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Stanford Student Awarded Truman Scholarship

By Associated Press

Stanford University announced this week that undergraduate Donald H. Matsuda is one of 80 college juniors nationwide to be awarded a 2001 Truman Scholarship.

The Truman Scholarship is given annually to exceptional college juniors who are committed to careers in public service. The $30,000 scholarship funds both undergraduate and graduate study.

Matsuda, a human biology major, plans to enter a California medical school following graduation.

“I’m hoping to get a joint M.D./Master of Public Education degree. I’d love to stay in this area and continue my volunteer work at Stanford, and be close to my family in Sacramento,” Matsuda said.

“I’ve learned a lot from my maternal grandparents, who met and were married in a Japanese American internment camp during World War II. A lot of the values I’ve gained from them are important to me,” Matsuda said.

The Washington D.C.-based Truman Scholarship Foundation was established by Congress in 1975 to honor President Harry S. Truman. The activities of the foundation are supported by a trust fund in the U.S. Treasury. More than 2,000 Truman Scholars have been elected since the first awards were given in 1977.