2 Rhodes Scholars From Southland
Two Los Angeles area women were among 32 American students named Sunday as Rhodes scholars for 2000.
West Point paratrooper Melissa Sturm of Chatsworth and Jennie S. Han, a Yale University student from Mission Viejo, received the scholarships.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Dec. 8, 1999 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Wednesday December 8, 1999 Valley Edition Metro Part B Page 3 Zones Desk 1 inches; 24 words Type of Material: Correction
Rhodes Scholar--A new Rhodes Scholar from California was misidentified as a woman in a story Monday. He is Elisha B. Peterson of Oakhurst, who attends Harvey Mudd College.
Art and Linda Sturm said their daughter has been an overachiever since she began learning how to play a pint-sized violin using the Suzuki Music Program. In 1996, Sturm was granted a commission to West Point where she has founded a string quartet and joined the academy’s judo team.
Han, a senior at Yale, said she plans to study Muslim states of the former Soviet Union.
A third Californian, Elisha B. Peterson of Oakhurst, was also named. She attends Harvey Mudd College in Claremont.
The Rhodes program was established in 1902 by the will of British philanthropist and colonialist Cecil Rhodes, who hoped that bringing students to Oxford--his alma mater--would promote international understanding and peace.
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