Three Princeton Seniors, Two Alums Receive Marshall Scholarships

Three Princeton University seniors and two alumni are five of 36 American college students awarded 2012 Marshall Scholarships.

The Princeton seniors are Christina Chang, Kyle Edwards and Emily Rutherford. The alumni are Samuel Dorison and Alice Easton.

Marshall Scholarships covers the cost of graduate study and living at a British university of the recipient's choice for two to three years.

The Marshall Scholarships were established in 1953 as a British gesture to the U.S. for assistance after World War II under the Marshall Plan. The British government awards scholarships to American students who have demonstrated academic excellence and leadership potential. 

There has been an increase in the number of women applying for and receiving Marshall Scholarships, said Deirdre Moloney, director of fellowship advising for the University's Office of International Programs.

Chang, a chemistry major from Austin, Texas, plans to pursue a master's degree in sustainable energy futures at Imperial College London, followed by a master's degree in inorganic chemistry at the University of Cambridge.

Dorison, of Longmeadow, Mass., a 2011 graduate of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, hopes to pursue a master's degree in human rights.

Easton, from Chicago, graduated from Princeton in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in ecology and evolutionary biology; she plans to pursue a doctorate in infectious disease epidemiology at Imperial College London.

Edwards, of Altadena, Calif., plans to pursue a doctorate in public health from the University of Oxford. She will use her Marshall Scholarship to continue her study of bioethics. 

Rutherford, a history major from San Diego, plans for a master's degree in modern British and European history at the University of Oxford. Recently, for her senior thesis, she has focused on the intellectual history of sexual identity in Victorian Britain. Later, she plans to complete a doctorate in the United States.

-Princeton University, Office of Communications