Two named Marshall Scholars
Harvard seniors Kenzie Bok and Jonathan Warsh had to keep a pretty big secret over the Thanksgiving holiday. Both recently learned they were awarded prestigious Marshall Scholarships, which will allow them to study in the United Kingdom at the universities of their choice. “My parents just kept asking when they were allowed to tell their friends,” Bok, a history concentrator who lives in Pforzheimer House, said with a laugh. Warsh, a government concentrator and Lowell House resident, just sounded relieved to be done with a several-month application process that involved “13 or 14 drafts of essays.” The highly competitive program is open to American graduating seniors and recent graduates and typically covers two years of tuition, research, and living expenses at a British university. Marshall winner Jonathan Warsh: “One of the main attractions for me is the opportunity to understand British and broader European ideas about health care and how those ideas might...