Fellows - Jefferson Scholars Foundation

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 

2009

JEFFERSON SCHOLARS FOUNDATION 

2009

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.

Lee Eschenroeder, the James K. Candler Scholar, 

Class of 2011, traveling cross country with the Bike 

and Build project. 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

From the Board 

LETTER FROM THE CHAIRS 7 

The Foundation 

OVERVIEW 15 

Year in Review 

LETTER FROM 25 

THE PRESIDENT 

TRIBUTE TO 30 

GILLY SULLIVAN 

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM 31 

GRADUATE PROGRAM 33 

DEVELOPMENT 35 

FINANCE 39 

ALUMNI 41 

Scholars 

SIGNIFICANT 

ACHIEVEMENTS 43 

CLASSES 2009 – 2013 46 

Fellows 

SIGNIFICANT 93 

ACHIEVEMENTS 

CLASSES 2004 – 2009 94 

Details 

APPENDICES 

A: NATIONAL ADVISORY 109 

BOARD 

B: UNDERGRADUATE 

SELECTION 111 

C: GRADUATE SELECTION 123 

D: DEVELOPMENT 129 

E: FINANCE 136 

F: ALUMNI 139 

Kenneth G. Elzinga, recipient of the 2009 

Jefferson Scholars Faculty Prize, addresses 

the University community in the Dome 

Room of the Rotunda on the ideals of 

leadership, scholarship, and citizenship. 

Michelle Henry, the Philadelphia Alumni 

Club Scholar, Class of 2010, conducting 

research in Africa. 

Aurie Hsu (right), D.N. Batten Foundation 

Fellow, performing with her belly dancing 

troupe Fire in the Belly at the McGuffey 

Arts Center. 

NEWS 

DONOR PROFILES 37, 82, 103 

FACULTY PRIZE 45 

ALUMNI 2009 139 

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS 

ALUMNI INTERNSHIP 142 

PROGRAM 

SCHOLARS 


ACHIEVEMENTS 

FOREIGN TRAVEL STUDY 63 

PROGRAM 

INSTITUTE FOR LEADERSHIP 69 

AND CITIZENSHIP 

PUBLIC SERVICE FELLOWS 74 

CHALLENGE DISCOVERY 79 

FELLOWS 

FELLOWS CENTER 34 


ACHIEVEMENTS 

FELLOWS SYMPOSIUM 94 

FORUM FOR 96 

INTERDISCIPLINARY DIALOG 

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Rachael Lynn Beaton, C. Mark Pirrung Fellow, at the 

Leander McCormick Observatory.

2009 

LETTER FROM THE CHAIRS 

WE NEED HARDLY REMIND 

our friends and benefactors that 

this has been a tumultuous year. 

The world’s financial markets have 

undergone stresses that had been 

thought relics of times long past; 

big businesses that were assumed to 

Richard C. Kellogg Jr. 

Stephen A. Riddick 

be bastions have disappeared or changed in ways that could have hardly 

been imagined just twelve months ago; and one of the longest political 

campaigns in American history resulted in a historic election that few 

foresaw at the campaign’s commencement. 

The Jefferson Scholars Foundation is not immune to life’s tumult, of course. The dramatic 

decline in value during the year of nearly every asset class impacted the value of the Foundation’s 

endowment. Broadly diversified and well-managed by UVIMCO though it is, this year 

saw our endowment drop 21.1%, bringing its value as of the end of May 31 to about where it 

stood three years ago. This drop is less than that suffered by many other foundations across 

the United States, but comparative misery is a cold study indeed, and we find no comfort in 

performing less poorly than our peers. Costs, of course—and especially tuition costs—are 

not where they were three years ago; they are higher and will not decline. 

Uniquely at the University, the entirety of the Foundation’s operating revenue comes from 

its endowment, an endowment many of you reading this report have been instrumental in 

creating. More than two-thirds of our operating revenue is directly devoted to the support 

of the 132 Jefferson Scholars and 33 Jefferson Fellows on Grounds. These two facts pose a 

significant financial challenge in a market of sharp declines, but we are pleased to report the 

Board of Directors recognized the challenge early and dealt with it swiftly. The Foundation 

makes a commitment to the individuals who choose to come to the University as Jefferson 

Scholars and Jefferson Fellows, and the Board therefore gave no thought to scaling back the 

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JEFFERSON SCHOLARS FOUNDATION 2009 

UNIQUELY AT THE 

UNIVERSITY, THE 

ENTIRETY OF THE 

support of the Scholars and Fellows we have with us. Tuitions 

FOUNDATION’S 

continued to be fully paid; all other stipends continued undisturbed; 

OPERATING REVENUE 

and our undergraduate and graduate programs continued undiminished. 

These will all continue apace and the same next year. To enable 

COMES FROM ITS 

ENDOWMENT, AN 

this and to provision the Foundation to weather further financial 

ENDOWMENT MANY 

volatility, the Board ordered the redemption of assets in the Foundation’s 

endowment equivalent to 18 months of operating expenditure. 

OF YOU READING 

THIS REPORT HAVE 

It also decreased the number of scholarships and fellowships awarded 

BEEN INSTRUMENTAL 

for next year, by 10 and 2, respectively. Thus, for the 2009-2010 year, 

IN CREATING. 

we will have 122 Jefferson Scholars and 36 Jefferson Fellows. UVIMCO 

is working diligently to recover lost ground, and we are optimistic that these 

efforts will allow us once again to begin increasing the number of scholarships and 

fellowships. 

We must also note that in a year of tumult, we felt the loss of two of our most stalwart 

supporters. Gilly Sullivan and Jack Blackburn both passed away in January. Both, in their 

own distinctive ways, were founts of counsel, encouragement, and help, year after year, 

for many years. We wish their families solace. 

Tumult has not, however, diminished the enthusiasm of our benefactors for the 

Foundation’s mission: nearly $7 million has been received this year in gifts and pledges— 

an extraordinary demonstration of support in difficult economic times and one for which 

we are profoundly grateful. 

Tumult also has not affected the construction of the Jefferson Fellows Center and the 

Foundation’s offices, which was commenced this year and has proceeded very well. There 

have been no incidents or accidents on this compact and complicated site. Costs are under 

tight control, and indeed we expect that this 30,000-plus square foot, four building project 

will come in on budget. Considerable planning and effort have been exerted to make the 

project an exemplar of sustainable architecture; once completed, we intend to submit the 

project for LEED scoring. Considerable effort has likewise been made to incorporate the 

many good ideas of University faculty and Fellows in achieving the aim of the Jefferson 

Fellows Center. As to completion, we expect to occupy our new home by January next year. 

Let us pause to reiterate the ambition of this project. Thomas Jefferson’s original vision 

for his “Academical Village” was for a place where scholars of every stage and discipline 

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FROM THE BOARD 

would energize one another through the exchange of ideas in meeting and conversation. 

Mr. Jefferson’s original vision is proving harder and harder to fulfill in the Academy, 

including at the University of Virginia, as the 20th century trend toward ever-increasing 

specialization shows no sign of abating in the 21st. Our aim with the Jefferson Fellows 

Center is to create a physical space where the non-pareil graduate students we seek will 

congregate with their peers to study, teach, research, write, converse, and share ideas across 

the more than two dozen disciplines within the Jefferson Fellowship. We are creating an 

interdisciplinary physical space for the Fellowship, believing that no computer network 

can ever replace a community constructed of face-to-face connections. 

Two final matters to recount before closing: First, the Foundation and the University 

completed work that had been ongoing for several years in amending the Memorandum 

of Understanding that governs our relationship as independent legal entities. Because the 

Memorandum of Understanding involves fundamental aspects of governance and fiduciary 

responsibility, the Foundation’s Board of Directors worked carefully to examine the 

intersection of the University’s proposal with our charter documents and relevant statutes. 

Clarifications were offered by the University which led to the approval of the Memorandum 

of Understanding by the Board of Directors and execution of the memorandum by both 

parties. This in turn prompted and necessitated several revisions to the Foundation’s articles, 

perhaps the most significant of which was a change to the Foundation’s stated mission. The 

mission of incorporation in the Articles is now the mission adopted in 2005 by the Board 

of Directors. You will find the Mission Statement on the first page of this report. 

Last, but most important, as you will read elsewhere in these pages, tumult has not 

blunted the successes of our Scholars and Fellows. We hope you will read their accomplish- 

ments and reflect, as we do, that their presence makes this great University a greater place. 


Chair 

Jefferson Scholars Foundation 

Stephen A. Riddick 

Chair 

Alumni Association 

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2009–10 

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

business and affairs of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation. 

Richard C. Kellogg Jr. (Col ’74) 

Chair 

Chair, Basic Management, Inc. · Houston, Texas 

G. Moffett Cochran (Col ’73, Law ’76) 

Vice Chair 

Chief Executive Officer, Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC 

New York, New York 

Lee S. Ainslie III (Engr ’86) 

Managing Partner, Maverick Capital · New York, New York 

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) 

Managing Director, Wachovia Securities 

Charlotte, North Carolina 

David L. Bowlin (Col ’69) 

Memphis, Tennessee 

Gregory L. Curl (Grad ’71) 

Chief Risk Officer, Bank of America 


Claiborne P. Deming 

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 (Col ’71)* 

President and Chief Executive Officer · U.Va. Alumni Association 

Charlottesville, Virginia 

Gertrude J. Fraser* 

Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement and Associate Professor 

University of Virginia · Charlottesville, Virginia 

Peter M. Grant (Col ’78, GSBA ’86) 

Partner, Stone Arch Capital · Minneapolis, Minnesota 

Landon Hilliard III (Col ’62)** 

Partner, Brown Brothers Harriman & Company 


Douglas S. Holladay Jr. 

(Col ’69, GSBA ’76) 

Operating Partner, Meritage Private Equity Funds 

Atlanta, Georgia 

Sealy H. Hopkinson (Col ’83) 

Trustee, The Middendorf Foundation 

Huntington, New York 

Timothy J. Ingrassia (Col ’86) 

Partner and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions of Americas 

Goldman, Sachs & Company · New York, New York 

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 

C. Mark Pirrung (Col ’73) 

Chief Executive Officer, Atlanta Beverage Company 


Peter Quick (Engr ’78) 

Former President, American Stock Exchange 

Mill Neck, New York 

Stephen A. Riddick (Col ’85)* 

Attorney 

Silver Spring, Maryland 

Alan Y. Roberts (Col ’64)* 


Harold J. Rodriguez Jr. (Col ’77) 

Chief Administrative Officer and Managing Director 

Greenhill & Company, Inc. 

Fairfield, Connecticut 

W. Reid Sanders (Col ’71) 

Private Investor, Chickasaw Partners · Memphis, Tennessee 

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FROM THE BOARD 

Margaret R. Scaife 

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

Todd R. Schnuck (Col ’81) 

President, Schnuck Markets, Inc. · St. Louis, Missouri 

Elizabeth Fitz Scott (Educ ’74) 

Baltimore, Maryland 

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 · Atlanta, Georgia 

Phoebe L. Yang (Col ’91) 

Consultant, Russell Reynolds Associates · Washington, D.C. 

* ex-officio member 

** emeritus member 

Bowman Dickson, the Charles V. Moore Scholar, Class of 2009, 

on a field trip with some of the students from the school where 

he taught in Jordan during summer 2008. 

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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF MANAGERS 2009–10 

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. 

Stephen A. Riddick (Col ’85) 

Chair 

Silver Spring, Maryland 

Alan Y. Roberts (Col ’64) 

Vice Chair 


M. Alexandra Arriaga 

(Col ’87) 

Arlington, Virginia 

Atiim K. (Tiki) Barber 

(Com ’97) 


William F. Blue Jr. 

(Col ’81, GSBA ’86) 


Teresa A. Bryce (Col ’81) 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Donna L. Byrd (Col ’92) 

Alexandria, Virginia 

John T. Casteen III 

(Col ’65, Grad ’66, ’70)* 


Margaret H. Chang 

(Com ’90) 

Los Angeles, California 

Stephen S. Crawford (Col ’86) 

Bronxville, New York 

Mary K. Dobmeier 

(Educ ’06)** 


James T. Fang (Eng ’95) 

Gloucester Point, Virginia 

Elizabeth Philips Foster 

(Com ’82) 

Norfolk, Virginia 

Lisa O. Gardner (Col ’79) 


Peter M. Grant 

(Col ’78, GSBA ’86) 

Long Lake, Minnesota 

Owen D. Griffin Jr. 

(Com ’93, Grad ’94, GSBA ’99) 

Suffolk, Virginia 

Christine P. Gustafson 

(Col ’82) 

Paradise Valley, Arizona 

Victoria Dux Harker (Col ’86) 

McLean, Virginia 

Alexander B. Hume (Col ’65) 

Hume, Virginia 

Shelly K. L. Johnson 

(Arch ’87) 

Raleigh, North Carolina 


(Col ’74) 

Houston, Texas 

Glynn D. Key 

(Col ’86, Law ’89)* 

Washington, D.C. 

Sandra W. Lewis (Col ’72) 

Suffolk, Virginia 

Julie G. Lynn 

(Col ’88, Law ’92) 


Byron F. Marchant (Law ’87) 


Deanne E. Maynard (Col ’87) 


Timothy G. O’Shea 

(Col ’81, GSBA ’85) 


Noreen L. Poulson (Col ’78) 

New Canaan, Connecticut 

Reginald E. Rutledge Jr. 

(Col ’55, GSBA ’59) 

Rye Brook, New York 

Todd R. Schnuck (Col ’81) 

St. Louis, Missouri 

D. French Slaughter III 

(Col ’77, Law ’80) 


Stephen P. Smiley (Col ’71) 

Dallas, Texas 

Bryant L. Stith (Col ’92) 

Lawrenceville, Virginia 

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 

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Katie Tully, Kenneth L. Bazzle Fellow, 

teaching yoga.

t h e f o u n d a t i o n

2009 

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. 

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 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 tion from every other organization that 

graduated system of public schools designed distributes merit-based scholarships to 

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

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

should be rendered by liberal education the University community benefits from the 

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

sacred deposit of the rights and liberties of who, as stated in the Foundation’s mission, 

their fellow citizens.” And he insisted that are “of extraordinary intellectual range and 

“they should be called to that charge without depth [and] who possess the highest 

regard to wealth, birth or other accidental concomitant qualities of leadership, scholarship, 

and citizenship.” The Jefferson Scholars 

condition or circumstance . . . and educated 

at the common expense.” 

Foundation takes seriously its responsibility 

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

the Jefferson Scholars Program and the students, regardless of background, have the 

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

the work of the Jefferson Scholars Founda- 

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 “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, 675 undergraduates 

and 66 graduate students have 

entered the program. They have gone on to 

earn Rhodes, Marshall, Mitchell, Luce, 

Truman, Fulbright, Udall, and Goldwater 

scholarships and to serve on the Board of 

Visitors of the University. Three-quarters 

have pursued advanced degrees 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 find just those 

outstanding few who represent the best 

hope for the future. Thanks to the generosity 

of University alumni and friends, the 

annual undergraduate competition is able 

Chris Heywood, the Terrence D. Daniels Family Scholar, Class of 2009, pictured with a group of midshipmen in the Western Pacific 

during a summer tour of duty through U.Va.’s Naval ROTC program. 

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THE FOUNDATION 

“Because of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation, I was able not only to attend U.Va., 

but to attend with a wide variety of experiences not readily available to other 

college undergraduates. The leadership development program, summer study 

experience in Europe, special lectures, my fellow Scholars, and other programs 

provided by the Foundation all contributed to my academic and social education. 

In an engineering curriculum, it is easy to lose sight of anything not math and 

science related. However, with the sheer breadth of opportunities available to me 

at the University, many through the Foundation, I first became engrossed in the 

wide-ranging effects of science and engineering not just on technology, but on 

our society as a whole.” 

—Shan Wu, Class of 2004 

Meg Raymond, the Randolph P. Barton Family Scholar, Class of 2012, on an Alternative Spring Break service trip to Jamaica. 

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to cast a wider net with each passing year. 

More than 50 regions around the country, 

with more than 3,100 high schools, can now 

nominate potential 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’s staff. 

In 2008-09, the Foundation received 

1067 nominations from participating 

secondary schools. After regional reviews 

and additional analysis of possible candidates 

from schools not geographically 

eligible to nominate, as well as international 

students and qualified applicants to the 

University’s Engineering and Nursing 

schools, 105 finalists were brought to 

Charlottesville for an introduction to the 

University and a series of exercises and 

interviews. Of these, 24 new Jefferson 

Scholars will make up the Class of 2013. 

Candidates for Jefferson Fellowships 

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 

Christopher Richins, the John L. Colley Jr. Fellow, at the Danaher 

factory in Brno, Czech Republic. 

candidates to Charlottesville to meet with 

prospective faculty mentors and University 

graduate students. Because special emphasis 

is placed on students’ eagerness to share 

important ideas with a wide audience, all are 

asked to give a presentation or participate in 

a group exercise. 

In 2008-09, 53 candidates accepted 

invitations to compete and 10 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 

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David McGinley, the St. Elmo Hall (Delta Phi) Scholar, and Will Cozean, the Jeffrey Rockwell Cudlip Memorial Scholar, both Class of 2011, 

on an Alternative Spring Break service trip in Peru. 

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benefit from a University education in 

leadership and service is more critical than 

ever and the funding it provides is substantial. 

In 2008-09, the Foundation supported 

132 undergraduate Jefferson Scholars and 33 

graduate Jefferson Fellows at a direct cost of 

$6,134,693 million. Four-year support of a 

single out-of-state Jefferson Scholar and fiveyear 

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. 

Members of the Class of 2010 travel through China with U.Va. 

Professor Brantly Womack. 

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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


“What I love about being a Jefferson Scholar is the flexibility that comes along 

with the scholarship. The Jefferson Scholarship certainly emphasizes certain 

characteristics, but within its guidelines of scholarship, leadership, and 

citizenship, we have room, as scholars, to incorporate these attributes into our 

lives in our own unique ways. Through my experience as a Jefferson Scholar, 

I have appreciated the type of diverse community this has formed, bringing 

together students of varying backgrounds, strengths, and passions. As a group 

of scholars, we are all very different, but our differences serve to strengthen our 

community as a whole. I feel truly [fortunate] to be part of a program that 

encourages creativity and self-direction, and I believe that the Foundation has 

done a phenomenal job of providing all Jefferson Scholars with the resources 

and support we need to come into our own, not only as scholars but as unique 

and contributing members of the community.” 

—Ally Baxter, the Westend Foundation Scholar, Class of 2010 

Anna Bond Estes (alumna), Paul Tudor Jones II Fellow, conducting elephant research in Tanzania. 

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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 five-week Foreign 

Travel/Study Programs and then pursue 

a research project that requires additional 

travel. 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. 

Although the Fellows are older and 

have each 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 present original 

work for critical feedback in a public 

setting. In September 2008, the Fellows 

themselves added to these opportunities 

by organizing our inaugural Forum for 

Interdisciplinary Dialogue, entitled “The 

Art of Science, The Science of Art.” The 

Jefferson Fellows Center, scheduled for 

completion in 2010, will reinforce and 

expand such exchanges by providing a 

place for Fellows to meet with colleagues 

from around the University. 

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. As the 

Foundation approaches 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. 

“As a Jefferson Scholar, you feel motivated to give as much as you can to 

the University.” 

—Jim Haley, Class of 2000 

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Scholars in the Class of 2010 in Greece during their 

foreign travel study summer.

y e a r in review

2009 

AS THE 2008–2009 FISCAL YEAR BEGAN, the 

Jefferson Scholars Foundation was in the best financial condition 

in its history and had enjoyed 28 years of uninterrupted 

and indeed remarkable growth in every aspect of our work. 

All indicators pointed to smooth sailing ahead. Five months 

later the financial seas began to roil, and the Foundation was 

not immune to the effects of the fiscal tsunami. 

James H. Wright 

By any measure last year was challenging. The endowment experienced an investment 

return of negative 21.1%, which represents a loss of 44 million dollars. The negative financial 

impact experienced by the Foundation was mirrored in the investment and philanthropic 

portfolios of the University’s alumni and friends, making our development efforts more 

difficult. The competition for the nation’s and world’s most talented students became even 

more fierce as many of the University’s peer institutions began offering enhanced financial 

aid packages to outstanding undergraduate and graduate applicants. 

In times of difficulty the true measure of an organization’s strength is revealed, 

and I am pleased to report that the Jefferson Scholars Foundation, while financially 

poorer, remains as fiscally strong and as resolute in purpose and focus as ever. Perhaps 

our greatest asset is our exceedingly accomplished and dedicated Board of Directors. 

The Finance Committee quickly responded to the investment reversal with detailed 

analyses of multiple scenarios. Specific actions, including reducing the size of both the 

entering undergraduate and graduate classes, budget reductions that still provide fully 

for the commitments made to existing Scholars and Fellows, and delays in replacing 

and adding staff, were quickly and appropriately implemented. These steps, combined 

with the Foundation’s historically conservative approach to its finances, will assure that 

we are able to continue to accomplish our mission for the foreseeable future and 

well beyond. 

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As the Foundation dealt with the aforementioned challenges, it also enjoyed a series of 

noteworthy successes. Both the undergraduate and graduate selection processes produced 

outstanding results. The undergraduate competition was our most rigorous ever with over 

3,000 secondary schools invited to present candidates, including candidates from three new 

selection regions. We received the largest number of nominations in our history (1,067) 

and invited the largest number of finalists (105) to participate in the final selection weekend. 

24 remarkably talented individuals from 12 states and three foreign countries will 

compose our 29th entering class. The Graduate Fellowship selection process was also very 

successful. 53 finalists representing 19 departments in the College, the Darden School, and 

the School of Law convened in Charlottesville in late February. The entering class of 2009 

will include six outstanding Fellows in the College, three at Darden, and one in the School 

of Law. 

The record of achievement written by the Scholars and Fellows in residence was again 

exceptional. The graduating Class of 2009 included 14 Scholars invited to live on the Lawn, 

the chair, three vice chairs, and another member of the Honor Committee, and the student 

representative to the Board of Visitors. Five members served as Class of 2009 trustees, with 

one serving as vice president. Also in the class were the vice chair of the University Judiciary 

Committee, the president of the Inter-Sorority Council, a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship 

recipient, and a Harry S Truman Scholarship recipient. The cumulative GPA for the class 

was 3.703. 

Those Scholars and Fellows returning to the Grounds for the 2009-2010 academic year 

are set to continue the legacy of excellence bequeathed them. For the second year in a row 

the chair of the Honor Committee will be a Jefferson Scholar, and for the third year in a 

row the student representative to the Board of Visitors will be a Scholar. Fifteen Scholars will 

reside on the Lawn, including a Barry Goldwater Scholarship recipient. A more comprehensive 

list of achievements is featured on page 43 of this report. 

The Graduate Fellows continue to excel in their respective disciplines and in their efforts 

to increase the intellectual vitality of the community. Their contributions include several 

published articles in leading periodicals and the creation of new organizations on Grounds 

that foster service and understanding. In the group of Fellows are a member of the Honor 

Committee, Raven Society inductees, and two recipients of Huskey Awards. A more comprehensive 

list of achievements is featured on page 93 of this report. 

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YEAR IN REVIEW 

Two events highlighted the year. The first Forum for Interdisciplinary 

Dialogue occurred on Saturday, September 27, 2008. The THE NATION’S AND 

THE COMPETITION FOR 

Forum, which will occur every eighteen months, is put together WORLD’S MOST 

almost exclusively by the Jefferson Fellows and is designed to TALENTED STUDENTS 

bring leading scholars together to discuss a topic of significance. BECAME EVEN MORE 

The inaugural topic, “The Art of Science: The Science of Art” FIERCE AS MANY OF THE 

encouraged a lively debate, and the keynote address by Professor UNIVERSITY’S PEER 

Bernie Frischer was most thought provoking. 

INSTITUTIONS BEGAN 

The Jefferson Scholars Foundation also presented its Faculty OFFERING ENHANCED 

Prize to Mr. Kenneth Elzinga, the Robert C. Taylor Professor of FINANCIAL AID PACKAGES 

Economics. The prize recognizes a current University faculty 

TO OUTSTANDING 

member whose career has represented the highest ideals of leadership, 

scholarship, and citizenship. As part of the Faculty Prize, GRADUATE APPLICANTS. 

UNDERGRADUATE AND 

Mr. Elzinga presented a moving address in the Dome Room of 

the Rotunda that outlined his concept of the qualities of an effective leader. 

Throughout our 29-year existence we have been blessed with exceptional volunteers and 

philanthropists. This year we were deeply saddened by the deaths of several of our most 

loyal, devoted, and dedicated advocates. Rutledge Moore, who served on our board and 

endowed a scholarship, was a constant source of candid, sincere, and constructive advice. 

His love of the University and for the work of the Foundation was unflagging. We will 

also deeply miss Stewart Brown, one of our early scholarship benefactors and selection 

committee members, who always reminded us to look at our glass as half full, an attitude 

that certainly has helped us this year. The Foundation also lost a special friend in Tom 

Worsley. Tom was among a handful of Alumni Association Board of Managers members 

who advocated tirelessly for the creation of the Jefferson Scholars Program in the late 1970s. 

Throughout our existence he remained a dear friend and ambassador. 

Two gentlemen to whom the Foundation owes an unpayable debt left us within two 

weeks of each other in January. Gilly Sullivan, who receives a special tribute on page 30, 

oversaw the creation of the Jefferson Scholars Program during his tenure as director of the 

Alumni Association. Without his guidance and his amazing way of finding the money 

necessary to sustain the effort during its infancy, there is simply no way the Foundation 

would have survived. Jack Blackburn, the University’s Dean of Admission for 24 years, 

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BY ANY MEASURE 2008- served on our selection committee every year of our existence. His 

2009 WAS TURBULENT, steady counsel and unflappable demeanor were a constant source of 

BUT THE WORK OF THE strength. In August the Foundation recognized his contributions by 

FOUNDATION AND THE creating the Betty and Jack Blackburn Jefferson Scholarship. 

FOUNDATION ITSELF As I write this letter, I sit in the office inside Alumni Hall I have 

CONTINUED TO THRIVE. occupied for the last 25 years. Next year at this time our offices will 

be in the new building under construction that is now very visible 

from Maury Avenue. Our new home will become a vital and vigorous intellectual center 

anchored by a beautiful courtyard named for A. Macdonald Caputo. The courtyard will be 

named in recognition of Mac’s many contributions to the Foundation and is made possible 

by a donation from two of his best friends, Wendy and John Havens. 

The Foundation’s Board of Directors remains a source of strength and wisdom. Each 

year there is turnover on the board, and this year Dorothy Batten’s six years of service 

concluded. Dorothy played a very important role on the Architectural Committee for the 

new building and her contributions to our mission will be very much missed, as will her 

insightful observations and constant willingness to help. 

By any measure 2008-2009 was turbulent, but the work of the Foundation and the 

Foundation itself continued to thrive. Fiscally prudent decisions made in the past by 

our board and equally prudent actions taken this year enable us to face the future with 

confidence. To all who have helped the Foundation, believe in our work, and remain firm 

in their support, we thank you. 

James H. Wright 

President 

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BACK ROW: Kevin Murray, Director of Gift Planning; Mike Lutz, Controller; Pat Ingram, Director of Development; Karen Tapscott, Senior 

Administrative Assistant for Graduate Fellowship Program; Lew Burrus, Director of Technology; Joanne Payne, Executive Assistant for 

Development; Helen Dwyer, Director of Business Planning and Operations; Donna Slough, Senior Executive Assistant; Doug Trout, Director 

of Graduate Fellowship Program; Jimmy Wright, President; Patrick Garcia, Associate Director of Development. 

FRONT ROW: Carmen Holmes, Event Coordinator/Administrative Assistant; Nina Barker, Director of Undergraduate Scholarship Program; 

Lauren Ross, Foundation Program Analyst; Leah Sutker, Financial Analyst; Joy Vaughan, Senior Administrative Assistant for Undergraduate 

Scholarship Program. 

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IN MEMORY 

Gilbert J. Sullivan 

1928 – 2009 

As much as, if not more than, any other single individual, Gilly Sullivan 

was responsible for the creation and ultimate success of the Jefferson Scholars 

Foundation. As Director of the Alumni Association when the Jefferson Scholars 

Program was initiated, it was Gilly’s responsibility to assure its viability. From 

the outset, Gilly worked tirelessly to secure the seed capital for the new initiative 

and, once the program was launched, he remained committed to its success, 

serving on the governing board while Director of the Alumni Association and 

then as a permanent member of the National Advisory Board upon his retirement. 

The Ann Vernon and Gilbert J. Sullivan Jefferson Scholarship will be a 

perpetual reminder of the critical role he played in the Foundation’s history. 

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THE YEAR IN REVIEW 

UNDERGRADUATE 

PROGRAM 

FISCAL YEAR 2009 WAS AN EXCITING, challenging, 

and successful year for the Undergraduate Program. The 

29th annual selection cycle was our most competitive. 

