WELLESLEY COLLEGE CLASS OF 1997
MAJOR AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
In national competitions, members of the Wellesley
College Class of 1997 have been awarded numerous major
fellowships and awards including seven Fulbright
Scholarships, a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, two Truman
Scholarships, a Mellon Fellowship, a George Eastman Award, a
Beinecke Scholarship, and two Public Policy and
International Relations Fellowships.
Allison F. Gardner, Margaret E. Hadley, Janet M.
Hostetler, Anne L. LeBel, Kathleen H. Withers, Heidi T.
Meyer, and Karen E. Young have been awarded Fulbright
Scholarships.
Allison Gardner, a Political Science and Classical
Civilization major from Cumberland, Rhode Island, will study
in Ottawa, Canada and research the development and
implementation of Canadian environmental policy. She is
graduating with Phi Beta Kappa honors and plans to pursue a
law degree at New York University School of Law.
Margaret Hadley, an Art History and German major from
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, will study the art and
architecture of turn of the century Vienna, Austria.
Janet Hostetler, an Economics and Latin American Studies
double major from Derwood, Maryland, will study in
Australia, focusing on grass roots anti-nuclear activism and
pursue a masters degree in International Relations. She is a
Durant Scholar summa cum laude with Phi Beta Kappa honors.
In addition, Ms. Hostetler was named a 1996 Truman Scholar.
She was also selected as the 1997 Student Speaker at
Commencement, a tradition that began in 1969 when Hillary
Rodham Clinton addressed her Wellesley classmates.
Anne LeBel, a double major in International Relations and
German from Marlborough, Connecticut, will teach English and
American Studies to high school students in Bonn, Germany.
She intends to pursue a career in international law or
academia.
Kathleen Withers, a Political Science major from Boulder,
Colorado, will study in Great Britain at the London School
of Economics. She is graduating with Phi Beta Kappa honors
and plans to earn a Ph.D. in economics in preparation for a
career as a development economist.
Heidi Meyer, a German Studies major from Plymouth,
Minnesota, will spend a year in Vienna, Austria focusing on
the role of women in the cultural flourishing at the turn of
the century. In addition, Ms. Meyer has won Wellesley's
Barbara Bush Award for Volunteerism and will spend this
summer working in a Minneapolis-based literacy program.
Karen Young, an Anthropology major from Columbia, South
Carolina, will study in Ecuador researching artisans'
cooperatives and the economy for handicrafts.
Katherine P. Gardner was awarded a Thomas J. Watson
Fellowship. A double major in English and International
Relations from Colorado Springs, Colorado, she will travel
to Great Britain to study the differences in British and
American comedy. Her long-term plans focus on a career in
the entertainment industry as a writer, performer and
producer.
Laurel Boykin received a 1996 Truman Scholarship. A
religion major from Bishop, Georgia, she plans to work as a
health policy research assistant in Washington, D.C. while
deciding upon a course of graduate study.
Christina J. Kastros has been awarded a Mellon
Fellowship. An English major from College Point, New York,
she intends to begin a Ph.D. program in English Literature
at the University of California at Berkeley this fall. She
plans to focus on a career teaching English and writing at
the college level.
Darshan Elena Campos was chosen to receive the George
Eastman Award. A double major in Film Studies and History
from Santa Cruz, California, she has been selected to
receive the George Eastman Scholarship, funded by a gift to
Wellesley College from writer, film director and Wellesley
alumna Nora Ephron. Ms. Ephron received the George Eastman
Award, named in honor of Kodak's founder and given to motion
picture directors of great acclaim. The award carries with
it a contribution to the scholarship fund at the college of
the recipient's choice. Ms. Campos intends to begin a Ph.D.
program in the History of Consciousness at the University of
California at Santa Cruz this fall and anticipates a career
in film and academia.
Amanda Aeschliman was awarded the 1996 Beinecke
Scholarship. She is an Italian major from Killingworth,
Connecticut.
Jassmine Alexis Braxton was awarded a Public Policy and
International Relations Fellowship. She is a double major in
French and International Relations from Ontario, California.
Wu Jin Zhou was awarded a Public Policy and International
Relations Fellowship. A double major in International
Relations and Chinese Studies from New York, New York, her
plans include working for Coopers and Lybrand in New York
and deciding upon a course of graduate study.
###
| 
