Princeton students, faculty and a former president of the University have been collecting a bevy of honors, gaining recognition and financial support for a wide variety of projects.
History professor Peter Lake, electrical engineering professor Vincent Poor GS '76 and politics professor Howard Rosenthal received the annual Guggenheim Fellowship. The Guggenheim Fellowship provides a grant to individuals with exceptional achievement who are also planning projects of considerable potential in all fields except the performing arts.
Lake, who focuses on British history, plans to investigate "Dynastic Crises, Confessional Politics and Conspiracy Theory in Post-Reformation England."
Poor will pursue his interests in statistical signal processing as he undertakes a research project entitled "Quantum Multi-User Communications."
Rosenthal, whose academic interests include the application of formal theory and quantitative methods to political analysis, will research a project on "Empirical Tests of Theories of the Legislative Process."
This year only 184 fellows were selected from a pool of nearly 3,000 applicants. Last year the average value of the fellowship was about $36,000.
Goldwater Scholarships
Three members of the class of 2003 also received monetary awards as Goldwater Scholars to continue their academic pursuits.
Brad Barkin, Kristen Bethke and Adrienne Erickcek earned Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation scholarships — which are designed to support exceptional students of mathematics, the sciences and engineering.
Barkin, Bethke and Erickcek —molecular biology, aerospace engineering and physics majors, respectively — are eligible for up to $7,500 per year as they work toward graduate study in their fields.
Arts and Letters Award
English professor James Richardson '71 received an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for his poetry contributions to American literature.
Richardson, who has taught at the University for that last 22 years, has composed six books of poetry and two critical reviews.
President Emeritus Harold Shapiro GS '64 is a past recipient of the award.
Other honorees
More recently, Rear Admiral Kirk Unruh '70 of the U.S. Naval Reserve was awarded the Legion of Merit Medal, one of the military's highest honors. Unruh was honored for his outstanding performance as deputy commander of the Maritime Defense Zone Atlantic, where he is involved in coordinating Naval and Coast Guard efforts in homeland security.
Unruh is also a past recipient of the American Academy award.
Shapiro will also be honored, along with Trenton mayor Douglas Palmer, by the National Conference for Community and Justice — a national human relations organization. The Princeton Area Capital Chapter will present the awards June 13.
According to the Conference, Shapiro is being recognized for his "efforts on behalf of individuals from all cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds."
Shani Moore '02 has received a graduate scholarship from the Cooke Foundation to study in the University of California's journalism program at Berkeley.
The Cooke Foundation provides $50,000 per year for up to six years of graduate school. The scholarship is open to to students who are residents of Virginia, Maryland or the District of Columbia.
Kate Benson '03 received the A. Scott Berg '71 Scholarship for this year, only the second year it has been awarded. Benson plans to use the award to write short stories this summer in Minnesota, her home state.
The Berg Scholarship was established by Berg, a Pulitzer Prize winner for his biography of Charles Lindbergh, to provide undergraduates with the opportunity to perform independent research. It carries a $3,500 stipend.
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