British Marshall Scholarship Program Announces Class of 2009

The British Government has announced the 40 winners of the prestigious Marshall Scholarship program, which selects graduate students from across the United States to study in the United Kingdom and serve as ambassadors for relations between the US and the UK.  They follow in the prestigious footsteps of Marshalls alumni including Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, author and journalist Thomas Friedman, and key appointee to the Obama Administration Peter Orszag.

Since the program's inception, over 1,500 young Americans have become Marshall Scholars.  Among the 2009 class of Marshall Scholars is VCHS graduate and Valedictorian of the Class of 2005 Kyle Checchi.  A senior at the US Naval Academy, Kyle will attend the London School of Economics and Political Science.

This year's scholars will pursue post-graduate studies at top academic and research institutions in the United Kingdom. They will study and pursue graduate degrees in a variety of subjects including public policy, health policy, engineering, music, environment change and management and Chinese studies. This year, the US Naval Academy, Harvard and MIT each had four students receive and accept the prestigious Marshall Scholarship. 

Named for Secretary of State George Marshall, the program began in 1953 as a gesture of gratitude to the people of the United States for the assistance that the UK received after World War II under the Marshall Plan.  Scholarships offer talented young Americans the chance to study for up to three years at a British university of their choice.


Source: UK in the USA - the official website for the British Embassy in the United States

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