Over 2,900 secondary schools in 53 regions were invited 

to nominate candidates, including our three new regions: 

Jacksonville, Florida; Tampa, Florida; and Kansas City, 

Missouri. One hundred and five finalists, our largest number ever, were 

identified, and 24 new Scholars will join the University of Virginia as 

members of the Class of 2013. The 132 

Scholars in residence continued to 

contribute to life and culture at the 

University of Virginia. 

In addition, the Foundation’s Undergraduate 

Advisory Committee, chaired 

by William F. Blue Jr., met multiple times 

this year to examine ways in which the 

Undergraduate Program can successfully 

meet the challenges produced by the 

constantly changing undergraduate admissions 

landscape. 

ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE 

FINALISTS, OUR LARGEST 

NUMBER EVER, WERE 

IDENTIFIED, AND 24 NEW 

SCHOLARS WILL JOIN THE 

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 

AS MEMBERS OF THE 

CLASS OF 2013. 

At its August 2008 meeting the Foundation Board of Directors 

presented Betty and Jack Blackburn with a resolution creating a 

Jefferson Scholarship in their names. Jack’s death in January 2009 

was a great loss both for the University and the Foundation. 

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Rishiraj Das, Paul Tudor Jones II Fellow, at work in the 

jungles of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula.


GRADUATE PROGRAM 

“I find that the support of 

the Foundation, both 

financial and intellectual, 

has exceeded my 

expectations. I chose to 

become a Jefferson 

FROM ITS INCEPTION IN 2000, the Jefferson 

Fellow primarily for the 

Fellows Program has grown steadily in size and scope. 

quality of education 

In the fall of 2008, the Program welcomed a class of 

eight exceptional men and women, increasing the 

overall number of Fellows to 33. 

offered at U.Va. and for 

the warm, invigorating 

community of scholars I 

found here. The support 

Jefferson Fellows, in addition to continuing 

a tradition of exceptional academic of 2008-2009 was 

noteworthy aspect 

and encouragement of 

the Foundation staff and 

accomplishment, raised the proverbial bar seeing Jefferson 

the other Fellows reminds 

during the 2008-2009 year by launching a Fellows, on a weekto-week 

basis, begin 

me regularly that I came 

new endeavor and by seizing the opportunity 

to prepare for and mold a world-class to take program- 

to my graduate work with 

a special sense of purpose, 

graduate center. Nearly all of the Fellows’ matic and practical 

and that others believe 

out-of-classroom Foundation exercises ownership of their 

in my potential as much 

seemed to center around planning and Fellowship. Their 

as I do.” 

executing the Forum for Interdisciplinary dedicated approach, 

Dialogue or meeting, brainstorming, and 

discussing the programmatic possibilities 

reflected in their 

achievements 

—Stacie Thyrion, Jefferson 

Scholars Foundation Fellow 

for the soon-to-be opened Jefferson Fellows 

Center. Dinners with faculty members, 

symposium topics, monthly meetings, 

and casual gatherings with undergraduate 

students usually led to the discussion of 

one of these two topics. 

Cross-disciplinary interest among a special 

group of thinkers necessitates a physical 

meeting space, a home. Perhaps the most 

throughout the year, suggests that Jefferson 

Fellows who follow them will be placed in 

an extraordinary position to make the 

University of Virginia one of the most 

dynamic graduate institutions in the world. 

The Forum for Interdisciplinary Dialogue 

and the Jefferson Fellows Center, both 

Fellow-managed, will be two keystones to 

this next era of the Foundation’s growth. 

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“Prior to the Jefferson Fellows selection weekend, I had mentally prepared 

myself to attend another University. During the weekend, I was introduced to 

a tremendous community of highly-accomplished staff, students, faculty, and 

alumni at the University of Virginia that were not only supportive of but also 

engaged in the personal success of each Jefferson Fellow. The prestige of being 

included in the Jefferson Fellow network certainly equaled or exceeded the 

prestige of being accepted to a higher-ranked school. In the end, the University 

of Virginia won hands down.” 

—Alex Forrest, Darden Foundation Fellow 

JEFFERSON FELLOWS CENTER 

The current group of Jefferson Fellows has 

been deeply involved in planning the next 

step in the evolution of the Jefferson Fellows 

Program, the opening of the Jefferson Fellows 

Center. In addition to keeping up with their 

coursework, exam preparation, research, and 

dissertation writing, Jefferson Fellows met 

repeatedly with the Faculty Advisory Com- 

mittee and the Graduate Advisory Committee 

to discuss ways the Center could best serve 

the University. They considered such issues as 

reading room reference materials and exhibit 

areas, and activities such as retreats, guest 

lectures, conferences, film screenings, and 

social gatherings that would be open to the 

entire University community. 

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DEVELOPMENT 

INSTABILITY IN THE FINANCIAL MARKETS and 

a shrinking economy made fundraising challenging in 

fiscal year 2009. The development office responded by 

continuing to cultivate relationships with the Foundation’s 

many benefactors and friends. The development 

team, along with the program directors and the president 

of the Foundation, visited well over 1,000 individuals. In 

DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS 

TRAVELED FROM 

CHARLOTTESVILLE TO 

LONDON, LOS ANGELES, 

CHICAGO, NEW YORK, 

ATLANTA, CHARLOTTE, 

MINNEAPOLIS, AND 

OKLAHOMA CITY AMONG 

OTHER DESTINATIONS, 

TELLING THE STORY OF 

THE FOUNDATION AND 

ITS MISSION. 

addition, development officers traveled from Charlottesville to London, Los 

Angeles, Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Charlotte, Minneapolis, and Oklahoma 

City among other destinations, telling the story of the Foundation and its 

mission of bringing truly exceptional undergraduate and graduate students to 

the University. 

These efforts were rewarded. The Foundation’s 

philanthropic cash flow for fiscal 

year 2008-09 was $8,248,227. In addition, 

a number of benefactors have included the 

Foundation in their estate plans, thanks 

to the efforts of Kevin Murray, director of 

gift planning. The development office will 

continue to reach out to friends to discuss 

creating endowed scholarships or fellowships 

through estate plans and other planned 

giving instruments. 

As a result of the support received this 

year, the Foundation will launch new 

undergraduate regions for the 2009-10 

competition in the United Kingdom, Mississippi, 

and Rhode Island. This will increase 

the number of regions for the undergraduate 

competition to 56, all privately funded. The 

development team will contact residents of 

all these regions during fiscal year 2010, as 

well as continue its effort to expand to 

Minneapolis and Seattle. 

In collaboration with the College and 

Graduate Schools of Arts and Sciences, 

the School of Engineering and Applied 

Sciences, the School of Law, and the Darden 

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School, the Foundation is working to secure 

the funding necessary to attract outstanding 

graduate students. Enthusiasm for the graduate 

program has resulted in a significant 

gift toward the construction of the Jefferson 

Fellows Center. This gift will honor Mac 

Caputo, a long-time friend and benefactor, 

for his years of service to the Foundation. 

The Jefferson Scholars Campaign continues 

to stay on course toward the $100 million 

goal established in 2004. The Foundation 

has been the beneficiary of $74,620,016 in 

gifts and pledges during the course of the 

campaign, achieving 75% of that goal in 68% 

of the time. $48,478,855 for the undergraduate 

program and $26,141,161 for the graduate 

program have been received. Scholarship 

and fellowship support of this magnitude is 

unmatched on Grounds. 

As always, the Foundation is grateful 

for the generous support it has received, 

especially during these difficult financial 

times. Through generous philanthropy 

the Foundation will continue to serve the 

University by attracting to the Grounds 

extraordinary leaders, scholars, and citizens. 

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DONOR PROFILE: SUSAN AND BLAIR THOMAS 

Susan and Blair Thomas, members of the 

classes of 1986 and 1984 respectively, fell 

in love with the University after 48 hours 

on Grounds during one of the University’s 

big weekends. Their individual experiences 

at U.Va. were life changing. In addition to 

receiving a great education, they made 

many life-long friends and, of course, met 

each other. 

Why give back 

In addition to setting a good example 

for our children, giving back is an expression 

of the gratitude that we feel to the University 

and the positive influence it has had on 

our lives. 

Blair and Susan Thomas 

What about the Jefferson Scholars Foundation allowed you to become more active 

with your philanthropy 

The Foundation does a great job in making it easy to participate. You can be as active 

as you want, and the Foundation staff is as supportive as possible without putting undue 

pressure on you. 

How did you get involved and why was it important to start a new region in Los Angeles 

One of my colleagues at work is an active alumnus and arranged a coffee with Pat 

Ingram when he was coming through Los Angeles. Pat’s message really struck a chord 

because we had already started to think about ways that we could support the University. 

We liked the idea of starting a new region because we both believe that geographic 

diversity is an important factor in maintaining the richness of the U.Va. experience. 

Needless to say, that was the most expensive cup of coffee I’ve ever had. 

What is the best part of your Jefferson Scholars experience 

Without question, the best part of the JSF experience is the interview process with 

the high school nominees. The quality of the students amazes us. 

The Thomases have spearheaded the effort to raise the financial support necessary to 

launch a new selection region in Los Angeles. In addition, they have served as co-chairs 

with Jefferson Scholar alumna Allison Kean (Col ’93) and Adele Stotler (Com ’80). In the 

first year of the Jefferson Scholarship effort in Los Angeles, Susan, Blair and the committee 

reviewed 24 nominees, nearly five times as many candidates as their California peer San 

Francisco. In that initial year, Hannah Moody, the nominee from Harvard-Westlake School, 

was selected to receive a Jefferson Scholarship. 

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FINANCE 

THE JEFFERSON SCHOLARS FOUNDATION was 

not immune to the financial turmoil that characterized 

fiscal year 2009. Nonetheless, the Foundation’s financial 

strength, which rests on decades of fundraising and 

endowment investment success, has allowed it to remain 

focused upon its mission of supporting the University 

of Virginia by providing scholarships and fellowships to 

extraordinary students. 

THE FOUNDATION’S 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 

HOWEVER, HAS BEEN 

PROACTIVELY INVOLVED 

IN PRESERVING THE 

VALUE OF THE 

ENDOWMENT AND 

ADJUSTING SCHOLARSHIP 

AND FELLOWSHIP 

GROWTH MODELING TO 

REFLECT THIS NEW 

FINANCIAL REALITY. 

ENDOWMENT RETURN 

After a three-year period during which 

we achieved 15% average investment returns, 

the endowment return declined significantly 

from a positive 5.9% in fiscal year 2008 to 

a negative 21.1% for the fiscal year [to date 

through May 31st.] This had an adverse 

impact upon the total endowment balance, 

which declined $44 million from the 

more than $246 million reported last year 

to $202 million. Most of the Foundation’s 

operational revenue is generated by the 

endowment, and the long-term nature and 

scale of its scholarship and fellowship commitments 

make it difficult to adjust these 

expenditures quickly to reflect changes in 

revenue projections. The Foundation’s Board 

of Directors, however, has been proactively 

involved in preserving the value of the 

endowment and adjusting scholarship and 

fellowship growth modeling to reflect this 

new financial reality. 

OPERATIONAL BUDGET 

The proposed fiscal year 2010 operating 

budget is $10.5 million. This spending plan 

allocates approximately 75% to programmatic 

support, 16% to administrative expenses 

and the remaining 9% to 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 Scholar enrichment programs 

Members of the Class of 2009 climbing the Great Wall of China 

during their foreign travel study summer. 

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such as the Foreign Travel Study program 

and the Institute for Leadership and Citizenship. 

For the first time the budget reflects 

the cost of financing and operating the new 

Jefferson Fellows Center and Foundation 

administrative office, projected to be completed 

in January 2010. 

Spending during fiscal year 2009 is 

expected to be approximately $500,000 

below the approved budget of $10.3 million. 

This spending decrease reflects, in part, 

operational reaction to the endowment 

return. Construction of the Jefferson 

Fellows Center remains on time and on 

budget. The full cost of the project, approximately 

$22.5 million, is financed over a 

thirty-year period. 

CONCLUSION 

While this has been a most challenging 

time, the Foundation has the core financial 

strength and leadership to rebuild the 

endowment through a combination of 

investment management, careful budgeting, 

and fundraising success. The Foundation 

remains optimistic about the future and 

the opportunities to build upon the success 

of the past. 

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ALUMNI 

AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2009, the Jefferson 

THE JEFFERSON 

SCHOLARS ALUMNI 

COMMUNITY REMAINS 

A VIBRANT AND 

COMMITTED GROUP OF 

LEADERS, SCHOLARS, 

AND CITIZENS OF THE 

Scholars Foundation’s alumni community stands at 487 

Scholars and 17 Fellows. These individuals live, work, 

and learn all over the world. Many of them are in postgraduate 

academic programs or have completed advanced 

degrees. They are a vibrant and committed group of BUTIONS TO THE 

leaders, scholars, and citizens of the world who make 

significant contributions to the communities around 

OF WAYS. 

them as teachers, doctors, lawyers, veterinarians, poets, 

musicians, playwrights, and small business owners. Among them are the new 

president of the Special Olympics and two law clerks for the Supreme Court 

of the United States. 

Jefferson Scholar alumni Ben McVane (left) and Megan Dunning 

(center), both Class of 2008, with Graduate Fellow alumnus 

Brent Savoie (Law ’08) meet in Guatemala while spending their 

summers there doing volunteer work. 

WORLD WHO MAKE 

SIGNIFICANT CONTRI- 

COMMUNITIES AROUND 

THEM IN A VARIETY 

In addition, they continue to support 

the Foundation in important capacities, 

serving as interviewers on selection committees 

and as advisors to the Foundation 

on various other boards and committees. 

Their philanthropic contributions aid the 

Foundation in its growth and development, 

and alumni have already collectively 

endowed one named scholarship with a 

second soon to be funded. 

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s c h o l a r s

2009 

JEFFERSON SCHOLARS 


2008–09 

Zimra Payvand Adhout 

David A. Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award 

College of Arts and Sciences representative, 

University Judiciary Committee (2009-2010) 

Lawn Resident (2009-2010) 

Sue Ann Abigail Adams 

Brett Baxley Gosnell Prize for First-Year Writing 

Claudia McNeely Antonacci 


Robert Cain Atkinson 


Honor Committee (2009-2010) 

Vice Chair for Education, Honor Committee (2009-2010) 


Jennifer Ann Cano 

Floyd Prize in Mathematics 

Most Outstanding Undergraduate Physics Major Award 

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship 

Kadeem Andre Cooper 

Double Hoo Research Grant 


Gregory Adam Corkran 


University Judiciary Committee (2009-2010) 

Ian Philip Czekala 


Thaddeus Allen Darden 

School of Engineering Dean’s Leadership Award 

Bowman Garrett Dickson 

Alumni Association’s Ernest H. Ern Distinguished 

Student Award 

Inter-Fraternity Council Greek Person of the Year Award 

Charles William 

Dyer 


Vadim Elenev 

Economics Distinguished 

Majors Program Best 

Thesis Award 

Economics Outstanding 

Major Award 

Charles Rixey 

Gamper 

President, Inter-Fraternity 

Council (2009-2010) 


Rahul Kiran Gorawara 

Student Representative to the Board of Visitors (2009-2010) 

Conor Wallis Grady 


Brendan Woodward Hart 

David Lee Preddy Award for Chemical Engineering 

Sarah Elaine Hart 

President, Class of 2010 Trustees 

Whitney Nicole Hawkins 


Michelle Marie Henry 


“Being a Jefferson 

Scholar is a wonderful 

opportunity not only 

because it opens so 

many doors and 

provides so many 

incredible experiences, 

but also because it 

gives the chance to 

build meaningful 

relationships with 

some of the most 

impressive students 

at the University.” 

Christopher John Heywood 

Rear Admiral Perkins Peer Leadership Award for NROTC 

William Monroe Jacobs 


Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship 


—Grayson Lambert, 

the Christopher A. Leventis- 

South Carolina Scholar, 

Class of 2009 

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HONOR SOCIETIES 

Monica Umesh Kasbekar 


William Grayson Lambert 

Duke Law School Mordecai Scholarship 

Courtney Alyssa Mallow 

Davis Projects for Peace Prize 

Laura Ruth McLaughlin 


John Alexander Nelson 

President, Student Council (2009-2010) 


Laura Kathryn Nelson 


Rohan Kochikar Pai 

Stevenson Prize for Best Thesis in the Politics Honors Program 

Casey Lawrence Raymond 

Bernard Peyton Chamberlain Memorial Prize for Best Thesis in 

Early American History 

Edward A. and Barbara Younger Award for Outstanding 

Graduating History Major 

Jewish Studies Top Student Award 

Caroline Siobhan Ryon 



In 2008-09, Jefferson Scholars were inducted 

into the following honor societies: 

n Golden Key International Honour 

Society – 4 

n Phi Beta Kappa – 11 

n Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society – 16 

n Omicron Delta Kappa – 3 

n Sigma Alpha Lambda Honor Society – 3 

n Raven Society – 15 

Allison Lorraine Scott 

Charles J. Mott Award 

Jennifer Caitlin Swalec 

Anne Marye Owen Prize in the Classics 

Miriam Pratt Todras 


David William Truetzel 

Commerce Representative, Honor Committee 

Chair, Honor Committee (2009-2010) 

Vice President for Administration, Inter-Fraternity Council 

(2009-2010) 


Sarah Mitchell Yates 

Edwin Kyle Award for Best Thesis in Religious Studies 

Distinguished Majors Program 

Edwin Kyle Award for the highest GPA in the Religious 

Studies Major 

Members of the Class of 2009 celebrate together at the Fourth Year Dinner in April 2009. 

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SCHOLARS SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS 

FACULTY PRIZE 

In 2005, in connection with its 25th 

Anniversary, the Jefferson Scholars Foundation 

created the Jefferson Scholars Faculty 

Prize. The award recognizes and celebrates 

the commitment of outstanding U.Va. faculty 

members to leadership, scholarship and 

citizenship, the criteria for the selection of 

Jefferson Scholars. The award includes 

$5,000 to support future research and 

inquiry and the opportunity to address 

the U.Va. community on the ideals of 

leadership and citizenship as related to the 

recipient’s field of scholarship. The prize is 

awarded every other year by the Alumni 

Advisory Committee. 

The 2009 award was presented to 

Professor Kenneth G. Elzinga, the Robert C. 

Taylor Professor of Economics and a member 

of the faculty at the University of Virginia 

since 1967. Mr. Elzinga was recognized on 

Wednesday, April 15, 2009, in the Dome 

Room of the Rotunda. He addressed current 

U.Va. students, Jefferson Scholars, academic 

colleagues, family and friends on what 

constitutes effective leadership. 

“I am both honored and flattered 

to receive this prize….” Elzinga said. 

“It has been a blessing for me, over 

the years, to be a member of this 

academical village and it has been 

a privilege to have had so many 

Jefferson Scholars in my classes.” 

Foundation President James H. Wright presents Professor 

Elzinga with a certificate symbolizing the 2009 Jefferson 

Scholars Faculty Prize. 

“Well-respected and popular among the student body, Elzinga is also 

highly recognized among his peers. He was the first recipient of the 

Cavaliers’ Distinguished Teaching Professorship, a recipient of the Alumni 

Association’s Distinguished Professor Award and the Commonwealth of 

Virginia’s Outstanding Faculty Award. He has also been given awards in 

education from the Kenan and Templeton Foundations and, in 1992, 

received the Thomas Jefferson Award, the highest honor the University 

accords its faculty.” 

—quotations taken from U.Va. Today, (Jan. 29, 2009) 

“Jefferson Scholars Foundation Awards 2009 Faculty Prize to Kenneth G. Elzinga.” 

(www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.phpid=7620) 

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CLASS OF 2009 

Tyler Roberts 

Alexander 

J. Mack Robinson Scholar 

Brookwood School 

Thomasville, Georgia 

Honor Committee, Vice Chair for 

Community Relations, College of 

Arts and Sciences representative, 

pre-trial coordinator, counsel, Ad 

Hoc Committee to Review the Single 

Sanction · Madison House Sevice 

Organization, Tutoring Program · St. Anthony Hall · Sustained Dialogue · 

Inter-Fraternity Council Judiciary Committee · Miller Center of Public Affairs, 

Presidential Recordings Program · Net Impact · Dean’s List 

Degree 

B.A. History, Distinguished Majors Program with distinction 

Future Plans 

To work for Rothschild Investment Bank in New York City 

Shaheen Fatima 

Ali 

University of Virginia Club of 

Richmond-Virginius Dabney 

Scholar 

Thomas Dale High School 

Chester, Virginia 

Arts & Sciences Council · Ignite U.Va., 

president · Alcohol and Drug Abuse 

Prevention Team, chair, programming 

chair · Center for Alcohol and 

Substance Education, undergraduate research assistant · Jefferson Literary 

and Debating Society · Alpha Chi Omega · University Democrats · Living Wage 

Campaign · Critical Mass · Students United for Progressive Change · Muslim 

Students Association · Days on the Lawn · Z Society Recognition · Lawn 

Resident · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. English Literature, Distinguished Majors Program with distinction/ 

Philosophy 

Future Plans 

To teach in New Orleans with Teach for America for two years followed by 

graduate school in English Literature 

Joyce Lillian 

Arcangeli 

Albert Dorset Penick Scholar 

Oak Ridge High School 

Oak Ridge, Tennessee 

Honor Committee, counsel · Webb 

House Council · First Year Council, First 

Year Concerns Committee · Second 

Year Council, Second Year Student- 

Professor Dinner Series chair · Third 

Year Council, Ring Ceremony chair · 

Resident Staff, resident advisor, Evaluations Committee · Madison House 

Service Organization, Mission Admission Mentoring Program · University 

Guide Service, Restoration Ball chair · Alternative Spring Break, San Francisco · 

Alpha Phi Omega, pledge class secretary, recording secretary · Pancakes for 

Parkinson’s · Miller Center of Public Affairs, Presidential Recordings Program · 

Levy Lab research assistant · Washington Literary Society and Debating Union, 

Commencement & Convocation-Processions Subcommittee, Best Service to 

the Society Award · Days on the Lawn · Jefferson Scholars Public Service 

Fellow · David A. Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award · Phi Eta Sigma 

Honor Society · National Society of Collegiate Scholars · Raven Society · 

Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Economics with distinction 

Future Plans 

To work for Bain & Company in Boston as an associate consultant 

Sarah Hall 

Begeman 


Scholar 

The Madeira School 


Webb House Council · Virginia Women’s 

Chorus, president, secretary · 

Washington Literary Society and 

Debating Union · Hoos Open to 

Preventing Eating Disorders, vice 

president and affiliate representative, publicity chair · U.Va. Coalition on 

Eating and Exercise Concerns, student representative · U.Va. C.A.R.E.S. 

intern · Days of Dialogue on Race, Gender and Sexuality · Feminism is for 

Everyone · Raven Society · Phi Beta Kappa · Lawn Resident · Intermediate 

Honors · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Government and Foreign Affairs, Politics Honors Program with honors 

Future Plans 

To teach middle school social studies in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas with 

Teach for America 

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CLASS OF 2009 

Allison Stuart 

Berkeley 

Reginald S. and Julia W. Fleet 

Foundation Scholar 

Deerfield Academy 

Deerfield, Massachusetts 

Madison House Service Organization, 

Medical Services Program volunteer, 

new volunteer trainer · Learning Needs 

and Evaluation Center volunteer · 

Inter-Sorority Council, president, 

public relations representative · Kappa Kappa Gamma, Philanthropy 

Committee, House Committee · Change for Change volunteer · Pancakes for 

Parkinson’s · Order of Omega Greek Honor Society · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. History 

Future Plans 

To work as a marketing associate with the Advisory Board Company in 


Jennifer Ann 

Cano 

Stanley G. Mortimer III Scholar 

Choate Rosemary Hall 

Wallingford, Connecticut 


Abundant Life Ministries Program 

tutor · Sustained Dialogue · Young 

Women Leaders Program facilitator · 

Virginia Society for the Recruitment of 

Special Scholars · Cavalier Road 

Runners treasurer · Outdoors at U.Va. · Club Cross Country · Undergraduate 

Research Network, The Oculus, editor, publicity director · math tutor · 

College Science Scholar · David A. Harrison III Undergraduate Research 

Award · Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship · Floyd Prize in Mathematics · 

Most Outstanding Undergraduate Physics Major Award · National Science 

Graduate Research Fellowship · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.S. Physics, Distinguished Majors Program with highest distinction/ 

B.A. Mathematics 

Future Plans 

To enter the Ph.D. program in physics at the University of California- 

Santa Barbara 

Rachel Erin Carr 


Washington Scholar 

Poolesville High School 

Poolesville, Maryland 

First Year Council, First Year Concerns 

Committee · Washington Literary 

Society and Debating Union, vice 

president, historian, reporter · 

Washington and Jefferson Societies 

Ethics Debate winner · Fortnightly 

Literary Magazine, editorial board · student host for Richard Dawkins · 

Hoos Against Single Sanction, president, vice president, speaking list 

compiler · Monroe Society · Leadership Breakfast · The World’s Fair website, 

guest contributor · College Science Scholar · Virginia Press Association Award, 

2nd place for column writing · Lawn Resident · Intermediate Honors · Dean’s 

List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Physics with distinction/Philosophy 

Future Plans 

To work as a science writer for Fermi National Accelerator Lab in 

Batavia, Illinois 

Patrick Michael 

Casey 

Minor Family Scholar 

Rockhurst High School 

Kansas City, Missouri 

Honor Committee, counsel · Webb 

House Council · Alternative Spring 

Break · Phi Delta Theta · Global 

Development Organization, research 

chair · Double Hoo Research Award · 

David A. Harrison III Undergraduate 

Research Award · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

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

distinction/Economics 

Future Plans 

To move to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to pursue Spanish fluency 

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CLASS OF 2009 

Thaddeus Allen 

Darden 

Martin A. Purcell Family 

Scholar 

Myers Park High School 


Honor Committee, Engineering 

representative, advisor, Technology 

Committee, chair, co-chair · 

Engineering Student Council, First 

Year representative, Academic and 

Professional Development co-chair, Service and Outreach co-chair, Fourth 

Year Board president · Society of Automotive Engineers, Mini Baja team · 

Madison House Service Organization, Housing Improvement, Cavaliers in 

the Classroom · Class of 2009 Trustees, Alumni Relations and Careers and 

Transitions Committee chair; Dean’s Ambassadors Program, founder · Sigma 

Alpha Epsilon, pledge class president, scholarship chair · National Society of 

Collegiate Scholars · Omega Rho Engineering Honor Society · Sigma Alpha 

Lambda Honor Society · Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society · Order of 

Omega Greek Honor Society · Omicron Delta Kappa · Raven Society · School 

of Engineering Dean’s Leadership Award · Lawn Resident · Intermediate 

Honors · Dean’s List 

Degree 

B.S. Systems Engineering, with high distinction 

Future Plans 

To participate in a language immersion program and volunteer work in 

Central or South America, followed by working for Bain & Company in Dallas 

beginning in January 2010 

Bowman Garrett 

Dickson 

Charles V. Moore Scholar 

St. Paul’s School 

Concord, New Hampshire 


Tutoring Program · Arts & Sciences 

Council, First Year representative · 

Student Council, Rules and Ethics 

Board · Alternative Spring Break, 

Jamaica, Trinidad site leader, Egypt, 

Biloxi, Mississippi, Shenandoah, Publicity Committee/graphic designer, 

president, site leader mentor, Service Learning Research Grant, Global Studies 

Foundation grant · Cavalier Daily, Most Outstanding First Year award, staff 

designer, production editor, senior associate production editor, Virginia Press 

Association Awards · Grounds For Discussion, cast member · 2006 Orientation 

Leader · University Guide Service, Social Committee, Athletic Tours Committee 

chair · Phi Delta Theta · Students for Students International, expansion director, 

Zanzibar service trip · Sexual Assault Board member · LGBT Resource Center, 

volunteer, Speakers Bureau · Teach for America, campus campaign manager · 

Club Swim Team · Alumni Association’s Ernest H. Ern Distinguished Student 

Award · 2009 Male Guide of the Year · Inter-Fraternity Council Greek Person of 

the Year Award · Z Society Recognition · National Society of Collegiate Scholars · 

Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society · College Science Scholar · Phi Beta Kappa · Raven 

Society · Lawn Resident · Intermediate Honors · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Mathematics, with distinction/Middle Eastern Languages and Literature 

Future Plans 

To teach 11th grade physics and serve as a dorm parent and advisor for high 

school boys at the King’s Academy, a boarding school in Amman, Jordan 

Vadim Elenev 

William H.P. Young Scholar 

Dobbs Ferry High School 

Dobbs Ferry, New York 

Honor Committee, counsel · 


Debating Union, president, vice 

president, parliamentarian, reporter, 

Special Projects Committee chair, 

Banquet Committee chair, best group 

literary presentation · Fortnightly 

Literary Magazine, literary editor, treasurer · Virginia Sentinel, associate editor, 

projects coordinator · Diversity Watch, web designer · Virginia Policy Review, 

contributing writer · The Advocate, contributing writer · Orthodox Christian 

Fellowship, secretary · Miller Center of Public Affairs, Presidential Recordings 

Program · U.Va. Department of Politics research assistant for James W. 

