Anson Asbury (PA ‘90) has accepted an invitation to serve as the VP for Board Development for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Fulton County (Georgia).  Any Truman Scholars in the metro Atlanta area interested in becoming involved with Boys & Girls Clubs are invited to contact Anson. (His information is available via the Truman Scholars Network: http://www.truman.gov)

Shawn Vogt Sween (MN '99) and his family welcomed their fourth child on September 23.  Calum was born at home in Grand Meadow, Minnesota, weighing 10 pounds, 10 ounces and measuring 22.5 inches long.  “He's a content little guy, for which we're very thankful with #4.”

Monica Bell (SC '02) recently began an Arthur Liman Public Interest Fellowship at the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, where she’s focusing on anti-poverty policy advocacy on topics that span Legal Aid's practice areas -- family law, housing, public benefits, and consumer law -- as well as general access to justice issues.

After finishing his clerkship with Chancellor William Chandler ('79 LLM) of the Delaware Court of Chancery, Bryan Townsend (DE ’03) began work as an associate at Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell in Wilmington, DE, where he'll focus on administrative law and government affairs.  Bryan has become a member of the Special Olympics Delaware Fundraising Committee and a Big Brother with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Delaware.  He also recently transferred to the Christiana Fire Company from the Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company.  On Election Day 2010, Bryan served as Delaware's State Organizing Attorney for the Democratic Party's voter protection efforts.

A number of Scholars were awarded prestigious graduate fellowships: Tracy Yang (GA ’10) and Varun Sivarum (CA ’10) were named 2010 Rhodes Scholars; GJ Melendez-Torres (NJ ’10), Nick Wellkamp (KY-09) and Joel Mittleman (PA ‘08) were named 2010 Marshall Scholars; and Chelsea Caveny (MS ‘10) was named a 2010 Mitchell Scholar.

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