Congratulations to the 2013 Truman Scholarship Finalists!
The Foundation received 629 applications from 293 colleges and universities. These applications were reviewed from February 14 through February 16 by our Finalist Selection Committee. The Committee selected 199 candidates from 136 colleges and universities as Finalists.
The Finalists are listed below by their home state. Each Finalist will interview along with others in their home state during our Regional Review Panels. These Panels will convene between March 1 and April 3. More information about the Regional Review Panels, including the names of panelists and location of the interviews, can be found on our website.
If your name is listed below and you have not received a Finalist email, please contact Tara Yglesias.
Alabama
Interviewing in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Azeem Ahmed
Auburn University
John Brinkerhoff
University of Alabama
Andrew Menefee
American University
Alaska
Interviewing in Seattle, Washington on Friday, March 15, 2013
Margaret Mielke
Vassar College
Ahmad Nasir
United States Military Academy
Arizona
Interviewing in Phoenix, Arizona on Monday, March 18, 2013
Yassamin Ansari
Stanford University
Bianca Fonseca Cervantes
Occidental College
Candice Giffin
Northern Arizona University
Cory Hernandez
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Galen Lamphere-Englund
Arizona State University
Arkansas
Interviewing in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Nathan Coulter
University of Arkansas
Rachael Pellegrino
University of Arkansas
California
Interviewing in San Francisco, California on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
James Biblarz
Harvard University
Monica Bouyea
Bowdoin College
Shannon Chapman
University of the Pacific
Kathryn Gasparro
Clemson University
Robert Kalonian
Columbia University
Sarah Lopez
Occidental College
Kemi Oyewole
Spelman College
Devanshi Patel
Stanford University
Rebecca Peters
University of California-Berkeley
Erika Sanchez
Biola University
Alifa Watkins
American University
Colorado
Interviewing in Denver, Colorado on Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Brian Buckley
Grinnell College
Christopher Finch
Amherst College
Nicole Lopez Del Carril
New York University
Meredith Wheeler
Stanford University
Connecticut
Interviewing in Boston, Massachusetts on Friday, March 29, 2013
John Giardina
University of Connecticut
Uzoma Orchingwa
Colby College
Delaware
Interviewing in Washington, DC on Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Ryan Leonard
University of Delaware
Kevin Sun
University of Delaware
District of Columbia
Interviewing in Washington, DC on Friday, March 1, 2013
Deon Jones
American University
William Merkle
United States Air Force Academy
Gabrielle Newell
University of Chicago
Florida
Interviewing in Atlanta, Georgia on Monday, April 1, 2013
Holly Beilin
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Geoffrey Block
Cornell University
Khadijah Brydson
Georgetown University
Mathew Goldberg
Elon University
Laurabeth Goldsmith
Emory University
Cindy Hoskin
Florida International University
Michael Long
New College of Florida
Joseph Manning
Boston College
Jerisa Upton
Villanova University
Georgia
Interviewing in Atlanta, Georgia on Monday, April 1, 2013
Naveed Amalfard
Emory University
Smitha Ganeshan
University of Georgia
Guam
Interviewing in San Francisco, California Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Bernie Reyes
University of Guam
Hawaii
Interviewing in San Francisco, California on Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Christina Economy
University of Pennsylvania
Idaho
Interviewing in Seattle, Washington on Friday, March 15, 2013
Coleman Boyer
University of Oregon
Mariah Grubb
Willamette University
Cassandra Sullivan
Boise State University
Illinois
Interviewing in Chicago, Illinois on Monday, March 25, 2013
Jessica Anderson
Stanford University
Yale Cho
University of Illinois-Chicago
Elizabeth Etta
Western Illinois University
Julian Glover
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
Margaret Heraty
Oberlin College
Bethel Kifle
Bates College
Indiana
Interviewing in Cincinnati, Ohio on Friday, March 22, 2013
Molly McKneight
Purdue University
Rahaf Safi
Indiana University
Iowa
