Peering into their futures
Three Harvard College seniors and a first-year Harvard Medical School student are among the 32 American men and women named as Rhodes Scholars on Saturday (Nov. 20). Each will begin study next fall at the University of Oxford in England. Harvard’s newest Rhodes Scholars are Zachary Frankel ’11 of Brooklyn, N.Y, Daniel Lage ’11 of Miami, Baltazar Zavala ’11 of El Paso, Texas, and medical student Aakash Shah of Cliffside Park, N.J. They were chosen from among 837 students nominated by 309 colleges and universities nationwide. “I’m very proud of these outstanding young people,” said Harvard College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds, who is also the Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and of African and African American Studies. “The characteristics that Harvard seeks in its students — which include academic excellence, leadership, and a commitment to service — are those that the Rhodes Trust values highly as well. I’m...