Ceaser · Thought and Action in the Life of Winston S. Churchill conference 

at the College of William and Mary · College Republicans · Roosevelt 

Institution · Smith-Simpson Debate on Diplomacy winner · Pi Mu Epsilon 

National Mathematics Honor Society · William M. Hill Jr. Award · Economics 

Distinguished Majors Program Best Thesis Award · Economics Outstanding 

Major Award · Raven Society · Phi Beta Kappa · Lawn Resident · Intermediate 


Degree 

B.A. Economics, Distinguished Major program with highest distinction/ 

Mathematics 

Future Plans 

To work as an analyst for Cornerstone Research in New York City, followed in 

the future by a Ph.D. in economics 

Adom Getachew 


Washington-Lee High School 


Resident Staff, resident advisor · 

Project Youth Uplift, vice president, 

tutor · Organization of African 

Students, African Studies Initiative · 


“I Have a Dream” Program, tutor · 

Sustained Dialogue treasurer · 

Brothers United Celebrating Knowledge and Success, Education and 

Membership Committee co-chair, My Brothers Keeper/Young BUCKS co-chair · 

Miller Center of Public Affairs, undergraduate research assistant · Office of 

African-American Affairs peer advisor, selections chair · Raven Society · Board 

of Visitors, student representative · Omicron Delta Kappa · Raven Society · Phi 

Beta Kappa · Lawn Resident · Intermediate Honors · Dean’s List · Honorary 

Holland Scholar · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Government and Foreign Affairs, Politics Honors Program with high 

honors/African-American and African Studies 

Future Plans 

To enter a joint Ph.D. program in political science and African-American 

Studies at Yale 

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CLASS OF 2009 

Taylor Adams 

Harless 

W. Harry Schwarzschild Jr. and 

Kathryn Schwarzschild Scholar 

Henrico High School 


Honor Committee, educator · Resident 

Staff, resident advisor · Sustained 

Dialogue · Virginia Sailing Team · 

University Pandemic Planning 

Committee member · OFFscreen Film 

Society, office manager, artistic 

director · The Fanatic Magazine, 

development director · Beta Theta Pi, chorister · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Sociology, Distinguished Majors Program with high distinction/History 

Future Plans 

To manage a start-up cooperative for the Greek system at the University 

of Virginia 

Laura Florence 

Harris 

Reverend Calvin and Frances 

Blackwell Scholar 

The Fieldston School 

Bronx, New York 

Students Taking Action Now: Darfur, 

divestment co-chair · First Year 

Council, First Year Concerns Committee 

secretary · University Democrats · U.Va. 

Recycling, Balz House conservation 

advocate · Washington Literary Society 

and Debating Union · International 

Relations Organization · First Year Players, tech crew, run crew, assistant 

electrician · First Year Seminar · Women’s Leadership Development Program · 

Pfizer Initiative in International Health Fellowship · Raven Society Fellowship · 

Arts & Sciences Council CLAS Grant · Community Based Research Grant · 

Patricia Hollingsworth Prize in Ethics · Most Inspiring Student Leader Award · 

Raven Society · Phi Beta Kappa · Lawn Resident · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

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

distinction/Biology 

Future Plans 

To work as a project coordinator at the Averting Maternal Death and Disability 

Program at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University in 

New York City 

Laura Harris, the Reverend Calvin and Frances Blackwell Scholar and Casey Raymond, the Mary Catherine Hood Caldwell Scholar, 

celebrate their commencement in May 2009. 

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CLASS OF 2009 

Brendan 

Woodward Hart 

Middendorf Foundation- 

Nicholas G. Penniman III 

Scholar 

Mount St. Joseph High School 


Honor Committee, advisor, Academic 

Integrity Subcommittee, investigation 

coordinator · Dunglison House Council · 



Abundant Life Ministries tutor · Global 

Night Commute · First Year Fellowship Leadership Team, president · Last 

Lecture Series Committee · Pancakes for Parkinson’s · Alternative Spring Break, 

“Seeds of Hope” Brazil · Bike To Uganda · Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship · 

Black Voices Gospel Choir · Hoo Crew · Phi Delta Theta, chaplain · Policy 

Internship Program, White House Office of Science and Technology 

Policy · Reformed University Fellowship · American Institute of Chemical 

Engineers · Engineering in Context: Water for Wum, Cameroon · Engineering 

Council Fourth Year Board · Rodman student advisor · David Lee Preddy 

Award for Chemical Engineering · Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society · Dean’s List · 

Rodman Scholar 

Degree 

B.S. Chemical Engineering, with high distinction 

Future Plans 

To work for Exxon Mobil’s downstream operations in Baton Rouge, Louisiana 

Meredith Blaire 

Hawkins 

Stewart H. Brown Jr. Scholar 

Rockbridge County High School 

Lexington, Virginia 

Honor Committee, College of Arts & 

Sciences representative, Vice President 

for Investigations, advisor · Madison 

House Service Organization, Abundant 

Life Ministries tutor · Alternative 

Spring Break, Executive Committee, 

secretary, Pearlington, Mississippi site 

leader, Brownsville, Texas site leader · 

Alpha Phi Omega, Executive Committee, public relations chair, Probationary 

Committee · Hoo Crew · Days on the Lawn team leader · Sustained Dialogue · 

Students for Students International · International Relations Organization · 

Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, public service chair · Miller Center of 

Public Affairs, research assistant · Virginia Society for the Recruitment of 

Special Scholars · Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow · Omicron Delta 

Kappa · Class of 2009 Trustee · Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society · David A. Harrison 

III Undergraduate Research Award · Phi Beta Kappa · Lawn Resident · 

Intermediate Honors · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. History, Distinguished Majors Program with high distinction/Economics 

Future Plans 

To attend the University of Virginia Law School as a Dean’s Scholar 

Christopher 

John Heywood 

Terrence D. Daniels Family 

Scholar 

St. Andrew’s Episcopal School 

Potomac, Maryland 

Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps, 

Standard Drill Team, squad leader, 

armorer, Company Chief Petty Officer, 

Battalion Executive Officer, Rifle/Pistol 

Team · Webb House Council, treasurer · 

Rodman Council, treasurer · Madison House Service Organization, Youth 

Mentoring Program · Washington Literary Society and Debating Union · Phi 

Delta Theta · Toys for Tots · Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow · Best 

paper in Data Mining and Simulation at the 2009 IEEE Systems and 

Information Engineering Design Symposium · National Society of Collegiate 

Scholars · Omega Rho Engineering Honor Society · Tau Beta Pi Engineering 

Honor Society · Rear Admiral Perkins Peer Leadership Award for NROTC · 

Monroe Society · Dean’s List · Rodman Scholar 

Degree 

B.S. Systems Engineering, with high distinction 

Future Plans 

To be commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Navy and begin training as a 

naval aviator in Pensacola, Florida 

Jennifer Yarjen 

Hsu 

Heimann Family Scholar 

Saint Ursula Academy 

Cincinnati, Ohio 



Medical Services Program, Holiday 

Sharing Program head director, 

Daycare Program, Youth Mentoring 

Boys and Girls Club Program, 

Charlottesville Ten-Miler volunteer, Tutoring Program · Alternative Spring 

Break, Treasure Beach, Jamaica site leader, Executive Board · U.Va. Medical 

Center, Radiology Department student researcher · Charlottesville Free Clinic 

volunteer · U.Va. Hospital, Emergency Department scribe · Monroe Society · 

First Year Seminar · Saturday Enrichment Program teaching assistant · Asian- 

Pacific American Leadership Training Institute, program facilitator · Virginia 

Ambassadors, office hours, high school visits · Cavalier Care Day, site leader · 

Hoo Crew · Sigma Sigma Sigma, Philanthropy Committee chair · Peer Advising 

Family Network · Class of 2009 Trustee · Golden Key International Honour 

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

Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Anthropology, with distinction 

Future Plans 

To attend the University of Virginia Medical School in the fall 

50

CLASS OF 2009 

Jessica Pei-Rarn 

Huang 

Jefferson Scholars Alumni 

Scholar 

Hinsdale Central High School 

Hinsdale, Illinois 

Honor Committee, Chair, College of Arts 

& Sciences representative, counsel · 

Webb House Council vice president · 

Resident Staff, resident advisor, 

Dunnington House Council advisor · 

Arts & Sciences Council representative · Madison House Service Organization, 

Tutoring Program · University Guide Service · Sustained Dialogue · Aquatics 

and Fitness Center swim instructor · Alternative Spring Break, Guatemala · 

Take Back the Night, Outreach Committee · Reformed University Fellowship · 

Cavalier Daily, staff writer · Alpha Chi Omega, philanthropy vice president · 

Club Swim Team · Washington Literary Society and Debating Union · Thirteen 

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

Degree 

B.A. Philosophy / Biology 

Future Plans 

To work for McKinsey & Company in Chicago 

William Grayson 

Lambert 

Christopher A. Leventis-South 

Carolina Scholar 

A. C. Flora High School 

Columbia, South Carolina 

University Judiciary Committee, 

Vice Chair for Trials, College of Arts & 

Sciences representative, counselor, 

Issues subcommittee co-chair, First 

Year judge · Jefferson Literary and 

Debating Society, Ad Hoc Committee on the future of Room 7, Debate 

and Oratory Committee chair, Sergeant-at-Arms · Kent House Council vice 

president · Madison House Service Organization, First Tee Program · Days 

on the Lawn · Hoo Crew, Executive Committee, First Year representative, 

Olympic sports chair · Club Golf Team · Virginia Advocate · Reformed University 

Fellowship · David A. Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award · John B. 

Adger Scholarship · Senator John W. Warner Public Leadership Award · Center 

for Politics Award for Civic Excellence · Raven Society · Intermediate Honors · 


Degree 

B.A. Government and Foreign Affairs, Politics Honors Program with honors 

Future Plans 

To attend Duke Law School as a Mordecai Scholar 

Ensign Chris Heywood, USN, the Terrence D. Daniels Family Scholar, and Rohan Pai, the Patricia Frist Elcan Scholar, 

at a graduation reception in May 2009. 

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CLASS OF 2009 

David Lee 

Newsome 

Brockenbrough-Bryan Family 

Scholar 

Douglas Freeman High School 


First Year Council, president · Second 

Year Council, Academic Affairs chair · 

Third Year Council, president · Class of 

2009 Trustees, vice president · Student 

Council, First Year liaison · Arts & 

Sciences Council, Linguistics representative · Madison House Service 

Organization, English as a Second Language, head program director · Days on 

the Lawn, Lunch Buddies team leader · Leadership Breakfast · Webb House 

Council · Play Writer’s Society · Park Bench Plays · Novice Crew Team · First Year 

Fellowship · Reformed University Fellowship, Biloxi Relief Teams · Center for 

Christian Studies Residents Program · Phi Delta Theta, historian, community 

service chair · Trinity Presbyterian Youth Group, Bible study leader · Mission 

One New Orleans spring break trip · Nicaraguan Orphans Fund · VISAS 

Program · VISTA Orientation · SERVE · FOCUS · Raven Society · Lawn Resident · 


Degree 

B.A. Linguistics, with distinction 

Future Plans 

To travel in Peru for the summer, and teach English in Shanghai in fall 

2009, followed by working for McKinsey & Company in Atlanta beginning 

in January 2010 

Maura Kathleen 

O’Keefe 

John H. and Mary H. Owens 

Scholar 

Danvers High School 

Danvers, Massachusetts 

Resident Staff, resident advisor, 

Metcalf House Council advisor · 

Cavalier Daily, senior writer, assistant 

managing editor, associate news 

editor · The Fanatic, writing editor · 

Musicians on Call · Admissions Office volunteer · College Republicans · 


Degree 

B.A. English, with distinction/History 

Future Plans 

To work for Teach for America as a secondary school English teacher in eastern 

North Carolina 

The William G. Pannill Scholar, Juana Yunis, with her parents during Finals Weekend, May 2009. 

52

CLASS OF 2009 

Rohan Kochikar 

Pai 

Patricia Frist Elcan Scholar 

Hume-Fogg Academic High School 

Nashville, Tennessee 

Honor Committee, support officer, 

counsel · Hindu Students Council, 

Executive Committee, logistics cochair, 

development chair · American 

Medical Students Association · Global 

Public Health Society · Sustained 

Dialogue, group moderator · Washington Literary Society and Debating 

Union, Best Provisional Debate · Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow, 

Film Series, Diversity Watch · Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, 

Business and Economics section research assistant · National Society of 

Collegiate Scholars · Stevenson Prize for Best Thesis in Politics Honors 

Program · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Government and Foreign Affairs, Politics Honors Program with 

high honors/Economics 

Future Plans 

To attend law school at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor 

Casey Lawrence 

Raymond 

Mary Catherine Hood Caldwell 

Scholar 

Mountain Brook High School 

Mountain Brook, Alabama 

Honor Committee, counsel, 

investigations coordinator · First Year 

Council, Concerns Committee co-chair · 

Maupin House Council · Madison 

House Service Organization, English as 

a Second Language Program · Sustained Dialogue, vice chair, moderator · 

Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, Probationary Committee · Days on 

the Lawn team leader · Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow, Diversity 

Watch · Hillel, Jewish Education Initiative chair · Edward A. and Barbara 

Younger Award, Outstanding Graduating History major · Top Jewish Studies 

Student Award · Bernard Peyton Chamberlain Memorial Prize for Best Thesis 

in Early American History · Raven Society · Phi Beta Kappa · Lawn Resident · 


Degree 

B.A. History, Distinguished Majors Program with highest distinction/ 

Jewish Studies 

Future Plans 

To intern at the White House for the summer, followed by working for 

McKinsey & Company in Atlanta 

Allison Lorraine 

Scott 

Harry W. Gilbert Scholar 

Norfolk Christian High School 



Boosters Program · Sustained Dialogue · 

Global Night Commute · First Year 

Fellowship · Monroe Society · Virginia 

Women’s Chorus · AGAPE, Small Group 

leader · Abundant Life Ministries, 

Spring Break Project, tutor · VISAS Program, language consultant · Urbana 

2006 · IMPACT · Office for Diversity and Equity, Bias Review and Advisory 

Subcommittee · Access Committee · SERVE · Charles J. Mott Award · Z Society 

Recognition · Phi Beta Kappa · Raven Society · Intermediate Honors · Dean’s 


Degree 

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

distinction/English 

Future Plans 

To pursue a career in community development through the non-profit sector 

Sophie 

Alexandra 

Staples-Vangel 

John Paul Jones Scholar 

Trinity School 



Trials, College of Arts & Sciences 

representative, counsel, pre-trial 

coordinator, Community Relations 

Committee assistant coordinator, 

Procedures Ad Hoc Committee, Single Sanction Ad Hoc Committee · Miller 

Center of Public Affairs, Presidential Recordings Program · Inter-Sorority 

Council, Alumnae and Faculty Relations chair · Jefferson Literary and 

Debating Society · Pi Beta Phi, communications vice president · Alternative 

Spring Break, Belize · Raven Society · Order of Omega Greek Honor Society · 

Dean’s List 

Degree 

B.A. American Studies, Distinguished Majors Program with distinction/ 

Government 

Future Plans 

To attend Columbia Law School in New York City 

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CLASS OF 2009 

Justin Daniel 

Starr 

Randolph P. Barton Family 

Scholar 

Quaker Valley High School 

Leetsdale, Pennsylvania 

Honor Committee, Engineering 

representative, counsel · Engineering 

Student Council, Honor liaison · 


Tutoring Program director · Kappa 

Kappa Psi, executive vice president, pledge class president · Horns for 

Hurricane Victims, president, founder · Days on the Lawn · Watson House 

Council · U.Va. Recycling, Watson House conservation advocate · Monroe 

Society, public relations chair · Virginia Pep Band · Cavalier Marching Band, 

uniform staff · HOOps basketball band · Olympic sports band · Bands of 

America Honor Band, Tournament of Roses parade · International Relations 

Organization · Mobile Interactive Computer Ensemble · Nanoscale and 

Emerging Technologies Club, founding member, publicity chair · HSBC 

Institute on Environment and the Economy, selected participant · EPA Science 

Forum 2008, poster presentation on robotic imaging technology · 

Undergraduate Research Network · Galloway Lab research assistant · 

Photography published in The Birch, Winter 2008, undergraduate journal of 

Slavic Culture · RedZone Achievement Award · National Society of Collegiate 

Scholars · Dean’s List · Rodman Scholar · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.S. Engineering 

Future Plans 

To work as an environmental or robotics engineer 

Jennifer Caitlin 

Swalec 

Elwood R. Quesada Scholar 

Hampden Academy 

Hampden, Maine 


Boosters Program · Washington 

Literary Society and Debating Union, 

community service chair · Days on the 

Lawn, Tour Buddy, Lunch Buddy · 

Alternative Spring Break, Egypt, India · 

Sustained Dialogue, secretary, moderator · Classics Club, president · University 

Dance Club · University Salsa Club · African Music and Dance Ensemble · 

Interfaith Dialogue Community · Women’s Leadership Development Program · 

Parents Committee Internship grant · Francis Lazenby Traveling Fellowship · 

Classical Association of the Middle West and South Award for Outstanding 

Accomplishment in Classical Studies · Anne Marye Owen Prize in the Classics · 

Intermediate Honors · Dean’s List · Rodman Scholar · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Classics, Distinguished Majors Program with high distinction 

Future Plans 

To enter the Ph.D. program in Classics at Brown University in Providence, 

Rhode Island 

“I know that in about six weeks, I’ll be standing nervously on the Lawn, [about to 

graduate]. Millions of other college students will be in the same position. I know 

that a lot of them will think, “God, I’m graduating!” and be overjoyed. They’ll be 

glad to head out into the real world and tackle the big challenges waiting out 

there. I too will think “God, I’m graduating,” but I’ll be a little shocked and 

downright depressed because of it. I’ll want to wait and sit in my chair and stay in 

college just a little bit longer… I’ll reflect and think of U.Va. as some powerful 

centripetal force, bringing us all together for a while before spitting us back out. 

But most of all, I’ll remember that hot day back in August [2005] when I arrived 

on Grounds, drenched in sweat and naiveté and holding the key to Watson 133. 

I’ll realize, as I’m about to graduate, that I just had the time of my life while here 

at this University.” 

—Xiao Wang, the Anderson Family Scholar, Class of 2009 

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CLASS OF 2009 

Angeli Carla 

Tolentino 

Joseph Chappell Hutcheson 

Scholar 

Second Baptist School 


Virginia Belles, webmaster, tour 

manager, assistant musical director, 

musical director · Dance Marathon, 

publicity · First Year Players, Fiddler on 

the Roof cast · The Vagina Monologues, 

cast · Alternative Spring Break, Dominican Republic, Mississippi Delta, Gila 

Wilderness site leader · Teach For America, campus campaign manager · 

Jefferson Literary and Debating Society · Cavalier Daily, Opinion columnist · 

The Declaration, columnist, contributing staff · 3.7 Magazine, fiction 

contributor · Virginia Literary Review, fiction contributor · Rag & Bone, fiction 

contributor · Undergraduate Reading Series, original fiction reader · 

Waggenheim Memorial Scholarship in English · Pi Beta Phi · Dean’s List · 


Degree 

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

distinction/English 

Future Plans 

To spend the fall working in Houston and London, followed by a Peace Corps 

assignment teaching English beginning in January 2010 

Patrick Donnelly 

Tyler 

Eli W. Tullis Scholar 

Metairie Park Country Day School 

Metairie, Louisiana 

U.Va. Health Center volunteer · U.Va. 

Medical Center, Radiology Department 

student researcher · Charlottesville 

Free Clinic, volunteer · Alternative 

Spring Break, site leader, New Orleans · 


Medical Services Program volunteer · Habitat for Humanity · Phi Delta Theta · 

University of Virginia Bioethics 

Society · Leadership Breakfast · Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society · Golden Key 

International Honour Society · Raven Society · Lawn Resident · Dean’s List · 


Degree 

B.A. Interdisciplinary Distinguished Majors Program with highest distinction 

in English/Philosophy/Religious Studies 

Future Plans 

To attend the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons in New 

York City 

Members of the Class of 2009 at their Fourth Year Dinner at Alumni Hall in April 2009. 

55


CLASS OF 2009 

Andrew Donald 

van der Vaart 

Frank W. Hulse IV Scholar 

St. David’s School 


The Declaration, associate editor, 

production manager · Virginia 

Literary Review, co-editor, production 

manager, staff · Phi Delta Theta · 

Haidt Psychology Lab research 

assistant · Cognitive Science Society, 

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

Degree 

B.A. Cognitive Science, Distinguished Majors Program with high dististinction 

Future Plans 

To travel for a year before attending graduate school 

Xiao Wang 

The Anderson Family Scholar 

Lakota West High School 

West Chester, Ohio 

First Year Council, First Year Concerns 

Committee co-chair · Second Year 

Council, Academic and Career 

Development vice chair · Resident 

Staff, resident advisor · Watson 

House Council · Jefferson Literary and 

Debating Society · Madison House 

Service Organization, Athletics Program, YMCA rookie soccer coach, 

Boosters Program director · Monroe Society · Virginia Center for Digital 

History, Southern History Database contributor · Virginia Social Sciences 

Association meeting, best research presentation · Days on the Lawn · Club 

Ultimate Frisbee Team · The Declaration, columnist · The Virginia Policy Review, 

founder, editor in chief · SERVE, site leader · Academic Quiz Bowl, team 

captain, secretary · Statistics Department research · Jefferson Scholars 

Public Service Fellow · Universitas 21 Research Conference, presenter, U.Va. 

student representative · David A. Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award · 

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

Key International Honour Society · Harry S Truman Scholarship · William M. 

Hill Jr. Award · Phi Beta Kappa · Lawn Resident · Intermediate Honors · Dean’s 


Degree 

Masters in Public Policy/B.A. Economics 

Future Plans 

To work as an analyst for McKinsey & Company in Atlanta 

Sarah Mitchell 

Yates 

E. Paul Rogers Jr. Scholar 

The Westminster Schools 


Arts & Sciences Council, First Year chair, 

UCS chair, outreach chair · Madison 

House Service Organization, Boosters 

Program, Soccer Organization of 

Charlottesville/Albemarle · Nicaraguan 

Orphans Fund · Kappa Delta · Habitat 

for Humanity, store volunteer · Ballroom Dance Club · Sustained Dialogue, 

secretary, moderator · Reformed University Fellowship · First Year Fellowship 

Bible Study · Leadership Breakfast · Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, 

keeper · David A. Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award · Edwin Kyle 

Award for Best Thesis in Religious Studies Distinguished Majors Program · 

Edwin Kyle Award for the highest GPA in the religious studies major and 

overall GPA · Phi Beta Kappa · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 

Degree 

B.A. Religious Studies, Distinguished Majors Program with highest distinction 

Future Plans 

To work in environmental policy for a year before attending law school 

Juana Yunis 

William G. Pannill Scholar 

Colegio Nueva Granada 

Bogotá, Colombia 


Migrant Aid Program, English as a 

Second Language tutor and volunteer 

coordinator · Amigos for Colombia, 

co-president · Students for Peace and 

Justice in Palestine, president, public 

relations · Alternative Spring Break, 

Bogotá, Colombia trip leader, Bangladesh, Ghana, New Orleans · Jefferson 

Literary and Debating Society · Critical Mass · Arab Student Organization · U. 

Va. Bahá’í Association · Martha Jefferson House volunteer · International 

Center volunteer · Migrant Aid · U.Va. International Newsletter · La Alianza 

Coalition of Hispanic/Latino Leaders, community outreach chair · Latino 

Students Admission Committee, student panel for Hispanics, 

translator · Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow, Diversity Watch · 

2008 Bolivar Network Scholarship for contributions to the Latino/Hispanic 

community · Z Society Recognition · Intermediate Honors · Dean’s List · 


Degree 

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

distinction/History 

Future Plans 

To pursue a masters degree in Arab Studies at the American University of 

Beirut in Lebanon 

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CLASS OF 2010 

CLASS OF 2010 

Zimra Payvand 

Ahdout 



Roslyn High School 

Roslyn Heights, New York 


College of Arts and Sciences 

representative (2009-10), Board 

of Visitors Diversity Council 

representative, counselor, Social 

Subcommittee chair, Issues Subcommittee, Executive Committee · Third Year 

Council, committee chair · Second Year Council, Academic Committee · First 

Year judge, First Year chair · 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 · Lawn 

Resident (2009-10) · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 

Field of Study 

Economics/Government 

Robert Cain 

Atkinson III 

Studie and Zach Young Scholar 

Wesleyan School 

Norcross, Georgia 


Education, College of Arts and Sciences 

representative (2009 -10), 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 · St. Elmo Hall · Raven-ODK First Year 

Award · Lawn Resident (2009 -10) · Echols Scholar 


Globalization 

Allyson Jane 

Baxter 

The Westend Foundation 

Scholar 

The Baylor School 

Chattanooga, Tennessee 


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 · American Medical Student Association, Pre-Med Society · Phi Eta 

Sigma Honor Society · Sigma Alpha Lambda · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Economics/Sociology 

Christopher 

Michael Belyea 

Warren W. Hobbie Scholar 

Stone Bridge High School 

Ashburn, Virginia 

Student Council, Engineering 

representative, Academic Affairs 

Committee · First Year Council 

representative · Resident Staff, 

resident advisor · Humphreys House 

Council advisor · AGAPE · Rodman 

Scholars Council, president, Academic Affairs · Medical Services Volunteer, 

U.Va. Hospital, Cardiology Department · Syngas Conversion Lab, Chemical 

Engineering, research volunteer · American Institute of Chemical Engineers · 

Merck Engineering and Technology Scholar · Denmark Alternative Energy 

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

Undergraduate Research Award · Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society · Intermediate 

Honors · Dean’s List · Rodman Scholar 


Chemical Engineering 

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CLASS OF 2010 

Samantha Nicole 

Berger 

Ralph C. Wilson Scholar 

Williamsville North High School 

Williamsville, New York 


Big Sibling Program director, Boosters 

Program · University Programs Council, 

Special Programs Committee · head 

mentor of 2009-10 McIntire School 

of Commerce class · Environmental 

Sustainability Committee (2009-10) · Ballroom Dance Club · Women’s 

Leadership Development Program · First Year Seminar · Sigma Delta, 

secretary · Beta Alpha Psi · Beta Gamma Sigma · Raven-ODK First Year 

Award · National Scholars Honor Society · Sigma Alpha Lambda, academic 

achievement vice president · Dean’s List 


Commerce 

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 of 

Public Service Fellow · Raven-ODK First Year Award · Lawn Resident (2009-10) · 



Politics Honors Program 

Charles Gamper, the C. Edward Hilgenberg Scholar, Class of 2010, bungee jumps during his Foreign Travel Study summer abroad. 

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CLASS OF 2010 

Gregory Adam 

Corkran 

Thomas G. and Joy P. 

Murdough Scholarship 

Gilmour Academy 

Gates Mills, Ohio 


College of Arts and Sciences 

representative (2009-10), First Year 

judge, First Year vice chair, counselor · 

Student Council CIO Consultant, 

co-chair (2009-10) · Madison House Service Organization, Boosters 

Program · Inter-Fraternity Council Judiciary Committee, judge · Sigma Chi, 

brotherhood chair, pledge class president, scholarship chair · Miller Center 

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 


History/Economics 

Ian Philip 

Czekala 

Olive B. and Franklin C. 

Mac Krell Scholar 

Rocky Point High School 

Rocky Point, New York 


Community Bikes · Catholic Student 

Ministry · Rodman Scholars Council, 

past president and Alumni Relations 

chair (2009 -10), president, academic 

chair · Rodman student advisor · Aerospace Engineering Honor Society · 

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 (2009-10), secretary · Raven-ODK First Year Award · David A. 

Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award · Omicron Delta Kappa · Tau Beta 

Pi · Raven Society · Dean’s List · Rodman Scholar 


Aerospace Engineering/Astronomy 

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, South Africa 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, International Research Grant · 

Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society · Lawn Resident (2009-10) · Echols Scholar 


History/Foreign Affairs 

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 · Sigma 

Delta · Kappa Delta, assistant rush 

chair · Alpha Phi Omega, social chair · 

Building Tomorrow · Living Gifts: Hope 

for Heifer International · Cav Food Pickup · PBR Cleanup Crew · Juvenile 

Diabetes Research Foundation · Pancakes for Parkinson’s · Echols Scholar 


French/Global Development/Art History 

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CLASS OF 2010 

Kim Hirsch 

Feinstein 

Holton-Arms School/Landon 

School Scholar 

Holton-Arms School 


Student Council, Community Affairs 

Committee · Second Year Council · 

Sustained Dialogue chair (2009-10), 

moderator, vice chair · Class of 2010 

Trustee · Alternative Spring Break, 

Mexico · Kappa Delta, Parent’s Weekend chair, sergeant at arms (2009-10) · 

Virginia Anthropology Society, officer · Jewish-Arab Sustained Dialogue · 

Hillel · Hoos for Israel · Jewish Social Connection · VISTA Orientation · 

University Democrats · Hoo Crew · Pancakes for Parkinson’s, CIO Outreach 

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


Anthropology/Economics 

Charles Rixey 

Gamper 

C. Edward Hilgenberg Scholar 

Gilman School 


Honor Committee advisor · Madison 

House Service Organization, Tutoring 

Program · Sustained Dialogue, 

moderator, Public Relations · Delta 

Kappa Epsilon, Alumni Relations chair · 

Inter-Fraternity Council president 

(2009-10), Governing Board, Membership Education chair · Mid-Autumns 

Carnival, Executive Committee · Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow · 

Lawn Resident (2009-10) · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Political and Social Thought 

Rahul Kiran 

Gorawara 

John S. Lillard Scholar 

Adlai E. Stevenson High School 

Lincolnshire, Illinois 


Board of Visitors, student 

representative (2009-10) · 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 · Raven-ODK First Year Award · 

Intermediate Honors · Dean’s List · Rodman Scholar 


Computer and Electrical Engineering/Economics/Masters in Public Policy 

Conor Wallis 

Grady 

Probasco Family Scholar 

The McCallie School 


Second Year Council, Academic and 

Career Development Committee chair · 


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 · 

Lawn Resident (2009-10) · Echols Scholar 


History/Biology 

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CLASS OF 2010 

Sarah Elaine 

Hart 

Roxanna and Ralph Joynes 

Scholar 



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 · 2009 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 · Raven- 

ODK First Year Award · National Society of Collegiate Scholars · Phi Eta Sigma 

Honor Society · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Anthropology 

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, Southern California site leader, selections chair · Alpha Phi Omega, 

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 (2009 -10) · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Environmental Science 

Members of the Class of 2010 in Florence, Italy, during their foreign travel study experience. 

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CLASS OF 2010 

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, 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 · Raven Society, Raven Council banquet chair (2009-10) · Phi Eta 

Sigma Honor Society · Lawn Resident (2009-10) · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Environmental Science 

Stephanie 

Barron Hull 

Farish Family Scholar 

Ravenwood High School 

Brentwood, Tennessee 


Tutoring Program · University 

Democrats, Communications Corps 

and Fundraising Committee · Monroe 

Society, vice president, Public 

Relations chair, secretary · 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 · Hoo Crew · Center for 

Politics Award for Civic Excellence · Hoos for Obama, vice president · Jefferson 

Scholars Public Service Fellow · Z Society Recognition · Raven-ODK First Year 

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


Foreign Affairs/Masters in Public Policy 

William Monroe 

Jacobs 

Ann Vernon and Gilbert J. 

Sullivan Scholar 

James Monroe High School 

Fredericksburg, Virginia 


Albemarle Housing Improvement 

Program, Rivanna Trails Foundation, 

Community Bikes program director · 

Charlottesville Community Bikes shop 

manager (2009-10) · 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 Universitt München 

research assistant · Society of Physics Students · Rodman Scholars research 

coordinator · Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship · Virginia Space Grant 

Consortium Fellowship · 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 

(2009-10) · Intermediate Honors · Dean’s List · Rodman Scholar 


Engineering Science/Physics 

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 · Echols Scholar 


Religious Studies/French 

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CLASS OF 2010 

FOREIGN TRAVEL STUDY PROGRAM 

“My Jefferson Scholars independent summer travel experience was one of 

the most profound cultural excursions I have ever undertaken. The 

opportunities which the Jefferson Scholars Program has afforded me have 

enhanced my undergraduate learning in ways I never dreamed possible.” 

—Chris Belyea, the Warren W. Hobbie Scholar, Class of 2010 

2009 structured Foreign Travel Study trips: 

n “The Culture of London” (held at Regent’s and International Relations) and East Asia 

College, London), led by Jon Readey (T.A.) Center faculty member Brantly Womack 

and U.Va. Professors of English Michael 

n “The Erasmus Jefferson Summer Institute 

Levenson and Clare Kinney 

in Italy” (hosted at Capitignano Villa in 

n “China: Four Heartlands” (travel through Tuscany, Italy), led by former U.Va. (and 

China (including Tibet)) led by U.Va. 

current Boston University) Professor 

Professor of Politics (Comparative Gov’t Michael D. Aeschliman 

Ted Jordan (the Deborah and Eli W. Tullis Scholar) Class of 2010, David Newsome (the Brockenbrough-Bryan Scholar) Class of 

2009, and Brendan Hart (the Middendorf Foundation – Nicholas C. Penniman III Scholar) Class of 2009, pictured together at the 

Gardens of Versailles. 

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CLASS OF 2010 

Monica Umesh 

Kasbekar 



Providence High School 



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 · Raven-ODK First Year 

Award · College Science Scholar · Raven Society · Lawn Resident (2009-10) · 

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


Biochemistry 

Audrey Marie 

Lackner 

Mr. and Mrs. Anson M. Beard 

Jr. Scholar 

Dobbs Ferry High School 

Dobbs Ferry, New York 


tutor · St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 

religious education teacher · Catholic 

Student Ministry · Swing Dance Club · 

Building Tomorrow · Society of Physics 

Students · Math Club, president · Alpha Phi Omega · Math Tutoring Center · 

Second Year Science Scholar · Raven-ODK First Year Award · Intermediate 



Physics/Mathematics 

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 

co-director, Special Programs director · 

Student Entrepreneurs for Economic 

Development, events chair, Bluefields project leader · 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 · 

Salsa Club · Kroger pharmacy technician · Alpha Kappa Psi, Alumni Relations 

Committee, pledge class event coordinator · U.Va. Department of Economics 

Veconlab research assistant · 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 · Intermediate 



Economics/Environmental Thought and Practice 

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 (2009-10) · Intermediate Honors · Phi Beta Kappa · Dean’s List · 



Human Biology 

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CLASS OF 2010 

John Alexander 

Nelson 

Molly Hereford-Susanne Smith 

Scholar 

St. Albans School 


First Year Council, vice president · 

Second Year Council, Dinner Series 

Committee · Third Year Council · Honor 

Committee, senior advisor, advisor, 

Community Relations Committee, 

Braintrust Committee · Student Council, president (2009-10), Vice President 

for Administration, Safety and Wellness Committee chair · 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 · Raven-ODK First Year 

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

Lawn Resident (2009-10) · Phi Beta Kappa · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Politics Honors Program/Economics 

Sarah Katherine 

Rovang 

T. David Fitz-Gibbon Scholar 

La Cueva High School 

Albuquerque, New Mexico 

American Institute of Architecture 

Students, president (2009-10), Third 

Year vice president, Second Year 

representative, Liaisons Program 

coordinator · 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 


Architectural History 

Caroline 

Siobhan Ryon 

Delaware Scholar 

Sanford School 

Hockessin, Delaware 

Honor Committee, advisor, English 

Department representative · Student 

Council, Student Arts Committee 

outreach chair, Presidential Debate 

Initiative Committee, Legislative 

Affairs Committee · Arts & Sciences 

Council, First Year chair · Madison House Service Organization, Boosters 

Progam · U.Va. Drama, 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 (2009-10) · Intermediate Honors · Phi Beta Kappa · Dean’s List · 



English Distinguished Majors Program/Drama 

Robert Hamilton 

Smithson Jr. 

Ernest H. and Jeanette P. Ern 

Scholar 

Cary Academy 

Cary, North Carolina 


Tutoring Program · 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. · 

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 · 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 


Physics/Economics 

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CLASS OF 2010 

Miriam Pratt 

Todras 

Wendy Whitlow Scholar 

Collegiate School 


Spirit of Entrepreneurship and 

Enterprise Development · Sexual 

Assault Peer Advocates, president 

(2009-10) · Interfaith Dialogue, 

co-president · Sustained Dialogue · 

Chi Omega · 21 Society recognition · 

Raven-ODK First Year Award · Lawn Resident (2009-10) · Raven Society · Phi 

Beta Kappa · Echols Scholar 



David William 

Truetzel Jr. 

St. Louis Scholar 

John Burroughs School 


Honor Committee, Chair (2009-10), 

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 · Students for Students International, 

chief financial officer · Raven Society · Lawn Resident (2009-10) · Dean’s List 


Commerce/History 

Luke Ethan 

Wildfire 



Mt. Lebanon High School 


Honor Committee · 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 · 

Intermediate Honors · Dean’s List · Rodman Scholar 


Civil Engineering/Environmental Science 

Vincent Edouard 

Zimmern 

Dallas Area Scholar 

Cistercian Preparatory School 

Irving, 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 · U.Va. Mathematic Modeling Contest, first 

prize · 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 


Mathematics/Physics 

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CLASS OF 2011 

Sue Ann Abigail 

Adams 


Scholar 



Arts & Sciences Council, president 

(2009-10), Publicity chair, First-Year 

Committee, Executive Committee, 

Outreach Chair, Grants Selection 

Committee · Maupin House Council, 

intramural coordinator · Chi Omega · First Year Fellowship · Reformed 

University Fellowship · Supper Club · Alternative Spring Break, Belize · 

SERVE · Days on the Lawn, Lunch Buddies team leader · Gosnell Writing 

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


Psychology/Economics 

Claudia McNeely 

Antonacci 

Robert P. Crozer Family 

Scholar 

Maclay School 

Tallahassee, Florida 


Sustainability Committee · Peer Health 

Educators · AIDS Service Awareness 

and Prevention · 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 · National Society of Collegiate Scholars · Raven 

Society First Year Recognition · Dean’s List · 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, 

risk manager, historian · Biomedical Engineering Department researcher · 

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 (2009-10) · Madison House 

Service Organization, Medical Services 

Program, English as a Second 

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

Kappa Delta · Junior Inter-Sorority Council · Alternative Spring Break, 

Guatemala, Argentina site leader, China · Days on the Lawn · National Society 

of Collegiate Scholars · Raven Society First Year Recognition · Echols Scholar 


Commerce 

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CLASS OF 2011 

William Thomas 

Cozean 

Jeffrey Rockwell Cudlip 

Memorial Scholar 

St. Ignatius High School 

Cleveland, Ohio 

Madison House Services Organization, 

Big Siblings Program · Inter-Fraternity 

Council Judiciary Committee, judge · 

Sigma Alpha Mu, treasurer, pledge 

class president · Alternative Spring 

Break · Spirit of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development · SERVE · 

Socially Responsible Investment Organization 


Commerce/Finance and Management concentrations 

Theodore Melvin 

Crockin 

Harry W. Gilbert Scholar 

Frank W. Cox High School 

Virginia Beach, Virginia 

One in Four · University Guide Service · 

Take Back the Night, Men’s Outreach 

chair · Walk a Mile in Her Shoes · 

Inter-Fraternity Council Judiciary 

Committee, judge · Phi Society, Rush 

Committee co-chair · Monroe Society · 

Alternative Spring Break · Raven Society First Year Recognition · Dean’s List · 



Commerce/Economics/Psychology 

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 


Bioethics 

Carrie L. Filipetti 

G. Moffett Cochran 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, AIPAC 

Communications coordinator, vice 

president of advocacy · Hillel Jewish 

Student Organization · Children of Abraham Institute for Scriptural 

Reasoning · Federalist Society · ArgHOOers Debate Organization, secretary · 

Astronomy Society, secretary · Raven Society First Year Recognition · Dean’s 



Religious Studies 

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CLASS OF 2011 

INSTITUTE FOR LEADERSHIP AND CITIZENSHIP 

“The Institute for Leadership and Citizenship ended up being one of the most 

valuable and valued of my experiences with the Foundation. Not only did it 

provide important and useful information about the ways in which I could 

pursue leadership opportunities at U.Va. and beyond, it really served as a 

fantastic bonding experience for our class. I got to know everyone on a much 

more personal level…. The Institute laid the foundation for some of the most 

meaningful friendships I’ve made within my class.” 

—Caroline Ryon, Delaware Scholar, Class of 2010 

Featured Speakers/Programs— 2008: 

n Timothy Beatley from the School of Architecture 

led a session on urban planning and the Rotunda. 

care outreach at the opening dinner in 

sustainability in the 21st century. 

n Board of Directors member Tom Baltimore 

n Todd Etter (Jefferson Scholar 1990) returned (Commerce 1985, Darden 1991), co-founder 

for his “Improvisational Comedy” session and and president of hotel investment company 

RLJ Development, LLC, spoke at the 

also created and led a second session that 

was a combination scavenger hunt, brainteaser, 

and team-building exercise. 

n Scholars spent one week volunteering in the 

Institute’s closing dinner. 

n Paul DeMarco (Jefferson Scholar 1985), 

Charlottesville community, in partnership 

founder of the Charlottesville Free Clinic, with the Albemarle Housing Improvement 

spoke about his work with community health Project (AHIP). 

Members of the Class of 2011 perform service work with the Albemarle Housing Improvement Project during their Institute for 

Leadership and Citizenship. 

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CLASS OF 2011 

Erin Kathleen 

Franey 

Stott Family Scholar 

Jesuit High School 

Portland, Oregon 


educator · First Year Players · AIDS/HIV 

Service Group volunteer · Catholic 

Student Ministries · Virginia Organizing 

Project · IMPACT, Justfaith, First Year 

Small Group · Students for Peace 

and Justice in Palestine · Alternative Spring Break, Service Learning Grant 

recipient · Raven Society First Year Recognition 



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 · 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 · Madison House Service 

Organization, Soccer Organization 

of Charlottesville/Albemarle coach · 

Alternative Spring Break, treasurer, 

site leader, New Orleans, Belize · Sigma Kappa · Dean’s List 


Undeclared 

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, 

kitchen manager · Habitat for 

Humanity volunteer · Take Back 

the Night 


Computer Science 

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CLASS OF 2011 

Molly Logan 

Holmes 

B.H. Rutledge Moore Family 

Scholar 

Savannah Country Day School 

Savannah, Georgia 

Student Council, Committee on Civic 

Engagement, subcommittee chair · 

Students for Students International, 

Executive Board, Finance Committee · 

The Declaration, associate editor · Pi 

Beta Phi · OFFScreen · Alternative Spring Break, Jamaica · University Peer 

Support, Executive Board member, mentor · Junior Inter-Sorority Council · 

Z Society First Year Recognition · Raven Society First Year Recognition · Dean’s 



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 · Woody/Cauthen 

Association Council co-advisor · 

Resident Staff, resident advisor, senior resident (2009-10) · St. Thomas 

Aquinas Church choir · Musicians on Call · Catholic Student Ministry · First Year 

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

University Guide Service · Office of Residence Life Recognition for Outstanding 

Contribution · Z Society First Year Recognition 


Political Philosophy, Policy, and Law/Music 

Kelly Melissa 

Laustsen 

Peter and Crisler Quick Scholar 

Newman Smith High School 

Carrollton, Texas 

Webb House Council · Madison House 

Service Organization, Tutoring 

Program, Big Sibling · Committee on 

Undergraduate Admissions member · 

Alternative Spring Break, Smoky 

Mountains, Ecuador · Alpha Chi 

Omega · Club Cross Country · U.Va. Sustainability, student employee, 

conservation advocate · Recycling Center, volunteer · Rodman Scholar 


Civil Engineering 

Warren Currie 

Mackie-Jenkins 

KBR Foundation Scholar 

Highland School 

Warrenton, Virginia 


Emergency Department patient 

representative · First Year Players, 

Sweeney Todd musical director, 

Thoroughly Modern Millie actor · 

Alternative Spring Break, Guatemala, 

Egypt · University Guide Service · First Year Seminar · SERVE · Echols Scholar 


Biology/Spanish 

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CLASS OF 2011 

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 Siblings volunteer 

(2009-10) · Students for Students International, fundraising director · Socially 

Responsible Investment Organization, analyst · Sigma Alpha Mu, 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 


Scholar 

The Fieldston School 

Bronx, New York 

First Year Council, Community Service 

Committee co-chair · Maupin House 

Council · Madison House Service 

Organization, Boosters Program, Hot 

Shots volunteer · University Guide 

Service · Women’s Novice Crew Team · Virginia Athletics Honor Roll · Dean’s 



Human Biology 

Sarah Pettus 

Munford 

Norfolk Academy Scholar 

Norfolk Academy 


Student Council, Civic Engagement 

Committee, founder and chair, College 

of Arts & Sciences representative, 

Student Life Committee · Honor 

Committee, investigations coordinator, 

advisor · Building Tomorrow, vice 

president · Bike to Uganda, Volunteers and Outreach chair · Students for 

Students International, expansion 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, Recruitment assistant chair · Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow · 

Community Based Research Grant · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Global Development Studies 

Laura Kathryn 

Nelson 

Thanksgiving Foundation 

Scholar 

Noble and Greenough School 

Dedham, Massachusetts 

Student Council, 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 · David A. 

Harrison III Undergraduate Research Award · Jefferson Scholars Public Service 

Fellow · Pi Beta Phi · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 



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CLASS OF 2011 

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 · 

India Day, organizer/MC · Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, director · 

Asian Pacific-Americans Leadership Training Institute · Hindu Students Council · 

Sustained Dialogue · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Commerce/Economics/Masters in Public Policy 

Kaleigh Brogan 

Oleynik 

Paul B. Barringer Family 

Scholar 

Greensboro Day School 

Greensboro, North Carolina 

Students Taking Action Now: Darfur, 

Darfuri tutoring chair · Charlottesville 

Flash Mob 


Undeclared 

Members of the Class of 2011 doing a service project with the Albemarle Housing Improvement Program during their Institute for 

Leadership and Citizenship, Summer 2008. 

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CLASS OF 2011 

Caroline Terrell 

Richards 

Mary Anderson Harrison 

Scholar 

J. J. Pearce High School 

Richardson, Texas 


Adopt-A-Grandparent program · 

Ballroom Dance Club · Reformed 

University Fellowship, team member · 

First Year Fellowship, 2008 leader · 

SERVE · Outdoors at U.Va. · Hoo Crew · Professor’s Picks book discussion 

group · International Justice Mission campus chapter · Nicaraguan Orphan 

Fund, spring break service trip, leadership team, board member · Pi Beta Phi · 

Phi Eta Sigma · National Society for Collegiate Scholars · Dean’s List 


Nursing 

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 · 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 · Dean’s 



Commerce/History 

PUBLIC SERVICE FELLOWS PROGRAM 

As “a national meeting place,” 

the University’s Miller Center of 

Public Affairs routinely hosts 

prominent public servants and 

policy makers. The Public Service 

Fellows Program creates opportunities 

for Jefferson Scholars to 

participate in a wide range 

of events organized by the Center. 

This includes conference sessions 

that are closed to the general 

public and Forum presentations 

by national and international 

scholars, government officials, 

business leaders, and journalists. 

Scholars can also interact with 

Miller Center scholars and visiting 

scholars. 

Public Service Fellows volunteer at Camp Holiday Trails. 

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CLASS OF 2011 

Alyssa Michele 

Schechter 

Ralph James Quale Jr. Scholar 

Wooster School 

Danbury, Connecticut 

University Judiciary Committee, First 

Year judge · Cauthen House Council, 

intramural coordinator · Sigma Delta, 

recruitment co-chair · Students for 

Students International, Executive of 

Service, Adopt-A-Scholar director, 

scholar director, Zanzibar contact · Alternative Spring Break, Quito, Ecuador · 

Jewish Social Justice Council, vice chair · Hillel Alternative Spring Break, 

Montevideo, Uruguay · Hillel First Year Leadership Development · Talkspace 

Israel · Sustained Dialogue · Golden Key International Honour Society · 

Dean’s List 


Political Philosophy, Policy and Law/Spanish 

Gregory Scott 

Siegel 

Valentine Family Scholar 

Kent Denver School 

Englewood, Colorado 

Honor Committee, senior counsel, 

Faculty Advisory Committee · LASE 151 

(Honor and Ethics in Everyday Life), 

class facilitator · University Judiciary 

Committee, counsel · U.Va. Collegiate 

Mock Trial, captain, Executive Board · 

Virginia Alpine Ski and Snowboard Team · Sigma Chi · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Economics/Mathematics 

Emily Nicole 

Skiba 

Cincinnati, Ohio Scholar 

Summit Country Day School 



Migrant Aid Program · University 

Singers, concert manager, secretary · 

OperaViva’s Pirates of Penzance, actor · 

STARS Program, volunteer · College 

Access for Everyone, 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 · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


English/Secondary Education 

Sarah Elizabeth 

Stickley 





Migrant Aid Program, English as a 

Second Language Program, “I Have a 

Dream” Program · Cavalier Marching 

Band · Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship, 

core group leader · Abundant Life 

Ministries, tutor · Global Development Organization · HOOps Band · Days on 

the Lawn · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Kinesiology 

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CLASS OF 2011 

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 · Pi Beta Phi · Echols 

Council · Z Society First Year 

Recognition · 21 Society Recognition · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Politics Honors Program/English 

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 · 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 · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Government/Masters in Public Policy 

Ning Tay 

Hilliard Family Scholar 

American International School 

of Guangzhou 

Guangzhou, China 

First Year Council · Madison House 

Service Organization, volunteer · 

Virginia Philosophers Society · Beach 

Volleyball Club · Virginia Women’s 

Rugby Club, class president · Lighting 

of the Lawn, Publicity Committee 


Psychology/English 

Danna Elisabeth 

Thomas 

Robin Ashley Morgan Scholar 

Broadneck High School 

Annapolis, Maryland 

Arts & Sciences Council, Music 

Department representative · 

Student Arts Committee · Breast 

Cancer Research Swimsuit Calendar 

fundraiser, Virginia representative · 

U.Va. Medical School Center for Cell 

Signaling, undergraduate intern · Chi Omega ’09 · St. Baldrick’s Foundation, 

treasurer · U.Va. Jazz Ensemble · U.Va. Jazz Chamber Ensemble · U.Va. Clarinet 

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

vocalist · Bill T. Jones, Billy Bank, and Bill Cole Residencies, volunteer · Fred 

Frith Residency, alto sax performance · Days on the Lawn · Charlottesville 

Vineyard Christian Daycare · Miss Maryland 2008 Preliminary Pageant · Phi 

Eta Sigma Honor Society · Dean’s List 


Arts Administration and Jazz Studies (Echols Interdisciplinary Major) 

Michelle Chmielewski, the Souder Family Scholar, Class of 2011, 

on an Alternative Spring Break trip in Guatemala. 

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CLASS OF 2011 

Sarah Kristen 

Touse 


Scholar 

Girls Preparatory School 


Honor Committee, counsel, 

investigations coordinator · Arts & 

Sciences Council, Academic Affairs 

chair and ombudsman, First Year 

Committee chair · University Judiciary 

Committee, counsel · 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 (2009 -10) · 

Sustained Dialogue · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Psychology/Economics 

Lian Xue 


Shanghai Foreign Language School 

Shanghai, China 


Adopt-a-Grandparent Program, 

Holiday Sharing · Peer Advising Family 

Network, advisor (2009-10) · Student 

Council Diversity Initiative · Mentoring 

and International eXchange Program · 

Alternative Spring Break, South 

Dakota · International Students Inc., outreach chair (2009-10) · International 

Students and Scholars Program, student ambassador · Salsa Club · Pancakes 

for Parkinson’s · Mainland Student Network, Interviewer Program · Dean’s List · 



Economics 

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CLASS OF 2012 

Hannah Miller 

Barefoot 

Lawrence Lewis Jr. Scholar 

North Carolina School of the Arts 

Winston-Salem, North Carolina 

The Declaration, associate editor · 

Sustained Dialogue · Washington 

Literary and Debating Union, 

provisional class · Monroe Society · 


Sustainability Committee, University 

Community Garden Project · William R. Kenan Jr. Fellowship · Dean’s List 


Undeclared 

Elizabeth 

Stratford Bowles 

Mary and Daniel Loughran 


Washington International School 



Sustainability Committee, Civic 

Engagement Committee, University 

Community Garden, Community 

Outreach chair (2009-10) · Alternative 

Spring Break, Ghana, Panama · Global Development Organization · Pi Beta Phi · 

Days on the Lawn · Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow · Omicron Delta 

Kappa/Raven Society First Year Recognition · Z Society First Year Recognition · 



Undeclared 

Kirsti Anne 

Campbell 

James Earle Sargeant-Seven 

Society Scholar 

John Handley High School 

Winchester, Virginia 

2009 U.S. Presidential Scholars 

Program advisor · College Science 

Scholar, Summer Research Grant 

recipient · Days on the Lawn · Chi 

Alpha Christian Fellowship · Monroe 

Society · Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow, Film Series · National 

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


Undeclared 

Richard David 

Cates Jr. 

Richard S. Cross Scholar 

Kennett High School 

Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 


Debating Union · 2009 Bike MS Tour de 

Vine, the Meadeorites · Dean’s List 


Economics 

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CLASS OF 2012 

CHALLENGE DISCOVERY 

“Challenge Discovery was a great opportunity to truly get to know some of 

my fellow Jefferson Scholars. While I had met everyone at least briefly by 

this point, perhaps nothing acquaints you better with someone than 

pushing off each other while blindfolded and forty feet up in the air in 

order to cross a rope bridge. While we all had different levels of outdoor 

experience going into the weekend, I think we all came away feeling that 

we had accomplished something worthwhile.” 

—John Mark DiGrazia, Claude R. Davenport Jr. Scholar, Class of 2011 

Members of the Class of 2012 participate in trust-building exercises during their Challenge Discovery weekend. 

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CLASS OF 2012 

Audra June 

Delauder 

Westmoreland Coal Company- 

Penn Virginia Scholar 

St. Paul High School 

St. Paul, Virginia 

Phi Beta Lambda, president, advisor · 

Malone/Weedon Association Council 

activities director · Washington 

Literary Society and Debating Union, 

winner of annual non-original literary 

contest · American Parliamentary Debate Association · Monroe Society · 

Alpha Epsilon Delta · Progressive Freedom · Virginia Entrepreneurial Society at 

U.Va. · Wahoo Witches and Wizards · Alternative Winter Break, South Africa · 

Alternative Spring Break, Nicaragua · College Republicans · Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 

Club · Aikido Club · Alliance of Middle Earth · Bridge Club · Girls Excited about 

Math and Science 


Neuroscience/Psychology 

Wayne Lee Dell 

Charles L. Brown Memorial 

Scholar 

Pensacola High School 

Pensacola, Florida 

Page-Emmet Association Council, 

vice president · First Year Players, 

Footloose cast member, Sweeney Todd, 

fundraising chair · Virginia Gentlemen, 

business manager · University Singers · 

Omicron Delta Kappa/Raven Society 

First Year Recognition 


Undeclared 

John Mark 

DiGrazia Jr. 

Claude R. Davenport Jr. 

Scholar 

St. Christopher’s School 


Honor Committee, counsel · Webb- 

Maupin Association Council · Cavalier 

Daily, production · CHoosE a cappella · 

First Year Fellowship · Agape Christian 

Fellowship · Abundant Life · Seeds of 

Hope, Brazil · Beta Theta Pi · Jefferson Scholars Public Service Fellow · 

Cavalier Commendations recipient · National Society of Collegiate Scholars · 

Dean’s List 


Spanish/Economics 

Thomas 

Alexander 

Eschenroeder Jr. 

James P. Massie Scholar 

Trinity Episcopal School 


Honor Committee, advisor · Student 

Council, University Unity Project · 


Bridging the Gap · Alternative Spring 

Break, Ecuador · Phi Delta Theta · 

Dean’s List 


Undeclared 

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CLASS OF 2012 

Tyler Stephen 

Frankenberg 

Carl H. Lindner III Scholar 

Archbishop Moeller High School 


Page-Emmet Association Council, 

community service director · The 

Whethermen, publicity manager · 

Alternative Spring Break, Chicago · 

First Year Players, Sweeney Todd cast 

member · 2009 Orientation Leader · 

International Relations Organization · Dean’s List 


Undeclared 

Laura Karen 

Hansen 

Molly Hereford-Susanne Smith 

Scholar 

Pittsford Mendon High School 

Pittsford, New York 


Medical Services, Outpatient Surgery · 

Nursing Students without Borders, 

Charities Committee · Student Nurses’ 

Association of Virginia · U.Va. Health 

System Toy Drive · Pancakes for Parkinson’s, donation collection volunteer · 

First Year Fellowship · Days on the Lawn, Lunch Buddies volunteer · Monroe 

Society · Outdoors at U.Va. · Professors’ Picks book discussion group · Kappa 

Delta · National Society of Collegiate Scholars · 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 



Boosters, Cavs in the Classroom, PLAY 

After-School Activities · Student 

Council, Academic Affairs Committee · 

Students for Students International, fundraising co-director · Women’s 

Club Tennis Team · Days on the Lawn · Kappa Alpha Theta · Dean’s List · 



Undeclared 

Martha 

Pemberton 

Heath 

Betsey Gamble Feinour 

Scholar 

St. Andrew’s School 

Middletown, Delaware 

Sustained Dialogue, moderator, public 

relations representative · University 

Democrats · University Guide Service · 

Virginia Women’s Rugby Football Club · 

Anne Marye Owen Prize in Latin · Omicron Delta Kappa/Raven Society First 

Year Recognition 


Undeclared 

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CLASS OF 2012 

Mary Olivia 

Hutton 

The Noland Scholar 

Berwick Academy 

South Berwick, Maine 

First Year Players, stage crew · 

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 · Echols Scholar 


Undeclared 

Kaitlin Murphy 

Kelley 

Thomas E. Martin Jr. Family 

Scholar 




counselor · Madison House Service 

Organization, Migrant Aid, YMCA 

girls lacrosse coach · Pancakes for 

Parkinsons · Chi Omega · Echols Scholar 


Undeclared 

DONOR PROFILE: ANNE LEE BROWN 

In 2003 Mrs. Brown endowed the Charles 

L. Brown Memorial Jefferson Scholarship in 

honor of her late husband, Charles L. Brown 

(Engr ’43). The scholarship is designated for 

a student in the School of Engineering and 

Applied Science (SEAS) and has created a 

unique relationship between the School and 

the Jefferson Scholars Foundation. “Charlie 

Brown exemplified Jeffersonian ideals as 

an ethical, intelligent and creative leader,” 

said SEAS Dean James Aylor at the time the 

scholarship was endowed. 

