Williams College Names Fellowship Winners
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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Williams College has announced the winners of the Dr. Herchel Smith Fellowship for graduate study at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, and the Martin-Wilson Fellowship for graduate study at Worcester College, Oxford University.
The seven seniors awarded the Herchel Smith Fellowship are Abigail Adams, Jacob Addelson, Sikandar Ahmadi, Nathan Bricault, Steven Hailey, Jared Hallett, and Henry Schmidt.
Amy Levine was awarded the Martin-Wilson Fellowship.
Adams, an English major from Hockessin, Del., will be returning to the U.K., as she was selected to attend the Williams-Exeter Programme at Oxford during her junior year. At Williams she sang with the Elizabethans and the Concert and Chamber Choirs and spent her summers working at the Chapin Library of Rare Books at Williams. She plans to pursue an M.Phil. in Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge.
Addelson, from Concord, Mass., is a double major in history and classics. A member of Phi Beta Kappa and a Ruchman Student Fellow at Williams' Oakley Center for the Humanities and Social Sciences, he has won several prizes for his undergraduate work in Latin and in history. At Williams he has been a strong proponent of food sustainability and environmental awareness. He will study for an M.Phil. in political thought and intellectual history.
Ahmadi is a political science and economics double major from Kabul, Afghanistan. At Williams he has received the Harry A. Garfield Scholarship, was an Allison Davis Research Fellow, and conducted research on socioeconomic dimensions of female autonomy in Afghanistan. He was president of the South Asian Students Association and the International Club. He plans to complete an M.Phil. in development studies at Cambridge.
Bricault, a computer science and physics double major, is finishing a thesis in experimental atomic physics. A member of the fencing team and the Aristocows (an all-Disney a capella group), Bricault has worked for three years in the science center machine shop, designing and building lab equipment. He plans to complete an M.Phil. in advanced computer science at Cambridge. He is from West Boylston, Mass.
Hailey, a philosophy major from Fayetteville, Ark., will be at Cambridge University for the second time, having studied there during his junior year. At Williams he studied with professors Keith McPartland and Bojana Mladenovic, was a teaching assistant, and worked as a peer tutor. He will complete an M.Phil. in classics with a concentration in ancient philosophy and hopes to pursue further study in philosophy.
Hallett is a math and Chinese double major from Sterling, Va. He spent the summer after junior year studying Cantonese in Hong Kong and has conducted research at Williams with Professor Cesar Silva and at the University of Michigan with Professor Michael Zieve. He will be pursuing a master’s degree in mathematics.
Schmidt is from Saint Louis, Mo. He is a history of art and English double major, and studied with the Williams in Exeter Programme at Oxford during his junior year. At Williams he served as co-captain of the cycling team, was a member of the Outing Club Board, taught telemark skiing, and worked for Hopkins Memorial Forest. At Cambridge he plans to complete an M.Phil. in early modern history and one in the history of art.
Levine, a philosophy and English double major from Rockville, Md., will study for a B.Phil. in philosophy. This will be her second time studying at Oxford, as during her junior year she was selected to attend the Williams-Exeter Programme. At Williams, she has served as co-president of the Jewish Association, co-captain of the cycling team, secretary of the Outing Club, and teaching assistant. After Oxford, she plans to return to the U.S. to pursue a Ph.D. in philosophy.
The Dr. Herchel Smith Fellowships were established in 1979 by Dr. Herchel Smith to enable Williams College graduates to study at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, for the two years following their graduation.
The Allen Martin Fellowship was established by Allen Martin, Class of 1960, to support a graduate studying at Worcester College, Oxford University. The Caroll Wilson Fellowship was established in 1907 from a bequest of the will of Caroll Wilson to support graduate study at Oxford University. The two fellowships are combined to support one graduating senior.
