FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RELEASE NO. 28-07

WEST POINT CADETS AWARDED ROTARY SCHOLARSHIPS – Aug. 28, 2007

WEST POINT. N.Y. -- The Rotary Foundation recently named Cadets Brad Wilson and Tyler Jost Class of 2008 the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship winners for 2007.

Cadet Wilson, 21, from Grand Rapids, Mich., plans on working toward his one-year master’s degree in developmental studies at the London School of Economics beginning in the fall of 2008.

“I hope this scholarship prepares me to deal with the challenges that officers -- everyone from platoon leaders to brigade commanders -- face every day in Iraq and Afghanistan when it comes to development,” Wilson said.

Cadet Jost, 21, of Wheaton, Ill., will pursue a one-year master’s degree in East Asian Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London beginning in the fall of 2008.

“I plan on studying how China’s rise fits into the changing international system and its implications for U.S. foreign policy,” Jost said.

The Rotary Foundation's oldest and best-known program is Ambassadorial Scholarships. Since 1947 nearly 37,000 men and women from 100 nations have studied abroad under its auspices. Today it is the world’s largest privately funded international scholarship program. Nearly 800 scholarships were awarded for study in 2005-06. Through grants totaling approximately $500 million, recipients from some 70 countries studied in more than 70 nations.

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