James Villarrubia and Wayne Dell, who 

are both recipients of the Scholarship, 

Anne Lee Brown with James Villarrubia (Engr ’08 and Batten 

have developed a special bond with Mrs. ’09) and Wayne Dell (Engr ’12) at the opening of the First 

Brown. Being a part of the Jefferson Scholar Year Players’ production of “Footloose.” Villarrubia directed 

and Dell starred in the musical. 

community and getting to know their 

benefactor has helped them develop a deeper appreciation for Thomas Jefferson’s call 

to develop qualities of leadership, scholarship and citizenship. “Scholarship is such an 

important aspect,” said Dell. “But if you don’t commit to something for the University, you’re 

not leaving a lasting effect — as in the way that the generosity of Mrs. Brown supported 

James, me and engineering at U.Va.” 

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CLASS OF 2012 

Jin Yoo Kim 



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 · 

Virginia Model United Nations Conference, staffer 


Economics 

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 · 

Cavalier Daily, Health and Sexuality 

writer · Feminism Is For Everyone · 

U.Va. Aquatic and Fitness Center, yoga instructor, volunteer teaching 


English/Medieval Studies 

Joseph Michael 

Koes 

Chiswell D. Langhorne Jr. 

Scholar 

E. C. Glass High School 


First Year Council, activities committee · 

Woody/Cauthen Association Council · 

Sigma Alpha Epsilon · Outdoors at 

U.Va. · Days on the Lawn · Alpha 

Epsilon Delta Pre-Med Honor Society · 

National Society of Collegiate Scholars · Dean’s List 


Undeclared 

Garrett Browne 

Lyons III 

C. Porter Schutt Scholar 

Tower Hill School 

Wilmington, Delaware 

Honor Committee, counsel · Student 

Council, Academic Affairs Committee · 

University Board of Elections · College 

Republicans · Jefferson Scholars Public 

Service Fellow · Dean’s List 


Undeclared 

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CLASS OF 2012 

Maria Malas 

Lyell B. Clay Scholar 

Charleston Catholic High School 

Charleston, West Virginia 

Brown College Govboard, portal 

representative · Sigma Delta, pledge 

class president · Madison House Service 

Organization, tutor · Cavalier Daily, 

Health and Sexuality writer · 2009 Bike 

MS Tour de Vine, MS 150 Team 


Undeclared 

Paul Jonathan 

Michel 

David J. Wood Scholar 

Monticello High School 


Webb/Maupin Association Council, vice 

president · Southwood Study Club, 

bilingual tutoring · Monticello High 

School, theater technician · Dean’s List · 



Undeclared 

Yixiao Min 

Havens Family Scholar 

Beijing Chaoyang Foreign 

Language School 

Beijing, China 

Honor Committee, educator · Student 

Council, Civic Engagement Committee · 


tutor · Alternative Spring Break, 

Congaree · Hoos Ready, Program 

Committee · 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 


Undeclared 

Hannah Marie 

Moody 

David C. Walentas Scholar 

Harvard-Westlake School 

North Hollywood, California 

Echols/Humphreys Association Council, 

community service organizer · Madison 

House Service Organization, English as 

a Second Language volunteer · Pi Beta 

Phi · University Democrats 


Foreign Affairs 

84

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 · Alpha Phi Omega · First 

Year Fellowship · Chi Alpha Christian 

Fellowship · Jefferson Scholars Public 

Service Fellow · Z Society First Year Recognition · Omicron Delta Kappa/Raven 

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


Undeclared 

Emily Ann 

Pearce 

Olsson Family Scholar 

Lafayette High School 

Williamsburg, Virginia 

Page/Emmet Association Council, 

president · Madison House Service 

Organization · Outdoors Club · 

Charlottesville Area Riding Therapy · 

Relay for Life · University Democrats · 

Alternative Spring Break 


Biology/Environmental Science/Spanish 

Matthew 

Magaldi Pesesky 

Class of 1983 - David P. 

Carmack Memorial Scholar 

Leonia High School 

Leonia, New Jersey 

Hoos Grillin’, co-founder · U.Va. Wind 

Ensemble · Charlottesville/University 

Symphony Orchestra · Concert Band 

and Glee Club, guest musician · Burley 

Middle School Tutoring Program · 



History/Economics 

Dagney Devlin 

Pruner 

Nancy and Neal O. Wade Jr. 

Scholar 

The Awty International School 


First Year Council · University Dance 

Club · American Indian Student Union · 

Kappa Kappa Gamma · University 

Democrats 


Undeclared 

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CLASS OF 2012 

Megan Elizabeth 

Raymond 


Scholar 

Episcopal School of Dallas 

Dallas, Texas 


Sustainability Committee · Madison 

House Service Organization, Cavs in 

the Classroom · First Year Players, 

Footloose cast member · Lax Lite · 

Alternative Spring Break, Jamaica · Chi Omega · Days on the Lawn · Dean’s List · 



Undeclared 

Matthew William 

Savarese 

Joan and Philip B. Pool Jr. 

Family Scholar 

Rye High School 

Rye, New York 


soccer coach · 2009 Orientation Leader · 

Alternative Spring Break, Honduras · 

Hullabahoos · First Year Players, 

Footloose, cast member · Spectrum 

Theatre, I Love You Because, co-director and actor, Urinetown, assistant 

director · Dean’s List 


Undeclared 

Kelly Michael 

Snow 

Holbert L. Harris Foundation 

Scholar 

West Springfield High School 

Springfield, Virginia 

Hullabahoos · University Singers · First 

Year Players, Sweeney Todd · Dean’s List 


Undeclared 

Semen Yakov 

Svirnovskiy 

William A. Hobbs Scholar 

Mary Institute St. Louis 

Country Day School 


Student Council, Student Arts 

Committee · Webb/Maupin Association 

Council, secretary · Madison House 

Service Organization, soccer coach · 

Virginia Gentlemen · First Year Players · 

Omicron Delta Kappa/Raven Society First Year Recognition · Dean’s List · 



Sociology/Economics 

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CLASS OF 2012 

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 (2009 -10), Athletic 

Affairs Committee Member (2009 -10) · 

U.Va. Collegiate Mock Trial 


Economics/Government 

Christiana Grace 

White 


Scholar 

Vail Mountain School 

Vail, Colorado 

Honor Committee, counsel · Madison 

House Service Organization, Abundant 

Life Ministries, tutor · Ethically 

Engaged Youth, trip co-leader, Meru, 

Kenya · First Year Fellowship · Kappa 

Kappa Gamma · Dean’s List · Echols Scholar 


Undeclared 

Jin Yoo Kim, the Olive B. and Franklin C. Mac Krell Scholar, Class of 2012, at the First Year Dinner in September 2008. 

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INCOMING CLASS OF 2013 

Jose Edwin 

Argueta 

William H. P. Young Scholar 

Escuela Americana 

San Salvador, El Salvador 

Luke Cornelius 

Patrick Brennan 

G. Bernard Hamilton 

Family Scholar 

United World College – USA 

Calgary, Canada 

Robert Julian 

Chuchla 


Scholar 

Stratford Senior High School 


Julia Mae 

Freeburg 


Scholar 

Bellarmine Preparatory School 

Enumclaw, Washington 

Anya Amalia 

Havriliak 

Molly Hereford – Susanne 

Smith Scholar 

Marymount School 


Virginia Barclay 

Hawkins 


Scholar 

Highland Park High School 

Dallas, Texas 

Hillary Anne 

Hurd 

William M. Hill Jr. Scholar 

Maggie L. Walker 

Governor’s School 


Christopher 

Michael Jones 

Brenda and Robert Dolan 

Scholar 

Floyd E. Kellam High School 

Virginia Beach, Virginia 

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CLASS OF 2013 

Adam Patrick 

Joseph 

J. Sanford Miller Family 

Scholar 

The Branson School 

Tiburon, California 

Andrea Michelle 

Kaplan 

Parents Program Scholar 

Plymouth Whitemarsh High School 

Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania 

Muriel Moore 

MacDonald 

Holbert L. Harris 


Yorktown High School 


Adwait Mane 



Dhirubhai Ambani 

International School 

Mumbai, India 

CLASS OF 2013 

The class of 2013 is comprised of 24 

individuals from 12 different states and 

three foreign countries (Canada, India and 

El Salvador). As a group and as individuals, 

they have written a most impressive 

record in their four years of high school. A 

diverse group of leaders in many different 

capacities, each possesses exceptional 

potential for further accomplishments at 

the University and beyond. 

n Average SAT Score: 2200 

n Perfect scores of 800 on at least one 

section of SAT: 11 

n Perfect scores of 800 on SAT II 

Subject Tests: 8 

n Scores of 5 on AP exams: 47 

n Varsity Athletes: 15 

n Varsity Sport Captains: 8 

n Conducting Independent Science 

Research: 6 

n Founder of a club or organization: 7 

n Involved in Theater/Music: 10 

n Other Significant Accomplishments: 

President of Boys Nation 

President of Future Business Leaders 

of America 

Member of US Youth Fly Fishing team 

Rensellaer Medal Award winner 

Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science 

Award winner 

Founder of independent non-profit 

educational organization designed 

to influence and improve educational 

quality of the school district 

Member of an Aviation Search and 

Rescue team 

All-American Swimmer 

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INCOMING CLASS OF 2013 

Rachel Clare 

Midura 

Daniel S. Adler Scholar 

South Lakes High School 

Reston, Virginia 

Stephen Andrew 

Nash 

Alan and Muriel Botsford 

and Crawford and Virginia 

Johnson Scholar 

Paul D. Schreiber High School 

Port Washington, New York 

Carolyn 

Elizabeth Pelnik 

Virginia and Alfred L. Munkres 

Scholar 

Henrico High School 


Sarah Caroline 

Plowden 

L. David Horner III and 

S. W. Heischman Scholar 

Heathwood Hall Episcopal School 

Columbia, South Carolina 

Weston Lee 

Reynolds 

Virginia R. and William H. 

White III Scholarship 

Harrisonburg High School 

Harrisonburg, Virginia 

Taylor Ann 

Richardson 

Tampa Area Scholar 

Tampa Preparatory School 

Tampa, Florida 

Colleen Delaney 

Rigby 


Rumson Fair Haven Regional 

High School 

Fair Haven, New Jersey 

Joseph Weje 

Riley 

Betty and Jack Blackburn 

Scholar 

Central High School of 

McMinn County 

Etowah, Tennessee 

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CLASS OF 2013 

Rachel Soo Hoo 

Smith 

George Lewis Scholar 

Cambridge Rindge and 

Latin School 

Cambridge, Massachusetts 

Shelby 

Katherine 

Sutton 

William C. and Frederick W. 

Whitridge Scholar 

Memorial High School 


Lacey Scott 

Williams 

Hollis Family Scholar 

Columbus High School 

Midland, Georgia 

Michael Charles 

Yankoski 

E. Sclater Montague Scholar 

Tabb High School 

Yorktown, Virginia 

105 finalists from all around the world gathered in Charlottesville from March 25–29 for the 2009 Jefferson Scholars Selection Weekend. 

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2009 

JEFFERSON FELLOWS 


2008–09 

Jill Patricia Baskin 

Founder, Adolescent Leadership Mentoring Alliance 

Leslie Francis Cozzi 

Co-Chair, Jefferson Fellows Forum for Interdisciplinary Dialogue 

Adam Wesley Dean 

Published, “‘Who Controls the Past Controls the Future’: 

The Virginia History Textbook Controversy,” Virginia Magazine of 

History and Biography 

Philip Jameson Graber 

Virginia Space Grant Consortium Graduate Research 

Fellowship, 2009 

Jenifer Martin Guimond 

Darden representative, Honor Committee 

Vice-President, Corporate Relations, General Management 

and Operations Club 

Omicron Delta Kappa 

Raven Society 

Aurie Yi-lynn Hsu 

College Music Society Seed Grant 

Performer, Virginia Center for Computer Music, 20th 

Anniversary Tour 

Ramon Iglesias Lamas 

Vice-President, Communications for Darden Military Association 

President, General Management and Operations Club 


Matthew Daniel Lerner 

Founder, U.Va.’s Autism Intervention & Etiology Research Group 

Commonwealth Autism Service Transition Outcomes 

Research Award 

Published (in press), Chapter Nine: “Attention-Deficit/ 

Hyperactivity Disorder.” In J. Matson (Ed.), Practitioner’s Guide to 

Social Behavior and Skills in Children. 


Appointed Research Director, Spotlight Program, North Shore Arc, 

Danvers, MA 

Seton Gray Marshall 

Faculty Award for Academic 

Excellence 

Vice President of Honor, 

Darden Student Association 

Darden representative, 

Honor Committee 

Jamala Kianga 

Massenburg 


Excellence 

Raven Society 

Christopher Aaron 

Richins 


Excellence 


Darden representative, 

Danaher Motion Kaizen 

Event, Brno, Czech Republic 

“Aside from the stipend 

(which did not hurt) the 

Jefferson Fellowship 

represented to me a 

chance to be not just a 

graduate student in my 

department, but a real 

U.Va. scholar, deeply 

connected to the 

intellectual life of the 

University as a whole. I 

just don’t see academics 

as an inherently 

specialized endeavor— 

knowledge is knowledge, 

wherever it can be found, 

and people who seek 

knowledge benefit from 

being surrounded by 

others who find 

knowledge in a range 

of different places.” 

—Jameson Graber, 

Trey Beck Fellow, 

Department of Mathematics 

Lanier Lee 

Sammons 


Co-Composer, installation entitled “Panta Rhei,” performed, 

Spark Festival 

Performer, Virginia Center for Computer Music, 20th 

Anniversary Tour 

Daniel Benjamin Sloan 

Excellence in Scholarship in Science & Engineering, 

University of Virginia, 2009 

Huskey Travel Award (2009) 

Published Co-Author, “Maximized virulence in a sterilizing 

pathogen: the anther-smut fungus and its co-evolved hosts,” 

Journal of Evolutionary Biology 

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution 

Todné Yvette Thomas 

Robert J. Huskey Graduate Research Exhibition, second prize 

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GRADUATE FELLOWS 2004 

Aurie Yi-lynn Hsu 

D. N. Batten Foundation 

Fellow 

Department of Music 

Oberlin College Conservatory of 

Music (B.A.) 

Mills College (M.F.A.) 

San Juan Capistrano, California 

Aurie has completed her 

comprehensive exams on Modes, 

Rhythms, and Technology in Arab 

Secular Music, Composition for Music and Dance, and Theories on Rhythm 

and Temporality in select Twentieth Century Piano Works. Her dissertation 

prospectus will focus on human-mediated sound production in electronic 

music. Aurie is acting director of the World and Experimental Arts Group 

(WeArts) and Chair of Media Management at the McGuffey Arts Center. 

WeArts promotes a community of artists working in the scope of cultural and 

experimental arts through interdisciplinary, multi-media, and cross-cultural 

collaboration. Aurie received a 2008 College Music Society (CMS) Seed Grant 

to enhance the WeArts concert series. She continues to enjoy performing with 

Fire in the Belly, a tribal-fusion belly dance company based in Charlottesville. 

Melissa Sue 

Ragain 

Edgar Shannon Fellow 

Department of Art History 

Rhodes College (B.S.) 

University of Virginia (M.A.) 

Shreveport, Louisiana 

In 2009, Melissa completed the term 

of her Fellowship with the Jefferson 

Scholars Foundation. She continues 

to pursue her dissertation, and enjoys 

volunteering for The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative. 

THE JEFFERSON FELLOWS SYMPOSIUM 

The Jefferson Fellows Symposium, now a 

hallmark of the February selection weekend, 

gives Jefferson Fellow candidates and 

members of the University community an 

opportunity to hear from and engage with 

second and third-year Jefferson Fellows who 

have been asked to present on an aspect of 

their research. The presentations, held in 

Justin McCrae Rose, Birdsall Fellow for the Miller Center of 

Public Affairs, in Pavilion IV during the 2009 Symposium. 

various Pavilions and in the Rotunda, are 

intimate discussions aimed at giving second 

and third-year Jefferson Fellows the unique 

opportunity to present research early in their 

Ph.D. pursuit. Emily Charnock, the Gregory L. 

and Nancy H. Curl Fellow in the Department 

of Politics, whose presentation “Mirror to a 

Nation: Foreign Observers on the American 

Scene” was filled to capacity, said afterward: 

“To have the opportunity at an early stage in 

your research to present to an audience with 

a wide range of academic and professional 

experiences was very useful. And, let’s face it, 

it forces us to be on top of our game in terms 

of keeping our research organized and on 

track. The professional socialization aspect of 

the symposium was also rewarding and 

valuable. It makes us — as Jefferson Fellows 

— aware of the importance of presenting our 

work beyond the academy.” 

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FELLOWS 


Leslie Francis 

Cozzi 

Penny S. and James G. Coulter 

Fellow 


Yale University (B.A.) 


Brooklyn, New York 

Leslie co-chaired the Jefferson 

Scholars Foundation’s inaugural 

Forum for Interdisciplinary Dialogue 

held in September 2008. Leslie will be spending the fall of 2009 in Milan 

and Bologna conducting dissertation research. “Siamo Femministe” (“We 

are Feminists”) was the title of a 1976 article in Flash Art, an international 

art magazine based in Italy, heralding the rise of organized feminism in the 

European art world. It is also the title of Leslie’s dissertation. 

Adam Wesley 

Dean 

John L. Nau III Fellow 

Department of History 

University of California- 

Los Angeles (B.A.) 


Salt Lake City, Utah 

In February 2009, Adam organized 

a panel at the American Society for 

Environmental History conference 

entitled “The Civil War and the Environment.” In this panel, he presented a 

paper entitled “The Destiny of the New World and the Duty of a Republican 

Government: The Foundation of Yosemite State Park.” Adam is a research 

assistant for the Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted, Volume VIII at the University 

of Virginia, and is a member of the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, 

the Southern Historical Association, the American Historical Association, and 

the American Society of Environmental History. Adam is the co-founder of the 

Environmental History Caucus at the University of Virginia. Adam’s master’s 

thesis will be published in the fall of 2009 in the Virginia Magazine of History 

and Biography. Next year, Adam will be teaching a history seminar for fourthyear 

undergraduates entitled “The Reconstruction of America after the Civil 

War.” In addition, he will continue working to complete his dissertation on the 

origins of Reconstruction policy. 

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 spent the year finishing 

coursework, having her second child, 

and studying for comprehensive 

exams. Her role continues as Editor-in-Chief for the International Student 

Journal of Scriptural Reasoning as she prepares to edit and publish the 

summer 2009 issue. Leah’s dissertation draws on her professional and 

academic interests, and will be both a philosophical study of repentance in 

Judaism and Christianity and a study of the applied ethics of repentance, 

specifically in the context of memorial museums. Leah also serves as a board 

member of the Virginia Holocaust Museum in Richmond, Virginia. 

“Any school can provide funding, but 

the Jefferson Scholars Foundation 

creates a unique, warm, scholarly 

environment for the Fellows. Everyone 

at the Foundation bent over backwards 

to help my family and me find a 

place to live in Charlottesville and get 

to know the area.” 

—Leah Angell Sievers, 

Marc and Nancy Shrier Fellow, 


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Daniel Benjamin 

Sloan 

Melville Foundation Fellow 

Department of Biology 

Wesleyan University (B.A.) 

Kennebunk, Maine 

In 2009, Dan was the recipient of the 

Award for Excellence in Scholarship in 

Science & Engineering. He continues 

to research the hypothesis that 

differences in mutation rates across 

species have played a central role in shaping genome size, organization and 

expression. Notably, this work has identified what appears to be the largest 

known mitochondrial genome of any organism. Dan’s ongoing research 

aims to disentangle multiple mechanisms that may explain the apparent 

relationship between mutation rate and genome evolution and to investigate 

how these mechanisms may apply more broadly in nature. Dan co-authored 

the following publication: Sloan DB, Giraud T, Hood ME. 2008. Maximized 

virulence in a sterilizing pathogen: the anther-smut fungus and its co-evolved 

hosts, Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 

Katherine Lynn 

Tully 

Kenneth L. Bazzle Fellow 

Department of 

Environmental Sciences 

Kenyon College (B.A.) 

University of Virginia (M.S.) 

Monrovia, Maryland 

Later this year, Katie will work 

with researchers outside of the 

University of Virginia to investigate 

the interface between ecological sustainability and public policy. She will 

also travel to Costa Rica and visit her field site once in June and again in 

September. Katie’s sample collections as a result of this research will end 

in September 2009, at which point she will spend most of her time in the 

lab finishing her analysis and writing her dissertation. Katie’s dissertation 

research will focus on the fate of fertilizers in tropical agricultural lands. She 

has worked in coffee, pineapple, and banana farms in Costa Rica in order to 

determine how these cultivated lands impact water quality. She continues 

to work closely with farmers to understand their management techniques 

and investigate the social, environmental, and economic consequences of 

intensively managed agriculture. Katie is the recipient of the Exploratory 

Research Award in the Department of Environmental Sciences for 2008-09, 

and a Bankard Fellowship for Political Economy. The Bankard Fellowship is 

given to Ph.D. candidates at U.Va. whose work focuses on the development 

and continuation of the public policy necessary for a healthy private business 

system and a healthy national economy. This fellowship will fund her work for 

the summer and fall semester of 2009. Katie is a distinguished yoga teacher 

in the Charlottesville community and maintains a daily personal yoga practice 

in addition to Vipanssana and Tai Chi. 

FORUM FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY DIALOGUE 

The Jefferson Fellows Program added a new 

series, the Forum for Interdisciplinary 

Dialogue, to its yearly round of activities. 

The Forum was the idea of former Jefferson 

Fellow Peter Swendsen, now a tenure-track 

faculty member at Oberlin College. Peter 

envisioned an annual cross-disciplinary 

conference that would make it possible for 

Jefferson Fellows to engage with the larger 

University community. His plan was for the 

Fellows to convene a gathering of diverse 

scholars and citizens to address a topic of 

broad social or cultural significance. The 

interplay of their perspectives would 

illuminate the subject in novel ways, while 

highlighting both the differences and 

commonalities of their ways of looking at the 

world. The inaugural conference, entitled 

“The Art of Science: The Science of Art,” 

incorporated contributions from more than a 

dozen faculty members, including a keynote 

address from Professor Bernie Frischer, the 

executive director of the Institute for 

Advanced Technology in the Humanities. 

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Vilde Aaslid 



University of Washington 

(B.A., M.A.) 

Seattle, Washington 

In March 2009, Vilde finished her two 

year term as co-chair of the Society 

for American Music’s Student Forum. 

As co-chair she moderated a panel on 

resources and strategies for funding 

research in American music. In the fall of 2009 she will organize the annual 

conference for the South Central Graduate Music Consortium. In May 2009, 

Vilde received the student paper prize for her paper “The Rise of the Jazz 

Lament,” presented at the 2008 U.S. meeting of the International Association 

for the Study of Popular Music. She is currently working on a Ph.D. in Critical 

and Comparative Studies in the McIntire Department of Music and in the 

fall will begin her dissertation work on jazz and poetry collaborations of the 

1950s and 1960s. 

Jill Patricia 

Baskin 



Dartmouth College (B.A.) 


Redmond, Washington 

Jill is currently researching the built 

environment of early American cities. 

In 2009 -10 she will be finishing 

coursework, working as a teaching 

assistant, writing her dissertation proposal, and taking her comprehensive 

exams. This past year Jill created the Adolescent Leadership Mentoring 

Alliance (ALMA). Twelve U.Va. undergraduate mentors, each with their own 

chronic illness, led by Jill and another graduate student in the Medical School, 

work with a group of local teenagers who suffer from similar diseases. Jill 

enjoys painting, photography, fiction-writing, and salsa-dancing, and also 

works part-time editing Chinese academic manuscripts for English fluency. 

FELLOWS INITIATIVES: BASKIN 

This year Jill Baskin, the Edgar Shannon 

Fellow in Department of Art History, created 

the Adolescent Leadership Mentoring 

Alliance to bring together chronically ill and 

physically disabled U.Va. students for mutual 

support as well as to mentor local teens with 

similar conditions. Jill and a graduate student 

in the School of Medicine assembled a group 

of 12 U.Va. undergraduate mentors with 

chronic illnesses who met with local teens 

and their parents to answer questions 

about attending college with a disability 

and to share their experiences. ALMA is 

currently developing a writing/photography 

project that includes the teens and their 

mentors, and one of the mentors is putting 

together a video about young people and 

chronic illness. 

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Emily Jane 

Charnock 

Gregory L. and Nancy H. Curl 

Fellow 

Department of Politics 

Oxford University (B.A.) 

American University (M.A.) 

Middlesbrough, United Kingdom 

Emily has completed her coursework 

and comprehensive exams, and begun 

work on a dissertation proposal. Her 

project considers the role of international influences in the development of 

the American polity and embraces a number of different research strands 

— exploring historical case studies such as the international abolitionist 

and women’s movements; examining the role of particular agents for the 

transmission of international ideas, such as foreign travelers to the United 

States; and tracing the roots and development of anti-Americanism abroad, 

along with its implications for the contemporary domestic polity. She will 

spend next year conducting research for this project, and hopes to spend 

some time in France and Australia as part of this endeavor. Emily had two 

items published this year in the Political Science Quarterly, including a book 

review and a co-authored article on the strategic nature of presidential travel. 

Emily was appointed to the managing board of the Journal of Law and Politics 

at the University of Virginia Law School. She will serve as Submissions Editor 

for Politics for the 2009-10 academic year. Emily is learning French, and has 

also taken up photography. 

Rishiraj Das 

Paul Tudor Jones II Fellow 

Department of 

Environmental Sciences 

University of California-Berkeley 

(B.S.) 

Yale University (M.S.) 

Mumbai, India 

Rishi continues to pursue his Ph.D. 

in environmental sciences. He is 

doing extensive research focusing 

on nutrient cycling in tropical dry forests of the Southern Yucatan Peninsula 

of Mexico, and the impacts of climate change and shifting cultivation. 

He is particularly interested in the role of the forest canopy in capturing 

atmospheric nutrient inputs that come from Sarahan dust or regional fires. 

Justin Lindsay 

Neill 

Harrison Family Fellow 

Department of Chemistry 

Davidson College (B.S.) 

Hillsborough, North Carolina 

Justin continues to work as a research 

assistant in the laboratory of Professor 

Brooks H. Pate. His research is 

primarily focused on production and 

spectroscopic detection of unusual 

organic species, such as unstable structures, ions, clusters, and molecules with 

internal motion. Using high-resolution rotational spectroscopy, the structural 

and dynamical properties of these species can be determined. In addition, 

he has begun work with the Center for the Chemistry of the Universe, a 

National Science Foundation-funded group focused on understanding the 

extraterrestrial origins of biologically relevant molecules. This project will be 

continued over the next year, and will involve a variety of research topics in 

instrument design, molecule production, and spectral analysis. 

Hillary Sunshine 

Schaefer 

Douglas S. Holladay Sr. and 

Cary N. Moon Jr. Fellow 

Department of Psychology 

University of Wisconsin-Madison 

(B.S.) 


Wausau, Wisconsin 

For the 2008-2009 academic year, 

Hillary completed an external 

practicum position at Western State Psychiatric Hospital in Staunton, Virginia. 

She performed neuropsychological assessments to assist in diagnosis 

and treatment of an inpatient psychiatric and forensic population. This 

coming year, she will participate in 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. Her research interests remain, as 

always, using functional neuroimaging studies of social communication 

and expression of emotion. With her master’s work completed in 2008, she 

is planning her dissertation work, which will attempt to bridge the gap 

between functional brain studies and clinical practice. She plans to develop 

an assessment battery for empathy and emotional skill 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 she hopes her work will provide such a tool. 