Interviewing in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 7, 2013
Leah Lucas
Grinnell College
Deepak Premkumar
Iowa State University
Zacharia Wahls
University of Iowa
Kansas
Interviewing in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 7, 2013
Kassie Curran
Kansas State University
Hannah Sitz
University of Kansas
Kentucky
Interviewing in Cincinnati, Ohio on Friday, March 22, 2013
Anuj Patwardhan
Vanderbilt University
Sarah Schrader
Western Kentucky University
Evan Shepherd
University of Louisville
Louis Tobergte
United States Military Academy
Darshali Vyas
Harvard University
Louisiana
Interviewing in Fort Worth, TX on Friday, March 8, 2013
Catherine Fontenot
Louisiana State University
Matthew Landrieu
Louisiana State University
Jenna Milani
University of Texas
Maine
Interviewing in Boston, Massachusetts on Friday, March 29, 2013
Lonnie Hackett
Bowdoin College
Cori Simmons
Suffolk University
Maryland
Interviewing in Washington, DC on Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Travis Bell
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Patrick Deem
Georgetown University
Caitlyn Leiter-Mason
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Laura Lu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Anna Wherry
Johns Hopkins University
Mohammad Zia
University of Maryland College Park
Massachusetts
Interviewing in Boston, Massachusetts on Friday, March 29, 2013
Renee Barouxis
University of Massachusetts
Sam Feigenbaum
Carleton College
Adina Hemley-Bronstein
Yale University
Jeffrey Reppucci
College of the Holy Cross
Michigan
Interviewing in Chicago, Illinois on Monday, March 25, 2013
Simon Boehme
Cornell University
Kent Dell
Michigan State University
Justin Haan
United States Naval Academy
Christopher Kozak
Ball State University
Molly Logue
University of Michigan
William Rogers
University of Michigan
Minnesota
Interviewing in St. Paul, Minnesota on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Bradley Conley
University of Minnesota
Ellen Hoober
Davidson College
Andrew Keefe
Macalester College
Marissa Kramer
University of Minnesota
Mississippi
Interviewing in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Andrew Amis
Rice University
Adam Blackwell
University of Mississippi
Brandon Hersey
University of Southern Mississippi
Jonathan Tingle
Baylor University
Missouri
Interviewing in Kansas City, Missouri on Thursday, March 7, 2013
Michael Applegate
Westminster College
Simone Bernstein
St. Bonaventure University
Mahroh Jahangiri
Washington University
Autumn Lewis
University of Arkansas
Clif Luber
United States Naval Academy
Montana
Interviewing in Seattle, Washington on Friday, March 15, 2013
Rebecca Boslough
University of Montana
Lana Lake
Montana State University-Bozeman
Nebraska
Interviewing in Denver, Colorado on Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Margo Berends
University of Nebraska
Annelise Madison
Washington and Lee University
Katherine Miller
University of Nebraska
Mary Susman
University of California-Berkeley
Mackenzie Welch
Swarthmore College
Nevada
Interviewing in Phoenix, Arizona on Monday, March 18, 2013
Jonathan Carral
University of Nevada-Reno
New Hampshire
Interviewing in Boston, Massachusetts on Friday, March 29, 2013
Daniel Loehr
Middlebury College
Michael Medeiros
The King's College
New Jersey
Interviewing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Thursday, March 28, 2013
Gabrielle Arenge
Connecticut College
Benjamin Chin
Rutgers University
Samuel Flood
Colgate University
Ashley Hahn
Bryn Mawr College
Daniel Sherrell
Brown University
New Mexico
Interviewing in Phoenix, Arizona on Monday, March 18, 2013
Natasha Harnwell-Davis
University of Chicago
Estrella Lucero
Occidental College
Erin Mauldin
United States Military Academy
New York
Interviewing in New York, New York on Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Erin Carhart
Syracuse University
Alexander Epstein
Temple University
John Iselin
Reed College
Ariel Low
Dartmouth College
David Luna
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Samuel Ritholtz
Cornell University
David Schutt
Earlham College
Ali Syed
State University of New York-Stony Brook
Abraham Sztrigler
Yeshiva University
Christine Tjahjadi-Lopez
State University of New York-Buffalo
Akunna Uka
Swarthmore College
