siblings 

Program, program director · Abundant 

Life Ministries, tutor · Virginia Public 

Health and Safety, CPR instructor · Ethically Engaged Youth, trip coleader, 

Meru, Kenya · Jefferson Public Citizens Grant, Grand Aides - Inner 

Mongolia · First Year Fellowship · Kappa Kappa Gamma, Risk manager · 



Health Policy/Finance 

Benjamin Lees 

Wallace 

C.D.L. and M.T.B. Perkins 

Scholar 

The Charter School of Wilmington 


First Year Council, president · Student 

Council, College of Arts & Sciences, 

Representative Body chair (2010-11), 

representative · Athletic Affairs 

Committee Member (2009-10) · 

U.Va. Mock Trial, treasurer, captain · Beta Theta Pi · Dean’s List · Echols 

Scholar 


Economics/Political Honors Program 

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class of 2012 

institute for leadership and citizenship 

“Our class bonded so much [during the Institute for Leadership and 

Citizenship]. I loved discussing seminar topics with them, hearing their 

opinions, experiences, and ideas...but most of all I loved just spending time 

with them and getting to know them so well. It was a great opportunity to 

spend time with and learn from really remarkable people!” 

Member of the Class of 2012 (excerpt from anonymous post-Institute survey/evaluation) 

Featured Speakers/Programs August 2009 

n Todd Etter (Jefferson Scholar 1990) 

returned for his “Improvisational Comedy” 

session and also led a second session that 

was a combination scavenger hunt, brainteaser, 

and team-building exercise. 

n Shelley Boyce, U.Va. alumna and founder 

and C.E.O. of MedRisk, spoke at the 

Institute’s opening dinner. 

n Chip Ransler, a graduate of the College of 

Arts & Sciences and the Darden School of 

Business, presented a session on his new 

company, Husk Power Systems, an 

alternative energy company that provides 

electricity to rural areas throughout India in 

a financially sustainable, scalable, and 

environmentally friendly way. 

n University Professors Tom Bateman, Ed 

Freeman, Marcia Pentz, and John Portmann 

all led sessions. Their subjects included 

ethics, public speaking, and the concept of 

envy. 

n Scholars spent one week volunteering in the 

Charlottesville community in partnership 

with the Albemarle Housing Improvement 

Project. 

Members of the Class of 2012 perform service work with the Albemarle Housing Improvement Project during their 

Institute for Leadership and Citizenship, Summer 2009. 

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class of 2013 

José Edwin 

Argueta 

William H. P. Young Scholar 

Escuela Americana 

San Salvador, El Salvador 

Washington Literary Society and 

Debating Union · Jefferson Public 

Service Fellows · Migrant Aid in 

Madison House, program director 

(2010-11) · Monroe Society · Days on 

the Lawn 


History/Philosophy 

Luke Cornelius 

Patrick Brennan 

G. Bernard Hamilton Family 

Scholar 

United World College - USA 

Calgary, Canada 

First Year Council, fundraising chair · 

Madison House, PLAY: After School 

Activities · Lile/Tuttle Association 

CouncilONE@UVA, campus challenge 

coordinator · First Year Players, tech 

crew, fundraising committee · Days on the Lawn · Second Year Council, dinner 

series committee (2010-11) · IFC Judiciary Council, counselor (2010-11) · 



Economics/Pre-Commerce 

Robert Julian 

Chuchla 

Joseph Chappell Hutcheson 

Scholar 

Stratford Senior High School 


Delta Sigma Phi, pledge class 

president · Inter-Fraternity Council, 

junior member · Madison House 

Service Organization · YMCA Swim 

Instructor · Club Ultimate Frisbee 

Team · Monroe Society · University Democrats · Dean’s List 


Mathematics/Economics 

Julia Mae 

Freeburg 

Jefferson Scholars 


Bellarmine Preparatory School 

Enumclaw, Washington 

Seminole Trail Volunteer Fire 

Department, firefighter, EMT · Naval 

Reserve Officer Training Corps · 

NROTC Standard Drill Team · NROTC 

Squad Drill Team · Society of Women 

Engineers · Agape Christian Fellowship · Rodman Scholar 


Aerospace Engineering/Astronomy 

Anya Amalia 

Havriliak 

Molly Hereford - Susanne 

Smith Scholar 

Marymount School 


Virginia Mock Trial, competitor, 

captain · Pi Beta Phi Fraternity 

for Women · University Judiciary 

Committee, educator · Catholic 

Student Ministry 


Classics 

Virginia Barclay 

Hawkins 



Highland Park High School 

Dallas, Texas 

Pancakes for Parkinson’s, pancakes 

director, 2010 · Public Service Fellows · 

VISAS ESL tutor · Second Year Council 

Representative · Monroe Society · 

Kappa Kappa Gamma 


Undeclared 

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class of 2013 

Hillary Anne 

Hurd 

William M. Hill Jr. Scholar 

Maggie L. Walker Governor’s 

School 



Society · Debate and Oratory 

Committee · Pen and Ink Committee · 

First Year Judiciary Council · Jefferson 

Scholar Public Service Fellows · Talk 

Is Cheap · Alternative Spring Break · Agape Christian Fellowship · Hootzpah · 

Best Probationary Presentation, Jefferson Literary and Debating Society · 



Russian Studies/Foreign Affairs 

Christopher 

Michael Jones 

Brenda and Robert Dolan 

Scholar 

Floyd E. Kellam High School 

Virginia Beach, Virginia 

Association for Computing Machinery, 

secretary · International Collegiate 

Programming Challenge · Madison 

House · Washington Literary Society 

and Debating Union · United States 

Institute for Peace · Monroe Society 


Computer Science 

Members of the Class of 2013 at a Jefferson Scholars Foundation dinner. 

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class of 2013 

Adam Patrick 

Joseph 

J. Sanford Miller Family 

Scholar 

The Branson School 

Tiburon, California 

Honor Advisor · Madison House YMCA 

basketball coach · Public Service 

Fellow · Virginia Anthropology Society · 

International Relations Organization · 

Global Development Organization · 

Alternative Spring Break Participant, El Progreso, Honduras · Dean’s List · 



Undeclared 

Andrea Michelle 

Kaplan 

Parents Program Scholar 

Plymouth Whitemarsh High 

School 

Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania 

Webb-Maupin Association Council, 

treasurer · Madison House Holiday 

Sharing Program, 2009 volunteer, 

2010 program director · Jewish Social 

Justice Council · First Year Players: 

Urinetown, West Side Story, assistant hair and make-up artist · Hillel 

First-Year Leadership Development Program · Pi Beta Phi · Pancakes for 

Parkinson’s volunteer, flipper captain · Take Back the Night volunteer · Days 

on the Lawn · Monroe Society · Virginia Ambassadors 


Mathematics 

Muriel Moore 

MacDonald 


Scholar 

Yorktown High School 


Hootzpah: Jewish A Cappella, 

president · Hillel, Jewish Religious 

Life Council and First Year Leadership 

Development Program · Sustainability 

Advocates · Jefferson Literary and 

Debating Society · The ONE Campaign: U.Va. Chapter, publicity chair · First 

Year Players · Intern with Creigh Deeds campaign 


Undeclared 

Adwait Mane 



Dhirubhai Ambani International 

School 

Mumbai, India 

Sustained Dialogue · Hoos Flying Aero- 

Modeling Club · Washington Society · 

Rodman Council, director of new 

media · U.Va. Salsa Club · National 

Society of Collegiate Scholars 


Mechanical Engineering/Economics 

Rachel Clare 

Midura 

Daniel S. Adler Scholar 

South Lakes High School 

Reston, Virginia 


Debating Union · Warm Up America · 

Write Club · Public Service Fellow · 



History 

Stephen Andrew 

Nash 

Alan and Muriel Botsford and 

Crawford and Virginia 

Johnson Scholar 

Paul D. Schreiber High School 

Port Washington, New York 

Honor Counsel · Academic Affairs 

Committee · Madison House I Have 

a Dream Program · Phi Delta Theta 

Fraternity, pledge class secretary · 

Pancakes for Parkinson’s, griddle captain · Days on the Lawn · Dean’s List 


Foreign Affairs/Religious Studies 

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class of 2013 

challenge discovery 

“I had an absolute blast getting to know the other Jefferson Scholars [at the 

Challenge Discovery weekend]. I grew mentally and emotionally through 

interaction with my peers and overcoming unbelievable high ropes 

courses! From the campfire chats to zip-lining across the woods, Challenge 

Discovery surpassed my expectations and was a fabulous way to get to 

know the first year Jefferson Scholars.” 

Taylor Richardson, Tampa Area Scholar, Class of 2013 

Weston Reynolds (the Virginia R. and William H. White III Scholar) and Andrea Kaplan (the Parents Program Scholar), 

both members of the Class of 2013, prepare to participate in trust-building and high ropes course elements during their 

Challenge Discovery Weekend in September 2009. 

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class of 2013 

Carolyn 

Elizabeth Pelnik 

Virginia and Alfred L. 

Munkres Scholar 

Henrico High School 



Debating Union · Engineering 

Students Without Borders, academic 

chair · Rodman Council, networking 

chair · The Spectra: The Virginia 

Engineering and Science Research Journal, student editorial board · 

Madison House Service Organization, high school tutor · U.Va. in 

Lyon, summer study abroad · Global Ingenuity 21: U.Va. Engineering in 

Braunschweig, summer study abroad · Ford Lab,chemical engineering 

research trainee · Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellows · Days on the 

Lawn · Darden Entrepreneurship Cup: Trophy Design Challenge Winning 

Team · Dean’s List · Rodman Scholar 


Chemical Engineering/French 

Sarah Carolina 

Plowden 

L. David Horner III and S. W. 

Heischman Scholar 

Heathwood Hall Episcopal School 

Columbia, South Carolina 

Shakespeare on the Lawn · 

Undergraduate Research Network, 

Symposium Committee · The Oculus 

Undergraduate Research Journal, 

student editorial board · 3.7 Literary 

Magazine · College Science Scholar · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


English and Cognitive Science 

Weston Lee 

Reynolds 

Virginia R. and William H. 

White III Scholarship 

Harrisonburg High School 

Harrisonburg, Virginia 

First Year Players, Urinetown, cast 

member · Students for Students 

International, executive of service · 

First-Year Outreach Coordinator · 

Jefferson Scholars Public Service 

Fellow · Alternative Winter Break, Puerto Rico · Monroe Society, prospective 

student host · Sailing Club · Phi Delta Theta · Dean’s List 


Prospective Political and Social Thought/Environmental Thought and Practice 

Taylor Ann 

Richardson 

Tampa Area Scholar 

Tampa Preparatory School 

Tampa, Florida 

Honor Educator · Blue Print 

Leadership Enrichment Program · 

Madison House, soccer coaching, 

athletics program director-YMCA · 

Women’s Club Soccer, treasurer · ALS 

Lab Research with Professor Guilford · 

Alternative Spring Break: Jamaica · Delta Zeta Sorority 


Pre-Commerce/Biomedical Engineering 

Members of the Class of 2013 on a class-organized ski trip in January 2010. 

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class of 2013 

Colleen Delaney 

Rigby 

William G. Pannill Scholar 

Rumson Fair Haven Regional High 

School 

Fair Haven, New Jersey 

Second Year Council · Academic and 

Career Development Committee, 

member of the representative body 

(2010-11) · Days on the Lawn · Relay 

for Life · College Republicans · Catholic 

Student Ministry · St. Thomas Aquinas, lector · Intramural Flag Football · Hoo 

Crew · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Politics/History 

Joseph Weje 

Riley 

Betty and Jack Blackburn 

Scholar 

Central High School of McMinn 

County 

Etowah, Tennessee 

Army ROTC · College of Arts 

and Sciences, Student Council 

representative · Honor Advisor · First 

Year Council representative · Second 

Year Council representative 


Foreign Affairs/Economics 

Rachel Soo Hoo 

Smith 

George Lewis Scholar 

Cambridge Rindge and Latin 

School 

Cambridge, Massachusetts 

Engineering Students Without 

Borders, project committee chair · 

Water and Health in Limpopo, South 

Africa project · Ballroom Dance Club · 

Global Development Organization · 

African Studies Forum · Peer Advising Family Network · Jefferson Public 

Citizen Award · Rodman Scholar 



Shelby 

Katherine 

Sutton 

William C. and Frederick W. 

Whitridge Scholar 

Memorial High School 


Honor Educator · Students for 

Students International · Reformed 

University Fellowship · Abundant Life 

Tutor · Days on the Lawn · Pancakes for 

Parkinson’s · Pi Beta Phi · Hoos Stories Blog, contributing writer 


Undeclared 

Lacey Scott 

Williams 

Hollis Family Scholar 

Columbus High School 

Midland, Georgia 

Cavalier Marching Band · Madison 

House medical services · Wesley 

Foundation · Wind Ensemble · 

Musicians On Call · Darden 

Entrepreneurship Cup: Trophy Design 

Challenge Winning Team · Dean’s List · 




Michael Charles 

Yankoski 

E. Sclater Montague Scholar 

Tabb High School 

Yorktown, Virginia 

University Judiciary Committee 

investigator · Circle K · Hoos for Life · 

Catholic Student Ministries · Beach 

Volleyball Club · Special Olympics, 

soccer and softball coach 


Business Finance/Economics 

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incoming class of 2014 

Evan Barrett 

Behrle 

Penelope W. and E. Roe 

Stamps IV Scholar 

Gilman School 

Oxford, Pennsylvania 

Blake Edward 

Blaze 

W. James Copeland Jr. 

Scholar 

Barnstable High School 

Osterville, Massachusetts 

Bethany Ann 

Branson 

Mississippi Scholarship 

Madison Central High School 

Madison, Mississippi 

Caroline Mary 

Casavant 

Charles V. Moore Scholar 

New Canaan High School 


Ellen Jean 

Chapin 

Bowlin Family Jefferson 

Scholar 

George C. Marshall High School 


Daniel 

Bohannon 

Clark 

Frank W. Hulse IV Scholar 

University School of Milwaukee 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 

Leah Jade 

Coates 

Brockenbrough Family 

Scholar 

Washington and Lee High School 

Colonial Beach, Virginia 

Mallory Gui-Li 

Combemale 

Hilliard Family Scholar 

North London Collegiate School 

St. Albans, England 

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class of 2014 

Emma Katherine 

DiNapoli 

Roxanna and Ralph Joynes 

Scholar 

Harrisonburg High School 

Harrisonburg, Virginia 

Carl David 

Conrad 

Goette-Luciak 

Stewart H. Brown Jr. Scholar 

Blacksburg High School 

Blacksburg, Virginia 

Alex Marshall 

Hutcheson 

Martin A. Purcell Family 

Scholar 

C. Milton Wright High School 

Bel Air, Maryland 

Jewon Jung 

Frank Batten Scholar 

Korean Minjok Leadership 

Academy 

Seoul, Republic of Korea 

The class of 2014 is comprised of 27 individuals 

from 13 different states and three foreign 

countries (England, Scotland, and South Korea). 

Each possesses exceptional potential for further 

accomplishments at the University and beyond. 

n Average SAT I Score: 2260 

n Perfect scores of 800 on at least one section 

of SAT I: 26 

n Perfect scores of 800 on SAT II Subject Tests: 9 

n Scores of 5 on AP exams: 74 

n Varsity athletes: 15 

n Varsity sport captains: 11 

n Conducting independent science research: 5 

n Founder of a club or organization: 7 

n Involved in Model UN/Youth in Government: 7 

n Other Significant Accomplishments: 

Two individuals who were presidents 

of their class all four years of high school 

Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science 

Award winner 

Co-founder of an independent nonprofit, 

“100 Pounds of Hope,” which provides 

relief to impoverished Cambodians 

Governor of Girls State 

Captain of Scotland International U-16 

field hockey team 

All Ireland Irish dancing champion 

Winner of Tomorrow25 International 

Leadership Competition (sponsored by TIME 

magazine and Bentley University) 

Winner of a National Capital Area Cappie 

for Best Featured Actress in a Musical 

NBA team attendant 

Part of a band that has raised over 

$250,000 for local and national charities 

Founder of a charity walk that has raised 

over $160,000 for celiac disease research 

in three years 

First place individual world chess open 

champion (U1400 section) 

National recipient of Prudential Spirit of 

Community Award 

Author of a bill at Girls State that was 

introduced into the state legislature 

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incoming class of 2014 

Dru Harrington 

Knox 

Penelope W. and E. Roe 

Stamps IV Scholar 

Patrick Henry High School 

Roanoke, Virginia 

Karoline 

Olateliwa 

Kofoworola 

Olabikola 

Komolafe 

Albert Dorset Penick Scholar 

Waterford-KaMhlaba United 

World College of Southern 

Africa 

Edinburgh, Scotland 

Andrew Michael 

Kouri 

Donna and Richard D. Tadler 

Scholar 

Noble and Greenough School 

Westwood, Massachusetts 

Colin Leslie 



Rye High School 

Rye, New York 

Cameron 

Michael Louttit 



Franklin Regional Senior High 

School 

Murrysville, Pennsylvania 

Emily Tallant 

Marshall 

W. Harry Schwarzschild Jr. 

and Kathryn Schwarzschild 

Scholar 

Douglas Freeman High School 


Colette Elizabeth 

Martin 

Adolphus W. Hawkins Jr. 