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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 

This year Adam received his degree of Master of German Literature and is 

pursuing his Ph.D. In August of 2009, he will take his qualifying exams on 

tragedy and tragicomedy, the late Enlightenment, and Nietzsche. In the fall 

of 2009 and spring of 2010, Adam will teach at the University of Mannheim 

as a part of the teaching exchange program between the University of 

Virginia and Mannheim. Adam’s passion is cycling. He is a collegiate cyclist 

and member of the Nature’s Path/3 Sports elite cycling team. 

Rachael Lynn 

Beaton 

C. Mark Pirrung Fellow 

Department of Astronomy 

University of Virginia (B.A.) (M.S.) 


Rachael’s current research is focused 

on understanding the detailed 

structure of the nearby Andromeda 

Galaxy. In total, she has observed over 

20 nights to create a large scale survey 

of its outer regions and has proposed additional observations in the fall. 

One of the early results of this survey was the discovery of a new dwarf 

galaxy orbiting Andromeda. The University’s first observations with the 

Large Binocular Telescope were taken of this galaxy. In addition, she has 

proposed to do the first detailed velocity survey of the galaxy’s innermost 

regions with an instrument built by the U.Va. Instrumentation Lab. This will 

extend work on the features that she discovered in these inner regions as 

an undergraduate. 

Rachael Beaton, C. Mark Pirrung Fellow in the Department of Astronomy, has discovered a new dwarf galaxy orbiting Andromeda. 

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Matthew Daniel 

Lerner 

James H. and Elizabeth W. 

Wright Fellow 



Nahant, Massachusetts 

Matthew was the recipient of the 

Commonwealth Autism Service 

Transition Outcomes Research Award 

to assist in a study examining the 

characteristics predictive of successful post-high school transition among 

adolescents with autism in Virginia. Matt founded the Autism Intervention 

and Etiology Research Group (http://autismuva.com/) aimed at providing a 

venue for interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers across U.Va. as 

well as a streamlined portal for families and support staff of children with 

autism spectrum disorders to access the growing array of autism-focused 

research and services at the University. He also served on the Autism 

Higher Education Foundation Board of Directors as a founding member. 

September 2008 marked the Jefferson Scholars Foundation’s first Forum 

for Interdisciplinary Dialogue, for which Matt served as a co-chair. 

FELLOWS INITIATIVES: LERNER 

Matt Lerner, the James H. and Elizabeth 

W. Wright Fellow in the Department 

of Psychology, founded the Autism 

Intervention and Etiology Research Group 

(http://autismuva.com/) to encourage 

interdisciplinary collaboration among 

researchers across U.Va. and to enable 

families of children with autism spectrum 

disorders and their support staff to access 

the growing array of autism-focused 

research and services at the University. 

He also helped found the Autism Higher 

Education Foundation and serves on its 

Board of Directors. 

Seton Gray 

Marshall 

McFadden Fellow 

Darden Graduate School 

of Business 

Princeton University (B.S.E.) 

University of Virginia (M.B.A.) 

Southampton, New York 

Seton received a Masters in Business 

Administration in May 2009, as well as 

the Faculty Award for Academic 

Excellence for consistently demonstrating outstanding academic performance 

during his two years at Darden. During the 2008-2009 school year, Seton was 

the Vice President of Honor for the Darden Student Association and one of two 

Darden representatives on U.Va.’s Honor Committee. He was also a member of 

the Student Admissions Committee, served on the executive committee 

of the Alumni Showcase Board, and was a member of the Darden Private 

Equity Club, Finance Club and Consulting Club. This summer Seton will join 

New Capital Partners, a private equity firm in Birmingham, Alabama, as 

an associate. 

Jamala Kianga 

Massenburg 

Macfarlane Family Fellow 


of Business 

University of Virginia 

(B.S.) (M.B.A.) 

University of Michigan (M.S.E.) 


Jamala graduated in May 2009 and 

received a Masters in Business 

Administration from the Darden School. At the same time she completed 

her Fellowship term with the Jefferson Scholars Foundation. Jamala was 

a recipient of the Faculty Award for Academic Excellence and was made a 

member of the Raven Society. This fall, Jamala will join ZS Associates in 

Boston, Massachusetts. ZS Associates is a global management consulting 

firm specializing in sales and marketing consulting, capability building, 

and outsourcing. 

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Kristin M. Milone 

Jefferson Scholars 

Foundation Fellow 


of Business 



Newton, Massachusetts 

Kristin graduated in May 2009 

and received a Masters in Business 

Administration from the Darden 

School. At the same time she completed her Fellowship term with the 

Jefferson Scholars Foundation. Throughout the summer, Kristin will pursue 

private equity job options in the Mid-Atlantic region. 

Kelly Marie 

Peterman 

Brian Layton Blades Fellow 


Vassar College (B.A.) 


Columbia, Maryland 

During the summer of 2009, Kelly will 

be studying Arabic in Cairo, Egypt. 

In the fall she will begin her second 

year as a teaching assistant with the 

Department of History at the University of Virginia. 

Christopher 

Aaron Richins 

John L. Colley Jr. Fellow 


of Business 

Brigham Young University (B.A.) 

University of Southern California 

(M.S.) 


Auburn, California 

Christopher graduated in May with a Masters in Business Administration 

from the Darden School. He was selected to represent the Darden School of 

Business at a Kaizen Event held at a Danaher facility in Brno, Czech Republic 

over spring break 2009. Christopher is a member of the Raven Society and 

Omicron Delta Kappa. He was a Shermet Scholar at Darden and his academic 

performance was recognized with the Faculty Award for Academic Excellence 

at his graduation. This summer following graduation, Christopher will follow 

his passion by joining Space Exploration Technologies in Washington, D.C. 

Justin McCrae 

Rose 

Birdsall Fellow for the Miller 

Center of Public Affairs 


Rutgers University (B.A.) 

Baylor University (M.A.) 

Miami, Florida 

Justin continued his term as president 

of the Black Graduate and Professional 

School Organization for the 2008-09 

school year. In March 2009, his involvement working with the Office of 

Graduate Student Diversity Programs at the University of Virginia included 

participating in the Graduate Visitation Weekend. The mission of the weekend 

was to serve as a resource for administration and academic units by attracting 

a mass of accepted graduate students from diverse populations to the 

University of Virginia. 

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Lanier Lee 

Sammons 



Columbia University (B.A.) 

Macon, Georgia 

For the upcoming year, Lanier will 

continue his compositional studies 

and pursue related research under 

the direction of Matthew Burtner. He 

will complete the qualifying exams 

portion of the Composition and Computer Technologies program in the 

spring of 2010. His performances both in Charlottesville and abroad over the 

course of the 2008-2009 academic year included: “Panta Rhei,” an installation 

created with Jefferson Fellow alumnus Peter Traub, presented at the 2009 

Spark Festival; the premiere of “Three Winters” by the Youth Orchestra of 

Charlottesville-Albemarle Senior Flute Choir; performances of “Better Play 

the Note you Know” as part of the Virginia Center for Computer Music 20th 

Anniversary Tour; and a performance of “Each” by the U.Va. New Music 

Ensemble at Digitalis in Old Cabell Hall. He also will continue performing 

on both electric and classical guitar as part of various ensembles. Lanier is 

captain of the Music Department softball team, “Virginia is for Glovers” and 

participated as a co-chair of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation’s inaugural 

Forum for Interdisciplinary Dialogue in September 2008. 

Stacie Lynne 

Thyrion 


Fellow 

Department of Philosophy 

University of Minnesota-Twin 

Cities (B.A.) 

Green Bay, Wisconsin 

During the 2008-2009 academic 

year Stacie taught Greek 101-102, 

a most rewarding labor, and served 

as a Classics Tribune, one of two graduate student representatives acting as 

liaisons between the Classics Department graduate students and faculty. In 

the spring of 2009 Stacie completed her MA thesis, “An Organic Composition: 

The Pedagogical Value of Plato’s Phaedrus”, under the supervision of Professor 

John Mikalson of the Classics Department and Professor Dominic Scott of the 

Philosophy Department. She also enjoyed attending a weekly Greek reading 

group led by Professor Dan Devereux of the Philosophy Department, and 

teaching Greek to youth in the community. She plans to complete her MA in 

Classics in the summer of 2009, and in the fall of 2009 she will join the UVA 

Philosophy Department. There she will broaden her education in modern 

and contemporary philosophy and continue 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. 

The Jefferson Fellows Class of 2009 (left-right) Chris Richens, Jamala Massenburg, Kristin Milone, Aurie Hsu, Seton Marshall. 

Not pictured: Melissa Ragain. 

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DONOR PROFILE: ERIC P. JOHNSON 

A 1980 graduate of the College of Arts & Sciences and an Emeritus Trustee of the College 

Foundation, Eric is a Managing Director of Neuberger Berman in New York. Eric and his wife 

Betsy created the Eric P. and Elizabeth R. Johnson Family Graduate Fellowship. Betsy and Eric 

have three sons, two of whom have graduated from the University and one who will graduate 

from U.Va. in 2012. Recently, Eric answered questions posed to him by the Foundation: 

Where did you grow up, and why did you attend the University 

I grew up in Simsbury, Connecticut. My mother was a native Virginian who attended the 

University of Richmond. My father was a graduate of the University after having served in the 

Pacific during World War II, and he was extremely proud of his affiliation with U.Va. I inherited 

their reverence for Virginia and for the University. 

How did you first become involved with the Jefferson Scholars Foundation and why did 

you decide to fund a Jefferson Fellowship in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 

even though you do not have a Ph.D. 

In 2001, Jimmy Wright, Ed Ayers and Tom Jennings first acquainted me with the challenges 

that the University faced in competing for the best graduate students. I remembered that my 

experience at Virginia was greatly enhanced by several terrific graduate students who went 

the extra mile to help me navigate the complexities of Mr. Elzinga’s economics class and the 

history lectures of Messrs Harbaugh, Graebner and McCurdy. Without the efforts of those 

graduate students, I would not have a diploma. 

What do you hope to accomplish through your philanthropy to the Jefferson 

Scholars Foundation 

Betsy and I hope that, through our small gifts, we can help narrow the economic differential 

that would lead a graduate student to choose Duke or Stanford out of economic necessity, 

when they would otherwise love to come to study and teach in Charlottesville. 

“Graduate school is usually the phase in academia during which the scope of 

one’s knowledge narrows, while the depth of one’s knowledge simultaneously 

increases. I decided to become a Jefferson Fellow because I felt that it permitted 

me to remain engaged in other fields and actively indulge interests that lie 

beyond the boundaries of my thesis and my field. I personally feel that in 

interacting with fields different from our own, we can gain priceless insight 

into our own work and find perspectives that would have otherwise remained 

out of touch.” 

—Rachael Beaton, C. Mark Pirrung Fellow, Department of Astronomy 

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William Joseph 

Dirienzo 

Edward P. Owens Fellow 


University of Wisconsin-Madison 

(B.S.) 

Franklin, Wisconsin 

Bill is pursuing his doctorate in 

Astronomy, and to that end passed 

his first qualifying exam and began 

research for his master’s thesis with 

Professor Remy Indebetouw. His research interests include the interstellar 

medium and star formation. Bill’s first project is to find and classify young 

stellar objects using data from the 2MASS survey and the Spitzer Space 

Telescope, in hopes that this research will yield a paper to be published later 

this year. He was recently awarded observation time on the Very Large Array 

in Socorro, New Mexico under the guidance of Professor Kelsey Johnson, in 

order to study the distribution of gas in compact groups of galaxies. Bill also 

plans to be a teaching assistant for the Department of Astronomy, beginning 

in the fall of 2009. 

Laura Emily 

Goldblatt 

John S. Lillard Fellow 

Department of English 


Princeton, New Jersey 

In November 2009, Laura will be 

attending the Midwest Modern 

Language Association Conference 

and presenting a paper titled “The 

wound that cries out: Performance 

and Trauma in Kara Walker’s Black Silhouettes.” She will begin teaching a 

section of ENGL 830: History of 20th Century English Literature in the fall and 

a section of ENWR 3800: Academic Writing in the spring. Laura is a member 

of Phi Beta Kappa and the National Honors Society. She also participated in 

the 2009 Dartmouth American Studies Institute. Laura is a writing tutor, the 

American Area Representative for the Graduate English Students Association, 

and coordinates for the First Year Series, an organization which provides 

valuable resources to members at every phase of the University’s program 

in English. 

Philip Jameson 

Graber 

Trey Beck Fellow 

Department of Mathematics 

Washington & Lee University (B.S.) 

Arlington, Texas 

In 2009 Jameson was the recipient 

of a Virginia Space Grant from the 

Virginia Space Grant Consortium. This 

is a competitive fellowship funded by 

NASA and the Commonwealth of 

Virginia which provides support to graduate students to supplement 

and enhance basic research. Jameson will be working on a specific facultymentored 

research project relevant to NASA or the aerospace field. 

Jenifer Martin 

Guimond 

Macfarlane Family Fellow 


of Business 

Duke University (B.A.) 

Naval Post-Graduate School (M.A.) 

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 

Over the past year, Jenifer was elected 

Vice President of Corporate Relations 

for the General Management and 

Operations Club, served as a Darden representative on the U.Va. Honor 

Committee, was House Captain for Building Goodness in April, became a 

member of Omicron Delta Kappa and the Raven Society, joined the Darden 

Consulting Club and the Darden Outdoors Club, and served on the Darden 

Student Admissions Committee. Jenifer will be spending the summer with 

Booz & Co., a global management consulting firm, working as a consultant 

in their commercial Aerospace and Defense practice. She will return to 

Darden in the fall to complete her M.B.A. 

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FELLOWS 

Mary Ellen Hicks 

The Newman Family Fellow 


University of Iowa (B.A.) 

Chicago, Illinois 

Mary is planning to attend the 

Latin American Studies Association 

Conference in June 2009. She will 

continue her research for her master’s 

of arts thesis, visiting historical 

archives in Salvador da Bahia, Belo 

Horizonte and Ouro Preto, Brazil. In the fall she will complete her thesis on 

free and enslaved women of color in urban markets in 18th century Brazil. 

This work will attempt to explore the means by which enslaved women were 

able to augment their status in cities experiencing increasing urbanization 

and commercialization during the Gold Rush of the early to mid 18th century. 

Mary plans to survey court, birth and death records to accomplish this task, 

as well as manumission documents and wills. 

Ramon Iglesias 

Lamas 

Melville Foundation Fellow 


of Business 

United States Naval Academy (B.S.) 

Naval War Academy (M.A.) 


This year, Ray became a member of 

Omicron Delta Kappa. He was elected 

Vice President for Communications for 

the Darden Military Association, and President of the General Management 

and Operations Club, and enjoyed being a member of both the Consulting 

Club and the Energy Club. In addition, he is a second-year career coach 

for the Career Development Center. Ray was awarded a summer associate 

internship with Bain and Company, a program designed to simulate the 

experience of a new consultant. He will be performing field interviews, 

engaging in data analysis and solution brainstorming, and practicing 

presentation crafting and delivery on case assignments, and will work 

directly with case teams and clients to solve business problems and create 

change. He plans to complete his M.B.A. and conduct research under the 

tutelage of Professor John Colley of the Darden School. 

Lindsay Parsons 

O’Connor 

Irby Cauthen Fellow 


Tulane University (B.A.) 

Peachtree City, Georgia 

While seeking her doctorate in English, 

Lindsay took on the role of Theory 

Area Representative for the Graduate 

English Students Association. This 

summer, she will be participating in an 

internship program in New Orleans, Louisiana as an investigator for Orleans 

Public Defenders, the indigent defense group for Orleans Parish. Her work 

there will include investigating and assisting with case preparation on current 

criminal cases before the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court. Lindsay is also 

a member of the Modern Language Association. 

Harold Smith 

Reeves 

Eric M. Heiner Fellow 

Department of Classics 

Princeton University (A.B.) 

University of Chicago (J.D.) 

Catholic University of America 

(Ph.L.) 

Brooksville, Florida 

Harold is currently focusing on 

preparing for his masters’ examination in the fall. He anticipates receiving a 

Masters in Classics in the spring of 2010. Harold intends to write his Master’s 

thesis on the Roman historian Gaius Sallustius Crispus, generally known as 

Sallust. Harold is fluent in Latin and Greek and will be teaching Latin 101 

this fall. 

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Carolyn Marie 

Beans 

Terrence D. Daniels 

Family Fellow 


Penn State University (B.A.) 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Benjamin Kagan 

Brady 

Eric P. and Elizabeth R. 

Johnson Family Fellow 


Princeton University (B.A.) 

Little Rock, Arkansas 

Caroline Bashaw 

Davis 

Darden Foundation 

Jefferson Fellow 

Darden School of Business 

Northwestern University (B.A.) 

American University (M.A.) 


Alex Douglas 

Forrest 

Darden Foundation 

Jefferson Fellow 


Massachusetts Institute of 

Technology (B.S.) 

Stanardsville, Virginia 

Jefferson Fellowship Selection Committee members (left-right) Doug Holladay, Norwood Davis and Gary Jones. 

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FELLOWS 

Jack Clark 

Herndon III 

John L. Colley Jr. Fellow 


University of Virginia (B.S.) 

Nashville, Tennessee 

Gabrielle 

Kathryn Lee 

Miller 

D. N. Batten Fellow 

Department of Spanish 

University of Notre Dame (B.A.) 

Vienna, Virginia 

Sarah Anne 

O’Halloran 



University College Cork (B.A.) 

(M.Phil.) 

Queens University (M.A.) 

Tralee, Ireland 

Jason Anthony 

Pan 

Taylor-Tyree Family Fellow 

School of Law 

University of Virginia (B.A.) (B.S.) 

Fairfax, Virginia 

Mary Elizabeth 

Peckham 

Hilliard Family Fellow 


Kenyon College (B.A.) 


Corlett Wolfe 

Wood 

H. Eugene Lockhart Fellow 


Swarthmore College (B.A.) 

St. Louis Park, Minnesota 

“I was very impressed by the faculty and graduate students in my department, 

and the Jefferson committee drove home the idea that the Jefferson is 

fundamentally about intellectual exchange. It is entirely merit based, ranges 

across many fields, and the only obligation of the Fellows is to continue to do 

well. The Jefferson message of making our work accessible to a public audience 

sets it apart from more insular academic communities and the Jefferson Fellows 

are an impressive group of passionate and intelligent individuals.” 

—Elizabeth Peckham, Hilliard Family Fellow 

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APPENDICES

APPENDIX A 

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. 


(Col ’74) 

Chair 

Chair 

Basic Management, Inc. 


Andrew C. Blair (Col ’82) 

President and Chief Executive Officer 

Colonial Parking, Inc. 


Edward J. Dobbs (Col ’93) 

President 

Premier Distributing Company 


William B. Dunavant III 

(Col ’82) 


Dunavant Enterprises, Inc. 


R. Foster Duncan (Col ’76) 


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 (Col ’72) 

Associate Professor of Surgery 

University Surgical Associates 

Lookout Mountain, Tennessee 

Robert P. Green (Col ’69) 

Realtor 

Venable Minor & Associates, Inc. 


Allan S. Hardin Jr. 

(Col ’80) 

President 

Piedmont Capital Corporation 


Sealy H. Hopkinson 

(Col ’83) 


Peter E. Kaplan Jr. 

(Com ’96) 

Managing Director 

Angelo, Gordon & Co. 


Curtis A. Krizek (Law ’85) 


Prairie Capital Management LLC 


Travis L. Lewis (Com ’91) 

Chief Operating Officer 

Glencoe Group Holdings Ltd. 

Frisco, Texas 

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 


Timothy J. Naughton 

(Col ’83) 

President 

Avalon Bay Communities, Inc. 

Oakton, Virginia 

Virginia Baker Norton 

(Col ’94) 

General Counsel 

City of Jacksonville 


Stephen C. Peacher (Com ’86) 


Columbia Management 

Weston, Massachusetts 

Beth B. Reagan (Col ’81) 


Charlotte B. Robbins 


Edward Todd Robbins 

Surgeon 


Carole M. Rogin (Educ ’71) 


Bostrom Corporation 


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NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD continued 

Erin Lee Russell (Com ’96) 

Principal 

Vestar Capital Partners 


Louis A. Sarkes Jr. 

(Engr ’80, GSBA ’85) 

Partner · Chesapeake Partners 


Lawrence D. Schlang 

(Col ’81) 

Chief Executive Officer 

Bantu, Inc. 

Vienna, Virginia 

Timothy D. Sheehan 

(Col ’93) 

Partner 

Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company 


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 


Susan J. Thomas (Col ’86) 

La Canada Flintridge, California 

David M. Tolmie (Col ’77) 

Senior Partner 

The Edgewater Funds 


C.S. Brent Winn (Col ’83) 

President 

Gunston Restoration & Construction 


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APPENDIX B 

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 

Fairfax, Virginia 

H. Brockman Anderson 

President and Director 

Bonbright Distributors, Inc. 

Dayton, Ohio 

Mark M. Anstey 

President 

DataStream Content Solutions 

College Park, Maryland 

Tiffany B. Armstrong 


Harris Williams & Company 


T. Westray Battle III 

Lieutenant 

Sea Control Squadron 32, US Navy 




Wachovia Securities 


Joseph P. Bornstein 

Executive Director 

KBR Foundation 

Bradenton, Florida 

Shelley L. Boyce 


MedRisk 

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 

Carla Wheaton Brady 

Assistant Professor 

Duke University Medical Center 

Durham, North Carolina 

R. Bradford Brown 

Associate Professor 

McIntire School of Commerce 


C. Austin Buck 

Okatie, South Carolina 

Nancy Brown Buck 

Rowayton, Connecticut 

Cheryl T. Byron 

Glencoe, Illinois 

ONE STUDENT’S EXPERIENCE 

“When I went down to U.Va. for a week in 

March, I met so many outstanding, engaging 

kids. I felt honored to be included in their 

company. The more time I spent in Charlottesville, 

the more I knew that U.Va. was the 

best intellectual community for me. When 

I found out that I had received the scholarship, 

my mom and I started crying immediately. 

Yes, there is a substantial financial component 

to this scholarship, but it is about so 

much more than that. It is about cultivating 

the mind and advancing my leadership skills 

so that I can fulfill my long desired dream of 

serving America. The University of Virginia 

is a community of academic and personal 

integrity, a community dedicated to developing 

unique talents to best serve democracy 

and this country, whether that be in technological, 

political, business or moral terms. 

I know that this scholarship will expand my 

world. I am going to be interacting with and 

learning from some of the top students and 

teachers in America, indeed the world.” 

—Colleen Rigby, 

the William G. Pannill Scholar, 

Class of 2013 

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JEFFERSON SCHOLARS SELECTION COMMITTEE continued 

Robert G. Byron 

Managing Principal 

Blue Vista Capital Partners 


Katherine P. Cheek 


James F. Childress 

John Allen Hollingsworth 

Professor of Ethics 



Leslie Clay 

Presbyterian Minister 

Charleston, West Virginia 

Patricia C. Click 


School of Engineering and Applied Science 

Department of Science, Technology, 

and Society 


Daniel N. Davis 

Attorney at Law 

Bedford, New York 


Director 

Murphy Oil 

El Dorado, Arkansas 

Ernest H. Ern 





Samuel E. Farnham 

Managing Director, 

Mergers and Acquisitions 



Jeffrey W. Ferguson 

Managing Director and General Counsel 

The Carlyle Group 


Suzanne T. Frisbie 

Senior Vice President 

Corcoran Group 

Palm Beach, Florida 

Mark E. Galant 

Chairman 

GAIN Capital 

Warren, New Jersey 

Alexander G. Gilliam Jr. 

University Historian 


Barbara B. Glynn 

Atherton, California 

Deborah Hirtle 

Saint Davids, Pennsylvania 

Bret W. Holden 

Chairman 

Sycom Technologies, LLC 



Operating Partner 

Meritage Private Equity Funds 




Yvonne B. Hubbard 

Director of Student Financial Services 


Jessica Huang, Jefferson Scholars Alumni Scholar, and Bowman Dickson, Charles V. Moore 

Scholar, both Class of 2009, during a Jefferson Scholars Selection Weekend dinner. 

Robert Dolan 

Professor 



Charles G. Duffy III 

President 

Duffy Associates 

Buffalo, New York 

Dana M. Elzey 


Materials Science and Engineering 

Director, Rodman Scholars Program 


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SELECTION 

WEEKEND 

David W. Hudson 

Senior Managing Director 

Darby Overseas Investments, Ltd. 


Paul R. Izlar 

Partner 

Edge Capital Partners 


Kimberly Tan Majure 

Partner 

Miller & Chevalier Chartered 

Falls Church, Virginia 

George Keith Martin 

Partner 

McGuireWoods LLP 


n March 25–29, 2009 

n 105 finalists 

n 75 Selection Committee 

members 

n 24 Scholars compose 

the Jefferson Scholars 

Class of 2013 

Robert R. Jones Jr. 

Francis H. Smith Professor 

Department of Physics 



Chair 



J. Fred Kelly 

Former President 

Aeroglide Corporation 


Shaharyar M. Khan 

Chief Scientific Officer 

Gencia Corporation 


Laura D. Mateo 


William W. McCarten 

Chairman and Director 

Diamond Rock Hospitality Company 


David W. McCreight 

President 

UnderArmour 


Elizabeth L. McCrickard 

Towson, Maryland 

Gregory A. McCrickard 


T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. 


Tracy V. McMillan 


The McMillan Group, Inc. 

Fairfield, Connecticut 

Entering Scholar Hillary Hurd during a Jefferson Scholars Selection Weekend seminar, 

March 2009. 

Curtis A. Krizek 

Managing Director and Executive Officer 



Patricia M. Lampkin 

Vice President and Chief Student 

Affairs Officer 


James C. Lloyd 

Fund Manager 

Sloane Robinson Investment Mgmt. 

London, United Kingdom 

Godfrey M. Long Jr. 

The Growth Coach 


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JEFFERSON SCHOLARS SELECTION COMMITTEE continued 

John D. Milton Jr. 

Chief Financial Officer and Vice President 

Patriot Transportation Holding, Inc. 


Faculty members speak to the Jefferson Scholars finalists during a panel for Selection 

Weekend in March 2009. 

Anna Maria Nekoranec 

President 

LBK Capital 

Longboat Key, Florida 

Marcia L. Pentz 

Lecturer 

McIntire School of Commerce 


Crisler B. Quick 

President 

The Finance Department 


Peter Quick 


American Stock Exchange 


Lauris G.L. Rall 

Partner 

Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal LLP 


Gregory W. Roberts 

Dean of Admission 


Michael B. Russell 


H.J. Russell & Company 


James G. Simmonds 

Lawrence R. Quarles Professor Emeritus 

of Engineering and Applied Science and 

Professor of Applied Mathematics 

School of Engineering and 

Applied Science 


Brian C. Smith 

Associate 

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, LLP 


Robert W. Smith 

Portfolio Manager 

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. 


Teresa Smith 

Faculty 

The Odyssey School 

Stevenson, Maryland 

Shepard C. Spink 


Alvarez & Marsal 

London, United Kingdom 

T. Bahnson Stanley III 

Partner 

Ellis, McQuary & Stanley 


Thatcher A. Stone 

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman 

Xavian Holdings Inc. 


Richard M. Sword 

Director 

Sword Securities 

Princeton, New Jersey 

Lavinia H. Touchton 

Mercer Island, Washington 

Charles C. Townsend 

Chief Executive Officer and 

General Partner 

Aloha Partners 


W. Bradford Wilcox 

Professor 

Department of Sociology 


William M. Wilson 

Academic Dean 

Echols Scholars Program 


Phoebe L. Yang 

Consultant 

Russell Reynolds Associates 


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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 and selecting the regional finalists who will compete at 

the Jefferson Scholars Selection Weekend. 

BIRMINGHAM, 

ALABAMA 

Kenneth B. Botsford 

Chair 

Steven A. Brickman 

Stanley M. Brock 

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 


Patricia Lile 

CALIFORNIA 

LOS ANGELES 

Allison J. Kean 

Adele B. Stotler 

R. Blair Thomas 

Susan J. Thomas 

Co-Chairs 

James Lindsey Alley 

William J. Battison III 

Janine T. Bush 

Chi Y. Chung 

David C. Comfort 

Andrea P. Goodman 

Karen W. Greb 

John D. Hardy Jr. 

David Owen Higley 

Amanda Morrow Jensen 

Jerry M. Lewis IV 

Jennifer Blomberg Miller 

Joel L.A. Peterson 

Steven H. Reiner 

Donna L. Roberts 

Steven Moffat Shepard 

Cynthia Lee Smet 

Cater Lee Swartzlander 

Robert W. Weiler 

SAN FRANCISCO 

BAY AREA 

Jason A. Gill 

J. Sanford Miller 

Co-Chairs 

Robert T. Coneybeer 

Phyllis S. Coulter 

R. Mark Egan Jr. 

Barbara B. Glynn 

Michael J. Guthrie 

Daniel H. Hecht 

Timothy A. Koogle 

William H. Lyon 

William Martín-Gill 

Tina Paikeday Shah 

Michael C. Smith 

Barry E. Taylor 

DELAWARE 

W. Duncan Patterson 

Chair 

Bruce L. Chipman 

Mark F. Dunkle 

Gerald C. Foulk 

Leslie M. Kelly 

Thomas F. Schuler 

Charles Porter Schutt III 

Katharine Lopez Weymouth 

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) 

Eileen Filliben Edmunds 

Chair 

Nathan A. Cook 

FLORIDA 

JACKSONVILLE 

Sydney A. Gervin III 

Chair 

Charles D. Hyman 

Mary Bland Love 

John D. Milton Jr. 

