Senior Spencer Wilson named Marshall Scholar
MIT senior Spencer Wilson has won a Marshall Scholarship to undertake two years of graduate study in the United Kingdom. Wilson joins MIT seniors Elliot Akama-Garren and Anisha Gururaj, as well as recent alumnus Noam Angrist ’13 — all of whom were named Rhodes Scholars on Nov. 23 — among the Institute’s winners of distinguished fellowships this year. The Marshall Scholarship, which was established in 1953, allows talented American students in all fields a chance to pursue graduate work in the U.K. Wilson, who is majoring in mechanical engineering at MIT, will attend Cambridge University next year, where he will pursue an MPhil in engineering followed by a MASt in applied mathematics. Wilson hopes to pursue a career in academic engineering, drawing on his knowledge of mechanical engineering, applied math, and computer science. Wilson, a native of Moultrie, Ga., grew up building and tinkering, restoring a Volkswagen bus and repairing bicycles as a...