56th Ann ual Re po rt Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission Year ending 30 September 2009 Fifty Sixth Annual Report of the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission for the year ending 30 September 2009 Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by Command of Her Majesty March 2010 Cm 7840 £14.35 Fifty Sixth Annual Report: Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission Contents Introduction 5 Welcome from the MACC Chair Dr Frances Dow 5 MACC Membership and Meetings 6 Scholars in Britain 2008/2009 7 Scholars Graduating 2009 9 Scholars’ Experience 9 Marshall Events 11 Marshall Alumni, Association of Marshall Scholars 12 Selection of 2009 Marshall Scholars 13 Selection and Placement Policy 18 Marshall Sherfield Fellowships 18 Marshall Scholarship Stipends 18 Secretariat 19 Access to Information 19 Expenditure 19 Membership of the MACC and Committees 20 Degree Results 24 Summary Accounts 27 4 Fifty Sixth Annual Report: Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission The Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission’s report to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. Pursuant to Section 2(6) of the Marshall Aid Commemoration Act 1953, we have the honour to submit the report of the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission for the year ending 30 September 2009. WELCOME FROM DR FRANCES DOW Just as the MACC has continued to invest in intelligent and committed young people so the Marshall Scholars have The past year has been continued to strive for excellence in their chosen professions. an enormously busy one This year we would like to acknowledge the achievement of for the Marshall Professor Roger Tsien (1972 Marshall Scholar), for winning Scholarship programme the 2008 Nobel Prize for Chemistry and Dr Peter Orszag as we continue to develop (1991 Marshall Scholar) who was appointed Director of the both the content of the Office of Management and Budget by President Obama. Scholarships and the opportunities for Marshall On a sadder note the MACC would like to note our deep Scholars while they are sadness over the death of long time friend and philanthropist in the United Kingdom. Mrs Leonore Annenberg. Over the years the MACC benefitted We are particularly pleased beyond measure from her unwavering commitment, generous Dr Frances Dow with our partnership support and from her friendship. Scholarships such as the Marshall awards with the US National Institutes of Health Finally, may I thank the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the US Environmental Protection Agency. These (FCO) and its representatives whose support and involvement partnership arrangements demonstrate the ability of the have been so crucial to the Marshall programme as we Marshall programme to develop in individual sectors such strive to play our part in strengthening UK-US relations. as healthcare and the environment which have a global I would also like to thank the Ambassador’s Advisory application. They also underline the value of the Marshall Committee, the British Embassy and Consulates in the programme in forging institutional ties. US and our Regional Selection Committees for another year of wonderful collaboration. Dr Frances Dow Chair Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission (MACC) 5 Fifty Sixth Annual Report: Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission THE MARSHALL AID COMMEMORATION MEETINGS AND MACC MEMBERSHIP COMMISSION Regular business meetings of the MACC were held on The Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission Act was 6 October 2008, 26 January 2009 and 20 April 2009. passed by the British Parliament in 1953 in order to The MACC’s Education, Finance and Audit and Risk express gratitude to the American people for the post-war Management (ARM) Committees met on several occasions support and assistance conceived by Secretary of State under the respective chairmanship of Dr Frances Dow George C Marshall, now known as the Marshall Plan. (Former Vice-Principal, University of Edinburgh), Professor The Parliamentary Act created postgraduate Scholarships in David Eastwood (Vice-Chancellor, University of Birmingham), the United Kingdom for American students with the potential Mr James Ross (Former Deputy Chairman, National Grid plc) to excel in their chosen fields of study and future careers. and Mr Graham Benson (former MACC Commissioner). As alumni of British Universities and members of the The Ambassador’s Advisory Council met in Washington DC community during their stay in Britain, Marshall Scholars on 8 December 2008, under the chairmanship of HM create lasting bridges between the United States and the Ambassador and the Chair of the MACC. Professor David United Kingdom and become advocates for greater depth Eastwood attended as the MACC’s representative. and