M. Blythe Waters 

TAMPA 

R. James Robbins Jr. 

C. Norman Stallings Jr. 

Co-Chairs 

Stewart T. Bertron 

Richard D. Eckhard 

Laurin Morgan Farrior 

Susan Katherine Frazier 

Stapleton D. Gooch IV 

P. Jeffrey Leck 


Elizabeth H. Ridley 

Fred S. Ridley 

ATLANTA, 

GEORGIA 

Christopher C. Frieden 

Catherine D. Little 

Stephen A. Opler 

Elizabeth Semancik White 

Co-Chairs 

Erica L. Berg 

Molley Jesse Clarkson 

Geoffrey M. Drake 

Benjamin G. Ehlers 

Andrew P. Feinour 

Edwin J. Feinour 

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REGIONAL SELECTION COMPETITION continued 

Michael R. Flock 

Andra N. Gillespie 

Bryan A. Hancock 

Maryanne Quinn Hancock 

Jack C. Herndon III 

Susan C. Herzog 

Clayton F. Jackson 

F. Joseph Keith 

Emily K. Manne 

Lee W. Martin 

Mark S. Miles 

Alan A. McClure 

James A. Pardo Jr. 

Lisa M. Perlin 

Stephen W. Powell 

Adriane B. Randolph 

Janet V. Reed 

Christopher R. Rutledge 

Ena A. Shaw 

Wendelin W. Silliman 

Jamie N. Stainback 

James R. Stark 

Stephen R. Stone 

Mandy K. Sweeney 

Mary M. Watson 

Leslie H. Williams 

Benjamin J. Woods 

Leigh M. Woods 

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 

Emily Bryce Bowie 

Sean N. Bowie 

Robert G. Byron 

Antonette K. Irving 

Andrew R. Liuzzi 

Courtney J. McEniry 

Timothy D. Sheehan 

Peter J. Sweeney III 

Lawrence E. Tanner 

Christopher Zachary 

Vickers 

Victoria K. Wolf 

KENTUCKY 

Merrell W. Grant 

Chair 

James Kent Cameron 

Jan deBeer 

Torri Lee Martin 

Steven J. Paradis 

LOUISIANA 

Helen B. LeBourgeois 

Chair 

Tanya S. Busenlener 

Gretchen S. Dondis 

Douglas S. Downing 

Susan M. Grehan 

Matthew P. LeCorgne 

Jeffrey C. Poole 

Michael H. Smither 

Elizabeth S. Woods 

MAINE 

Jennifer L. Rooks 

Chair 

Richard C. Chandler 

Edgar B. Hatrick IV 

Angus S. King Jr. 

Elizabeth Lee Rogers 

Maryellen Sullivan 

Michelle Bales Thompson 

MARYLAND 

Kirsten Andrews Woelper 

Chair 

Linda C. Corbin 

Paul D. Corbin 

Alice M. Dearing 

Lucy Neale Duke 

J. Andrew Faraone 

Hobart V. Fowlkes 

W. Hunter Purcell 

Louis A. Sarkes 

Blair G. White 

SUBURBAN MARYLAND/ 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Andrew C. Blair 

Hamilton P. Fox III 

Jasmine H. Yoon 

Co-Chairs 

David P. Bennett 

Catherine W. Blevins 

Robert E. Branson 

Jessica B. Buckley 

Courtney C. Byrd 

Allison Cryor DiNardo 

Dean de la Peña 

Cleo Smart Gewirz 

Sarah H. Hall 

Thomas B.W. Hall 

Todd M. Lowenberg 

Harry R. Marshall 

Catherine E. McCall 

Betsy W. Metcalf 

Janet S. Nolan 

Andrew B. Rogers 

BOSTON, 

MASSACHUSETTS 

Robert B. King 

Chair 

Steven N. Ander 

Richard Kent Bennett 

James A. Burns 

Susan H. Burns 

B. Kemp Dolliver 

Eric Michael Dunham 

D. James Greiner II 

Michelle T. Ho 

Katherine Ellen Klem 

Melanie Sheip Mace 

Michael W. Melley 

Carsten B. Miller 

Amanda Dawn Pallais 

Stephen C. Peacher 

Bruce C. Ramsey 

Barry M. Shuman 

Richard D. Tadler 

Kathryn L. Thach 

Ruth Ann Vleugels 

Shan Wu 

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NEW REGIONS 

MISSOURI 

KANSAS CITY 

Curtis A. Krizek 

Chair 

D. Patrick Curran 

James B. Hebenstreit 

G. Whit Holcomb 

Thomas P. Schult 

Margo C. Soulé 

ST. LOUIS 

Michael B. Minton 

Chair 

Yvette S. Butler 

Colin P. Derdeyn 

James G. Forsyth III 

Kathryn Minton 

John T. O’Connell 

William R. Piper 

Matthias D. Renner 

Catherine Horan Sackett 

Todd R. Schnuck 

NORTHERN 

NEW JERSEY 

Rhett W. Gano 

Stephen M. Van Besien 

Co-Chairs 

Raymond T. Abbott 

Anson H. Beard 

Vincent A. D’Arpino 

Debra Shapiro Gill 

Geoffrey A. Gimber 

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 

Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker 


Gretchen Geitter 

Stephen J. McCabe 

Donald A. Ogilvie 

Barbara Peters 

Mary M. Wilson 

Gretchen Lee Wylegala 

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 

Suhrid S. Gajendragadkar 

Co-Chairs 

Kerri M. Bartlett 

M. Bliss Bowlin 

Orit Jacoby Carroll 

Douglas M. Cohen 

Patrick J. Cronin 

Charles P. Daniels 

Greg A. Dolinsky 

Catherine C. Foster 

Samuel A. Gradess 

Vinay Jain 

Norbert M. Ng’ethe 

David A. Taplitz 

Charles A. Tribbett IV 

Maurice D. Watkins 

Kevin P. Whelan 

WESTCHESTER, 

NEW YORK/ 

FAIRFIELD, 

CONNECTICUT 

L. David Cardenas 

Alison Mylander Gregory 

Co-Chairs 

Patrick J. Brown 

Ruaraidh I. Campbell 

Julie Chen 

Mary-Stuart G. Freydberg 

New regions that will 

be included for the first 

time in the 2009–10 

selection process: 

n London, England 

n Mississippi 

n Rhode Island 

Eric H. Schless 

Anna B. Stilz 

Thomas B. Whelan 

Cicely A.Williams 

NORTH CAROLINA 

CHARLOTTE 

Samuel E. Farnham 

Chair 

Elena L. Airapetian 

Anne Pipkin Benson 

Jason L. Bernd 

Anderson D. Caperton 

Garland S. Cassada 

John H. Culver 

Anne M. Flint 

Lisa O. Gardner 

Susan Q. Goode 

Barbara A. Hall 

Scott E. Heberton 

Michael C. Kerrigan 

David R. Lauck 

Lawrence Y. Lim 

Ming Qi 

Arthur C. Roselle 

Richard S. Starling 

Steven J. Tricarico 

J. Stuart White 

Edith H. Wyatt 

PIEDMONT TRIAD 

McDara P. Folan III 

Chair 

Michael B. Baughan 

Henrietta D. Brown 

Robbin B. Flow 

Ragan P. Folan 

Harley S. Garrison 

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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 II 

Diana DiFranco Everett 

Stephen G. Harrison 

Mary G. Murray 

Jennifer A. Amyx 

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 

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 

Katherine Nickel McFaden 

Co-Chairs 

Daniel F. Cusick 

Bruce G. Gabler 

Matthew Thomas Harrison 

L. Dade Lunsford 

Richard Purnell 

Richard B. Tucker III 

Chaton T. Turner 

CENTRAL AND UPSTATE 

SOUTH CAROLINA 

Frank C. Williams III 

Chair 

Paul V. DeMarco 

Katherine M. McDonald 

John F. Parrott Jr. 

Jefferson Scholars Selection Committee Member Dan Adler converses with finalists during 

Selection Weekend 2009. 

PORTLAND, 

OREGON 

Elizabeth A. Carr 

Chair 

J. Neal Cox 

Eliza Erhardt Eisen 

Glenn M. Eisen 

Luciana Fonseca Lopez 

Richard Wilson Young Jr. 

PENNSYLVANIA 

PHILADELPHIA 

Graham R. Laub 

Deanna Leicht Loughnane 

Co-Chairs 

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LOWCOUNTRY SOUTH 

CAROLINA/GEORGIA 

Anne Hanahan Blessing 

Connie K. Darbyshire 

Co-Chairs 

Dale C. Critz 

Sherry B. Holtzclaw 

Darcy S. Mauro 

Leslie H. Pelzer 

R. Clay Ratterree 

J. Adam Reinhard 

Henry C. West 

TENNESSEE 

EASTERN TENNESSEE 

Donald E. Morton 

Chair 

Mitsy Costello 

Susan M. Crimmins 

Daniel F. Fisher Jr. 

Kathi Grant-Willis 

E. Bruce Hutchinson 

Sandra R. Krawchuk 

Thomas C. Lee III 

L. Thomas Montague 

Alexis E. Probasco 

Alison Tuley Shaw 

Patten M. Smith 

Michael E. Taylor 

MEMPHIS 

W. Reid Sanders 

Chair 

Tonia S. Anderson 

Russell E. Bloodworth Jr. 

Edward J. Dobbs 

William B. Dunavant III 

Lee B. Harper 

John H. Pettey III 

Peter R. Pettit 

Kevin G. Ritz 

Elizabeth Jean Sherman Tabor 

Diane K. Vescovo 

G. Kent Wunderlich Jr. 

NASHVILLE 

Katherine Read Ezell 

Chair 

Arthur C. Best Jr. 

Frederick L. Bryant 

Lauren Rooker Cardwell 

Patricia Frist Elcan 

Pamela F. Morris 

Richard C. Prather 

Brent V. Savoie 

Robert D. Tuke 

TEXAS 

DALLAS 

Irving M. Groves III 

Thomas O. McNearney III 

Co-Chairs 

E. Taylor Armstrong 

Lindy A. Blevins 

Peter D. Brundage 

J. Davis Hamlin 

Sarah A. Hamlin 

Nicole E. Hooper 

Nicholas A. Merrick 

Richard R. Pollock 

Thomas W. Stephenson Jr. 

James H. Wilson III 

FORT WORTH 

Charles H. Turner IV 

Chair 

Ann K. Creighton 

Nicole E. Hooper 

Christopher P. Kelly 

A. Shadi Kourosh 

Edward P. Perrin Jr. 

Fred M. Trainor 

Laura Kasselman Turner 

HOUSTON 

Margaret Henderson Basu 

C.E. Rhodes Jr. 

Co-Chairs 

Lisa C. Cohen 

Jeffrey R. Elkin 

R. Keith Harrison 

Charles R. Hermes 

Kenneth M. Humphries 

Antoinette Maria Jackson 


Corey W. McLellan 

Logan A. Moncrief 

VIRGINIA 

CHARLOTTESVILLE 

David B. Ern 

Chair 

Shaharyar M. Khan 

Bruce A. Miller 

Katherine T. Muth 

Clay Elwood Thomson 

COMMONWEALTH 

Susan M. Rockwell 

Chair 

Timothy C. Evans 

Timothy J. Heaphy 

Joseph L. Jennings III 

Patricia H. McDaniel 

Joseph H. Milbank 

Beth C. Spilman 

COMMONWEALTH 

READERS 

Katherine Alford 

Cecil Banks Jr. 

Jamieson M. Bourque 

David L. Bowlin Jr. 

Holly Macaulay Casey 

Bonnie J. Ford 

Abbie Lynne Klinghoffer 

Mary Elizabeth Luzar 

Carey J. Mignerey 

Matthew B. Nicholson 

Allison Susanne Robbins 

Ravi Rahul Sarpartwari 

Jessica Nehrling Simmons 

W. Bradford Wilcox 

Xian Zhao 

DAN RIVER AREA 

B.R. Ashby 

Chair 

Darnell H. Cockram 

James A.L. Daniel 

Charles H. Majors 

Frank W. Mobley Jr. 

Linda F. Ramsey 

Robert T. Vaughan Jr. 

Kathryn B. Wyatt 

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LOWER PENINSULA AREA 

Jennifer O. David 

Chair 

Joe S. Frank 

Kari Ann Heffner 

LYNCHBURG 

James O. Watts IV 

Gorham B. Wood 

Co-Chairs 

Bernard C. Baldwin III 

James K. Candler 

Parker Hall Lee III 

Kristine D. Lloyd 

David T. Petty 

Robert N. Sorenson 

NORTHERN VIRGINIA 

N. Thomas Connally III 

Jennifer K. Murrill 

Co-Chairs 

Richard L. Barnes II 

Amber B. Blaha 

Benjamin B. Hankins Jr. 

Josephine M. Johnson 

Sang H. Kim 

Bridget Leary 

Peter D. Leary 

Wayne M. Lee 

William A. Marr Jr. 

Guru B. Raj 

Charles C. Reardon 

Christopher B. Rogers 

Patricia S. Silverman 

Hardeep S. Singh 

Stephen A. Taylor 

Christopher A. Todd 

Richard E. Young 

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 

Wendy B. Pilch 

Herbert S. Rosenblum 

RICHMOND 

Elizabeth Roark 

Chair 

Corey A. Benjamin 

Scott M. Birmingham 

J. Philip Bowry III 

Javona L. Braxton 

Stuart M. Brumfield 

Victoria Lauren Chiou 

James S. Cremins Sr. 

Susan (Syd) Y. Dorsey 

Gerard P. Filicko 

Douglas M. Garrou 

Douglas D. Garson 

Harold E. Johnson 

Bennett I. Lewis 

Herbert E. Marth Jr. 

Page B. Melton 

Charles L. Menges 

Jeffrey W. Murray 

Pamela Guilford Redd 

Corey B. Simpson 

Clifford S. Singer 

Julious P. Smith III 

Kevin C. Stewart 

Charles M. Terry 

Kristin P. Walinski 

Lori Voss Welander 

Lawson McNeil Wijesooriya 

Richard T. Wilson 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 

Brownie E. Polly Jr. 

William F. Richmond 

Todd A. Stone 

TIDEWATER VIRGINIA 

Scott A. Robertson 

Susan S. Walker 

Co-Chairs 

Erin L. Berry 

Christopher S. Boynton 

Howard E. Gordon 

Sarah E. Joyner 

Stephen C. Mahan 

James P. Marquette 

Amy Jo Sampson 

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 

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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 EVALUATIONS 

Gina L. Corell 

Chair 

Trainer 

Office of Sponsored Programs 

John K. Brown 


Department of Science, Technology, 

and Society 


Benjamin N. Cullop 

Admission Officer 

Office of Undergraduate Admission 

Ryan E. Hargraves 

Assistant Dean of Admissions 


Lisa Medders 

Freelance Editor 


P. Parke Muth 

Senior Assistant Dean of Admissions 

Director of International Admissions 


John E. Portmann 



Matthew A. Reidenbach 



Melvin A. Rogers 



Roderick C. Waterman 

Assistant Director for Grants and Policy 

Office of Sponsored Programs 

Vesla M. Weaver 



MATH EXAM EVALUATORS 


Chair 





Mary P. Beck 

Lecturer, Dean’s Office 


Carl T. Herakovich 

Henry L. Kinnier Professor Emeritus 

of Civil Engineering 


SEMINAR LEADERS 

“Obligations to the Distant Needy: 

Three Perspectives” 

John D. Arras 

Seminar Leader 

Porterfield Professor of Biomedical Ethics 


Sahar Z. Akhtar 



Adam J. Kadlac 

Lecturer 


Michael J. Smith 

Thomas C. Sorenson Professor of Policy 

and Social Thought 


“The Current Financial Crisis: Causes 

and Responses” 

Edwin T. Burton 

Seminar Leader 

Professor 

Department of Economics 

Rachael L. Beaton 

C. Mark Pirrung Jefferson Fellow 


Lee A. Coppock 



Mark T. Giles 

Chairman of the Board 

Virginia National Bank 


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UNDERGRADUATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE 

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. 


Chair 




Thomas J. Baltimore 

President 

RLJ Development LLC 


Mary Scott Birdsall 

Schelford Farm 


Benjamin N. Cullop 

Admission Officer 



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 

Engagement Manager 

McKinsey & Company 



Partner 

Stone Arch Capital LLC 

Minneapolis, Minnesota 

Laura D. Mateo 


Maurie D. McInnis 

Associate Professor, American Art 

and Material Culture 

Director, American Studies 

McIntire Department of Art 


V. Shamim Sisson 

Senior Associate Dean of Students, retired 

Director, Office of Student Life, retired 


Charles C. Townsend III 

Chief Executive Officer & General Partner 

Aloha Partners 


Phoebe L. Yang 

Consultant 

Russell Reynolds Associates 


UNDERGRADUATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MISSION STATEMENT 

TO HELP THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE JEFFERSON SCHOLARS FOUNDATION 

CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND IMPROVE THE JEFFERSON SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 

AND ENSURE THAT IT REMAINS A PREMIER SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY IN 

ORDER TO IDENTIFY, ATTRACT AND NURTURE OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE 

STUDENTS, THOSE WHO ARE AND WILL BE ASSETS TO THE UNIVERSITY 

AS STUDENTS AND ALUMNI. 

(Adopted July 2008) 

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APPENDIX C 

THE GRADUATE SELECTION PROCESS 

JEFFERSON FELLOWS SELECTION COMMITTEE 2009 

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 Fellowship Selection 

Committee determines who among the finalists will be offered Jefferson Fellowships. 

Kenneth S. Abraham 

David and Mary Harrison Distinguished 

Professor of Law 

School of Law 

Yiorgos (George) Allayannis 

Associate Professor of Business 

Administration 


Brian H. Balogh 

Co-Director, GAGE, Miller Center 

of Public Affairs 


Corcoran Department of History 

Lillian R. BeVier 

David and Mary Harrison Distinguished 


School of Law 

Joseph C. Brandt 


ContourGlobal 


Willard Bunn III 

Vice Chairman, Baytree Bancorp 

Lake Forest, Illinois 

Jenny S. Clay 

William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Classics 

Director of Graduate Studies 


John L. Colley Jr. 

Almand R. Coleman Professor of 

Business Administration 


Gregory L. Curl 

Chief Risk Officer 

Bank of America 


Norwood H. Davis Jr. 

Retired 


Robert E. Davis 

Professor and Director of Graduate Studies 


Michael A. DeCola 


Mississippi Lime Company 

Saint Louis, Missouri 

Richard W. Durkes 


Sandler O’Neill & Partners L.P. 


Charles L. Evans 


Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 


Roseanne Ford 

Associate Vice President for Research 

and Graduate Affairs 

Professor 

Department of Chemical Engineering 

Mary Margaret Frank 

Assistant Professor of Business 



Cassandra L. Fraser 

Professor 


Lee B. Harper 

Vice President of Marketing 

Southeastern Asset Management Inc. 


“I am truly convinced that the Jefferson Fellowship was essential for recruiting 

Corlett to U.Va. Those in the Ecology and Evolution world told me that our 

competitor is one of the best places in the world for Corlett’s area of research 

interest. Without a doubt, the Jefferson Scholars Foundation has fulfilled its 

goal of bringing the best and brightest to Grounds.” 

—Keith Kozminski, Director of Graduate Study for the Department of Biology, 

on the acceptance of Corlett Wood 

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JEFFERSON FELLOWS SELECTION COMMITTEE continued 

Cynthia Hoehler-Fatton 

Associate Director 

Carter G. Woodson Institute for African- 

American Affairs and African Studies 



David A. Harrison IV 






Gregory P. Hopper 


Goldman Sachs & Co. 


Thomas V. Inglesby 

Senior Managing Director 

GSC Group 


Steven N. Johnson 

Partner, Grail Partners LLC 


Gary T. Jones 

Retired 



Chair 



Ann G. Kirschner 

University Dean 

William E. Macaulay Honors College 

The City University of New York 


Blair P. Labatt Jr. 


Labatt Food Service 

San Antonio, Texas 

Reginald W. Lathan 

President 

Chemtrans 

Gardena, California 

Michael Lenox 

Samuel L. Slover Research 

Professor of Business 

Associate Dean and Executive Director 

The Batten Insitute 


David A. Lereah 

President 

Reecon Advisors, Inc. 


E. Charles Longley 

Retired 


Kathryn L. Lynch 

Bates/Hart Professor of English 

Wellesley College 

Wellesley, Massachusetts 

William J. Mandel 

Cardiologist 

Cardiovascular Medical Group 

Beverly Hills, California 

Barclay McFadden 

Chairman 

Code Corporation 

Draper, Utah 

Maurie McInnis 


American Art & Material Culture 


Aaron L. Mills 

Associate Dean 

Graduate Programs 

Graduate School of Arts & 

Sciences Professor 


Edward P. Owens 

Senior Vice President 

Wellington Management Company 

Boston, Massachusetts 

Walter R. Perkins 

Chief Technology Officer 

Transave Inhalation Biotherapeutics 

Monmouth Junction, New Jersey 

Rex E. Pingle 

President 

PMD International, Inc. 

Annapolis, Maryland 

Ignacio Provencio 



Deborah A. Roach 



Peter L. Rodriguez 



Associate Dean for International Affairs 

Director, Tayloe Murphy International 

Center 


George A. Rutherglen 

John Barbee Minor Distinguished 


School of Law 

James E. Ryan 

Academic Associate Dean 

William L. Matheson & 

Robert M. Morgenthau 

Distinguished Professor of Law 

Joseph C. Carter Jr. Research Professor 

School of Law 

Saras D. Sarasvathy 




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Elizabeth Fitz Scott 

Retired 


Louis O. Scott 


Morgan Stanley & Company 


Lorraine W. Shanley 

Founder and Principal 

Market Partners International 


Harry A. Shannon III 

Principal 

Ernst & Young LLP 


Marc G. Shrier 

Retired 

Rydal, Pennsylvania 






Tyler Jo Smith 



Wallace Stettinius 

Visiting Lecturer in Business 




CEO and Chairman 



Suzanne I. Tufts 

Attorney 

Friedman, Kaplan, Seiler & Adelman LLP 


Carlos A. Valle 


Merrill Lynch 


David N. Webb 

Partner 

SFW Capital Partners 

Rye, New York 

June A. West 

Assistant Professor of Business 



Ambassador E. 

Ashley Wills 

Senior International Business Advisor 

WilmerHale LLP 


“As Laura is coming to the end of her first year of doctoral studies in literature, she 

describes her studies and life at U.Va. as inhabiting academic paradise.” 

—Ellen and Ken Goldblatt, parents of Laura Goldblatt, 

the John S. Lillard Fellow in the Department of English 

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GRADUATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE 2008–09 

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 

Chief Risk Officer 

Bank of America 





Co-Director, GAGE, 

Miller Center of Public Affairs 

Dorothy N. Batten 

Director 

Landmark Communications, Inc. 


John H. Birdsall III 

Schelford Farm 


Harry Burn III 

Chair 

Sound Shore Management, Inc. 

Greenwich, Connecticut 

John L. Colley Jr. 

Almand R. Coleman Professor of 

Business Administration 


Roseanne M. Ford 



Professor 



Professor 





Ann G. Kirschner 

University Dean 

William E. Macaulay Honors College 

The City University of New York 


Sidney M. Milkis 

White Burkett Miller Professor 


Assistant Director for Academic Programs, 


John D. Villasenor 

Professor 

Department of Electrical Engineering 

University of California-Los Angeles 


Mallory Walker 

President, Walker & Dunlop, Inc. 


Christopher Aaron Richins, John L. Colley Jr. Fellow, presenting in the Rotunda at the 2009 Symposium – on “Business Simulation Models: 

Effective tools for teaching and decision making.” 

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GRADUATE FACULTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE 2008–09 

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. 

Peter S. Baker 

Professor and Director of 

Graduate Admissions 





Co-Director, GAGE, 


Peter C. Brunjes 

Commonwealth Professor of Psychology 


Jenny S. Clay 

William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Classics 

and Director of Graduate Studies 


Frederick H. Damon 


Department of Anthropology 

Robert E. Davis 



Roseanne M. Ford 



Professor 



Professor 


Brie Gertler 

Associate Professor and Director of 

Graduate Studies 


Lawrence O. Goedde 

Professor and Chair 


Cynthia Hoehler-Fatton 

Associate Director, Carter G. Woodson 

Institute for Afro-American Affairs 

and African Studies 



Jeffrey J. Holt 

Associate Professor, Director of Graduate 

Studies, and Chair 

Department of Statistics 

Melvyn P. Leffler 

Edward Stettinius Professor 


Gabrielle Kathryn Lee Miller, 2009 D.N. Batten Fellow, attending second year Darden Fellow Kristin Milone’s symposium presentation in 

the Rotunda. 

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GRADUATE FACULTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE continued 

Lorna Martens 

Professor 

Department of Germanic Languages 

and Literatures 

Fred E. Maus 




Susan M. McKinnon 


Department of Anthropology 

Sydney M. Milkis 

White Burkett Miller Professor 


Assistant Director for Academic Programs, 


Amy V. Ogden 



Department of French Language 

and Literature 

Christopher M. Otrok 



Ignacio Provencio 



Herman M. Schwartz 



Howard M. Singerman 



Darius Tolczyk 



Department of Slavic Languages 

and Literatures 

D. Mark Whittle 

Professor 


Cedric L. Williams 

Professor 


Joseph C. Zieman 



Caroline Davis and Alex Forrest, both new Darden Jefferson Fellows, participate in the Darden case study exercise during the Jefferson 

Fellows Selection Weekend, February 2009. 

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APPENDIX D 

DEVELOPMENT 

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 


Atlanta Alumni Chapter - 

Baxter Maddox Scholarship 

James J. Bailey III Scholarship 




Scholarships 

Frank Batten Scholarship 

Mr. and Mrs. Anson M. Beard 

Jr. Scholarship 

Richard M. Berkeley Family 


Mr. and Mrs. John H. 

Birdsall III – to be named 

Betty and Jack Blackburn 


Reverend Calvin and Frances 

Blackwell Scholarship 

Katherine B. and William F. 

Blue Scholarship 

Bowlin Family Scholarship 

Brockenbrough-Bryan Family 


Brooke/EBSCO Jefferson 


Charles L. Brown Memorial 


Stewart H. Brown Jr. 


W.L. Lyons Brown Foundation 


Brunswick School/Greenwich 

Academy Scholarship 

Mary Catherine Hood 

Caldwell Scholarship 

James K. Candler Scholarship 

A. Macdonald Caputo 

– to be named 

Edward C. Carrington Jr. 


Class of 1983 - David 

P. Carmack Memorial 


Lyell B. Clay Scholarship 

G. Moffett Cochran 


Mary Tilman Corson 


Richard S. Cross Scholarship 

Robert P. Crozer Family 


Jeffrey Rockwell Cudlip 

Memorial Scholarship 

Joseph R. Daniel Scholarship 



Claude R. Davenport Jr. 


Deerfield Academy Scholarship 

Brenda and Robert Dolan 


William B. Dunavant Jr. 


Patricia Frist Elcan Scholarship 

The Elson Scholarship 

Ernest H. and Jeanette P. Ern 


Thomas M. Falcey Family 


Farish Family Scholarships 

Betsey Gamble Feinour 


T. David Fitz-Gibbon 



Foundation Scholarships 

– in memory of 

Alexander Frederick Fleet 

Elizabeth M. Forsyth 


William Prescott Foster 


Harry W. Gilbert Scholarship 

Jason A. Gill Scholarship 

E. Stuart James Grant 


James J. Griffitts Scholarship 

George G. Guthrie Scholarship 

G. Bernard Hamilton Family 


Holbert L. Harris Foundation 




Hathaway Family Scholarships 

Havens Family Scholarship 

Adolphus W. Hawkins Jr. 


Heimann Family Scholarship 

Frank and Ann Hereford 


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BENEFACTORS continued 

Molly Hereford-Susanne 

Smith Scholarship 

C. Edward Hilgenberg 


William M. Hill Jr. 


Hilliard Family Scholarships 

Warren W. Hobbie Scholarship 

William A. Hobbs Scholarship 

Hollis Family Scholarship 

Holton-Arms School/Landon 

School Scholarship 

L. David Horner III and 

S.W. Heischman Scholarship 

Albert Gray Horton II 


Frank W. Hulse IV Scholarship 

William S. Hunter Scholarship 



Glenn Ireland II Scholarship 

Jefferson Scholars Alumni 


Eugenie and Joseph Jones 

Family Foundation Scholarship 

John Paul Jones Scholarship 

Paul Tudor Jones II 


Douglas M. and Peggy Shomo 

Joyner Family Scholarship 

Roxanna and Ralph Joynes 


KBR Foundation Scholarships 

Janice Clark Kellogg 


Peter and Eaddo Kiernan 


Elbert A. Kincaid Scholarship 

Chiswell D. Langhorne Jr. 