Scholar 

Marlborough College 

Hamilton, Scotland 

Kelsey Jean 

Petrie 

Rhode Island Scholar 

St. Mary Academy Bay View 

Seekonk, Massachusetts 

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class of 2014 

Jeffrey Landon 

Roberson 

Virginius Dabney Scholar 

Atlee High School 

Mechanicsville, Virginia 

Michael Conor 

Sheehey 

Middendorf 

Foundation - Nicholas G. 

Penniman III Scholar 

Loyola Blakefield High School 

Timonium, Maryland 

Kyle David 

Teegarden 



Lakeridge High School 

Lake Oswego, Oregon 

Annie Ryan 

Ungrady 

Jacksonville Area Scholar 

The Bolles School 


Audrey Snow 

Waldrop 

Brooke/EBSCO Scholar 

Mountain Brook High School 

Birmingham, Alabama 

Kelvin 

Maxwell Wey 

Roby and Louise C. 

Robinson Scholar 

Northview High School 

Alpharetta, Georgia 

Joseph 

Michael 

Woodlief 

Taylor Brothers Scholar 

Charlotte Latin School 


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jefferson fellows 

significant achievements 

2009 -10 

RACHAEL LYNN BEATON 

Lawrence Fredrick Award for Excellence as a Teaching Assistant (2010) 

Chair, Jefferson Fellows Forum for Interdisciplinary Dialogue 

LESLIE FRANCIS COZZI 

Fulbright Scholarship 

RISHI RAS DAS 

Best Poster Award, 2010 Envirodays Conference 

CAROLINE BASHAW DAVIS 

First place, 2009 Deloitte Case Challenge 

JENIFER MARTIN GUIMOND 

Raven Society 

William Michael Shermet Scholar 

JACK CLARK HERNDON III 

President, Raven Society (2010-11) 

RAMON IGLESIAS LAMAS 

Omicron Delta Kappa 

William Michael Shermet Scholar 

MATTHEW DANIEL LERNER 

American Psychological Association Early Graduate Student 

Researcher Award 

Presentation, “The Role of Alliance in a Parental Friendship Coaching 

Intervention for Children with ADHD,” Annual Association for 

Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention 

Presentation, “Training Parents as Friendship Coaches for Their 

Children with ADHD,” Symposium at Annual Association for 

Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention 

SARAH ANNE O’HALLORAN 

Composed and performed 

“Cat House,” International 

Computer Music 

Conference 

LANIER LEE SAMMONS 

Composer, “D.C. Home,” performed by the Talujon Percussion Quartet 

Performance of “Each,” Marshall University, Society of Composers, Inc. 

National Student Conference 

DANIEL BENJAMIN SLOAN 

Faculty Senate Dissertation Year Fellow 

Huskey Travel Award (2010) 

Published, Co-Author, “Evolutionary feedbacks between reproductive 

mode and mutation rate exacerbate the paradox of sex,” Evolution 

Published, Co-Author, “A phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial 

substitution rate variation in the angiosperm tribe Sileneae,” BMC 

Evolutionary Biology 

KATHERINE LYNN TULLY 

College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Year Fellow 

CORLETT WOLFE WOOD 

National Science Foundation Grant 

“While the ability to interact 

with top scholars in my 

field is a draw of graduate 

study at any major 

university, it also breeds 

insularity. The Center gives 

us a home in which to 

break free of this insularity 

and be inspired and 

motivated by our peers.” 

Matt Lerner, James H. and 

Elizabeth W. Wright Fellow 

(Psychology) 

A view into the Jefferson Fellows Center. 

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York City poetic avant-garde and 

a fixture in the Arensberg Circle, 

in Loy’s largely autobiographical 

long-poem “Anglo-Mongrels 

and the Rose” (1923-1925). In 

particular, these new analyses 

cast Fountain as a study in liminality 

due to the piece’s ability to 

reveal the murky interstices that 

lurk at the edges of distinct artistic, 

cultural, and social spheres. 

Taking up Fountain’s torch, in 

“Anglo-Mongrels and the Rose,” 

Loy also uses human excreta in 

order to champion a mongrelized 

voice constituted of physical, 

material, and ideological defecathe 

eighth annual jefferson fellows symposium 

Held Friday, February 19, 2010, at the Rotunda and in various Pavilions across the Lawn, the 

symposium featured ten presentations from current Jefferson Fellows. The symposium’s methodology 

is simple: provide an opportunity for Jefferson Fellows to engage with members of the University 

community to discuss aspects of their current research. The preparation, and then the presentation 

itself, allows the Fellows to hone their research and teaching skills and gain valuable feedback. 

william 

dirienzo 

Stellar Nurseries: Recent 

progress and problems in 

Star Formation Research 

Stars are the most fundamental 

astronomical objects. They were 

the focus of astronomy long 

before humans had any detailed 

information about their nature. 

One of the first questions we 

often ask about a novel object 

or phenomenon is “Where 

did it come from?” Indeed, astronomers 

ponder the origin 

of anything they see through 

a telescope; however, despite 

all our years of observational 

and theoretical work, many of 

the fine but important aspects 

of star formation are not fully 

understood. In particular, the 

mechanism by which massive 

stars form is difficult to describe 

in detail. I will begin with a 

review of our current body of 

knowledge along with what 

we think we know about star 

formation. Then I will proceed 

to outline the unresolved issues 

and current research designed to 

address these points, including 

my own search for examples of 

triggered star formation within 

the Milky Way. 

upon Marcel Duchamp’s contemporaries 

and the generations 

that followed, attempts to situate 

this scatological readymade 

within the context of the literary 

arts have left scholars responding 

largely as they claim poets 

did when confronted with the 

piece: scratching their heads. Yet 

recent scholarship that recuperates 

Fountain’s homoerotic and 

racial overtones by focusing upon 

contemporary fears of queer 

activity in public toilets suggests 

the debate Fountain sparked 

proved pivotal for Mina Loy, a 

prominent member of the New 

laura 

goldblatt 

An Abjective Art: The 

Interstitial Aesthetic 

of marcel Duchamp’s 

“Fountain” and mina Loy’s 

“Anglo-mongrels and the 

Rose” 

Despite prolific critical examinations 

of Fountain’s influence 

Laura Goldblatt, the John F. Lillard Fellow (English), discusses the Language of 

Cultural Abjection. 

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the fellows 

Jameson Graber, the Trey Beck Fellow (Mathematics), discusses control theory in acoustic systems. 

tion. In privileging this interstitial 

discourse — the language of 

cultural abjection — Loy adopts 

both the formal and ideological 

underpinnings of Fountain’s 

relationship to excreta in order 

to create a new model for poetic 

productivity and the figure of 

the enduring artist. 

p. jameson 

graber 

mathematical Analysis 

of Structural Acoustic 

Systems 

The purpose of this talk is to 

explain how mathematics can 

contribute to the study of a 

real-world engineering problem, 

namely that of stabilizing an 

acoustic chamber (e.g., airplane 

fuselage). I will begin by explaining 

the physical scenario — an 

acoustic chamber with “noise” 

affecting acoustic pressure — 

which engineers wish to control 

(i.e., protect system from damage 

or other unwanted effects 

of noise). The core of my presentation 

is to explain how the 

particular area of mathematics 

called control theory is used to 

analyze this system. I will summarize 

the basic philosophy of 

control theory in a three-step 

process: modeling the physical 

phenomena using a system of 

partial differential equations, 

studying the properties of the 

new mathematical problem, and, 

finally, altering the model in 

order to obtain desired behavior 

(e.g., to obtain or enhance stability). 

Having explained the basic 

philosophy of control theory, I 

will show how we apply it in 

the case of structural acoustic 

systems. I will present the differential 

equations model that I 

am studying, explain what properties 

of the model need to be 

demonstrated mathematically, 

and then describe the control 

methods hoped for in this model. 

Finally, I will give a qualitative 

(non-technical) description of 

the mathematical techniques I 

use to contribute to our understanding 

of structural acoustic 

systems. 

jenifer m. 

guimond 

“greening” 

Operations 

Strategy: A 

Life Cycle 

Approach 

In today’s business 

environment, 

“green” initiatives 

are beginning to 

permeate operations 

strategy 

across industries. 

Companies 

that have embraced 

a life 

cycle approach to 

operations are recognizing 

that economic success 

is reliant on more than just 

traditional profitability and 

that a firm’s stakeholder base 

consists of more than shareholders. 

Employees, communities, 

and the environment represent 

additional stakeholders that 

contribute to long-term sustainable 

firm success. A life cycle 

approach to operations allows 

an organization to evaluate 

the benefits, risks, and costs of 

a product or technology from 

inception to end of life use, and 

ultimately to the reuse of product 

components. It ensures that 

businesses are thinking about 

operations in the larger context 

of long-term sustainability. In 

addition, life cycle–based operations 

and sustainable business 

practices can lead to process 

improvement, product innovation, 

and increased profitability. 

In evaluating the value added by 

green operations and strategic 

sustainability initiatives, the life 

cycle view can offer a method of 

understanding how cost tradeoffs 

interact with one another 

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Mary Hicks, the Newman Family Fellow (History), talks to a group about domestic 

servants in Brazil. 

throughout the life of a product. 

Life cycle thinking advances a 

holistic approach to operations 

that focuses on maximizing 

value and minimizing negative 

environmental and social impact 

throughout the value chain. 

Ultimately, a life cycle approach 

can promote a more sustainable 

rate of both production and 

consumption and can help use 

limited financial and natural 

resources more effectively. 

abuses. During the decade 

leading to emancipation in 1888, 

many ex-slaves and their descendents 

also sought to break bonds 

of rural patronage by relocating 

to Salvador, Bahia, one of the 

largest cities in Brazil. My study 

focuses on the increasing mobility 

of these people as they left the 

hinterland to become domestic 

servants in the provincial capital. 

The migration of ex-slaves (and 

runaways) to the city of Salvador 

and the subsequent renegotiation 

of labor relations between master 

and servant provoked elites 

to respond by limiting this new 

threat to their patriarchal domination. 

This period also reveals the 

faint beginnings of state labor 

regulation of the popular classes. 

The end of slavery coincided with 

and produced legislation aimed 

at domestic servants and other urban 

professions, which attempted 

both to prolong social and labor 

relations deeply influenced by 

slavery, as well as to incentivize 

the transition to wage-labor. 

ray lamas 

Where’s the plane going? 

The Future of the Large 

Commercial Aircraft 

Industry 

This project will examine the past, 

current, and future levers of value 

of the large commercial aircraft 

industry, focusing on what have 

been successful companies and 

their approaches to business, as 

well as the failures and the lessons 

mary hicks 

migration, mobility, 

gender, Race, and Labor 

Relations among Urban 

Domestic Servants in 

Salvador, Brazil, 1887-1893 

During the long period leading 

to slave emancipation in Brazil’s 

empire (over fifty years), Brazilian 

slaves of African descent had 

begun increasingly to challenge 

the dominance of the landed, 

slave-holding elites that had 

constituted the nation’s governing 

class for over three centuries. 

Slaves ran away, renegotiated 

labor conditions with their owners, 

and appealed to governing 

authorities to stem physical 

Ray Lamas, the Melville Foundation Fellow (Darden School of Business), discusses the future of 

commercial aviation with prospective Jefferson Fellows. 

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learned from them. This will 

encompass the history of the 

commercial aircraft manufacturing 

industry, the current duopoly 

between Boeing and Airbus, and 

an examination of the rise of potential 

competitors from China, 

Brazil, and Russia in the future. 

lindsay p. 

o’connor 

Loose Vowels: Linguistic 

Waste and Lil Wayne’s No 

Ceilings 

Using images of waste in Lil 

Wayne’s lyrics as a starting point, 

this presentation will engage differing 

theoretical traditions and 

ask questions about the metaphors 

we use when we think 

and talk about language while 

also telling the story of a critical 

and theoretical project’s genesis 

and development. Once we 

notice how much Lil Wayne talks 

about human excrement, we 

can explore how these images of 

waste operate in his music and 

then expand these metaphors 

to language in general. Ordinary 

language philosophers like J.L. 

Austin, linguists like Geoffrey 

Nunberg, and post-structuralist 

thinkers like Jacques Derrida 

have much to say about our use 

of language on the one hand 

and semantic autonomy on the 

other, and this project seeks an 

in-between position from which 

an account of language as waste 

is possible. With a focus on the 

recent mixtape No Ceilings but 

an eye to the entire oeuvre, we 

will explore how Lil Wayne creates 

and utilizes images of and 

words for human excrement as 

representative of both his own 

linguistic virtuosity and language’s 

strange ways of escaping 

our understanding. 

Harold Reeves, the Eric M. Heiner Fellow (Classics), discusses Herodotus. 

harold s. 

reeves 

Repetition and Variation in 

the History of Herodotus 

In History, the Greek historian 

Herodotus chronicles the long 

history of conflict between East 

and West that culminated in the 

Persian invasions of Greece in 

the early 5th Century BC. Often 

called the father of history, he 

has also been called the father 

of lies. Indeed, as was observed 

even in antiquity, Herodotus is at 

times willing to include material 

— myths and legends from the 

far distant past, as well as mythical 

accounts of peoples and 

events in far distant lands — that 

would have little or no place in 

the work of a modern, “rational” 

historian. In this talk, I will argue 

that Herodotus includes these 

stories from tradition, from myth, 

and from the popular imagination 

in order to establish the 

existence of repetitions and 

patterns in the flow of human 

history. I will consider specifically 

how Herodotus highlights — and 

perhaps invents — such patterns 

in his narrative of the great 

battles of Thermopylae and 

Salamis. Finally, I will reflect on 

how this tendency to see history 

as patterned and repetitive has 

been passed down from the father 

of history and continues, for 

better or worse, to influence our 

interpretation of history today. 

lanier l. 

sammons 

The game of Notes: 

Composition as an Act of 

play 

When composers talk about 

composing, they often emphasize 

the playful qualities of the 

creative process. They speak of 

the act of writing music as a puzzle, 

a sport, or a roll of the dice; 

they describe playing the “game 

of notes.” Tellingly, these playbased 

descriptions arise across 

time and style. In their frequency 

and persistence, then, these links 

between play and composition 

begin to suggest that the two 

share a relationship that goes 

beyond analogy. Writing music 

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emerges as an inherently playful 

activity. Accepting this proposition 

offers the opportunity to 

examine musical creation from a 

new perspective. The later part of 

the previous century witnessed 

the development of a rich body of 

literature on human play. Thinkers 

like Johan Huizinga, Roger Caillois, 

Gregory Bateson, and Brian 

Sutton-Smith (to name only a 

few) posited intricate theories 

about the mechanisms and meanings 

of play. Examining how these 

theories are reflected in the act of 

composition presents new methods 

for composers, analysts, and 

listeners to understand musical 

creation and relate to its results. 

stacie l. 

thyrion 

The pedagogical Value of 

plato’s phaedrus 

Plato’s Phaedrus is a curiously selfcritical 

work. In this middle-period 

dialogue of Plato, Socrates suggests 

that all compositions should 

be put together like a living 

creature, with a head, middle, and 

extremities all fitting each other 

and the whole. In spite of this the 

Phaedrus appears to have two 

disjointed halves: the first a series 

of three speeches about love, and 

the second a dialectic exchange 

about the art of good rhetoric. In 

the final pages of the dialogue 

Socrates also famously criticizes 

Stacie Thyrion, the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Fellow (Philosophy), discusses Plato’s Phaedrus. 

writing, for causing forgetfulness 

in the writer, for creating a false 

appearance of wisdom in the 

reader, and for being unable to 

respond to questions or criticisms. 

He presents in contrast a truer 

form of writing: writing directly 

on the soul of a student through 

philosophic dialogue. Readers 

have wondered since antiquity 

whether Plato meant to undermine 

seriously his written works 

with these self-criticisms. In this 

talk I use the standards of good 

composition presented within the 

work to assess the value of the 

Phaedrus itself. How does Plato’s 

written philosophy measure up 

to these standards? Did Plato 

believe his written philosophy 

could, like the dialectic method 

of his teacher Socrates, lead a 

reader to acquire knowledge? We 

might even attack a more difficult 

question: Did Plato intend for his 

dialogues to be published outside 

the Academy? 

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fellows completing their fellowships in 2010 

Leslie Francis Cozzi 

Penny S. and James G. Coulter Fellow 

Department of Art History 

Yale University (B.A.) 

