University of Virginia Library

University Alumni
Chosen For Three
Danforth Awards

By Tom Jenks

Three 1968 graduates of the
College, John Satorius, Niel
Mathlins, and Jacques Jones, were
awarded Danforth Graduate
Fellowships for 1968-69. All three
were Government and Foreign
Affairs majors.

Mr. Satorius, who spent two
summers in Bogota, Columbia,
writing an honors thesis on the
Bogota legislature, graduated with
High Distinction and is now studying
at Harvard University.

Mr. Matlins, who took his
degree last spring with High
Honors, and Mr. Jones, who was a
Student Council member at the
University, are both now studying
under the Fellowship at the
Columbia School of International
Studies. Mr. Matlins had previously
spent two semesters at Columbia,
doing summer work.

The Fellowships, offered by the
Danforth Foundation of St. Lousi,
Missouri, are open to men and
women who are seniors or recent
graduates of accredited colleges in
the United States, who have serious
interest in college teaching as a
career, and who plan to study for a
Ph.D. or comparable degree in a
field common to the undergraduate
college.

Candidates for the 120
Fellowships, which will be awarded
in March, 1969, must be nominated
by liaison officers of their
undergraduate institutions by
November 1, 1968. Applicants may
be single or married, must be less
than 30 years of age, and may not
have undertaken any graduate or
professional study beyond the
baccalaureate.

Danforth Graduate Fellows are
eligible for four years of financial
assistance, with a maximum annual
living stipend of $2,400 for single
Fellows and $2,950 for married
Fellows, plus tuition and fees.
Although financial need is not a
condition for consideration,
dependency allowances are
available.

Inquiries about the Danforth
Graduate Fellowships are welcome
and should be directed to Mr. David
B. Harned. Professor of Religious
Studies.

The Foundation, which operates
through activity in education and
urban affairs, places particular
emphasis on the liberal arts and
sciences.