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McDonogh Announces First Morehead Scholar
Four years after McDonogh was added to the list of 155 U.S. high schools eligible to nominate candidates for the prestigious Morehead Scholarship at the University of North Carolina, the school has its first recipient. Senior Class President Tristram T. ’05 was one of 43 scholars chosen from a pool of nearly 1,500 nominees and applicants.
Tristram and his fellow scholars were selected for demonstrated leadership, academic and extracurricular achievements, moral character, and “physical vigor.” Inducted into the Cum Laude Society as a junior, Tristram is a Rollins-Luetkemeyer Leader, editor-in-chief of The Week, president of the French Club and plays trombone for the school's jazz and concert bands. In addition to all of this, he has been the MIAA Cross-Country race champion for the last three years.
“This year's finalists represent the very best from schools all over the country and Great Britain. It was a challenge to select only 43 from among so many well-qualified finalists,” said Charles E. Lovelace, Jr. ’77, executive director, in a March 2005 news release announcing the winners. While visiting McDonogh in April, Mr. Lovelace spoke more personally about Tristram. “Obviously, we feel he has had a significant impact on the McDonogh community and we feel that he’ll take full advantage of the opportunities the Morehead offers.” Those opportunities—“tools to create an extraordinary life” as the Morehead Web site states—are considerable. The merit-based scholarship covers all expenses of a four-year education at the University of North Carolina. It also includes customized summer enrichment and internship options.
In addition, Morehead Scholars have access to a network of more than 2,500 who have come before them. Among Morehead alumni are 20 Rhodes Scholars, along with leaders in business, government, the arts, and professional sports. If the Morehead program sounds a lot like the Jefferson Scholarship at the University of Virginia, it is. The former, established by the John Motley Morehead Foundation in 1951, was a model for the latter.
Four years after McDonogh was added to the list of 155 U.S. high schools eligible to nominate candidates for the prestigious Morehead Scholarship at the University of North Carolina, the school has its first recipient. Senior Class President Tristram T. ’05 was one of 43 scholars chosen from a pool of nearly 1,500 nominees and applicants.
Tristram and his fellow scholars were selected for demonstrated leadership, academic and extracurricular achievements, moral character, and “physical vigor.” Inducted into the Cum Laude Society as a junior, Tristram is a Rollins-Luetkemeyer Leader, editor-in-chief of The Week, president of the French Club and plays trombone for the school's jazz and concert bands. In addition to all of this, he has been the MIAA Cross-Country race champion for the last three years.
“This year's finalists represent the very best from schools all over the country and Great Britain. It was a challenge to select only 43 from among so many well-qualified finalists,” said Charles E. Lovelace, Jr. ’77, executive director, in a March 2005 news release announcing the winners. While visiting McDonogh in April, Mr. Lovelace spoke more personally about Tristram. “Obviously, we feel he has had a significant impact on the McDonogh community and we feel that he’ll take full advantage of the opportunities the Morehead offers.” Those opportunities—“tools to create an extraordinary life” as the Morehead Web site states—are considerable. The merit-based scholarship covers all expenses of a four-year education at the University of North Carolina. It also includes customized summer enrichment and internship options.
In addition, Morehead Scholars have access to a network of more than 2,500 who have come before them. Among Morehead alumni are 20 Rhodes Scholars, along with leaders in business, government, the arts, and professional sports. If the Morehead program sounds a lot like the Jefferson Scholarship at the University of Virginia, it is. The former, established by the John Motley Morehead Foundation in 1951, was a model for the latter.