University of Virginia (M.A.) 


Leslie is currently researching and writing a dissertation on contemporary 

Italian women artists and feminism. She spent the fall 2009 semester in 

Bologna, Italy, conducting archival research for her dissertation. She returned 

to Charlottesville in the spring, where she continued work on her dissertation 

and prepared to teach a summer school class entitled “Women and Western 

Art.” She was awarded a Fulbright Student Grant for 2010-2011 to complete 

her dissertation research in Italy, and is looking forward to spending the 

upcoming year in Rome and Milan. 

Adam Wesley Dean 

John L. Nau III Fellow 

Department of History 

University of California-Los Angeles (B.A.) 

University of Virginia (M.A.) (Ph.D.) 

Salt Lake City, Utah 

Adam graduated in May 2010 with a Ph.D. in United States History. His 

dissertation is entitled “An Agrarian Republic: How Conflict over Land 

Use Shaped the Civil War and Reconstruction.” Adam is currently working 

with the University of North Carolina Press, the University of Washington 

Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, and the University of Georgia Press to 

transform this dissertation into a book. Adam also had an article published 

in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography in December 2009 about 

Virginia history education in the mid-20th-century. In fall 2010, Adam will 

have an article featured in the Journal of Civil War History on the creation of 

Yosemite State Park in 1864. Despite his busy research schedule, teaching 

has been and will be Adam’s primary focus. In the fall of 2009, he taught 

a seminar for fourth-year undergraduates entitled “The Reconstruction of 

America after the Civil War.” In the summer of 2009, Adam will be teaching 

the United States History Survey at U.Va. Next year, Adam plans to teach two 

classes on the Civil War and Reconstruction at the University of Richmond. In 

addition, Adam will serve as the new Program Coordinator for the Jefferson 

Fellows Center, programming activities, managing the building schedule, 

assisting with presentations, and advising graduate Fellows. Outside of 

academia, Adam enjoys fly-fishing and hiking with his disobedient golden 

retriever — Greeley. 

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fellows receiving their degree in 2010 

Jenifer Martin Guimond 

Macfarlane Family Fellow 

Darden Graduate School of Business 

Duke University (B.A.) 

Naval Post-Graduate School (M.A.) 

University of Virginia (M.B.A.) 

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 

Jen will begin working for Bain and Company in Atlanta as a management 

consultant. Before starting at Bain she will travel to Africa to spend five 

months agribusiness consulting for a not for profit organization. Jen was 

awarded the Raven Society Scholarship and was selected as a William 

Michael Shermet Scholar this past year at Darden. 

Ramon Iglesias Lamas 

Melville Foundation Fellow 

Darden Graduate School of Business 

United States Naval Academy (B.S.) 

Naval War Academy (M.A.) 

University of Virginia (M.B.A.) 


Ray was selected as a Shermet Scholar, an award reserved for the top five 

percent of Darden’s first year students. He served as President of Darden’s 

General Management and Operations Club as well as vice president for 

communications for the Darden Military Association. Ray participated as 

a Second Year Career Coach, mentoring six first-year students through the 

career recruiting process. He is a member of Omicron Delta Kappa. Upon 

graduation, Ray will work for Bain and Company in Dallas, Texas, as a 

management consultant. 

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Leah Angell Sievers 

Marc and Nancy Shrier Fellow 

Jewish Studies Program, Department of Religious Studies 

Yale University (B.A.) 

Harvard University (M.T.S.) 


Leah is finishing her comprehensive exams and looks forward to starting her 

dissertation. She also enjoys her work on the boards of the Virginia Holocaust 

Museum and the Beth Ahabah Museum & Archives, both in Richmond, 

Virginia. 

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fellows receiving their degree in 2010 

Daniel Benjamin Sloan 

Melville Foundation Fellow 


Wesleyan University (B.A.) 

Kennebunk, Maine 

In 2010, Dan completed his term as a Jefferson Fellow and was awarded a 

dissertation year fellowship by the Faculty Senate to continue his graduate 

work. He will complete his degree in May 2011. Dan’s ongoing dissertation 

research examines genome evolution in plants. His work has revealed 

rapid and unprecedented changes in organelle genome size, structure, 

and mutation rates within the carnation family. In the past year, Dan has 

published and co-authored several scientific papers: “Evolutionary feedbacks 

between reproductive mode and mutation rate exacerbate the paradox of 

sex,” Evolution; “A phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial substitution rate 

variation in the angiosperm tribe Sileneae,” BMC Evolutionary Biology. He has 

also published three of eight dissertation chapters. 

Katherine Lynn Tully 

Kenneth L. Bazzle Fellow 


Kenyon College (B.A.) 

University of Virginia (M.S.) 

Danville, California 

In November 2009, Katie was inducted into the Raven Society. She was 

awarded a Dissertation Year Fellowship from the Graduate School of Arts and 

Sciences for 2010-11 to complete her dissertation entitled, “The Effects of 

Management and Shade Tree Functional Type on Nutrient Pools, Retention, 

and Loss from Coffee Agroforestry Systems in Costa Rica.” Katie has concluded 

her field work in Costa Rica, and will spend the summer completing the 

chemical analysis on her samples. She will attend the Ecological Society 

of America Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she will 

present a chapter of her dissertation entitled, “Canopy Species and Litter 

Quality Regulate Patterns of Decomposition and Nutrient Release in a Coffee 

Agroforest.” She also hopes to return to California to backpack in the High 

Sierras. 

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jefferson dissertation year fellowship 

In November 2009 the Foundation’s Board of 

Directors approved an initiative to fund a 

series of graduate dissertation year fellowships 

in conjunction with the Graduate 

School of Arts & Sciences (GSAS). These 

fellowships will help students complete their 

dissertations on time and increase their 

chances for success in the always competitive 

academic job market. The Foundation’s 

overarching Fellowship goal is to strengthen 

our nation’s colleges and universities by 

enabling the most highly qualified young 

people to join their faculties. 

In addition to the academic criteria the 

GSAS committee uses to select recipients of 

its dissertation year fellowships, the Jefferson 

Dissertation Year Fellowship committee will 

seek graduate students who embody the 

characteristics of the Jefferson Fellowship 

and the Jefferson Scholars Foundation. These 

characteristics include: 

n An exceptional academic record 

n An unquestioned interest, potential, eagerness, 

and capacity to share their knowledge 

with a broad audience 

n Intellectual depth and curiosity, leadership 

skills, teaching potential, thirst for knowledge, 

and an ability to communicate 

effectively 

n A desire to work in an environment where 

shared ideas among a group of pan University 

leading thinkers strengthens and informs 

more narrowly defined scholarship 

Requirements of the Jefferson Fellowship 

include: 

n Maintaining and using regularly an 

assigned office at the Jefferson Fellows 

Center 

Andrew T. Kennedy, the inaugural Jefferson Arts 

& Sciences Dissertation Year Fellow. 

n Presenting at the Jefferson Fellows 

Symposium 

n Attending regular Jefferson Fellows 

activities and events 

The inaugural Jefferson Dissertation Year 

Fellowship, endowed by an anonymous 

benefactor, was awarded to Andrew Kennedy 

from the Chemistry department. Mr. Kennedy 

has a distinguished record. He was named an 

honoree for the Seven Society Graduate 

Fellowship for Superb Teaching (2008) and 

received the Frank Finger Graduate Teaching 

Fellowship for stimulating and organized 

classroom teaching (2008). He was presented 

the Chemistry Award for the highest cumulative 

four-year average in concentration 

subjects in the chemistry program. He studies 

the role of lipids in regulating the cell life 

cycle, research that may help transform 

cancer from an often fatal disease into a 

chronic, manageable condition. 

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graduate fellows 2006 

Vilde Aaslid 

Edgar Shannon Fellow 


University of Washington (B.A.) 

(M.A.) 

Seattle, Washington 

Vilde is researching and writing her 

dissertation on the intersections 

between jazz and poetry. She also 

continues her research on jazz laments 

and will present this work at the 

annual meeting of the American Musicological Society in November 2010. 

In May 2009 her work on jazz laments was awarded the graduate student 

paper prize at the U.S. meeting of the International Association for the Study 

of Popular Music. In addition to her scholarly work on music, Vilde continues 

to be an active performer on violin and Hardanger fiddle. Recently, Vilde and 

her husband welcomed a new addition to the family, a baby boy, Anders 

Aaslid DeJarnatt, born May 16, 2010. 

Jill Patricia 

Baskin 



Dartmouth College (B.A.) 


Redmond, Washington 

Jill is studying images of the African 

landscape made by early nineteenthcentury 

American travelers, 

particularly African-Americans, abolitionists, and colonization society 

members. In the summer of 2010, she assisted with work on an exhibition 

at the Special Collections library while learning French, studied for her 

comprehensive exams, and wrote her dissertation proposal. In the 2010-11 

school year, Jill will be in Charlottesville conducting dissertation research. 

Emily Jane 

Charnock 

Gregory L. and Nancy H. Curl 

Fellow 


Oxford University (B.A.) 

American University (M.A.) 

Middlesbrough, United Kingdom 

In the coming year, Emily will 

continue working on her dissertation 

“From Ghosts to Shadows: The National Party Organizations and Interest 

Groups.” This project explores the evolving relationship between parties and 

interest groups from the New Deal to the contemporary period. 

Rishiraj Das 

Paul T. Jones II Fellow 

Department of Environmental 

Sciences 

University California-Berkeley 

(B.S.) 

Yale University (M.S.) 

Mumbai, India 

Rishi presented a poster at the 

American Geophysical Union’s 

Fall 2009 meeting in San Francisco, and received the Department of 

Environmental Science’s Best Poster Award at the January 2010 Envirodays 

Conference. He has begun collaborating with faculty at Oregon State 

University to study the sources of dust and aerosols that bring nutrients to 

forests in the Yucatan peninsula. During the summer 2010, Rishi will travel 

to Mexico to continue looking for Saharan dust and nutrients in the tropical 

dry forests of the Yucatan. 

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Justin Lindsay 

Neill 

Harrison Family Fellow 


Davidson College (B.S.) 

Hillsborough, North Carolina 

Justin is working as a research 

assistant in the laboratory of Professor 

Brooks H. Pate. His research is focused 

on the use of microwave spectroscopy 

to study small molecular clusters and unstable species of astrochemical 

interest, as well as the dynamics of excited molecules. In the past year a highenergy 

conformational isomer of methyl formate, an abundant interstellar 

molecule, has been detected in the interstellar medium as a result of 

laboratory measurements in the Pate laboratory. This surprising detection 

has sparked new theoretical and experimental inquiries into the mechanisms 

by which this molecule, and other related organic species, are synthesized in 

dense star-forming regions, processes that are currently not well understood. 

Hillary Sunshine 

Schaefer 

Douglas S. Holladay Sr. and 

Cary N. Moon Jr. Fellow 


University of Wisconsin-Madison 

(B.S.) 


Wausau, Wisconsin 

During the 2009-10 academic year 

Hillary completed two community rotations as part of the clinical psychology 

training schedule — one at an alternative school providing individual 

and group therapy for at-risk adolescents, and a second concentrating on 

forensic assessments. She also collected the first wave of her dissertation 

data, developing and administering an assessment for empathy and 

emotional skill. She hopes to develop this test as a tool that is both useful 

for a neuroimaging paradigm and also applicable to an inpatient population. 

Currently, there are few validated tests of emotional functioning suitable 

for clinical use, and her work hopes to provide such a tool. In the 2010-11 

academic year she will return to Western State Hospital for a rotation 

providing therapy to long-term psychiatric inpatients, and continue to collect 

data and refine the paradigm for the empathy assessment. 

Adam Michael 

Winck 

Elizabeth Arendall Tilney and 

Schuyler Merritt Tilney Fellow 

Department of Germanic 

Languages and Literatures 

Wake Forest University (B.A.) 

Yale University (M.A.) 


Knoxville, Tennessee 

In August 2009, Adam completed his qualifying exams on the late 

Enlightenment, tragi-comedy, and Nietzsche before moving to Mannheim, 

Germany, to teach literature seminars for two semesters. He presented a 

paper on the ethics of Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling at a conference in 

Essex, England, in May 2010. Currently, he is researching his dissertation on 

a tradition of polemics in German literature from the late Enlightenment 

through Nietzsche. By the fall of 2010, Adam will be back in Charlottesville. 

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Rachael Lynn 

Beaton 

C. Mark Pirrung Fellow 

Department of Astronomy 

University of Virginia (B.A.) (M.S.) 


During the 2009-10 academic year, 

Rachael focused on collecting data for 

her thesis work, traveling to Arizona 

five times and to the Big Island of 

Hawaii twice. She worked diligently as a teaching assistant for the graduatelevel 

observational astronomy course and received the Larry Fredrick Award 

for Graduate Level Teaching for her efforts to revitalize the lab equipment, 

dedication to student mentoring, and for work organizing a ten-day tour of 

the observational astronomy facilities in Arizona and New Mexico for the 

class. Rachael helped to launch the “Dark Skies, Bright Kids” outreach program 

to rural Albemarle County elementary schools and started a mentoring 

partnership with high school students at the Central Virginia Governor’s School 

for Science & Technology. She will teach “Introduction to Modern Cosmology” 

during the 2010 Summer Session. In 2010-11, Rachael will focus more on her 

dissertation research into the structure and evolution of nearby galaxies as 

well as continue to work actively as a mentor and teacher to both elementary 

and high school students studying astronomy. 

Matthew Daniel 

Lerner 

James H. and Elizabeth W. 

Wright Fellow 




Nahant, Massachusetts 

In the past year, Matt received 

his Master’s Degree in Psychology, 

advanced to Ph.D. candidacy, and defended his dissertation proposal. He 

co-authored three in-press peer-reviewed papers (one of which was firstauthored) 

and has three more under review (two of which are first-authors). 

He gave twelve invited talks, symposia, or poster sessions at five international 

academic conferences. Matt also received several awards supporting his 

research and academic achievements, including a Distinguished Teaching 

Fellowship, a Doris Buffett Fellowship, and — most notably — the American 

Psychological Association’s Early Graduate Student Researcher Award. 

Additionally, Matthew has continued to grow the collaborative UVA Autism 

Research Group, working on several interdisciplinary projects, including a 

community-based treatment project run out of the new Jefferson Fellows 

Center. He has also provided clinical services as a child, group, and family 

therapist via his practicum placement at the Lafayette School and Treatment 

Center. Over the next year, Matthew will provide clinical assessment services 

to children via his practicum placement at the Kluge Children’s Rehabilitation 

Center through the U.Va. Neuropsychological Assessment Laboratory. He will 

also begin collecting data for his dissertation project, and will continue to 

administer his community- and lab-based research into social problems in 

children with developmental disorders. 

Kelly Marie 

Peterman 

Brian Layton Blades Fellow 


Vassar College (B.A.) 


Columbia, Maryland 

In the spring of 2010, Kelly 

successfully passed her 

comprehensive exams and received 

permission to proceed to the doctoral dissertation. Her dissertation will 

focus on the spread of Western-style economic liberalization programs in 

Egypt in the 1970s and 1980s, and the debates between the supporters and 

opponents of those programs. Kelly spent the summer doing preliminary 

dissertation research in Charlottesville as well as in Washington, D.C., at the 

World Bank and IMF archives before heading to New York City on a research 

trip to the Chase Manhattan and United Nations archival collections. By early 

2011 she anticipates travelling to Cairo to conduct additional research. 

“The new building and its resources are 

going to increase my productivity. 

Having a comfortable, convenient, 

quiet, and well-equipped workspace 

makes it easier to stay focused and 

motivated — particularly as I continue 

to get deeper into my program, and my 

work becomes increasingly selfmotivated.” 

Lanier Sammons, Edgar Shannon Fellow 

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Justin McCrae 

Rose 

Birdsall Fellow for the Miller 

Center of Public Affairs 


Rutgers University (B.A.) 

Baylor University (M.A.) 

Miami, Florida 

Justin continues to work towards his 

Ph.D. in political theory. In addition 

to his studies, Justin has been an active participant in his department’s 

political theory colloquiums, in which he was a discussant for two visiting 

faculty members’ papers over the course of the year. He has expanded beyond 

his political theory background to become a teaching assistant for several of 

the Politics Department’s American Politics courses. Outside of the classroom 

Justin continues to demonstrate a commitment to university diversity by 

working for the Office of Graduate Student Diversity Programs, where he is a 

doctoral intern. He has participated in the office’s recruiting efforts, program 

implementation, and as a host for the Second Annual Graduate Student 

Diversity Visitation Weekend. As a result of the weekend, several prospective 

students of diverse backgrounds have decided to pursue their graduate studies 

at the University of Virginia. During the summer Justin continued his role in 

the university community as a Graduate Assistant for the university’s Summer 

Transition Program, where he assisted incoming first-years in making a smooth 

transition into the academic and social aspects of college life. 