North Carolina
Interviewing in Washington, DC on Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Caroline Hansley
North Carolina State University
Benjamin Judge
University of North Carolina-Asheville
William Lindsey
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Elizabeth Martin
Princeton University
Jacob Tobia
Duke University
North Dakota
Interviewing in St. Paul, Minnesota on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
David Karaz
Drake University
Katrina Klett
University of Minnesota
William Woodworth
University of North Dakota
Ohio
Interviewing in Cincinnati, Ohio on Friday, March 22, 2013
Alexander Coccia
University of Notre Dame
Zeinab Khalil
University of Michigan
Raychel Santo
Johns Hopkins University
Daniel Strunk
Duke University
Serena Walker
Northwestern University
Oklahoma
Interviewing in Denver, Colorado on Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Rohaid Ali
University of Pennsylvania
Kenneth Meador
University of Oklahoma
Ashton Mese
Oklahoma State University
Oregon
Interviewing in Seattle, Washington on Friday, March 15, 2013
Callie King-Guffey
Occidental College
Narintohn Luangrath
Boston College
Pennsylvania
Interviewing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Thursday, March 28, 2013
Michelle Dougherty
University of Scranton
Stefan Johnson
Villanova University
Ka Li
Temple University
Vivienne Meljen
University of Scranton
Rebecca Rast
Brown University
Mary Toscano
Georgetown University
Alexander Wang
New York University
Benjamin Wisniewski
United States Naval Academy
Puerto Rico
Interviewing in San Juan, PR on Friday, March 8, 2013
Ileana Cruz-Marden
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
Patricio Martinez-Llompart
Cornell University
Ana Serrano
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
Rhode Island
Interviewing in New York, New York on Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Alyssa Neill
University of Rhode Island
Sarah Redlich
Wheaton College-MA
South Carolina
Interviewing in Atlanta, Georgia on Monday, April 1, 2013
Alexander Gutierrez
University of South Carolina-Columbia
Franklin McGuire
Citadel
South Dakota
Interviewing in St. Paul, Minnesota on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Zachary Avre
Macalester College
Erik Muckey
University of South Dakota
Rachel Mullin
College of Saint Benedict
Tennessee
Interviewing in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Franklin Dakin
Rhodes College
Eric Dixon
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Lindsay Lee
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Texas
Interviewing in Fort Worth, Texas on Friday, March 8, 2013
Ayesha Akbar
University of Texas
Katherine Lester
University of North Texas
Jordan Metoyer
University of Texas
Elvina Meyer
Saint Edward's University
Sean Motl
Angelo State University
Patrick Oathout
Duke University
Robert Palacios
Oberlin College
Joseph Proctor
University of Tulsa
Lauren Weittenhiller
University of Texas-Dallas
Utah
Interviewing in Phoenix, Arizona on Monday, March 18, 2013
Rachel Barnes
University of Utah
Briana Bowen
Utah State University
Brian Corry
University of Utah
Vermont
Interviewing in Boston, Massachusetts on Friday, March 29, 2013
Jeanelle Achee
University of Vermont
Tad Cooke
University of Vermont
Hillary Laggis
University of Vermont
Virginia
Interviewing in Washington, DC on Friday, March 1, 2013
Christian Burne
University of Scranton
James Byrne
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Matthew Fiorelli
United States Military Academy
Brian McGrail
Williams College
Margaret Schwenzfeier
College of William and Mary
Margaret Tarmann
University of Virginia
Washington
Interviewing in Seattle, Washington on Friday, March 15, 2013
Shandra Benito
Seattle University
Katelyn Lawrenz
University of Richmond
Brooke Loughrin
Boston College
Rose McCarty
Washington University
West Virginia
Interviewing in Washington, DC on Friday, March 1, 2013
Paul Garton
West Virginia University
Nathan Tauger
Vassar College
Wisconsin
Interviewing in St. Paul, Minnesota on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Andrew Bulovsky
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Brandon DeBot
Dartmouth College
Connor Jerzak
Oberlin College
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