Christopher A. Leventis- 

South Carolina Scholarship 

George Lewis Scholarship 

Lawrence Lewis Jr. 


William C. Lickle Scholarship 

John S. Lillard Scholarship 

Carl H. Lindner III 


Mary and Daniel Loughran 

Foundation Scholarships 


Mac Krell Scholarships 

Thomas E. Martin Jr. Family 


James P. Massie Scholarship 

William A. McClung 


Middendorf Foundation- 

Nicholas G. Penniman III 


J. Sanford Miller Family 


Minor Family Scholarship 

E. Sclater Montague 


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 


Stanley G. Mortimer III 


Virginia and Alfred L. Munkres 


Thomas G. and Joy P. 

Murdough Scholarship 

The Noland Scholarship 

Norfolk Academy Scholarship 

Olsson Family Scholarship 

John H. and Mary H. Owens 


William G. Pannill 


Paradis Family Scholarship 

Parents Program Scholarship 

Albert Dorset Penick 


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


Joan and Philip B. Pool Jr. 

Family Scholarship 

Probasco Family Scholarship 

Martin A. Purcell Family 


Ralph James Quale Jr. 


Elwood R. Quesada 


Peter and Crisler Quick 


Ray R. and Eunice T. Ramey 


Jean Rayburn-South Carolina 


Kenneth and Stannye R. 

Reutlinger Scholarship 

Rhode Island Scholarship 

J. Mack Robinson Scholarship 

Roby and Louise C. Robinson 


E. Paul Rogers Jr. Scholarship 

St. Elmo Hall (Delta Phi) 


James Earle Sargeant-Seven 

Society Scholarship 

C. Porter Schutt Scholarship 

W. Harry Schwarzschild Jr. 

and Kathryn Schwarzschild 


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DEVELOPMENT 

S. Buford Scott 


Thomas Gillespie Scully 


Souder Family Scholarship 

Ann Vernon and Gilbert J. 

Sullivan Scholarship 

Donna and Richard D. Tadler 


Taylor-Tyree Family 


Thanksgiving Foundation 


Trainor Family Scholarship 



Eli W. Tullis Scholarships 


Richmond-Virginius Dabney 


University of Virginia Club 

of Washington -Thomas B. 

Worsley Scholarship 

Valentine Family Scholarship 

Nancy and Neal O. Wade Jr. 


C. S. and F. F. Wright 


L. S. Waldrop/T. Evans 

Wyckoff Scholarship 

David C. Walentas Scholarship 

Mr. and Mrs. 

Gordon W. Wallace 






Westmoreland Coal 

Company-Penn Virginia 


In memory of Mr. and Mrs. 

Benjamin B. White Sr. and 

Claire C. Smith Scholarships 

Virginia R. and William H. 

White III Scholarship 

Wendy Whitlow Scholarship 

William C. and Frederick W. 

Whitridge Scholarship 

Ralph C. Wilson Scholarship 

R.E. Lee Wilson Scholarship 

Frank Gardiner Wisner St. 

Paul’s Scholarship 

David J. Wood Scholarships 

Studie and Zach Young 


William H.P. Young 


Anonymous 

Anonymous 

Anonymous 

Anonymous 

Established Scholarships 

Daniel S. Adler Scholarship 

The Alan and Muriel Botsford 

and Crawford and Virginia 

Johnson Scholarship 

G. David Cheek Family 


Frederick C. Coble Scholarship 

Yvonne S. Dobbs Scholarship 

Deming Family Scholarship 

Daniel F. Fisher Jr. M.D. 


Fred C. Goad Scholarship 

Brenton and Lindsay Halsey 

Family Scholarship 

Melissa Holland Scholarship 

Timothy J. Ingrassia 


Kaplan Family Scholarship 

Eugenia R. and Myron B. 

Mausteller Scholarship 

Thomas E. McAuley 


C. Wilson McNeely III 


Charles H. Morse IV 


Oehmig Family Scholarship 

Robert H. Parsley Scholarship 

Payne-Harmon Scholarship 

Puntereri-Rose Family 


Charles K. and Edith H. 

Rosenberg Scholarship 

Jaybird Clare Russell Family 


James E. Rutrough Jr. 


Sanders-Pettit Scholarship 

Todd R. Schnuck Scholarship 


Todd M. Simkin Scholarship 

Stott Family Scholarship 

Taylor Brothers Scholarship 

R. Blair and Susan J. Thomas 


C. S. Brent Winn Family 


Anonymous 


Anonymous 


GRADUATE 

FELLOWSHIPS 

Endowed Fellowships 


Fellowship 

D. N. Batten Foundation 


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BENEFACTORS continued 

Kenneth L. Bazzle Fellowship 

Trey Beck Fellowship 

Birdsall Fellowship for 

the Miller Center of 

Public Affairs 

John A. Blackburn Fellowship 

Brian Layton Blades 


Irby Cauthen Fellowships 

Penny S. and James G. Coulter 


Gregory L. and Nancy H. Curl 

Fellowships 



Harrison Family Fellowship 




Eric M. Heiner Fellowship 

Hilliard Family Fellowship 

Douglas S. Holladay Sr. and 

Cary N. Moon Jr. 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 


Melville Foundation 


John L. Nau III Fellowship 

Newman Family Fellowship 

Edward P. Owens Fellowship 

C. Mark Pirrung Family 


Edgar Shannon Fellowships 

Marc and Nancy Shrier 


Elizabeth Arendall Tilney 

and Schuyler Merritt Tilney 


John E. Walker Jr. Fellowship 

Mallory Walker Fellowship 


James H. and Elizabeth W. 

Wright Fellowship 

Anonymous 

Anonymous 

Established Fellowships 

Daniel S. Adler Fellowship 

Laura S. Bailey Fellowship 



Thompson Dean Fellowship 


Doffermyre Family Fellowship 

Groundbreakers Fellowship 

Elis Olsson Memorial 

Foundation Fellowship 


Peter and Crisler Quick 


Harold J. and Jacquelyn F. 

Rodriguez Fellowship 

Richard G. and Alice C. 

Tilghman Fellowship 

Anonymous 

Anonymous 


LAW FELLOWSHIPS 

Endowed Fellowships 

Chevy Chase Bank Fellowship 

The Schenck Fellowship 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 



Clay Thomas ’78 Memorial 


DARDEN 

FELLOWSHIPS 

Endowed Fellowship 

John L. Colley Jr. Fellowship 

Macfarlane Family Fellowship 

Melville Foundation 



Inglesby Family Fellowship 

McFadden Fellowship 

Rutherford Fellowship 

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DEVELOPMENT 

DONORS 

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

Foundation from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009 are listed below. 

Daniel S. Adler 

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Sanford 

Ainslie III 

Alumni Board of Trustees 

Anonymous* 

Thomas J. Baltimore Jr. 


Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. 

Berkeley 

Joan S. Bertaut 

Stewart T. Bertron 

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Birdsall 

A. Cary Brown-Epstein 

C. Austin Buck 

Mr. and Mrs. J. Andrew Bugas 

Mr. and Mrs. Willard Bunn III 


The G. David Cheek Family 

Foundation 

Chi Y. Chung 

Mr. and Mrs. G. Moffett 

Cochran 

Mr. and Mrs. James Joseph 

Connors II 

Stephen S. Crawford 

Mr. and Mrs. Terrence 

D. Daniels 

Mr. and Mrs. Norwood 

H. Davis Jr. 

Michael A. DeCola 

Mr. and Mrs. Claiborne P. 

Deming Sr. 

Edward J. Dobbs 

Robert W. Downes 


Mr. and Mrs. Franklin S. 

Edmonds Jr. 

Patricia Frist Elcan 

Hugh M. Evans III 

Thomas F. Farrell II 

Laurin Morgan Farrior 


Mr. and Mrs. McDara 

P. Folan III 

The Frontier Project 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Galant 

Lisa O. and Ted A. Gardner 

Robert A. Gary IV 

The Goad Family Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. 

Goad Jr. 

Leslie H. Goldberg 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald 

W. Goodman 

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick 

C. Graney III 


Mr. and Mrs. Brenton 

S. Halsey 

The Allen and Gail Hardin 


Mr. and Mrs. Allen 

S. Hardin 

Harrison Foundation 



Hartfield Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. John P. Havens 

Diane E. Heim and Charles 

C. Reardon 

Landon Hilliard III 

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan 

J. Hirtle 

William A. Hobbs Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Bret W. Holden 



Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Ireland II 

Mr. and Mrs. Eric P. Johnson 

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tudor 

Jones II 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard 

C. Kellogg Jr. 

J. Thornton Kirby 

Mr. and Mrs. Radford 

W. Klotz 

KPB Corporation 

J. M. Bryan Taylor 

Shawn Taylor 

Mr. and Mrs. Curtis A. Krizek 

P. Jeffrey Leck 

George Lewis 

Mr. and Mrs. John S. Lillard 

James C. Lloyd 

George W. Logan 

Mr. and Mrs. John G. 

Macfarlane III 

Madison Lane and Rugby 

Road Charitable Trust 

Frank D. Kittredge Jr. 


Mr. and Mrs. Myron B. 

Mausteller Jr. 

Thomas E. McAuley 

Mr. and Mrs. W. Wallace 

McDowell Jr. 

Courtney Johnson McEniry 

and Roger McEniry 

Barclay McFadden III 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O. 

McNearney III 

Alan B. Menkes 

Middendorf Foundation, Inc. 


Stanley G. Mortimer III 

MSW Foundation 

Merry Walker Dougherty 

Mr. and Mrs. John L. Nau III 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. 

Nelms 

* All donors wishing to remain anonymous are included here. 

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DONORS continued 

Elis Olsson Memorial 


Anne O. Loebs 

C. Elis Olsson 

Inga O. Rogers 

Timothy Q. O’Neill 

Jeff D. Paduch 

Joseph A. Paradis Jr. Family 

Mary Quick Pedersen 

Randolph P. Pillow 

Mr. and Mrs. C. Mark Pirrung 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. 

Pitts Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. William L. 

Polk Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. 

Pollock 

Philip B. Pool Jr. 

Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Powell 

David A. Preiser 

David R. Pruner 

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Quick 

Red Bird Hollow Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Allen B. 

Rider III 

Robert W. Riordan 

Rodriguez Family Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. 

Rodriguez Jr. 

David C. Rosenberg 

Harry C. Rosenberg 

Matthew J. Rosenberg 

James E. Rutrough Jr. 

Ritchie Scaife 


Elizabeth F. Scott and 

Stephen T. Scott 

Estate of Sybil Shrier 

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Smet 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Smith 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. 

Smithgall III 

Souder Family Foundation 

Susanna Jacobus Souder 

William F. Souder 

Shepard C. Spink Jr. 

Wallace Stettinius 

Peter W. Stott Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Stott 

Harold H. Stream III 


Mr. and Mrs. R. Blair Thomas 

Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. 

Tilghman 

Mr. and Mrs. David M. Tolmie 

Lavinia H. Touchton 

William P. Utt 

U.Va. Club of New York 

Carlos A. Valle 

William J. Van Devender 

Family Foundation 

Mr. and Mrs. William 

J. Van Devender 

Louis S. Waldrop Sr. 

David C. Walentas 

Mr. and Mrs. David N. Webb 

Marjorie H. Webb 

Mr. and Mrs. R. Halsey Wise 

PLANNED GIFTS 

The following donors have made planned gift designations during the fiscal year July 1, 2008 to 

June 30, 2009 for the benefit of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation. 

Randolph P. Barton 


George Gilmer Grattan IV 

Susan Voigt Gummeson 

Stephen G. Harrison 

Christy Higgins Hooper 

J. Sanford Miller 

Fred N. Newman 

William C. Schmidt Jr. 

Estate of Sybil Shrier 

Louis S. Waldrop Sr. 

Benjamin B. White Jr. 

Frederick W. Whitridge 

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DEVELOPMENT 

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN ADVISORY COMMITTEE 2008–09 

Peter Quick (Engr ’78) 

Chair 




David L. Bowlin (Col ’69) 


Kip R. Caffey (Col ’77) 


Cary Street Partners 



(Col ‘63, Law ’66) 

Advisory Director 

Morgan Stanley & Company, Inc. 


Gene E. DeRose (Col ’86) 

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder 

House Party, Inc. 

Irvington, New York 

Allison Cryor DiNardo 

(Col ’82, GSBA ’88) 

President 

Barat Wireless & Carroll Wireless 



(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 



(Col ’86) 

Owner 

LBK Capital 

Longboat Key, Florida 


(Col ’81) 

President 

Schnuck Markets, Inc. 



(Col ’78, Law ’82) 

Chair and Chief Executive Officer 




(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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APPENDIX E 

FINANCE REPORT 

INCOME AND EXPENSES 2008–09 

GROWTH OF ENDOWMENT PORTFOLIO 

(Dollars In Millions – Through May 31, 2009) 

$246.6M 

$227.5M 

$201.9M 

$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 

Total $9,079,592 

3% 

Other Endowment 

Income 

$312,853 

2% 

Other Revenue 

Sources 

$178,980 

95% 


Endowment Income 

$8,587,759 

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FINANCE 

EXPENSE BREAKDOWN 

Total $9,079,592 

26% 

General & 


$2,344,975 

3% 

Alumni Association 

Services 

$322,530 

63% 

Scholarship & Fellowship 

Awards 

$5,730,133 

4% 

Enrichment 

Programs 

$342,889 

4% 

Selection & 

Recognition 

$339,065 

FUNCTIONAL EXPENSE BREAKDOWN 

Total $9,079,592 

12% 

Administrative 

$1,114,050 

9% 

Fundraising 

$786,118 

79% 

Program 

$7,179,424 

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FINANCE COMMITTEE 2008–09 

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. 


Chair 

Partner and Head of Mergers and 

Acquisitions of Americas 

Goldman, Sachs & Company 



Director 

Landmark Communications, Inc. 


G. Moffett Cochran 


Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC 







Chair 



C. Mark Pirrung 


Atlanta Beverage Company 


Peter Quick 




W. Reid Sanders 

Private Investor 

Chickasaw Partners 


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APPENDIX F 

ALUMNI 

ALUMNI SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS 2008–09 

1985 

Paul Vincent Demarco 

Received South Carolina Commission on Higher Education’s 

Service Learning Award 

1987 

Stephen Glynn Harrison 

Received the Robert C. Smith Award from the Decorative Arts 

Society for his book, Artistic Luxury: Faberge, Tiffany, Lalique, 

which accompanied the exhibition in Cleveland and San Francisco 

1989 

Barbara Lynn Shubinski 

Received two Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance awards for 

production of the original musical “Moving Home” 

1990 

Todd Lewis Etter 

Winner of 2008 Washington Post Hunt 

1993 


Published manuscript on race and gender issues in liver 

transplantation in the Journal of the American Medical Association, 

November 2008. The findings from this article were also featured 

on the NBC Nightly News 

1994 

Jennifer Sue Scappettone 

Elders Series #5: Poetry, Landscape, Apocalypse, published author 

1995 

Zayde Gordon Antrim 

Received an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship to 

support a sabbatical in 2009-10 to complete a book manuscript 

(Routes and Realms: The Power of Place in the Early Islamic World) 

1996 

Lara Shayne Collier 

Received a Kimmel Scholar Award, which provides support to 

promising young cancer researchers 

1997 

Thomas Walker Lamond 

Rules for My Unborn Son, published author (November 2009) 

Coolidge Elmo Rhodes Jr. 

Named among Top Young Lawyers in Texas, Texas Monthly 

magazine (April 2009) 

1999 


Liberal Loyalty, published author 

2000 

Kerry Cavanaugh Rice 

Earned an Emmy Award as a reporter for WBAL-TV in Baltimore 

2001 

Rachel Elizabeth Greene 

Ordained as a priest in the Church of England 

2002 

Kerry Leigh O’Neill 

“Thoroughbreds and the Law,” article published in the New York 

Times (June, 2008) 

2005 

Edward Oscar Benson 

Created an award-winning personal finance application for the 

iPhone with his students 

2006 

James David Nelson 

Robert E. Goldsten Award for Distinction in the Classroom 

(U.Va. School of Law) 

Roger and Madeleine Traynor Prize (U.Va. School of Law) 

Peter Vinding Swendsen (Graduate Fellow) 

“Before Frozen Fog,” “Nothing that is not there and the nothing that 

is,” and “coldness and lightness,” Composer 

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ALUMNI SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS continued 

2007 

Brian Phillips Murphy (Graduate Fellow) 

Richard L. Morton Award for best essay submitted by someone 

while in graduate school (for article published in the William and 

Mary Quarterly in April 2008) 

Cynthia Lisa Nicoletti (Graduate Fellow) 

Received the Kathryn T. Preyer award for the best paper in legal 

history by a young scholar at the annual meeting of the American 

Society for Legal History 

2008 

Anna Bond Estes (Graduate Fellow) 

Received research grants from the National Science Foundation 

(Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant) and the 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s African Elephant Fund 


Appeared as a contestant on Wheel of Fortune 

Peter Michael Traub (Graduate Fellow) 

Dissertation Year Fellowship from the Graduate School of Arts and 

Sciences at the University of Virginia (2009 -10) 

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ALUMNI 

ALUMNI ADVISORY COMMITTEE 2008–09 

The Alumni Advisory Committee met in Charlottesville for its 3rd annual meeting on April 18, 2009. 

Topics of discussion included ways to involve Jefferson Scholar alumni more effectively in the recruitment 

and selection of new Jefferson Scholars, ways to increase alumni giving, and the upcoming 30th 

Reunion in the fall of 2010. Thirteen members of the Committee will conclude their terms of service in 

the fall of 2009 and will be replaced by a new representative from each of their respective classes. 


Class of 1997 


Susan Kuhn Blank 

Class of 1995 



Class of 1993 

Durham, North Carolina 

Veronica Dublin Brooks 

Class of 2007 

Zachary, Louisiana 

Patrick Joseph Cronin 

Class of 2008 


Margaret Ann Debelius 

Class of 1988 


Paul Vincent DeMarco 

Class of 1985 

Florence, South Carolina 

Laura Rains Draper 

Class of 1990 


Weston Ashley Fox 

Class of 1999 

Chapel Hill, North Carolina 

Harley Shuford Garrison 

Class of 1991 

Greensboro, North Carolina 


Class of 1987 

Cleveland, Ohio 

Joseph Daniel Lemire 

Class of 2005 


Jaime Amanda Martinez 

Graduate Fellow (2005) 

Lumberton, North Carolina 

Karen Elizabeth Mayer Ross 

Class of 1988 


David Cole Metcalf 

Class of 2002 


Betsy Watts Metcalf 

Class of 2004 



Class of 2001 

Huntington Beach, California 

P. Harris Morris Jr. 

Class of 1992 

Englewood, Colorado 

Rohan Kochikar Pai 

Class of 2009 


Benjamin Ryan Sachs 

Class of 2006 


Adele Bruce Shartzer 

Class of 2003 


Todd Mitchell Simkin 

Class of 1996 

Wynnewood, Pennsylvania 


Class of 2000 

New Hope, Pennsylvania 

Katharine Lopez Weymouth 

Class of 1998 


Frank Camp Williams III 

Class of 1986 

Greenville, South Carolina 

Leslie Keith Yonce IV 

Class of 1994 


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 

Alison Mylander Gregory 


Matthew Lawrence Iwicki 

James Thornton Kirby 

Aniruddh Dhiren Patel 

Christopher Roy Rutledge 

Jill Elizabeth Siegel 

* Deceased 

ALUMNI INTERNSHIP PROGRAM 

Four years after its inception, the Alumni 

Internship Program saw more growth and 

interest from both alumni and third year 

Jefferson Scholars. For the first time this year, 

alumni answered two important questions 

regarding this program rather than just one: 

n Would you be interested in and able to 

have one of our rising fourth year Scholars 

intern with you for a portion of the summer 

of 2009 

n If you answered “no” and are unable to 

host an intern next summer, would you 

be interested in offering career advice and 

potential shadowing opportunities for 

current Jefferson Scholars 

2006 2007 2008 2009 

Alumni Interested 29 44 69 111 

Scholars Interested 11 17 18 18 

Actual Internship 

Matches 2 3 6 TBD 

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ALUMNI 

1988 

Joseph Michael Bizup 

Stuart Mitchell Brumfield 

Luis David Cardenas 

Margaret Ann Debelius 

Eileen Filliben Edmunds 


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 

“I interned with Jennifer Scappettone, a poet and professor of art and literature at 

the University of Chicago. She was [working on] a book about Venice, [so] I did a lot 

of [work with her] for that book…. I also helped her with some poetry manuscripts, 

and a poetry article she was publishing. We spent about five weeks working 

together all day, three of those in Venice, two in New York City. It was fantastic; 

she is wonderful, and it was great to have the shared background of U.Va. and the 

Jefferson Scholars Foundation. We had a lot in common, more than one would 

expect. We had both wanted to go to Yale but then turned it down for U.Va., we had 

a lot of similar interests, especially academically, and we ended up being friends, 

I would say…. By the time I had to leave New York, I was sad to stop working with 

her. It was a great experience, and if I end up going to graduate school for English, 

that decision will certainly be shaped by this summer’s internship.” 

—Jia Tolentino, the Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Scholar, Class of 2009 

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THE ALUMNI continued 

Kimberly Tan Majure 

Daniel Dillon O’Neill 

Nelse Thompson Schreck 

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 

IN IN MEMORIAM 

Kenneth Decatur Heath Heath 

January January 26, 26, 1970 1970 

February 9, 9, 2009 2009 

Chi Young Chung 

Benjamin Grinnan Ehlers 

Justin Arthur Giroux 

Kimberly Dillon 

Grantham 

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 

ALUMNI GIVING REPORT 

n 75% of our alumni (in the classes of 1985–2006) have 

made gifts to the Jefferson Scholars Foundation at least 

once since graduating. 

n Total amount given by Jefferson Scholars alumni is $1,877,866. 

Tonia J. Sanborn Anderson 

James Scott Ballenger 


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 

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ALUMNI 

FELLOWS INITIATIVES: ESTES 

Anna Estes (Jefferson Fellow Alumna) 

Upon completing her degree, Anna Estes, 

Paul Tudor Jones II Fellow in the Department 

of Environmental Sciences, received 

both a grant from the Cleveland 

Metroparks Zoo and an NSF Doctoral 

Dissertation Research Improvement Grant 

to continue her work using collars and 

satellite tracking technology to study 

elephants in Tanzania. She serves on the 

Board of Advisors for the Conservation 

Resource Center, a nonprofit company in 

Tanzania that facilitates research and 

conservation work by foreigners and 

Tanzanian nationals. 

Orit Jacoby Carroll 

Jason Foster Dickerson 

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 

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 H. Pierce 

Salguero 

Todd Mitchell Simkin 

James Blair Smethurst 

Clay Elwood Thomson 

Gretchen Steidle Wallace 

Maurice Darnell Watkins 

1997 


Sean Noel Bryant* 

Kimberly Baker Dulaney 

* Deceased 

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Stephanie Diane Nixon 

Tara Jenise Pate 

Brian Matthew Payne 

Sandy Jo Robertson 

Sajeena Geevarghese Thomas 

Ann Meade Besenfelder 

Trahan 

Heather Suzanne Trout 

Per Daniel Tyréus 

Martina Blythe Waters 

Katharine Lopez 

Weymouth 

Christopher Bussa Wood 

Amanda Penabad and Liz Stork, both Class of 2007, at a regional alumni gathering in 

Washington, D.C. in June 2009. 

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 Scott 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 

Rachel Patricia Carriere 

Tennille Jo Neuharth 

Checkovich 

Micheal Huntley Garriott Jr. 

Matthew Thomas Harrison 

Shaharyar Muazzam Khan 

Alvina Hoi Yee Lo 

Sundi Erica Lofty 

Robert Jason Lojek 

Jeffrey David Manns 

Corey Williams McLellan 

1999 

Matthew Lincoln Adams 

Radhiya Danielle Bailey 

Christopher Francis Batten 

Jamieson MacDonald 

Bourque 

Mary Alice Tyson Browning 

Lindy Belle Cox 

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* 

* Deceased 

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ALUMNI 

Amanda Celeste 

Morrow-Jensen 

Maria Katherine Pulzetti 

Kerri Akaya Smith 


Niran Romesh Wijesooriya 

2000 

Richard Kent Bennett Jr. 

Seuli Bose Brill 

Michelle Lynn Cavalieri 

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 

Elizabeth Malone Hoffman 

Alex Braeden Jackson 

Peter Decklin Leary 

Stephanie Lynne Merhar 

Andrea Meah Plummer 

Catherine Davenport Pollock 

Blair Justin Fire Reich 

FELLOWS INITIATIVES: PAWLOWICZ 

Matt Pawlowicz (Jefferson Fellow Alumnus) 

During his last year at the University, Matt Pawlowicz, 

Hilliard Family Fellow in the Department of Anthropology, 

was captain of the Virginia Rugby Football Club. Matt 

smashed stereotypes about ruggers by leading a group of 

Charlottesville-area men dressed in women’s shoes on a 

“Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event to show solidarity with 

female victims of sexual assault. 

Kerry Cavanaugh Rice 

Ruth Ann Vleugels 


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 


Katherine Costa Monahan 

Catalina Ocampo 

Andrew Stephen Oldham 

Kate Elizabeth Pomper 

* Deceased 

“At the core of the Jefferson Scholarship Program is the community of Scholars at 

the University. The Program fosters lasting relationships among students with 

diverse interests and backgrounds but a shared passion for leadership and 

scholarship. It has introduced me to some of the most impressive people I have 

ever met and some of my closest friends at the University.” 

—John Nelson, the Molly Hereford-Suzanne Smith Scholar, Class of 2010 

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Ming Qi 

Steven Moffat Shepard 

Nicole O’Brien Snyder 

Kevin Philipp Whelan 

Cicely Ann Williams 

2002 

REGIONAL ALUMNI RECEPTIONS 

The Foundation holds regional receptions around the 

country for Jefferson Scholar alumni. Events were held in 

2008–2009 in New York City, Washington, D.C., Charlottesville, 

San Francisco, Atlanta, and Boston. 

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 

Cynthia Ayers Barker 

Duncan Christopher Brook 

Thomas Mitchell Deal 

Raynelle LaTia Deans 

Sara Hume Gahan 

Joseph Randall Gay 

Esther Carol Haley 

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 

Robert Kirk Walker III 

Shelley Johnson Webb 

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 

* Deceased 

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ALUMNI 

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 

Emily Anne Bagby 

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 

Thomas Hall, Brian Smith, and David Metcalf, Class of 2002 alumni, at a regional gathering 

in Washington, D.C. in June 2009. 

Patrick Daniel Lane 

Joseph Daniel Lemire 

Frances Mei-yuan Liu 

Charles Benjamin Lovell 

Lauren James Maggio 

Lee Whitworth Martin 

Erin McDermott Nance 

Raleigh Wallace Nuckols 

Kimberly Eseosa Osagie 

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 

Bethany Kieran Garrison 

Margaret Sears Grundy 

Catherine Jean Hauptfuhrer 

Charles Lindsay Hopkins Hull 

Karina Anna Janicka 

Samuel Nathan Jonas 

Laura Rose Juliano 

Christina Margaret Kelleher 

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James Lawrence Kennedy 

Emily Laura Kutzer-Rice 

Eugenio Carlos 

Labadie Ibáñez 

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 

“The principles of leadership, scholarship, and citizenship, fundamental to the 

Jefferson Scholars Program, so influenced me during my time at the University 

that they have become an integral part of my life and work today. I believe 

that cultivating inner awareness and contributing to the common good are 

both necessary to advance the greatest level of positive social change. This 

includes becoming a scholar of your field of work, finding your unique offering 

to contribute toward society, and leading with integrity and compassion. Not 

only do I aim to uphold these principles in my own work, I incorporate the same 

in my teachings to marginalized women from Africa.” 

—Gretchen Wallace, Class of 1996 

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ALUMNI 

Patrick Joseph Cronin 

Lydia Morgan Cuffman 

Dean Adrian de la Peña 

Megan Elizabeth 

Dunning 

Jennifer Meghan Hayes 


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 

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 

Peter Swendsen, Jefferson Fellow alumnus, sets up field recording equipment in Norway. 

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PUBLICATION DESIGN 

Josef Beery, Rick Bickhart 

COVER PHOTO 

Tom Cogill 

PORTRAIT AND EVENT 

PHOTOGRAPHY 

Katherine Kayser 

ACTIVITY PHOTOGRAPHY 

Submitted by the Scholars, Fellows, 

and Alumni (Image Editor, 

Jennifer L. Allen, Class of 2006) 

ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY 

Tom Cogill, Dan Addison 

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