Lanier Lee 

Sammons 



Columbia University (B.A.) 

Macon, Georgia 

Lanier has remained active as 

a composer and a performer in 

addition to completing his qualifying 

exams. His piece, “Each” for chamber 

ensemble and electronics, was selected for performance at the 2010 Society 

of Composers, Inc. National Student Conference in March. The renowned 

percussion quartet Talujon premiered “D.C. Home” at Old Cabell Hall in 

February. Lanier presented “Marbles,” a piece for dancers and interactive 

electronics developed with choreographers from the U.Va. dance program, 

in a series of four performances at Culbreth Theater. Lanier has continued to 

perform extensively on both classical and electric guitar. As part of Dzian!, he 

helped fuel fundraisers for earthquake relief in Haiti and typhoon relief in 

Taiwan. Dzian! performed in New York’s Union Square as part of the Passport 

to Taiwan festival. Lanier has also played improvisational sets around 

Charlottesville and remained an active member of the University’s New Music 

Ensemble. His research this year focused on the act of composition as play, 

the use of the electric guitar by composers, and intersection and overlap 

between popular music and art music in the 20th and 21st centuries. He will 

begin work on his dissertation in the coming year. 

Stacie Lynne 

Thyrion 


Foundation Fellow 


University of Minnesota-Twin 

Cities (B.A.) 

Green Bay, Wisconsin 

In the fall of 2009 Stacie transferred 

from the UVA Classics Department 

to the UVA Philosophy Department. She has broadened her education in 

modern and contemporary philosophy and continued her studies in ancient 

Greek philosophy. She plans to continue her work with the Platonic dialogues 

in her dissertation research, most notably the Phaedrus and the Symposium. 

Her work focuses most intently on Plato’s attitudes towards his own written 

philosophy, in relation to his attitudes towards the writings and speeches of 

other Greek poets and intellectuals, and in relation to his attitudes towards 

the spoken, dialectical philosophy of his teacher, Socrates. She continues to 

enjoy Greek reading groups with colleagues in both departments as well as 

teaching Greek to fellow graduate students and community youth. 

Lanier Sammons, the Edgar Shannon Fellow (Music), jams at a 

Chinese New Year celebration in Charlottesville. 

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William Joseph 

Dirienzo 

Edward P. Owens Fellow 


University of Wisconsin-Madison 

(B.S.) 

University of Virginia (M.S.) 

Franklin, Wisconsin 

Bill finished his classes and passed the 

qualifying exam to receive his master’s 

this past May. Bill was the teaching assistant for Astronomy 2110 and 2120. 

As part of one of his classes, he toured telescopes in Arizona and New Mexico, 

and took part in a project observing dwarf galaxies at the Apache Point 

Observatory. Bill expects to submit a paper on star formation this summer 

and begin work on a follow-up project. Bill will TA again next year and will 

help develop a program to aid astronomy department undergraduates 

applying to graduate school. He also expects to submit an early science 

proposal for ALMA, the new millimeter array in Chile that is expected to 

begin operation later this year. 

Laura Emily 

Goldblatt 

John S. Lillard Fellow 



Princeton, New Jersey 

During the 2009-10 academic year, 

Laura presented conference papers 

at the Midwest Modern Language 

Association annual conference and the 

Northeast Modern Language Association annual conference. This summer, 

Laura attended the UCD Clinton Institute for American Studies in Dublin. 

Philip Jameson 

Graber 

Trey Beck Fellow 

Department of Mathematics 

Washington & Lee University 

(B.S.) 

Arlington, Texas 

Jameson’s research focuses on the 

stabilization of structural acoustic 

systems that show up in various 

technological applications such as flight. He is working under the guidance 

of Professor Irena Lasiecka. Jameson recently submitted a paper on his 

research to the Journal of Nonlinear Analysis, and is awaiting a decision about 

its publication. This summer he had several opportunities to share his work 

with top mathematicians in his field. In May Jameson traveled to the AIMS 

Conference on Dynamical Systems in Dresden, Germany, where he presented 

in a special session. The following month he gave a talk at the Center for 

Nonlinear Analysis summer school at Carnegie Mellon. In July he spent three 

weeks at the University of Washington for their program in Inverse Problems, 

applications that are common in medical imaging. Jameson’s plans are to 

focus on his dissertation topic and submit another journal article in 2010-11. 

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the fellows 

Mary Ellen Hicks 

The Newman Family Fellow 


University of Iowa (B.A.) 



Mary most recently completed her 

master’s research on labor regulations 

of female domestic servants in 

post-emancipation Salvador, Brazil. 

She was able to conclude this research through summer research travel 

she completed during the summer of 2009. She continues work on her 

dissertation proposal, which will explore a topic not often researched, the 

role of enslaved and free artisans in 18th-century Brazilian urban economies. 

She hopes to study art and architectural history in the fall semester in order 

to discover the intersections between cultural production, political economy, 

and ideology in late colonial Brazil. 

Mary Hicks, the Newman Family Fellow (History), and her guide 

touring the colonial architecture of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerias, Brazil. 

Lindsay Parsons 

O’Connor 

Irby Cauthen Fellow 


Tulane University (B.A.) 

Peachtree City, Georgia 

In February 2010, Lindsay presented a 

paper about post-structuralist theory, 

analytic philosophies of language, 

and rap artist Lil Wayne at the 20th 

Annual Mardi Gras Conference at Louisiana State University. Later that month, 

she presented an extended version of this paper at the Jefferson Fellows 

Symposium under the title “Loose Vowels: Linguistic Waste and Lil Wayne’s 

No Ceilings.” During the 2009-10 academic year Lindsay served as a teaching 

assistant for academic writing as well as 18th- and 19th- century literature 

courses, and she served as a Theory Area Representative for the Graduate 

English Students Association (GESA). She looks forward to spending another 

summer in New Orleans, Louisiana before returning to Charlottesville for 

her third year of graduate study, during which she will take her qualifying 

exams in 20th-century American literature and literary theory and serve as 

the GESA treasurer. 

Harold Smith 

Reeves 

Eric M. Heiner Fellow 


Princeton University (A.B.) 

University of Chicago (J.D.) 

Catholic University of America 

(Ph.L.) 


Brooksville, Florida 

Harold completed his master’s this term. His thesis, “Repetition and Variation 

in the Battle Narratives of Herodotus,” analyzed the ways in which Herodotus 

described the battles of Thermopylae, Salamis, and Plataea. This summer, 

Harold plans to teach in the Summer Latin Institute at U.Va. In the fall, he will 

teach Greek 1010 and complete coursework requirements for his Ph.D. degree. 

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Carolyn Marie 

Beans 

Terrence D. Daniels Family 

Fellow 


Penn State University (B.A.) 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Carolyn spent the 2010 summer 

researching at Mountain Lake 

Biological Station in southwest 

Virginia. Her travels also took her to Camden Hills State Park in Maine 

and other parts of New England where she studied the ecological and 

evolutionary impact of a species of jewelweed from India that is now 

spreading throughout New England. She will also be presenting research on 

the potential range expansion of Japanese honeysuckle in the United States 

under current and future climate conditions, at the Ecological Society of 

America meetings this August. 

“I feel extremely lucky to be part of an 

organization that took such care to create 

a space for students that is both 

environmentally responsible and 

aesthetically pleasing. As a student in 

biology, most of my work is tied to the lab 

or the field. It means a lot to know that I 

have a place to come to read and think and 

meet with other students. ” 

Carolyn Beans, Terrence D. Daniels Family Fellow 

Benjamin Kagan 

Brady 

Eric P. and Elizabeth R. 

Johnson Family Fellow 


Princeton University (B.A.) 

Stanford University (J.D.) 

Little Rock, Arkansas 

Ben spent his first year completing 

a master’s thesis examining the role 

of ideology in Secretary of State Elihu Root’s Latin American diplomacy. Ben 

also received his J.D. Degree from Stanford University in June. 

Caroline Bashaw 

Davis 

Darden Foundation Fellow 

Darden School of Business 

Northwestern University (B.A.) 

American University (M.A.) 


Caroline was awarded first place in 

the Deloitte Case Challenge. During 

the summer, she worked as an 

Associate at Booz & Co. in Washington, D.C. Beginning fall 2010, Caroline 

looks forward to taking a number of general management electives and 

traveling to Bahrain for the Darden Global Business Experience. 

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Alex Douglas 

Forrest 

Darden Foundation Fellow 


Massachusetts Institute of 

Technology (B.S.) 

Stanardsville, Virginia 

Alex is an active member of the 

Finance Club and the Hispanic 

American Network at Darden. 

This past year, he and another Darden student successfully launched 

a “High School Interview and Career Counseling Workshop” that brought 

approximately 40 local high school students to Darden for a day of mock 

interviews and career-related discussions. They hope to make this into an 

annual event. After completing the first year of business school, Alex will 

spend his summer in New York City, interning at Rothschild, a privately 

owned investment bank. 

Jack Clark 

Herndon III 

John L. Colley Jr. Fellow 


University of Virginia (B.S.) 

Nashville, Tennessee 

Clark and his wife Becca welcomed a 

new addition to the family, Isabelle 

Grace Herndon, born 1-1-10. Clark 

just finished his first year at Darden as 

a Jefferson Fellow, and is interning over the summer with Friend’s Life (www. 

friendslife.org), a small non-profit in Nashville, Tennessee. During his second 

year at Darden, Clark will serve as the President of the Raven Society, and as a 

second year partner for the Community Consultants of Darden. He will return 

to Bain & Company in Atlanta full-time in the fall of 2011. 

Gabrielle 

Kathryn Lee 

Miller 

D.N. Batten 

Foundation Fellow 

Department of Spanish 

University of Notre Dame (B.A.) 


Gaby continues to prepare for her 

masters comps, which will take place 

in spring 2011. After tutoring student athletes throughout the 2009-10 

academic year, she now looks forward to teaching Spanish classes to 

undergraduates in the fall. Gaby will spend the summer in Valencia, Spain, in 

order to receive a Celta certification to teach English as a foreign language. 

Sarah Anne 

O’Halloran 



University College Cork (B.A.) 

(M.Phil.) 

Queens University (M.A.) 

Tralee, Ireland 

Sarah O’Halloran is a composer, 

currently concentrating on integrating 

dramatic and theatrical elements with her musical practice. Her main teacher 

this year was Matthew Burtner. Before joining U.Va., Sarah was a resident 

artist at Atlantic Centre for the Arts, Florida, in a residency led by composer 

Mark Applebaum. Last fall, she studied creative writing and performance 

with playwright Heather Woodbury in New York. Sarah is the adjudication 

panel chair for the installation category of International Computer Music 

Conference. Her piece Cat House was selected for the conference and was 

performed by the composer at the Miller Theatre, Columbia University, in 

June 2010. Sarah was also involved in collaboration with Justin Paxton, an 

undergraduate choreographer, for the Spring Dance Concert. The Department 

of Music’s Digitalis concert included her first piece for laptop ensemble, 

which was played by more than 200 performers. Sarah is also a member 

of the 2010-11 Music Arts Board. She will spend part of the summer in her 

native Ireland working on a dramatic musical piece based on the Selkie 

myths of Ireland and Scotland. She will also be filming interviews for a music 

and video piece on St Finan’s Hospital. 

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Jason Anthony 

Pan 

Taylor-Tyree Family Fellow 

School of Law 

University of Virginia (B.A.) (B.S.) 


Jason Pan has been accepted to the 

JD/MBA program with Darden. This 

summer, he interned at the U.S. 

Attorney’s office in Washington, D.C. 

At the law school, he serves on the board of the Virginia Journal of Law and 

Technology and as the 1L representative for the Asian Pacific American Law 

Student Association. 

Mary Elizabeth 

Peckham 

Hilliard Family Fellow 




After a great first year in the history 

department, Elizabeth spent the 

summer learning German with 

the Goethe Institute program in 

Goettingen, Germany. She will return to Charlottesville in the fall to continue 

coursework and serve as a teaching assistant. 

Corlett Wolfe 

Wood 

H. Eugene Lockhart Fellow 


Swarthmore College (B.A.) 

St. Louis Park, Minnesota 

Corlett is planning to write her 

dissertation on how social interactions 

affect trait evolution in beetles. She 

was awarded a National Science 

Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in the spring of 2010 for a project 

that proposed to investigate whether larval competition in beetles might 

affect where females choose to lay their eggs. She also had the opportunity 

to travel to Costa Rica in the spring to take a two-month course on tropical 

ecology and field biology. Corlett spent the summer conducting research at 

Mountain Lake Biological Station, a field station located in the Appalachian 

Mountains of southwestern Virginia. 

Justin Neill, the Harrison Family Fellow (Chemistry), engages a 

group of Fellow nominees at the Rotunda dinner. 

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graduate fellows 2010 

Julia James Abell 

Macfarlane Family Fellow 


Harvard University (B.A.) 

Birmingham, Alabama 

Daniel Elliot 

Franz 

Paul B. Barringer Family 

Fellow 

Department of Mathematics 


Rochester, New York 

Anne Marie 

Guarnera 

John A. Blackburn Fellow 

Department of Spanish 

Bryn Mawr College (B.A.) 

Scotch Plains, New Jersey 

Christopher 

Michael Irwin 


Mac Krell Fellow 


University of Pittsburgh (B.A.) 

(B.S.) 

Irwin, Pennsylvania 

Reed Adam 

Johnson 

John Lillard Fellow 

Department of Slavic Languages & 

Literatures 


University of Virginia (M.F.A.) 

Lebanon, New Hampshire 

Andrew John 

Kennedy 

Jefferson Arts and Sciences 

Dissertation Year Fellow 


Providence College (B.A.) 

Danville, Pennsylvania 

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appendices 

Jefferson Fellows enjoy ample teaching 

space in one of the Fellows Center’s three 

multi-purpose rooms.

appendix a 

the undergraduate selection process 

jefferson scholars selection committee 

Appointed annually by the Jefferson Scholars Foundation, the Jefferson Scholars Selection Committee 

determines who among the remarkably talented finalists will be offered Jefferson Scholarships. 

DANIEL S. ADLER 

President 

Adler Financial Group 


H. BROCKMAN ANDERSON 

President and Director 

Bonbright Distributors, Inc. 

Dayton, Ohio 

MARK M. ANSTEY 

President 

DataStream Content Solutions 

College Park, Maryland 

WALTER W. BARDENWERPER 

General Counsel and Head of Legal Affairs 

Towers Watson & Company 


STANLEY B. BLAYLOCK 

Sewickley, Pennsylvania 

WILLIAM F. BLUE, JR. 





MICHAEL C. BOWEN 

Chief Financial Officer 

Diversified Health & Fitness 

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 

SHELLEY L. BOYCE 


MedRisk 

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 

CARLA WHEATON BRADY 


Duke University Medical Center 

Durham, North Carolina 

J. STEWART BRYAN III 

Chairman 

Media General, Inc. 


C. AUSTIN BUCK 

Okatie, South Carolina 

LEONARD J. BUCK II 

Principal 

Blue Bright Ventures, LLC 

Chapel Hill, North Carolina 

NANCY BROWN BUCK 

Rowayton, Connecticut 

STEPHEN S. CRAWFORD 

Partner 

Centerview Partners 


CLAIBORNE P. D EMING 

Chair of Executive Committee 

Murphy Oil Corporation 

El Dorado, Arkansas 

EDWARD J. DOBBS 

President 

Dobbs Management Service, LLC 


ROBERT DOLAN 

Professor 



REBECCA HOGAN DORRIAN 

Executive Director, Fixed Income 

Morgan Stanley 


ROBERT W. DOWNES 

Partner 

Sullivan and Cromwell LLP 


DANA M. ELZEY 


Materials Science and Engineering 

Director, Rodman Scholars Program 


ERNEST H. ERN 





SAMUEL E. FARNHAM 

Co-Head, Middle Market Group 



LYCIA FRIED 

San Francisco, California 

LAURA A. GARNER 

Principal 

RS Investments 


M. HUNTLEY GARRIOTT JR. 


Goldman Sachs 


ALExANDER G. GILLIAM JR. 

University Protocol and History Officer 

Office of the President 


BARBARA B. GLYNN 

Atherton, California 

SUSAN G. HARRIS 

Special Assistant to the President and 

Secretary to the Board of Visitors 


JAMES B. HEBENSTREIT 


Bartlett and Company 


DEBORAH HIRTLE 

Saint Davids, Pennsylvania 

BRET W. HOLDEN 

Chairman 

Sycom Technologies, LLC 


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jefferson scholars selection committee continued 

DOUGLAS S. HOLLADAY JR. 




SEALY H. HOPKINSON 

Trustee 

The Middendorf Foundation 

Huntington, New York 

LAWRENCE D. HOWELL II 


EFG International 

Zurich, Switzerland 

WILLIAM I. HUYETT JR. 

