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 £7.95 Fifty Sixth Annual Report: Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission © Crown Copyright 2010 The text in this document (excluding the Royal Arms and other departmental or agency logos) may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium providing it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. The material must be acknowledged as Crown copyright and the title of the document specified. Where we have identified any third party copyright material you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. 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ISBN: 9780101784023 Printed in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office ID 2354369 03/10 2162 19585 Printed on paper containing 75% recycled fibre content minimum. 4 Fifty Sixth Annual Report: Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission Contents Introduction 6 Welcome from the MACC Chair Dr Frances Dow 6 MACC Membership and Meetings 7 Scholars in Britain 2008/2009 8 Scholars Graduating 2009 10 Scholars’ Experience 10 Marshall Events 12 Marshall Alumni, Association of Marshall Scholars 13 Selection of 2009 Marshall Scholars 14 Selection and Placement Policy 19 Marshall Sherfield Fellowships 19 Marshall Scholarship Stipends 19 Secretariat 20 Access to Information 20 Expenditure 20 Membership of the MACC and Committees 21 Degree Results 25 Summary Accounts 28 5 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 Dr Frances Dow beyond measure from her unwavering commitment, generous with our partnership support and from her friendship. Scholarships such as the Marshall awards with the US National Institutes of Health and Finally, may I thank the Foreign and Commonwealth Office the US Environmental Protection Agency. These partnership (FCO) and its representatives whose support and involvement arrangements demonstrate the ability of the Marshall have been so crucial to the Marshall programme as we 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 Council, application. They also underline the value of the Marshall the British Embassy and Consulates-General 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) 6 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 Act was passed by the 6 October 2008, 26 January 2009 and 20 April 2009. British Parliament in 1953 in order to express gratitude to The MACC’s Education, Finance and Audit and Risk the American people for the post-war support and assistance Management (ARM) Committees met on several occasions conceived by Secretary of State George C Marshall, now under the respective chairmanship of Dr Frances Dow known as the Marshall Plan. The Parliamentary Act created (Former Vice-Principal, University of Edinburgh), Professor postgraduate Scholarships in the United Kingdom for David Eastwood (Vice-Chancellor, University of Birmingham), American students with the potential to excel in their chosen Mr James Ross (Former Deputy Chairman, National Grid plc) fields of study and future careers. As alumni of British and Mr Graham Benson (former MACC Commissioner). universities and members of the community during their The Ambassador’s Advisory Council met in Washington DC stay in Britain, Marshall Scholars create lasting bridges on 8 December 2008, under the chairmanship of HM between the United States and the United Kingdom and Ambassador and the Chair of the MACC. Professor David become advocates for greater depth and breadth of Eastwood attended as the MACC’s representative. interaction, co-operation and mutual understanding between A full list of current MACC members follows and further the two countries. They also participate in activities which details can be found at the end of this Report (page 20) make them effective spokespeople for the best in British including a note of their affiliation with the Education, Finance society and education and once they have completed their and ARM Committees. studies, continue to support the furtherance of international co-operation in the spirit of the Marshall Plan. Dr Frances Dow (Chair) Each year up to 40 Marshall Scholarships are awarded, Professor John Caughie some in partnership with outstanding British universities. Professor Bob Deacon This unique testament of gratitude plays a vital role in Professor David Eastwood developing a constituency for Britain in the United States (Deputy Chair) of America. Mrs Diane Flynn Dr John Hughes The programme is funded by HM Government through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and is administered Mrs Carol Madison Graham in Britain by the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission Mr Simon Morris and in the United States by the British Embassy in Mr James Naughtie Washington DC, and the Consulates-General in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York and Mr James Ross San Francisco. HRH the Prince of Wales is Honorary Patron of the Association of Marshall Scholars. In addition, full details of the membership of the 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 22 of this report. Secretary of State George C Marshall Sir Peter Ricketts welcomes the 2008 Marshall Scholars 7 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 the University of London (eight at the Scholarships: London School of Economics; six at the School of Oriental and • one Scholar supported on the Birmingham Marshall African Studies; three at University College London; two each Scholarship; at King’s College 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, two each at City University, Scholarship; the University of Edinburgh and the University of Sussex and • 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, Queen’s • one Scholar supported on the Guildhall Marshall Scholarship; University Belfast and the Universities of Birmingham, Exeter, • two Scholars supported on the Imperial Marshall Kent, Newcastle, St Andrews and Sheffield. Scholarships; • one Scholar supported on the Merton Marshall Scholarship;