breadth of interaction, co-operation and mutual A full list of current MACC members follow and further understanding between the two countries. They also details can be found at the end of this Report (page 20) participate in activities which make them effective and includes a note of their affiliation with the Education, spokespeople for the best in British society and education Finance and ARM Committees. and once they have completed their studies, continue to support the furtherance of international co-operation in Dr Frances Dow (Chair) the spirit of the Marshall Plan. Professor John Caughie Each year up to 40 Marshall Scholarships are awarded, Professor Bob Deacon some in partnership with outstanding British Universities. This unique testament of gratitude plays a vital role in Professor David Eastwood (Deputy Chair) developing a constituency for Britain in the United States Mrs Diane Flynn of America. Dr John Hughes The programme is funded by HM Government through the Mrs Carol Madison Graham Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and is administered Mr Simon Morris in Britain by the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission and in the United States by the British Embassy in Mr James Naughtie Washington DC, and the Consulates-General in Atlanta, Mr James Ross Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco. HRH Prince of Wales is Honorary Patron In addition full details of the membership of the of the Association of Marshall Scholars. Ambassador’s Advisory Council and of the Regional Selection Committees, as at date of the selection interviews for the 2009 awards, are given on page 21 of this report. Secretary of State George C Marshall Sir Peter Ricketts welcomes the 2008 Marshall Scholars 6 Fifty Sixth Annual Report: Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission SCHOLARS IN BRITAIN 2008/2009 The Scholars were funded as follows: At the start of the academic year 2008/2009, 92 Marshall • 66 fully funded by the MACC Scholars were in residence at British universities. This number • Two Scholars were fully funded by external bodies was made up of twelve 2006 Scholars, who were completing as follows: a third year, 43 2007 Scholars and another 37 Scholars who • one Scholar was supported on the Walter and Leonore had taken up their awards in 2008. The total group comprised Annenberg Marshall Scholarship funded by an endowment from the Annenberg Foundation; 50 men and 42 women. 15 of the Scholars had dependents • one Scholar was supported on the BSUF Marshall 12 of whom were in residence in the UK. Scholarship funded by the British Schools and Universities Fund (BSUF). The distribution of the awards was as follows: 35 at Oxford; • Seventeen Scholars were jointly funded on Partnership 13 at Cambridge; 24 in London (eight at the London School Scholarships: of Economics; six at the School of Oriental and African Studies; • one Scholar supported on the Birmingham Marshall three at University College London; two each at King’s College Scholarship; London and the London School of Hygiene • one Scholar supported on the Caius Marshall and Tropical Medicine, one each at Courtauld Institute of Art, Scholarship; the Royal Academy of Music and the Warburg Institute), four • one Scholar supported on the Courtauld Marshall at Imperial College London and two each at City University, Scholarship; the University of Edinburgh and the University of Sussex. • two Scholars supported on the Edinburgh Marshall One each at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Royal Scholarships; College of Music, the Royal Northern College of Music, • one Scholar supported on the Guildhall Marshall Scholarship; Queen’s University Belfast and the Universities of Birmingham, • two Scholars supported on the Imperial Marshall Exeter, Kent, Newcastle, St Andrews and Sheffield. Scholarships; • one Scholar supported on the Merton Marshall Scholarship; I 35 Oxford • two Scholars supported on the New College Marshall I 13 Cambridge Scholarship; I 44 Other • one Scholar supported on the Newcastle Marshall Scholarship; • one Scholar supported on the Nuffield Marshall Scholarship; • one Scholar supported on the Queen’s University Belfast Marshall Scholarship; • one Scholar supported on the St John’s College Cambridge Marshall Scholarship; • one Scholar supported on the Sheffield Marshall Scholarship; • one Scholar supported on the UCL Marshall Scholarship. I 2 King’s College London A further six Scholars were fully funded under third year I 2 London School of funding agreements with the University of Oxford and the Hygiene and Tropical Scottish Government. One third year Scholar was jointly Medicine funded under an agreement between the MACC and the I 1 Courtauld Institute of Art National Science Foundation (NSF). I 1 Royal Academy of Music I 1 Warburg Institute Further Scholars were supported entirely