Director 

McKinsey & Company 


ANTOINETTE MARIA JACKSON 

Director 

Coats Rose Yale Ryman & Lee 



Chair 



J. FRED KELLY 


Aeroglide Corporation 

Raleigh, North Carolina 

SHAHARYAR M. KHAN 

Chief Scientific Officer 

Gencia Corporation 


CURTIS A. KRIZEK 

Managing Director and Executive 

Officer 



PATRICIA M. LAMPKIN 

Vice President for Student Affairs 


DAVID J. LANE 


The One Campaign 


JAMES C. LLOYD 

Partner 

Lloyd Baughan LLP 

London, United Kingdom 

GODFREY M. LONG JR. 

The Growth Coach 


GEORGE KEITH MARTIN 

Partner 

McGuireWoods LLP 


WILLIAM W. MCCARTEN 

Chairman and Director 

DiamondRock Hospitality Company 


DAVID W. MCCREIGHT 


Under Armour 


TRACY V. MCMILLAN 


Diversity Practice 

Diversified Search 


BRUCE A. MILLER 


Investure LLC 


JOHN D. MILTON, JR. 

Chief Financial Officer and Vice President 

Patriot Transportation Holding, Inc. 


ANNA MARIA NEKORANEC 

President 

LBK Capital 

Longboat Key, Florida 

MARY M. OWEN 

Director of Business Development 

Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Enterprises 

Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan 

MARCIA L. PENTZ 

Lecturer 

McIntire School of Commerce 


C. MARK PIRRUNG 




RICHARD R. POLLOCK 

Counsel 

Pollock Investments Inc. 

Dallas, Texas 

CRISLER B. QUICK 

President 

The Finance Department 


PETER QUICK 




MATTHEW A. REIDENBACH 




LINDA G. RENNER 

Attorney 

Law Offices of Thomas R. Green 


MATTHIAS D. RENNER 

President 

National Real Estate Management 

Corporation 


GREGORY W. ROBERTS 

Dean of Admission 


JACQUELYN F. RODRIGUEZ 

Fairfield, Connecticut 

JAMES E. RUTROUGH 

Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative 

Officer 

State Farm Insurance Companies 

Bloomington, Illinois 

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CARL G. SHOWALTER II 

General Partner 

Opus Capital 

Menlo Park, California 

PATRICIA S. SILVERMAN 


TODD M. SIMKIN 


Susquehanna International Group 

Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania 

JAMES G. SIMMONDS 

Lawrence R. Quarles Professor Emeritus 

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences 


BRIAN C. SMITH 

Associate 

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, LLP 


ROBERT W. SMITH 

Portfolio Manager 

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. 


DAVID M. TOLMIE 

Partner 

The Edgewater Funds 


CHARLES C. TOWNSEND III 

Chief Executive Officer and General Partner 


Barrington, Rhode Island 

RUTH ANN VLEUGELS 

Director, Connective Tissue Disease Clinic 

Brigham and Women’s Department 0f 

Dermatology 


W. BRADFORD WILCOx 

Professor 

Department of Sociology 


WILLIAM M. WILSON 

Academic Dean 

Echols Scholars Program 


TERESA SMITH 

Faculty 

The Odyssey School 

Stevenson, Maryland 

BETH C. SPILMAN 

Chief Operating Officer 

CapCenter, LLC 


SHEPARD C. SPINK 


Alvarez & Marsal 

London, United Kingdom 

T. BAHNSON STANLEY III 

Partner 

Ellis, McQuary & Stanley 


R. BLAIR THOMAS 

Group Managing Director 

The TCW Group 


Andrew Kouri, the Donna and Richard Tadler Scholar, and Colin Leslie, the 

Olive B. and Franklin C. Mac Krell Scholar, both members of the Jefferson 

Scholars Class of 2014, at the Selection Weekend in March 2010. 

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regional selection competition 

Geographic areas from which the Foundation has secured contributions of at least $500,000 are 

eligible to become part of the annual regional competition process. Regional selection committees 

composed of University alumni and friends are charged annually with the responsibility of reviewing 

and screening all nominees from their areas. Based on the number of schools participating in each 

region, the regional committees select from one to as many as four candidates as finalists in the 

competition. 

BIRMINGHAM, 

ALABAMA 

Kenneth B. Botsford, Chair 

Steven A. Brickman 

Noelle C. Fleming 

Colin McRae Mitchell 

Richard V. Rector 

Thomas M. Spencer 

W. Lee Thuston 

Louise Agee Wrinkle 

ARKANSAS 

Robert E.L. Wilson V, Chair 

Robert L. Brown 

Claiborne P. Deming 

Patricia Lile 

Marcus Wayne Moody 

Perry L. Wilson 

CALIFORNIA 

LOS ANGELES 

Allison J. Kean, Chair 

Andrea P. Goodman 

Karen W. Greb 

Shannon J. Harris 

David Owen Higley 

Jerry M. Lewis IV 

Jennifer Blomberg Miller 

L. Adam Reno 

Cynthia Lee Smet 

Adele B. Stotler 

Gregory A. Trojan 

Helena Yu 

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 

Jason A. Gill, Co-Chair 

J. Sanford Miller, Co-Chair 

R. Mark Egan Jr. 

Barbara B. Glynn 

Michael J. Guthrie 

Daniel H. Hecht 

William H. Lyon 

Michael C. Smith 

Barry E. Taylor 

DELAWARE 

W. Duncan Patterson, Chair 

Bruce L. Chipman 

Mark F. Dunkle 

Eileen Filliben Edmunds 

Leslie M. Kelly 

Thomas F. Schuler 

Charles Porter Schutt III 

Katharine Lopez Weymouth 

FLORIDA 

JACKSONVILLE 

Sydney A. Gervin III, Chair 

Charles D. Hyman 

John D. Milton Jr. 

Lisa Palmer 

Ed Rannell Reynolds 

TAMPA 

R. James Robbins Jr., Co-Chair 

C. Norman Stallings Jr., Co-Chair 

Stewart T. Bertron 

Tonja C. Brickhouse 

Richard D. Eckhard 

Laurin Morgan Farrior 

Susan Katherine Frazier 

Stapleton D. Gooch IV 

Christopher Hardy Harris 

P. Jeffrey Leck 

J. Jefferson Maxwell 

Mindy Smith Murphy 

Anna Maria Nekoranec 

Glenn B. Oken 

Elizabeth H. Ridley 

Fred S. Ridley 

GEORGIA 

ATLANTA 

Molley J. Clarkson, Co-Chair 

Christopher C. Frieden, Co-Chair 

Elizabeth Semancik White, 

Co-Chair 

Allison C. Abramson 

E. Ross Baird 

Martha E. Downer-Assaf 

Geoffrey M. Drake 

Edwin J. Feinour 

Frazer H. Fiveash 

Andra N. Gillespie 

Bryan A. Hancock 

Maryanne Quinn Hancock 

Bradley V. Heiner 

Christy H. Hooper 

Clayton F. Jackson 

F. Joseph Keith 

Catherine D. Little 

Emily K. Manne 

Lee W. Martin 

David C. Metcalf 

Elizabeth W. Metcalf 

Mark S. Miles 

Marisa S. Miller 

Michelle C. Murphy 

Ryan P. Murphy 

Stephen A. Opler 

Lisa M. Perlin 

Adriane B. Randolph 

Janet V. Reed 

Mark A. Rogers 

Christopher R. Rutledge 

Wendelin W. Silliman 

Stephen R. Stone 

Mandy K. Sweeney 

Eric D. Tumperi 

xiao Wang 

SOUTH GEORGIA/TALLAHASSEE, 

FLORIDA 

C. Bradford Jackson, Chair 

John D. Buchanan Jr. 

Joseph S. Novak Jr. 

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 

Lawrence E. Tanner Jr., Chair 

Mark M. Anderson 

David Jason Bentrem 

Christian F. Binnig 

Robert G. Byron 

Samuel C. Dudley Jr. 

Jennifer B. Gwilliam 

Heather Ann Haukness 

Jessica P. Huang 

Cheryl DeMong Hubbard 

Courtney J. McEniry 

Kate E. Pomper 

Timothy D. Sheehan 

Peter J. Sweeney III 

Jequeatta D. Upton 

Christopher Zachary Vickers 

Craig K. Wolf 

Victoria K. Wolf 

KENTUCKY 

Merrell W. Grant, Chair 

James Kent Cameron 

Jan deBeer 

Torri Lee Martin 

Steven J. Paradis 

LOUISIANA 

Helen B. LeBourgeois, Chair 

Gretchen S. Dondis 

Douglas S. Downing 

Matthew P. LeCorgne 

Evelyn S. Poitevent 

Jeffrey C. Poole 

Amir A. Shahien 

Michael H. Smither 

S. Ansley Smythe 

Elizabeth S. Woods 

MAINE 

Jennifer L. Rooks, Chair 

MARYLAND 

Kirsten Andrews Woelper, Chair 

Linda C. Corbin 

Paul D. Corbin 

Alice M. Dearing 

J. Andrew Faraone 

Hobart V. Fowlkes 

William H. Martin 

W. Hunter Purcell 

Louis A. Sarkes Jr. 

Susan Lindemann Schloeder 

Shelley Johnson Webb 

Blair G. White 

Emily L. Wilkinson 

SUBURBAN MARYLAND/ 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Andrew C. Blair, Co-Chair 

Hamilton P. Fox III, Co-Chair 

Jasmine H. Yoon, Co-Chair 

Attison L. Barnes III 

Anne Marie Bolduc 

Robert E. Branson 

Courtney C. Byrd 

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Dean M. Cinkala 

Wendy Gladin Gagnon 

Mary Elizabeth Glagola 

Sarah Hobeika Hall 

Thomas B.W. Hall 

Eva Maria Jack 

Pamela R. Kanstoroom 

Harry R. Marshall 

Diane Reiff Mayer 

Kimberly D. Reed 

Caroline D. Ritter 

Joseph D. Wallace 

Sheryl Watkins Wilbon 

BOSTON, 

MASSACHUSETTS 

Melanie S. Mace, Co-Chair 

Ruth Ann Vleugels, Co-Chair 

Joyce Lillian Arcangeli 

Richard Kent Bennett Jr. 

Taylor M. Bowman 

James A. Burns 

Susan H. Burns 

Thomas L. Fredell 

D. James Greiner II 

Meghan T. Hession 

Michelle T. Ho 

Robert B. King 

Katherine E. Klem 

Paul R. Kugler III 

Victoria O’Brien MacMillan 

Kevin R. McCarey 

Michael W. Melley 

Carsten B. Miller 

Emily A. Miller 

Allison M. Murphy 

Amanda Dawn Pallais 

Robert B. Paull 

Stephen C. Peacher 

Bruce C. Ramsey 

Richard D. Tadler 

Thomas M. Taylor 

Charlotte J. Walker 

Shan Wu 

MISSISSIPPI 

Mollie Magee Van Devender, 

Chair 

Joan S. Bertaut 

Mary Alice Tyson Browning 

Merry Walker Dougherty 

James C. Hays 

Jane Meynardie 

William A. Percy 

Michael B. Wallace 

MISSOURI 

KANSAS CITY 

Curtis A. Krizek, Chair 

Patrick M. Casey 

D. Patrick Curran 

James B. Hebenstreit 

G. Whit Holcomb III 

Thomas P. Schult 

Margo C. Soulé 

Julianne Story 

ST. LOUIS 

Matthias D. Renner, Chair 

Yvette S. Butler 

Susan Boyle Derdeyn 

Kathryn S. Minton 

William R. Piper 

William L. Polk Jr. 

Todd R. Schnuck 

NORTHERN 

NEW JERSEY 

Rhett W. Gano, Co-Chair 

Stephen M. Van Besien, Co-Chair 

Elizabeth Walsh Abbott 

Raymond T. Abbott 

Anson H. Beard 

Vincent A. D’Arpino 

Joseph C. Gill 

Radford W. Klotz 

Sarah Lyman Kravits 

Anna Brewer Stilz 

Christopher G. Turner 

Steven G. Vittorio 

NEW YORK 

BUFFALO 

Mary M. Owen, Chair 

Frances W. Arnold 

Virginia A. Barb 

Bradley J. Butler 

Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker 

Charles G. Duffy III 

Gretchen Geitter 

Stephen J. McCabe 

Mary M. Wilson 

Gretchen Lee Wylegala 

University of Virginia professors William Guilford and Michael Levenson 

talk to the 101 finalists at the Jefferson Scholars Selection Weekend as 

members of the Faculty Panel. 

LONG ISLAND 

George J. Holland, Chair 

Lisa Smith Barr 

Ray A. Brown 

M. Grier Eliasek 

Jean M. Holland 

Mary Jean McCarthy 

Calvert Saunders Moore 

Cason A. Moore 

Elizabeth V. Stork 

NEW YORK CITY 

Robert W. Downes, Co-Chair 

Suhrid S. Gajendragadkar, Co-Chair 

Tyler Roberts Alexander 

Kerri M. Bartlett 

Stephen Karl Blunden 

Bliss Bowlin Campbell 

Patrick J. Cronin 

Charles P. Daniels 

Vadim Elenev 

Laura A. Garner 

Courtney S. Katzenstein 

Miguel P. Maquet-Diafouka 

Maurice D. Watkins 

Henry T. Wilson 

WESTCHESTER, NEW YORK/ 

FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT 

L. David Cardenas, Co-Chair 

Alison Gregory Knipp, Co-Chair 

Patrick J. Brown 

Ruaraidh I. Campbell 

Julie Chen 

Rebecca H. Dorrian 

Kevin J. Flynn 

Mary-Stuart G. Freydberg 

Kurt B. Harrison 

Raleigh W. Nuckols 

Mythili Gadahad Rao 

Jeffrey M. Tebbs 

Kristin A.van Ogtrop 

Thomas B. Whelan II 

NORTH CAROLINA 

CHARLOTTE 

Samuel E. Farnham, Chair 

Elena L. Airapetian 

Jason L. Bernd 

William F. Blue Jr. 

Laurie Evans Bond 

J. Dillon Bowles 

Anderson D. Caperton 

Garland S. Cassada 

John H. Culver III 

Lisa O. Gardner 

Susan Q. Goode 

Jessica Sanborn Gray 

Barbara A. Hall 

Scott E. Heberton 

Lawrence Y. Lim 

Anne Pipkin 

Scott R. Poole 

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regional selection competition continued 

Ming Qi 

Richard S. Starling 

J. M. Bryan Taylor 

Donald K. Truslow 

Janice E. Winstead 

Edith H. Wyatt 

PIEDMONT TRIAD 

McDara P. Folan III, Chair 

Michael B. Baughan 

Henrietta D. Brown 

Robbin Bartlett Flow 

Ragan P. Folan 

Harley S. Garrison 

John F.C. Glenn Jr. 

Martha K. Howard 

Nancy T. Keshian 

L. Tyrone Lewis 

Christopher E. Lindsey 

Stephen C. Mischen 

Paulette J. Morant 

Sherry J. Polonsky 

Shannon B. Rainey 

W. David Sellers 

OHIO 

CINCINNATI 

Sandra W. Heimann, Chair 

Darlene T. Anderson 

Jeffrey R. Anderson 

Allison C. Bolyard 

Robert A. Heimann Jr. 

Jefferey C. McLane 

Jonathan R. Snyder 

Russell D. Wilson 

NORTHEAST OHIO 

James A. McClurg, Chair 

Christine E. Bradbury 

David S. Dickenson III 

Diana DiFranco Everett 

Stephen G. Harrison 

Mary G. Murray 

PORTLAND, 

OREGON 

Elizabeth A. Carr, Chair 

J. Neal Cox 

Glenn M. Eisen 

Michael A. Moore 

Stephanie D. Nixon 

Suzanne E. Pinckney 

PENNSYLVANIA 

PHILADELPHIA 

Graham R. Laub, Co-Chair 

Deanna Leicht Loughnane, Co-Chair 

Jennifer A. Amyx 

Teresa A. Bryce 

Charles W. Conklin Jr. 

Rachel M. Dada 

Mark R. Francis 

David T. Hawkins 

Katherine S. Keith 

Zane D. Memeger 

R. Bradford Mills 

Marc E. Needles 

Robert C. O’Reilly 

Elaine T. Petrossian 

Maria K. Pulzetti 

Christopher J. Reynolds 

David C. Rosenberg 

Matthew J. Rosenberg 

Kenneth E. Shipley Jr. 

