Kansas
Records 1 through 15 out of 35

	Year: 1972 Lisa A. Shapiro Prairie Village, KS, Shawnee Mission East High School College Plans: Princeton University   I graduated from Princeton in 1976 with an AB in Romance Languages and Literatures. In 1981, I graduated from Stanford Law School.
	Year: 1972 Sam M. Wee Wichita, KS, Wichita High School West College Plans: Harvard   Bachelors, Government (concentration in International Relations) 1976. Harvard National Scholar; President, International Relations Council; Secretary-General, Harvard National Model UN; Vice-president, Mather House Council; Bach Society Orchestra; Harvard Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan Players. External activities: President, National Collegiate Conference Association; President, Educational Programs and Planning Services.
	Year: 1978 Amy T. Mar Manhattan, KS, Manhattan High School College Plans: Stanford University   BS 1982 MS 1984
	Year: 1980 Karen L. Smith Junction City, KS, Fort Riley Senior High School College Plans: Oklahoma State University   B.S. in Physiology from Oklahoma State University and M.S. in Psychology from Oklahoma State University. My graduate studies in clinical psychology led to a career as a psychotherapist. I then switched gears to work for an engineering firm called Nomadics, Inc., which specializes in cutting edge technologies such as explosives detection, life sciences research, and nanotechnology. I am now back at my alma mater where I teach and serve as an academic advisor.
	Year: 1983 David J. Staudacher Topeka, KS, Seaman High School College Plans: University of Kansas
	Year: 1989 Ki Sik Chin Overland Park, KS, Blue Valley North High School College Plans: Harvard University   Ki Sik is the national winner of the NCTE Writing Award and has held leadership positions with the Kentucky United National Assembly, Youth Assembly and the Kansas Science Olympiad. He ranked number one academically in his class and plans to major in political science or literature at Harvard University. Ki Sik has been very active in both school and community programs, such as his church’s vacation Bible school, Special Olympics and the local library and nursing home. He is grateful to have had the opportunity to work in these areas and to develop his leadership skills. In his spare time, Ki Sik enjoys tennis, basketball and weight training.
	Year: 1989 Kannon K. Shanmugam Lawrence, KS, Lawrence High School   Ranked first in his classof 568, Kannon served as editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, captain of the state’s second place winning Scholar’s Bowl, representative on the School-Community Relations Board and section leader with the marching, concert and symphonic bands. Because he is concerned about the deficiencies and somewhat academic inequities in America’s educational system, Kannon has been deeply involved with two local tutoring programs’, one dealing with high school students in lower-level math classes and the second at a district elementary school. In his leadership role, Kannon has demonstrated organizational, interpersonal and motivational skills to a high degree.
	Year: 1989 Srinija Srinivasan Lawrence, KS, Lawrence High School College Plans: Stanford University
	Year: 1994 Holly B. Yang Shawnee Mission, KS, Shawnee Mission South   I graduated from Northwestern University Medical School, completed an internal medicine residency and was a Chief Resident at University of Minnesota. I am currently a fellow at San Diego Hospice and Palliative Care, and plan to pursue palliative medicine as my career.
	Year: 1997 Daniel A. Chirpich Overland Park, KS, Shawnee Mission East High School College Plans: Princeton University   Graduated from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public Policy and International Affairs. Currently enrolled in a graduate program at Johns Hopkins SAIS studying International Economics and Southeast Asian Studies.
	Year: 1999 Annie B. Chao Wichita, KS, Wichita High School East   My personal motto is: "Carpe Diem! After all, life is short and ice cream melts fast." In other words, take advantage of life's opportunities. Significant "flavors" in my own life include being selected for the International Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, playing in a quartet for four years, running on the varsity track team, serving as president for National Honor Society and Spanish NHS, honing my writing abilities, volunteering at a local nursing home and Park Department Cleanup, and interning at the University of Kansas Medical School. I am as passionate about these activities as I am about my ice cream, and I encourage everyone to savor life's "desserts" before they melt.
	Year: 2000 Bradley M. Bakker Overland Park, KS, Blue Valley North High School   Brad manages to keep himself exceptionally busy by participating in an odd mix of activities. Brad's theatre experience includes the roles of Linus in You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Sir Toby Belch in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, and Adolph in The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Brad has also won numerous medals in debate and forensics including a 2nd place finish in duet acting at the Kansas State Forensics Championship. He also managed the Mock Congress simulation and helped the school take 4th overall in the Kansas City area science bowl competition. Brad will attend Saint Louis University in the fall.
	Year: 2000 Amy J. Lee Lenexa, KS, Shawnee Mission West High School   Amy is eighteen years old and lives in Lenexa, Kansas. She is the valedictorian of her high school class of 450 and a National Merit Scholar. Her accomplishments were recognized for three consecutive years by Who's Who Among American High School Students. Amy was concertmaster of the 2000 Kansas All-State Orchestra. Winner of many competitions, she has performed on the violin with the Kansas City Symphony and at a statewide convention of music educators in recent years. Amy enjoys spending her free time reading, writing, and playing the guitar. She will attend Harvard University in the fall.
	Year: 2000 Macey M. Webb Stilwell, KS, Blue Valley High School   Besides being a Presidential Scholar, Macey's biggest achievement has been to spend six months in Argentina, learning the language and culture in the province of Corrientes. Along with her membership in National Honor Society (NHS) and National Art Honor Society (NAHS), Macey was recently inducted into the Spanish National Foriegn Language Honor Society. She is also the treasurer of her school's International Club and follows her interests in languages and cultures through volunteer work as a translator for Early Head Start and a small group leader for American Filed Service (AFS).
	Year: 2001 Catherine L. Funke Partridge, KS, Haven High School   For the last four or five years, I have been extremely interested in the study of deadly viruses. One of my lifetime goals is to study them at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia, or to do field research in far-off places.I have always had a very inquisitive mind that prompts me to pursue the reasons behind things. "Because that's the way things are" was never a good enough reason for me. It never ceases to amaze me that something as small as a virus can have such destructive consequences and work in such unique and amazing ways. I enjoy competitions of all kinds. My participation in distance running, basketball and debate have helped me be a stronger person and abetter leader. I do not look at being from a small farming community as a disadvantage, but rather as a large family all encouraging me to do my best.

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