Adam Frankel '03 awarded circumnavigators scholarship
Adam Frankel '03 was awarded the Circumnavigators Club Foundation scholarship on Dec. 3. The scholarship, which consists of an $8500 grant, will allow him to travel to China, Russia, Cambodia, Haiti and Zimbabwe.The Circumnavigators Club, a 100-year-old organization that strives to better international cooperation and understanding, gave out four scholarships this year.The grants will allow each recipient to pursue an around-the-world travel-study project of international concern during the summer between his junior and senior years."Over the past 30 years, 74 students have benefited from the foundation's sponsorship to undertake worthwhile research projects on a wide variety of timely topics on issues of global importance," said Gregory Rider, the New York metro area coordinator for the Circumnavigators Club Foundation."A number of the foundation's scholars have entered the diplomatic service while many others are pursuing international careers in business, law, medicine, public service, education, technology and the arts," Rider explained in an e-mail.Frankel, a Wilson School major, said he will use his scholarship as an opportunity to understand how AIDS is affecting the economic, societal and political structures in communities throughout the world.