Todd M. Simkin 

Michael P. Smith 

Leslie Burnett Swope 

Charles A. Szoradi 

Heather Perry Walcott 

PITTSBURGH/WESTERN 

PENNSYLVANIA 

Rodney R. Akers, Co-Chair 

Katherine Nickel McFaden, Co-Chair 

Matthew J. Carl 

Daniel F. Cusick 

Bruce G. Gabler 

Richard Purnell 

Richard B. Tucker III 

Chaton T. Turner 

SOUTH CAROLINA 

CENTRAL AND UPSTATE SOUTH 

CAROLINA 

Frank C. Williams III, Chair 

Paul V. DeMarco 

James Thornton Kirby 

Katherine M. McDonald 

LOWCOUNTRY, SOUTH CAROLINA/ 

GEORGIA 

Anne Hanahan Blessing, Co-Chair 

Connie K. Darbyshire, Co-Chair 

Marguerite Clare Ellis 

Elizabeth Hoffman 

Todd Beach Kuhl 

Darcy S. Mauro 

Carl S. Pedigo Jr. 

Leslie H. Pelzer 

J. Adam Reinhard 

RHODE ISLAND 

Charles C. Townsend III, Chair 

Zenas M. C. Colt 

Rebekah L. Gardner 

Matthew T. Harrison 

Thomas C. Keister Jr. 

Roxburgh Rennie 

Jennifer C. Swalec 

TENNESSEE 

EASTERN TENNESSEE 

L. Thomas Montague, Co-Chair 

Alison Tuley Shaw, Co-Chair 

Mitsy Costello 

Susan M. Crimmins 

Kathi Grant-Willis 

Thomas L. Hayslett III 

E. Bruce Hutchinson 

Sandra R. Krawchuk 

Mark W. Smith 

Cynthia B. Whitaker 

MEMPHIS 

Lee B. Harper, Acting Chair 

Tonia S. Anderson 

Christopher Adam Boals 

Edward J. Dobbs 

Peter R. Pettit 

Kevin G. Ritz 

Elizabeth Jean Sherman Tabor 

Diane K. Vescovo 

NASHVILLE 

Katherine Read Ezell, Chair 

Arthur C. Best Jr. 

Frederick L. Bryant 

A. Rawls Butler V 

Lauren Rooker Cardwell 

Katherine Q. Cigarran 

John D. Claybrook 

Patricia Frist Elcan 

Mary Stamps Gambill 

Pamela F. Morris 

Richard C. Prather 

Benjamin B. Skipper 

Robert D. Tuke 

TExAS 

DALLAS 

Irving M. Groves III, Co-Chair 

Thomas O. McNearney III, Co-Chair 

E. Taylor Armstrong 

Lindy A. Blevins 

Peter D. Brundage 

Frank M. Hamlin 

J. Davis Hamlin 

Sarah A. Hamlin 

J. Owen Hannay 

Nicole E. Hooper 

Robert A. Innamorati 

Nicholas A. Merrick 

Richard R. Pollock 

Sanka S. Stalcup 

Kristin Steen 

Thomas W. Stephenson Jr. 

James H. Wilson III 

FORT WORTH 

Charles H. Turner IV, Chair 

Nicole E. Hooper 

Christopher P. Kelly 

Edward P. Perrin Jr. 

Laura Kasselman Turner 

HOUSTON 

Margaret Henderson Basu, Co-Chair 

C.E. Rhodes Jr., Co-Chair 

M. Kappner Boles 

Lisa C. Cohen 

Timothy N. Diggs 

Jeffrey R. Elkin 

Katherine Hobby Gibson 

R. Keith Harrison 

Cassandra L. Hill 

Kenneth M. Humphries 

Antoinette Maria Jackson 

Janice C. Kellogg 

Richard C. Kellogg Jr. 

Corey W. McLellan 

Logan A. Moncrief 

Robert S. Parsley 

VIRGINIA 

CHARLOTTESVILLE 

David B. Ern, Chair 

Joseph E. Barnes 

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Jeanne-Marie Z. Holden 

Bruce A. Miller 

Clay Elwood Thomson 

COMMONWEALTH 

Jamieson MacDonald Bourque, 

Chair 

Timothy C. Evans 

Timothy J. Heaphy 

Matthew G. Rigby 

Susan M. Rockwell 

Beth C. Spilman 

COMMONWEALTH READERS 

Cecil Banks Jr. 

Margaret H. Bolton 

Katie R. Bray 

Holly Macaulay Casey 

Kelly G. Chewning 

Taylor A. Harless 

M. Blaire Hawkins 

J. Clark Herndon III 

Jennifer Y. Hsu 

Amber Turner Inofuentes 

Mary Elizabeth Luzar 

Matthew B. Nicholson 

Lauren S. Purnell 

Allison S. Robbins 

Ravi R. Sarpatwari 

Adam D. Seid 

Elizabeth Steel 

W. Bradford Wilcox 

xian Zhao 

DAN RIVER AREA 

B.R. Ashby, Chair 

Christine Stover Baggerly 

James A.L. Daniel 

Charles H. Majors 

Frank W. Mobley Jr. 

Linda F. Ramsey 

Robert T. Vaughan Jr. 

Kathryn B. Wyatt 

LOWER PENINSULA AREA 

Jennifer O. David, Chair 

Kari Ann Heffner 

James J. Reid 

LYNCHBURG 

Kristine D. Lloyd, Co-Chair 

James O. Watts IV, Co-Chair 

Gorham B. Wood, Co-Chair 

J. Fred Armstrong 

Bernard C. Baldwin III 

James K. Candler 

Robert L. Driskill 

Parker Hall Lee III 

Cecilia M. MacCallum 

Robert N. Sorenson 

Shannon R. Valentine 

NORTHERN VIRGINIA 

N. Thomas Connally III, Co-Chair 

Jennifer K. Murrill, Co-Chair 

Stephen N. Ander 

John M. Bailey 

Richard L. Barnes II 

Amber B. Blaha 

Matthew S. Branson 

David T. Buckley 

Margaret S. Colby 

Christine M. Elliott 

Benjamin B. Hankins Jr. 

Peter D. Leary 

William A. Marr Jr. 

Maura M. Martin 

Timothy R. O’Hara II 

Andrew S. Oldham 

S. Paul Powers II 

Guru B. Raj 

Charles C. Reardon 

Patricia S. Silverman 

Hardeep S. Singh 

Stephen A. Taylor 

William F. Young 

PIEDMONT AREA 

Gorham (Rory) S. Clark, Chair 

Kevin J. Carrington 

Raynelle L. Deans 

Margaret A. Debelius 

Coe G. Eldredge 

Lara P. Major 

Kimberly T. Majure 

Lowell S. Wells Nevill 

William F. O’Keefe 

Carole M. Rogin 

Herbert S. Rosenblum 

RICHMOND 

Douglas M. Garrou, Chair 

Tennille J. Checkovich 

Victoria L. Chiou 

Harold E. Johnson 

John F. Kasprzak Jr. 

Bennett I. Lewis 

R. Timothy O’Donnell 

Elizabeth Roark 

Julious P. Smith III 

xian Zhao 

ROANOKE 

John W. Rader Jr., Chair 

Brenda D. Lipscomb 

R. Lee Mastin 

Philip W. Parker 

SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA 

Rachel D. Fowlkes, Chair 

Kathleen A. DePonte 

Amber T. Inofuentes 

James Parker Jones 

Todd A. Stone 

TIDEWATER VIRGINIA 

Scott A. Robertson, Co-Chair 

Susan S. Walker, Co-Chair 

Erin L. Berry 

Christopher S. Boynton 

Howard E. Gordon 

Brent R. Haden 

Sarah E. Joyner 

Stephen C. Mahan 

James P. Marquette 

Amy Jo Sampson 

Allison L. Scott 

WEST VIRGINIA 

H. Dill Battle III, Chair 

Leslie Clay 

David P. Ferretti 

Jennie O. Ferretti 

Jessica S. Graney 

Michael R. Graney 

Robert M. Steptoe Jr. 

Charles L. Woody 

WYOMING 

Thomas M. Falcey, Chair 

DESIGNATED SCHOOLS (D.C./ 

MARYLAND/VIRGINIA) 

Gib B. Staunton, Chair 

Allen A. Cunningham 

Pamela F. Edmonds 

Ernest H. Ern 

DESIGNATED SCHOOLS 

(DELAWARE/NEW JERSEY/ 

PENNSYLVANIA) 

Nathan Andrew Cook, Chair 


P. Daniel Tyréus 

INTERNATIONAL 

LONDON 

James C. Lloyd, Co-Chair 

Shepard C. Spink Jr., Co-Chair 

Hashem R. Arouzi 

Alexander R. Baugh 

David M. Billings 

Robert G. Doumar Jr. 

Marisa D. Drew 

Louis G. Elson 

Douglas R. Evans 

Maximilian A. Gottschalk 

Robert S. Harry 

Martin Olof Josefsson 

John M. King 

Linda B. Lakhdhir 

Charles S. McVeigh III 

John B. Messamore Jr. 

John C. Mowinckel 

Jeff D. Paduch 

Tristan A. S. Phillimore 

Kari E. Pitkin-Blanchard 

Bailey M. Puntereri 

Maria R. Puntereri 

Suellen Robinson 

Amy F. Robson 

Buford C. Scott 

Fields Wicker-Miurin 

INTERNATIONAL READING 

COMMITTEE 

Maha Kausar 

Norbert Mburu Ng’ethe 

Ioana Niculcea 

Catalina Ocampo 

Di Wu 

Juana Yunis 

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evaluators 

Members of the University community assist the Jefferson Scholars Foundation and the Jefferson 

Scholars Selection Committee by filling crucial roles in the preparation, implementation, and 

evaluation necessary for the selection weekend. 

Essay Evaluators 

GINA L. CORELL 

CHAIR 

Trainer, Office of Sponsored Programs 


CATHERINE D. BARITAUD 

Lecturer, Department of Science, 

Technology, and Society 

School of Engineering and Applied Science 


STEWART P. C RAIG 

Director of the Office of Grants and 

Contracts 

U.Va. School of Medicine 

BENJAMIN N. CULLOP 

Graduate Student 


LORI A. CWALINA 


RYAN E. HARGRAVES 

Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate 

Admissions 

Office of Undergraduate Admissions 


LISA MEDDERS 

Freelance Editor 


P. PARKE MUTH 

Associate Dean of Admissions 

Office of Undergraduate Admissions 


ELIZABETH E. PINCUS 

Office of Sponsored Programs 


SARAH P. W ELLS 

Scholarly and Technical Communication 

Officer 

Institute for Advanced Technology in the 

Humanities 


Math Evaluators 

JAMES G. SIMMONDS 

CHAIR 

Lawrence R. Quarles Professor Emeritus 

of Engineering and Applied Science 

and Professor of Applied Mathematics 

School of Engineering and Applied 

Science 


MARY P. B ECK 

Lecturer, Dean’s Office 


Science 


CARL T. HERAKOVICH 

Henry L. Kinnier Professor Emeritus of 

Civil Engineering 


Science 


Finalist Kelvin Wey, now the Roby and 

Louise C. Robinson Scholar in the Class of 

2014, during a seminar at the Jefferson 

Scholars Selection Weekend, March 2010. 

Seminar Leaders 

“Enhancing Human Beings” 

JOHN D. ARRAS 

SEMINAR COORDINATOR 

Porterfield Professor of Biomedical Ethics 



SAHAR Z. AKHTAR 




COLIN P. B IRD 




CARMEN E. PAVEL 

Lecturer 

Department of Political Philosophy, 

Policy and Law 


“Responsible Citizenship in a 

Technological Democracy” 

WILLIAM A. WULF 

SEMINAR COORDINATOR 

Professor 

Department of Computer Science 


AARON S. BLOOMFIELD 




DAVID E. EVANS 




ANITA K. JONES 

Professor 



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undergraduate advisory committee 2009-10 

Appointed by the Jefferson Scholars Foundation, the Undergraduate Advisory Committee meets 

several times each year to provide ongoing support and counsel as the Undergraduate Program continues 

to grow and improve on existing successes. 

WILLIAM F. BLUE JR. 

CHAIR 



Wachovia Securities 


THOMAS J. BALTIMORE 

President 

RLJ Development LLC 


MARY SCOTT BIRDSALL 



DANA M. ELZEY 

Associate Professor, Materials Science and 

Engineering 

Director of Rodman Scholars 


ERNEST H. ERN 





HUGH MCCLOSKEY EVANS III 


T. Rowe Price Associates 


SUHRID S. GAJENDRAGADKAR 

Associate Partner 

McKinsey & Company 


PETER M. GRANT 

Partner 

Stone Arch Capital LLC 

Minneapolis, Minnesota 

RYAN E. HARGRAVES 

Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate 

Admissions 


LAURA D. MATEO 

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 

MAURIE D. MCINNIS 

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs 


V. SHAMIM SISSON 

Senior Associate Dean of Students, retired 

Director, Office of Student Life, retired 


CHARLES C. TOWNSEND III 

Chief Executive Officer & General Partner 


Providence, Rhode Island 

PHOEBE L. YANG 

General Counsel 

National Broadband Task Force 

Federal Communications Commission 


Now a member of the Jefferson Scholars Class 

of 2014 as the Taylor Brothers Scholar, Joseph 

Woodlief participates in a Selection Weekend 

Seminar, March 2010. 

Finalist Ellen Chapin, now the Bowlin 

Family Scholar in the Class of 2014, takes 

part in a discussion during the 2010 

Jefferson Scholars Selection Weekend. 

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appendix b 

the graduate selection process 

jefferson fellows selection committee 2010 

Appointed annually by the Jefferson Scholars Foundation, the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, 

the Darden Graduate School of Business, and the School of Law, the Jefferson Fellows Selection 

Committee determines who among the finalists will be offered Jefferson Fellowships. 

YIORGOS (GEORGE) ALLAYANNIS 

Associate Professor of Business 

Administration 




Professor 


Director, The Miller Center National 

Fellowship Program 


LILLIAN R. BEVIER 

David and Mary Harrison Distinguished 

Professor of Law 

School of Law 


ROBERT G. BYRON 

Managing Principal 

Blue Vista Capital Partners LLC 


JENNY S. CLAY 

William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Classics 



JOHN L. COLLEY JR. 

Almand R. Coleman Professor of 




GREGORY L. CURL 


ROBERT E. DAVIS 

Professor and Director of Graduate Studies 



MICHAEL A. DECOLA 

President and CEO 

Mississippi Lime Company 


DANIEL J. EHNBOM 

Associate Professor and Director of 

Graduate Studies 



CHARLES L. EVANS 


Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 


ROBERT FATTON JR. 

Associate Dean for Graduate Academic 

Programs 

Julia Allen Cooper Professor of 

Government and Foreign Affairs 



ROSEANNE M. FORD 

Associate Vice President for Graduate 

Studies 

Professor 

Department of Chemical Engineering 


MARY MARGARET FRANK 

Associate Professor of Business 




CASSANDRA L. FRASER 

Professor 



ALLAN E. GOODMAN 


Institute of International Education 


DAVID A. HARRISON IV 

Co-Owner 

Shades of Light 


GREGORY P. H OPPER 


Goldman Sachs & Company 


ERICA HAYES JAMES 

Bank of America Associate Professor of Business 




STEVEN N. JOHNSON 

Senior Managing Director 

Institutional Sales 

Third Management LLC 


DANIEL P. J ORDAN JR. 

President Emeritus 

Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc. 

Partner, Bryan & Jordan Consulting LLC 



Chair 



ANN G. KIRSCHNER 

University Dean 

William E. Macaulay Honors College 

The City University of New York 


LAWRENCE E. KOCHARD 

Chief Investment Officer 

Georgetown University 


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BLAIR P. L ABATT JR. 


Labatt Food Service 

San Antonio, Texas 

MICHAEL LENOx 

Samuel L. Slover Research Professor of 

Business 

Associate Dean and Executive Director 

The Batten Institute 



E. CHARLES LONGLEY JR. 


MICHAEL T. MARQUARDT 

Senior Consultant 

Freeh Group International 


FRED E. MAUS 



McIntire Department of Music 


GREGORY A. MCCRICKARD 


T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. 


BARCLAY MCFADDEN 

Chairman 

Code Corporation 

Draper, Utah 

JOHN F. MILLER 

Professor and Chair 



WALTER R. PERKINS, PH.D. 

Chief Technology Officer 

Transave Inhalation Biotherapeutics 

Monmouth Junction, New Jersey 

KARL J. PFEFFERKORN 

Adjunct Professor 



WILLIAM L. POLK JR. 


CapitalSource, Inc. 


IGNACIO PROVENCIO 




DEBORAH A. ROACH 




NALINI T. ROGERS 

Potomac, Maryland 

GEORGE RUTHERGLEN 

John Barbee Minor Distinguished 

Professor of Law 

Edward F. Howrey Professor of Law 

School of Law 


ELIZABETH FITZ SCOTT 


LORRAINE W. SHANLEY 

Founder and Principal 

Market Partners, International 

Bronxville, New York 

HARRY A. SHANNON III 

Principal 

Ernst & Young LLP 


WILLIAM H. SHEA JR. 

