Duke Announces Winners of A.B. Duke Scholarships
Nine high school graduates have won prestigious Angier B. Duke Memorial scholarships, which are undergraduate merit awards at Duke University.
The A.B. Duke scholarships are awarded to intellectually outstanding students who show promise of being intellectual leaders. The scholarships stem from the Angier B. Duke Memorial Inc., established in 1925 by university co-founder Benjamin Newton Duke in memory of his son Angier Buchanan Duke.
The awards cover full tuition for four years (one year may be spent abroad on a university-approved program) and include a six-week summer study program at Oxford, England. Based on estimated tuition rates, a scholarship will be worth more than $130,000 to a student over a four-year period.
In addition, the Angier B. Duke Memorial Inc. recently made an $800,000 grant to support several new curricular and communication initiatives that will enhance the scholarship program. Prominent among them is an opportunity for a group of A.B. Duke Scholars to develop a group service learning project and a discussion series with thought leaders on a variety of topics.
This year's winners are:
-- Nicholas Frank Altemose of Temecula, Calif., a graduate of Chaparral High School and the son of Maria and Brian Altemose.
-- Gustavo Salvador Alvarez of Miami, Fla., a graduate of Westminster Christian High School and the son of Cecilia and Gustavo Alvarez.
-- Jared Alexander Dunnmon of Cincinnati, a graduate of Summit Country Day School and the son of Kara Haas and Preston Dunnmon.
-- Katherine Elizabeth Buse of Chapel Hill, N.C., a graduate of Durham Academy High School and the daughter of Laura Raftery and John Buse.
-- Laura Evalyn Gauch of Lawrence, Kan., a graduate of Bishop Seabury Academy and the daughter of Dr. Susan Gauch and Dr. John Gauch.
-- Huang Huang of Shreveport, La., a graduate of Caddo Parish Magnet High School and the daughter of Bing Cheng and Shile Huang.
-- Tina Rae-Tin Mao of Charleston, S.C., a graduate of Porter-Gaud School and the daughter of Tai-Ying and Chiang Mao.
-- Aishlinn Nora O'Connor of Prairie Village, Kan., a graduate of Shawnee Mission East and the daughter of Paige and Rory O'Connor.
-- Melanie Preethika Subramanian of Ballwin, Mo., a graduate of Marquette High School in Chesterfield, Mo., and the daughter of Chitra and Mani Subramanian