New Hampshire
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	Year: 1978 Craig C. Shelton Portsmouth, NH, Portsmouth High School College Plans: Yale   Graduated Yale 1982 Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Went on to become one of America’s most awarded Chef/Restaurateurs.
	Year: 1984 Christine L. Theberge Rafal Somersworth, NH, Somersworth High School College Plans: Stanford (BA, Linguistics), Tufts (MAT), Harvard (EdD)   Taught in public & private schools between graduate programs. Post-doc at Educational Testing Service. Research at Education Development Center in Newton, MA. Led development of PBS Parents Guide to Creativity. Happily married, two daughters.
	Year: 1988 Kristin J. Forbes Concord, NH, Concord High School College Plans: Williams College   Kristin Forbes is an Associate Professor (with tenure) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management. Over the last few years she has rotated between academia and economic policy positions in the U.S. government. From 2003 to 2005 Forbes served as a Member of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers (where she was the youngest person to ever hold this position). During 2001-2002 she worked in the U.S. Treasury Department as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Quantitative Policy Analysis, Latin American and Caribbean Nations. At the start of 2005, Forbes was honored as a “Young Global Leader” as part of the World Economic Forum at Davos. Forbes’ academic research addresses a number of policy-related questions in international finance and development economics. Forbes was awarded the Milken Award for Distinguished Economic Research in 2000. She is currently a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is also a visiting fellow at the Institute for International Economics and Center for Global Development. She was honored as Sloan School of Management's
	Year: 1989 Vlctoria T. Ayer Exeter, NH, Phillips Exeter Academy College Plans: Rice University   Vicky has a love for science and plans to study physics and engineering at Rice University. She has been to space camp and to the Air Force Academy for a summer scientific seminar. At school, Vicky was active in student government, was president of the Septate in Youth in Government and was no-founder and cc-editor of the newspaper. Considered to be “refreshingly honest, candid and unpretentious” by her teachers, she served as the U.S.S.R. delegate to the Model United Nations. A gifted student, Vicky participated in the New Hampshire Academic Decathlon and won first place last year. When Vicky wishes to relax, she enjoys bicycling, running and dancing.
	Year: 1989 Judy C. Liu Concord, NH, St. Paul’s School College Plans: Harvard University   Judy was last year’s winner of the Rickover Medal from the Research Science Institute, a program sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Educations. She spends many hours working as a volunteer at a local hospital, nursing home, soup kitchens alld library and is a tutor in chemistry. Judy founded and was president of the John Enders Association of Science, art organization named in honor of a Nobel Prize-winning alumnus of St. Paul’s. An honor student, Judy also engaged in many sport, including soccer, track, volleyball and tennis. She will pursue a degree in science at Harvard this fall.
	Year: 1989 Amy M. Michaels Exeter, NH, Phillips Exeter Academy College Plans: Princeton University   Amy was a senior staff writer for her school paper, a peer tutor and a member of the Christian Fellowship. Athletically, she was a member of the crew and sailing teams and earned a varsity letter in tennis. Amy has volunteered at a local hospital, worked at a day care center helping disadvantaged children and served as director for school-sponsored events for the Kiwanis Club. Amy has attended the United States Navel Academy summer session as well as the Space Academy. She wishes to earn a pilot’s license and work for NASA as an aerospace engineer, so she will study engineering at Princeton.
	Year: 1989 Brian M. Valentine Tilton, NH, The Tilton School College Plans: Swarthmore College   Brian is a true leader, as can be seen by his involvement in sports and acadelnitr activities. Not only was Brian the editor of his school’s newspaper, but he also had the lead role in Hello Dolly! Brian was active on the Senior Class Advisory Committee, president of the National Honor society and was a teen religious retreat leader. His athletic ability earned him letters in both cross country and lacrosse. He is concerned about our society’s lack of moral fiber, saying that “as the life of the average American becomes easier, the individual’s focus changes from working with others to improve the whole society to working alone to improve the individual’s situation.” Brian plans to study physics at Swarthmore College.
	Year: 1993 Kristen M. Eddy Derry, NH, Pinkerton Academy College Plans: Harvard University   Received a BA in Environmental Science and Public Policy from Harvard in 1997
	Year: 1994 Emily H. (Hodgson) Anderson Manchester, NH, Manchester Central College Plans: Dartmouth   I graduated from Dartmouth and taught high school English for a year at Choate Rosemary Hall. I then went on to get my PhD in English at Yale, which I finished up in 2004. Now I'm an assistant professor at the University of Southern California. I'm learning a lot about LA, the west coast, and football.
	Year: 1995 Ellen R. Goldberg Exeter, NH, Phillips Exeter Academy
	Year: 1995 Nickolas J. Goodman Canaan, NH, Mascoma Valley Regional High School College Plans: University of Southern California   Graduated in May 1999 with a BS in Chemical Engineering
	Year: 1995 Katherine S. Wiswell Concord, NH, Concord High School College Plans: Harvard University   AB '99: English & American Literature & Language
	Year: 2000 Brett G. Murphy New Ipswich, NH, Saint Bernard's Central Catholic High School   I live in New Ipswich, NH, and am very excited to be graduating as St. Bernard's High School's salutatorian. Some activities that I thoroughly enjoy are acting, skiing, and camping. The personal achievement of which I am most proud is earning my Eagle Scout Award. Next year, I will be attending Cornell University. I would like to thank my parents and all the relatives, teachers, and friends who have helped to shape the person I am today. I am extremely honored to be selected as a Presidential Scholar and look forward to meeting so many of my generation's future leaders.
	Year: 2000 Lauren E. Sirois Salem, NH, Phillips Academy   Lauren Sirois currently resides in Salem, NH. She attended Phillips Academy in Andover, MA as a commuting student. There she was highly involved in musical ensembles, playing the violin. She also played interscholastic squash for her school's JV II and JV teams, as well as participated in several community service programs. Her favorite area of study is natural science, especially chemistry: she won several departmental awards in the subject at Andover. Next year Lauren will attend Harvard College, where she hopes to major in biochemistry and build a career in medical research. She credits her family and friends for their constant support.
	Year: 2001 Abigail S. Cooley Madbury, NH, Oyster River High School   I bring a unique perspective to the education process. My mom schooled me at home for eight years, and I entered "real" school as a freshman. Through homeschooling, I learned more than just academics; the foundations of self-motivation,strong character, and hard work that my family imparted to me have served me well in high school. I have learned to pursue my interests and to be interested in everything. Whether I'm on the softball field, in the classroom, serving on a student government committee, or playing guitar for my church youth group, I try to give out from everything I have been given. Someone once said that God's calling on your life is where your chief delight intersects with the world's greatest need. If that is true, then my passion for everything I do and my ambition to bless others will serve as a firm foundation for my life's calling.

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