Chairman, CEO and President 

Ivy Walls Management Company 

Lexington, Kentucky 

JOAN S. SOSTEK 

Of Counsel 

Jackson Walker LLP 

Dallas, Texas 

THATCHER A. STONE 

Chair and Chief Executive Officer 

xavian Holdings, Inc. 


CARLOS A. VALLE 

Visiting Lecturer 



DAVID N. WEBB 

Co-Founder and Partner 

SFW Capital Partners 

Rye, New York 

JUNE A. WEST 

Assistant Professor of Business 




D. MARK WHITTLE 

Professor 



DONALD M. WILKINSON 

Chairman and Principal 

Wilkinson, O’Grady & Company, Inc. 


SAMUEL B. WITT III 

Private Consultant 


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graduate advisory committee 2009 -10 

Appointed by the Jefferson Scholars Foundation, the Graduate Advisory Committee provides 

ongoing support and counsel and meets several times a year to assist with the growth and development 

of the Graduate Fellowship Program. 

GREGORY L. CURL 

CHAIR 



Professor 





DOROTHY N. BATTEN 

Director 

Landmark Communications, Inc. 


JOHN H. BIRDSALL III 



JOSEPH C. BRANDT 


ContourGlobal 


HARRY BURN III 

Chair 

Sound Shore Management, Inc. 

Greenwich, Connecticut 

JOHN L. COLLEY JR. 

Almand R. Coleman Professor of 




ROBERT FATTON JR. 

Associate Dean for Graduate Academic 

Programs 

Julia Allen Cooper Professor of Government 

and Foreign Affairs 



ROSEANNE M. FORD 

Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies 

Professor 

Department of Chemical Engineering 


CASSANDRA L. FRASER 

Professor 




Chair 



ANN G. KIRSCHNER 

University Dean 

William E. Macaulay Honors College 


ELIZABETH FITZ SCOTT 


JOHN D. VILLASENOR 

Professor 

Department of Electrical Engineering 

University of California, Los Angeles 

MALLORY WALKER 

President 

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. 


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graduate faculty advisory committee 2009 -10 

Appointed by the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, the Faculty Advisory Committee 

convenes during the year to review procedures and provide guidance to the Graduate 

Fellowship Program. 

BENJAMIN K. BENNETT 

Kenan Professor of German 

Director of Graduate Studies 

Department of German Languages and 

Literatures 


JENNY S. CLAY 

William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Classics 



FREDERICK H. DAMON 

Professor 



ROBERT E. DAVIS 

Professor and Director of Graduate 

Studies 



DANIEL J. EHNBOM 





LAWRENCE O. GOEDDE 




CYNTHIA H. HOEHLER-FATTON 


Carter G. Woodson Institute for African- 

American & African Studies 




J. PAUL HUNTER 

Professor 



KEITH G. KOZMINSKI 





MELVYN P. L EFFLER 

Edward Stettinius Professor of History 



FRED E. MAUS 



McIntire Department of Music 


SUSAN M. MCKINNON 




SIDNEY M. MILKIS 

White Burkett Miller Professor of 

Government & Foreign Affairs 

Professor 



HERMAN M. SCHWARTZ 




HOWARD M. SINGERMAN 




MARY A. STEGMAIER 

Assistant Dean 

Graduate School of Arts & Sciences 


D. MARK WHITTLE 

Professor 



JOSEPH C. ZIEMAN 

Professor 



Jefferson Fellows candidates discuss teaching techniques during a Teaching Resource 

Center symposium. 

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the dissertation year fellowship interview 

committee 2010 -11 

The Dissertation Year Fellowship Committee was appointed by the Jefferson Scholars Foundation to 

interview finalists and then select the inaugural Jefferson Dissertation Year Fellow. 

GERTRUDE J. FRASER 

Vice Provost for Faculty Recruitment and 

Retention 

Office of the Executive Vice President and 

Provost 


KEITH G. KOZMINSKI 





KAREN L. RYAN 


Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures 


the dissertation year fellowship review 

committee 2010 -11 

The Review Committee was asked to evaluate ten candidates who were presented by the Deans 

office in the College of Arts and Sciences. Three finalists were identified after careful review and 

consideration by this committee. 


Professor 





MITCHELL S. GREEN 

Horace W. Goldsmith Teaching Professor in 

Humanities 



CYNTHIA H. HOEHLER-FATTON 




Carter G. Woodson Institute for African- 

American & African Studies 


BRIAN P. M URPHY 

City University of New York’s Baruch College 



BRIAN R. ROBERTS 


Brigham Young University 


Provo, Utah 

PETER V. SWENDSEN 


TIMARA (Technology in Music and 

Related Arts) 

Oberlin Conservatory of Music 

Oberlin, Ohio 

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appendix c 

finance report 

income and expenses 2009–10 

growth of endowment portfolio 

(Dollars In Millions – Through May 31, 2010) 

$246.6M 

$227.5M 

$212.6M 

$201.2M 

$184.9M 

$153.9M 

$137.2M 

$114.8M 

$118.7M 

$126.2M 

$100.3M 

$87.7M 

1999 

2000 

2001 

2002 

2003 

2004 

2005 

2006 

2007 

2008 

2009 


sources of income 

(Through May 31, 2010) 

Total $9,211,668 

2% 

Other Sources 

$194,003 

4% 

Other Endowment 

Income 

$359,480 

94% 

Jefferson Scholars Foundation 

Endowment Income 

$8,658,185 

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expense breakdown 


Total $9,211,668 

63% 

Scholarship & Fellowship 

Awards 

$5,791,985 

4% 

Selection & 

Recognition 

$359,548 

4% 

Enrichment 

Programs 

$340,384 

25% 

General & Administration 

$2,333,768 

4% 

Other Expenses 

$385,983 

functional expense breakdown 


Total $9,211,668 

80% 

Program 

$7,397,025 

10% 

Development 

$911,246 

10% 

Administrative 

$903,397 

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appendix d 

alumni 

alumni significant achievements 2009 -10 

1987 

ANIRUDDH DHIREN PATEL 

Music Has Power Award from the Institute for 

Music and Neurologic Function 

1988 

MAURIE DEE MCINNIS 

University of Virginia Associate Dean for 

Undergraduate Academic Programs 

1989 

BARBARA LYNN SHUBINSKI 

American Council of Learned Societies 

postdoctoral fellowship and 

American Studies Association’s dissertation 

prize (University of Iowa) 

1991 

BRAD RONNELL BRAxTON 

Distinguished Visiting Scholar at McCormick 

Theological Seminary in Chicago (2010-11) 

1992 

JAMES ROBERT KOZLOSKI 

Named an IBM Master Inventor 

1993 


Published an article in the World Journal 

of Gastroenterology on liver disease in 

pregnancy 

LLOYD “TREY” LEONARD DRURY III 

Article “Private Equity and the Heightened 

Fiduciary Duty of Disclosure” published 

this past winter in the NYU Journal of Law 

and Business 

1994 

JENNIFER SUE SCAPPETTONE 

Rome Prize in Modern Italian Studies 

(2010-11) 

LESLIE KEITH YONCE IV 

Circle of Excellence Award from Capital One 

(for the second time) 

1995 

ZAYDE GORDON ANTRIM 

ACLS fellowship to support a sabbatical 

1996 

GRETCHEN STEIDLE WALLACE 

Global Grassroots and Three Generations 

production of the documentary film The 

Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness 

to the Genocide in Darfur was nominated 

for an Emmy Award 

1998 

ALVINA HOI YEE LO 

Published in The Journal of Taxation, The 

Tax Management Estates, Gifts and Trusts 

Journal, and The American College of Trust 

and Estate Counsel Journal 

PER DANIEL TYRÉUS 

#1 ranking in the Middle States Section of his 

NTRP level (tennis) 

2001 

JASON LE MOINE BERND 

Named to the “Top 40 under 40” in the 

Charlotte Business Journal 

2002 

LISA LEAR DEBESSONET 

Conceived and directed a new musical, On the 

Levee, which debuted in June 2010 

ISAAC MATTHEW GRADMAN 

The Subprime Shakeout, Isaac’s blog, was 

recently recognized in California Lawyer 

Magazine as a leading source for news 

and analysis regarding mortgage crisis 

litigation 

ASHESH NIPUN PARIKH 

Jimmy Goette Award for Entrepreneurial 

Excellence from the Wharton School of 

Business 

2004 

JESSICA BELUE BUCKLEY 

ACPA’s Commission for Housing and 

Residential Life Award for Excellence in 

Sustainability 

2005 

JACK CLARK HERNDON III 

President of the Raven Society (2010-11) 

CAROLINE COURTNEY WOODS 

Short story, “The Little Blessing,” which 

appeared in the spring/summer 2009 issue 

of Slice Magazine, was nominated for a 

2011 Pushcart Prize 

2006 

JESSICA CHRISTINE FOWLER 

Elected to the National Executive Board of 

the Student National Medical Association 

as the 2010-11 National Premedical Board 

member 

MATTHEW BRIAN NICHOLSON 

Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor 

General (2010-11) 

2007 

ADAM-JASON MICHAEL ARONSTEIN 

University of Chicago Emerging Writer in 

Fiction Prize 

2008 

LYDIA MORGAN CUFFMAN 

Woodrow Wilson Foundation Fellowship 

TODNÉ THOMAS CHIPUMURO 

(Graduate Fellow) 

Awarded the South Atlantic Public 

Humanities Fellowship and received the 

Dissertation Acceleration Fellowship from 

the Vice Provost of the Graduate Student 

Research and Dissertation Year Fellowship 

from the Department of Anthropology 

ANNA BOND ESTES 


NASA Earth Systems Science Fellowship 

(2010-11) 

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alumni significant achievements 2009 -10 continued 

BRIAN RUSSELL ROBERTS 


Essay “Lost Theaters of African American 

Internationalism: Diplomacy and Henry 

Francis Downing in Luanda and London” 

received the 2009 Darwin T. Turner Award 

for Best Essay of the Year in the Journal of 

African American Review 

JAMES ANTHONY VILLARRUBIA 

Presidential Management Fellowship 

Accepted into the International Society for 

Philosophical Enquiry 

2009 

BRENDAN WOODARD HART 

Received a technical recognition award as the 

designer of hydrogen removal facilities for 

exported OxO alcohol products 

MELISSA SUE RAGAIN 


Critical Studies Residency at the Core 

Program, sponsored by the Museum of 

Fine Arts Houston (2010-11) 

growth of the alumni internship program 

Five years after its inception, the Alumni 

Internship Program saw even more interest from 

both alumni and third-year Jefferson Scholars. A 

number of members of the Class of 2011 elected 

to take advantage of this opportunity. They 

include: 

n James Rogers and Sarah Touse accepted 

internships with McKinsey and Co. and spent the 

summer working with the eight Jefferson Scholar 

alumni affiliated with the Atlanta office. 

n James Rogers interned during the academic 

year at Investure, the Charlottesville financial firm 

where Clay Thomson (Class of 1996) is a director. 

n Lynne Kolodinsky spent six weeks working 

with Maria Pulzetti (Class of 1999) in the Capital 

Habeas Unit of the Federal Defender’s Office in 

Philadelphia. 

n Lauren Groetch worked with Kevin Simowitz 

(Class of 2008) as an intern at the Virginia Organizing 

Project. 

n Warren Mackie-Jenkins spent most of his 

summer researching rural health in South Carolina 

with Dr. Paul DeMarco (Class of 1985). 

n Lee Eschenroeder spent his summer at “Primeros 

Pasos,” a health clinic in Guatemala founded by 

Brent Savoie (Jefferson Fellow alumnus, Law ‘07). 

n Greg Siegel secured an internship with Applied 

Predictive Technologies in Northern Virginia, where 

he worked with Guru Raj (Class of 2004) and Dean 

de la Peña (Class of 2008). 

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 

Alumni Interested 29 44 69 111 225 

Scholars Interested 11 17 18 18 24 

Actual Internship 

Matches 2 3 6 3 7 

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alumni 

alumni advisory committee 2009–10 

The Alumni Advisory Committee held its fourth annual meeting on April 24, 2010, in Charlottesville. 

Discussion focused around the 30th reunion in October 2010. Thirteen new members joined the 

committee this year, replacing the representatives from each of their respective classes whose terms of 

service concluded in 2009. 

MARGARET HENDERSON BASU 

Class of 1997 


SUSAN KUHN BLANK 

Class of 1995 


ANNE HANAHAN BLESSING 

Class of 1994 

Charleston, South Carolina 


Class of 1993 

Durham, North Carolina 

VERONICA D. BROOKS 

Class of 2007 


RUARAIDH I. CAMPBELL 

Class of 2004 


RACHEL P. C ARRIERE 

Class of 1998 

Mercer Island, Washington 

PATRICK JOSEPH CRONIN 

Class of 2008 


PAUL VINCENT DEMARCO 

Class of 1985 

Florence, South Carolina 

KIM H. FEINSTEIN 

Class of 2010 


WESTON ASHLEY FOx 

Class of 1999 

Chapel Hill, North Carolina 

HARLEY SHUFORD GARRISON 

Class of 1991 

Greensboro, North Carolina 

DOUGLAS M. GARROU 

Class of 1988 


STEPHEN R. GRAND 

Class of 1986 


MARYANNE QUINN HANCOCK 

Class of 1996 


STEPHEN G. HARRISON 

Class of 1987 

Cleveland, Ohio 

PETER D. LEARY 

Class of 2000 


JOSEPH DANIEL LEMIRE 

Class of 2005 

Long Island City, New York 

ADAM SCOTT LOVELADY 

Graduate Fellow 

Class of 2002 


KIMBERLY TAN MAJURE 

Class of 1990 

Falls Church, Virginia 

JEAN K. MARTIN-WEINSTEIN 

Class of 1992 


JENNIFER BLOMBERG MILLER 

Class of 2001 

Huntington Beach, California 

ROHAN KOCHIKAR PAI 

Class of 2009 


JOHANNA CRISTINE PEET 

Class of 2006 


RICHARD C. PRATHER 

Class of 2002 


ADELE BRUCE SHARTZER 

Class of 2003 


MITCHELL ELIOT ZAMOFF 

Class of 1989 

Edina, Minnesota 

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the alumni 

jefferson 

scholars 

1985 

Julia Frances Burch 

Paul Vincent DeMarco 

Robert Wilson Downes 

Virginia Hilton Hallock 

Karen Michele Hardwick 

Frederick Joseph Keith 

John Anthony Martin 

Holly Gilmore Moetell 

Michael Kennedy Osborn 

John Marshall Page III 

Amy Jo Sampson 

Thomas Franklin Schuler 

John David Villasenor 

1986 

John Carr Coates IV 

Geraldine Gayle Fuchs * 

Daniel Marvin Garrett 

Stephen Ross Grand 

Timothy Joseph Ingrassia 

Glynn deVon Key 

Mary L. Lindsay-Barber 

William Roberson Pogue III 

Susan Stringfellow Walker 

Frank Camp Williams III 

Charlotte Shaffer Woody 

1987 

Edward Stanley Brinkley 

Eric Andrew Engels 

Kathleen A. Hubbard Erwin 

James Sebrell Farmer Jr. 

Mary Susan Fretts 

Stephen Glynn Harrison 

Matthew Lawrence Iwicki 

James Thornton Kirby 

Alison Gregory Knipp 

Aniruddh Dhiren Patel 

Christopher Roy Rutledge 

Jill Elizabeth Siegel 

1988 

Joseph Michael Bizup 

Stuart Mitchell Brumfield 

Luis David Cardenas 

Margaret Ann Debelius 


Hugh McCloskey Evans III 

Douglas McCarley Garrou 

Tracey Christine Hopper 

Kenneth Roger Johnson Jr. 

Sarah Lyman Kravits 

Stewart Joseph Lagarde Jr. 

Katherine Dodds LeJeune 

Christopher Eugene Lindsey 

Karen Elizabeth Mayer-Ross 

Maurie Dee McInnis 

George Edward Tyson II 

1989 

Stephen Stambaugh Burchett 

Laura Wagner Eastwood 

Debra Shapiro Gill 

Joseph Benson Harlan Jr. 

Elise Charbonnet Keegan 

Deanna Leicht Loughnane 

Jack Brady Lum 

Erin Kathleen Monaghan 

Marion Parker Myers 

John Redding Perry 

Elizabeth Roark 

Scott A. Robertson 

Barbara Lynn Shubinski 

Michael J. Spitalney 

Taylor Charles Windham 

Mitchell Eliot Zamoff 

1990 

Michael Christopher Cloud 

Thomas Daniel Colby 

Nathaniel Thomas Connally III 

Laura Rains Draper 

Todd Lewis Etter 

Byron Christopher Hulsey 

Owen Joseph LaCour III 

Kimberly Tan Majure 

Nelse Thompson Miller 

Daniel Dillon O’Neill 

Julious Perry Smith III 

1991 

Jennifer Ann Amyx 

Susan Stilwell Bowen 

Brad Ronnell Braxton 

Patrick Joseph Brown 

Anderson Drew Caperton 

Samuel Erskine Farnham 

Harley Shuford Garrison 

Daniel James Greiner II 

Jennifer Brown Gwilliam 

Gretchen Geggis Hardin 

Graham Rudolph Laub 

Travis Lynn Lewis 

1992 

Chi Young Chung 

Benjamin Grinnan Ehlers 

Justin Arthur Giroux 

Kimberly Dillon Grantham 

Kenneth Decatur Heath* 

Richard Keith Harrison 

James R. Kozloski 

Sarah Louise Leaman 

Jean Katharine Martin-Weinstein 

Parks Harris Morris Jr. 

Christopher Shawn Ramsey 

Arthur Charles Roselle 

Kevin Charles Stewart 

Audrey Karen Tolbert 

Thomas Minh Tu 

William Bradford Wilcox 

1993 

Tonia J. Sanborn Anderson 

James Scott Ballenger 

Carla Wheaton Brady 

Cornelius Lyn Bynum 

Christa Marianne Compton 

Lloyd Leonard Drury III 

Jeffrey Allen Ebert 

Marybeth White Edgecomb 

Allison Julie Kean 

Jason Ian Koontz 

Catherine Elizabeth McCall 

Richard Stone Starling 

John Harman Vick 

Lisa Rosenthal Young 

1994 

Amber Beth Blaha 

Anne Hanahan Blessing 

Katherine Mary Bolger 

Bernard Vaughan Fallon Jr. 

David Rutherfoord Fleet 

Karen Elizabeth Heys 

John Chao-Chun Lin 

Sara Kalchbrenner Luckert 

Deborah Bohn McWilliams 

Randy Todd Miller 

Lowell S. Wells Nevill 

Rodney Andre Pressley 

Robert Fleming Puckett 

Jennifer Scappettone 

Betty Boyd Staples 

Leslie Keith Yonce IV 

1995 

Zayde Gordon Antrim 

Susan Kuhn Blank 

Christopher Adam Boals 

Matthew Scott Branson 

James Kent Cameron 

Orit Jacoby Carroll 

Mark Christopher Dixon 

Michael Grier Eliasek 

Michael Bridges Fredericks 

Kirsten Lynn Greene 

Devin James-William Griffin 

Charles Robert Hermes 

Ben Humphreys McGee III 

Sharon Marie McGowan 

Richard Vint Rector 

Jason Foster Sisney 

Seaborn McDonald Wade III 

Anne Taufen Wessells 

Kirsten Andrews Woelper 

1996 

Molly Beth Chartier 

Lara Shayne Collier 

Jan deBeer 

Fiona Mary Doherty 

Rebekah Leslie Gardner 

Maryanne Quinn Hancock 

Amy Anne Donatelli Lassig 

Deidre Robyn Lee 

Margaret Mei Lee 

Marcus Wayne Moody 

Sara Elizabeth Neher 

Kent Ronald Nilsson Jr. 

Timothy Raphael O’Hara II 

John Flick Parrott Jr. 

Christopher Pierce Salguero 

Todd Mitchell Simkin 

James Blair Smethurst 

Clay Elwood Thomson 

Gretchen Steidle Wallace 

Maurice Darnell Watkins 

1997 

Margaret Henderson Basu 

Sean Noel Bryant * 

Kimberly Baker Dulaney 

Suhrid Subhash Gajendragadkar 

Bryan Andrew Hancock 

Laura Elizabeth Johnston 

Sarah Elizabeth Joyner 

Ian Kyunghoon Kim 

Jason Craig Kirkham 

Thomas Walker Lamond 

Luciana Fonseca Lopez 

Torri Lee Martin 

Sara Thomas McDowell 

Melissa Erica Murray 

Julie Wilson Quillin 

Coolidge Elmo Rhodes Jr. 

Kevin Gafford Ritz 

Mary Fader Saville 

Gregory William Seward 

Jessica Nehrling Simmons 

Elizabeth Semancik White 

1998 

Elizabeth Cooper Beauvais 

Theodore Glenn Blake 

Tennille Jo Neuharth Checkovich 

Micheal Huntley Garriott Jr. 

* Deceased 

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alumni 

Matthew Thomas Harrison 

Shaharyar Muazzam Khan 

Alvina Hoi Yee Lo 

Sundi Erica Lofty 

Robert Jason Lojek 

Jeffrey David Manns 

Corey Williams McLellan 

Stephanie Diane Nixon 

Tara Jenise Pate 

Brian Matthew Payne 

Sandy Jo Robertson 

Rachel Carriere Schaler 

Sajeena Geevarghese Thomas 

Ann Meade Besenfelder Trahan 

Heather Suzanne Trout 

Per Daniel Tyréus 

Martina Blythe Waters 

Katharine Lopez Weymouth 

Christopher Bussa Wood 

1999 

Matthew Lincoln Adams 

Radhiya Danielle Bailey 

Christopher Francis Batten 

Jamieson MacDonald Bourque 

Mary Alice Tyson Browning 

Lindy Belle Crace 

Daniel William Cunnane 

Sarah Curtis-Fawley 

Krystal Ann England 

Weston Ashley Fox 

Jeremiah Duane Gibson 

Shannon Joy Harris 

Kari Ann Heffner 

Harold Edward Johnson 

Chad Austin Komocki 

William Martín-Gill 

Allan Frederick Moore * 

Amanda Celeste Morrow-Jensen 

Maria Katherine Pulzetti 

Kerri Akaya Smith 

Anna Brewer Stilz 

Niran Romesh Wijesooriya 

2000 

Richard Kent Bennett Jr. 

Seuli Bose Brill 

Michelle Lynn Cavalieri 

Elizabeth Malone Chosa 

Molley Jesse Clarkson 

Elizabeth Eckstein Clifton 

Rebecca Hogan Dorrian 

Eric Michael Dunham 

Lindsay Durtan Friesen 

Ranjit Kumar Goudar 

James Meredith Haley V 

Sarah Liff Henderson 

Alex Braeden Jackson 

Peter Decklin Leary 

Stephanie Lynne Merhar 

Andrea Meah Plummer 

Catherine Davenport Pollock 

Blair Justin Fire Reich 

Kerry Cavanaugh Rice 

Ruth Ann Vleugels 

Heather Perry Walcott 

2001 

Sarah Walker Baker 

Corey Alexander Benjamin 

Jason Le Moine Bernd 

Joseph Alexander Bilby 

Lindy Ann Blevins 

Katherine Brady Dirks 

Jonathan Hastings Foster * 

Rachel Elizabeth Greene 

Charles Edward Hock III 

Stephanie Maria Hsu 

Vinay Jain 

Allison Snider Jesudian 

Adam Halladay Lackey 

Jennifer Blomberg Miller 

Katherine Costa Monahan 

Catalina Ocampo 

Andrew Stephen Oldham 

Kate Elizabeth Pomper 

Ming Qi 

Steven Moffat Shepard 

Nicole O’Brien Snyder 

Kevin Philipp Whelan 

Cicely Ann Williams 

2002 

Amanda Griffin Adams 

Kathryn Kraaij Berryman 

Lauren Rooker Cardwell 

Esther I-Ping Huang Chang 

Nathan Andrew Cook 

Lisa Lear deBessonet 

Isaac Matthew Gradman 

Sarah Hobeika Hall 

Thomas Bryan Weatherly Hall 

Nicholas Kahtan Jabbour 

Yarri Busingye Kamara 

Lauren Jones Kenny 

Jerry Mermod Lewis IV 

Jessica Leigh Lewis 

George Emmett Lynskey III 

Mary Elizabeth Manning-Wylie 

David Cole Metcalf 

Joleen Roslyn Okun 

Kerry Leigh O’Neill 

Ashesh Nipun Parikh 

Katherine Kilbane Porter 

Richard Conrad Prather 

Andrew Baird Rogers 

Sarah Ann Rude 

Brian Charles Smith 

Jonathan Robert Snyder 

Hanna Victoria Tieu 

Lawson McNeil Wijesooriya 

2003 

Elena Levonovna Airapetian-Sexton 

Cynthia Ayers Barker 

Duncan Christopher Brook 

Thomas Mitchell Deal 

Raynelle LaTia Deans 

Sara Hume Gahan 

Joseph Randall Gay 

Sarah Chilton Jobe 

Timothy Andrew Johnson 

Arian Shadi Kourosh 

Philip Thomas Lee 

David Joseph Magoon * 

Maura Mary Martin 

Cason Armstrong Moore 

Jennifer Kathryn Murrill 

Lauren Sue Purnell 

Ameet Vilas Sarpatwari 

Niko Douglas Schutte 

Mitchell Samuel Seipt 

Adele Bruce Shartzer 

Benjamin Braxton Skipper 

Christopher Jackson Smith 

Esther Haley Walker 

Robert Kirk Walker III 

Shelley Johnson Webb 

regional alumni receptions 

The Foundation holds regional 

receptions around the country for 

Jefferson Scholar alumni. Events were 

held in 2009-10 in New York City, 

Washington, D.C., Charlottesville, 

Richmond, Atlanta, and Boston. 

Members of the Class of 2009 gather 

in New York City at a Jefferson 

Scholars Regional Alumni Reception in 

November 2009. 

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Michal Ellen Yarborough 

Jasmine Hyejung Yoon 

2004 

Allison Chamberlain Abramson 

John McMullen Bailey 

Richard Lee Barnes II 

Elizabeth Morin Bishop 

David Timothy Buckley 

Jessica Belue Buckley 

Courtney Claire Byrd 

Ruaraidh Iain Campbell 

Kelly Grace Chewning 

Matthew Raleigh Dodson 

Greg Andrew Dolinsky 

Sean Kevin Driscoll 

Heidi Marie Guenin 

Meghan Tara Hession 

Vicky Ayano Jones 

Oliver Grant Longwell 

Simon Cochukattil Mathews 

Elizabeth Watts Metcalf 

Bsrat Mezghebe 

Carey Joseph Mignerey 

Logan Anderson Moncrief 

Yvonne Marie Mowery 

Norbert Mburu Ng’ethe 

Anna Marie Palumbo 

Virginia Natalie Quist 

Guru Basava Raj 

Elizabeth Anne Rigby 

Suellen Woodcock Robinson 

John Rocco Macmillan Rodney 

Shan Wu 

2005 

Spencer Riley Allen 

Stephen Nash Ander 

Edward Oscar Benson 

Margaret Samra Colby 

James Vincent Courtland Jr. 

Rachel Mojisola Dada 

Bryce Wesley Galen 

Jack Clark Herndon III 

Amber Turner Inofuentes 

Mark Robert Jensen 

Zane Joaquin Silas Johnson 

Aaron Miles Kurman 

Patrick Daniel Lane 

Joseph Daniel Lemire 

Frances Mei-yuan Liu 

Charles Benjamin Lovell 

Lee Whitworth Martin 

Emily Anne Miller 

Erin McDermott Nance 

Raleigh Wallace Nuckols 

Kimberly Eseosa Osagie 

Lauren James Parker 

Mythili Gadahad Rao 

Ruth Escudero Selby 

Jennifer Ashley Silvers 

Nicholas James Staubach 

Kristin Beahm Steen 

Meghan Elizabeth Sullivan 

Jeffrey Michael Tebbs 

Sally Dowd Wood 

Caroline Courtney Woods 

Christopher Thomas Zirpoli 

2006 

Jennifer Leigh Allen 

Taylor Morrison Bowman 

Victoria Lauren Chiou 

Ramsey Joseph Daher 

Jessica Christine Fowler 

Margaret Sears Grundy 

Bethanly Kieran Haile 

Catherine Jean Hauptfuhrer 

Charles Lindsay Hopkins Hull 

Karina Anna Janicka 

Samuel Nathan Jonas 

Laura Rose Juliano 

Christina Margaret Kelleher 

James Lawrence Kennedy 

Eugenio Carlos Labadie Ibáñez 

Emily Laura Master 

James David Nelson 

Matthew Brian Nicholson 

Ioana Niculcea 

Amanda Dawn Pallais 

Johanna Cristine Peet 

Suzanne Eliza Pinckney 

David Hyden Reid 

Lauren Kelley Ross 

Benjamin Ryan Sachs 

Farzad Sedaghat 

Alexander William Stolar 

Yogesh Surendranath 

David Scott Szakonyi 

Nathan Edward Vassar 

Christopher Zachary Vickers 

Di Wu 

2007 

Adam-Jason Michael Aronstein 

Edward Ross Baird 

Ava Vedanta Baker 

Caroline Leigh Batchelor 

Richard Kenan Lauchlin Bethune 

Isabelle Allyn Brantley 

Katie Richarts Bray 

Veronica Dublin Brooks 

Jing Chen 

Stephanie Kay Doupnik 

Christine Marie Elliott 

Eliza Dalton Evans 

Steven David Gilday 

Daniel Harrison Hecht 

David Kelly Hibbett 

Maha Kausar 

Alexander John Lesnick 

Allison Marie Murphy 

Meghan Leigh O’Leary 

Audra Lee Peek 

Amanda Gabriela Penabad 

James Adam Kenneth Reinhard 

Amir AbdulFatah Shahien 

Andrew Elwes Siegel 

Mark Sullivan Silvers 

Elizabeth Victoria Stork 

Jequeatta Detrice Upton 

Abigail Shaw Yandell 

Daniel Taylor Young 

2008 

Matthew James Allman 

May Iola Alston 

Allen Brantley Bennett 

Stephen Karl Blunden 

Jennifer Hayes Brewton 

Patrick Joseph Cronin 

Lydia Morgan Cuffman 

Dean Adrian de la Peña 

Megan Elizabeth Dunning 

Katherine Ellen Klem 

Abbie Lynne Klinghoffer 

Joshua Seth Levy 

Cory Taylor Line 

xiaomei Rosemary Liu 

Benjamin Anthony McVane 

John Terrence Mongan Jr. 

Brian Patrick O’Neill 

Babita Panigrahi 

Christeve Aubrey Sanders 

Ravi Rahul Sarpatwari 

Kathryn Serra 

Kevin James Simowitz 

Connor Steadman Sullivan 

Sarah Maureen Tweedt 

Michelle Eileen Unterbrink 

James Anthony Villarrubia 

Samantha Katherine Weisner 

xian Zhao 

2009 

Tyler Roberts Alexander 

Shaheen Fatima Ali 

Joyce Lillian Arcangeli 

Sarah Hall Begeman 

Allison Stuart Berkeley 

Jennifer Ann Cano 

Rachel Erin Carr 

Patrick Michael Casey 

Thaddeus Allen Darden 

Bowman Garrett Dickson 

Vadim Elenev 

Adom Getachew 

Taylor Adams Harless 

Laura Florence Harris 

Brendan Woodward Hart 

Meredith Blaire Hawkins 

Christopher John Heywood 

Jennifer Hsu 

Jessica Pei-Rarn Huang 

William Grayson Lambert 

David Lee Newsome 

Maura Kathleen O’Keefe 

Rohan Kochikar Pai 

Casey Lawrence Raymond 

Allison Lorraine Scott 

Sophie Staples 

Justin Daniel Starr 

Jennifer Caitlin Swalec 

Jia Angeli Carla Tolentino 

Patrick Donnelly Tyler 

Andrew Donald van der Vaart 

xiao Wang 

Sarah Mitchell Yates 

Juana Yunis 

jefferson 

fellows 

2005 

Malgorzata Wieslawa Glinska 

Jaime Amanda Martinez 

Andrew Daryl Witmer 

2006 

Lindsey Paige Bowser 

Peter Vinding Swendsen 

Dana Michelle Wheeles 

2007 

Brian Phillips Murphy 

Cynthia Lisa Nicoletti 

Allison Susanne Robbins 

Brent Vernon Savoie 

Jennifer Catherine Van Horn 

2008 

Adam Wilson Duggins 

Anna Bond Estes 

Adam Scott Lovelady 

Eric Ryan McDermott 

Matthew Christopher 

Pawlowicz 

Brian Russell Roberts 

Todné Yvette Thomas 

Peter Michael Traub 

2009 

Christopher Aaron Richins 

Jamala Kianga Massenburg 

Kristin M. Milone 

Aurie Yi-lynn Hsu 

Seton Gray Marshall 

Melissa Sue Ragain 

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Alex Eschenroeder (the James P. Massie Scholar) and Meg Raymond 

(the Randolph P. Barton Family Scholar), both members of the Class of 

2012, collect data on native amphibian species in Portland, Oregon.

Members of the Class of 2012 hiking in Tibet, May 2010.


publication design 

Josef Beery 

architectural photography 

Prakash Patel 

portrait and event 

photography 

Katherine Kayser 

activity photography 

Submitted by the Scholars, 

Fellows, and Alumni and edited 

by Jennifer L. Allen, Class of 2006 

cover photo 

Josef Beery 

printing 

Progress Printing, 


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