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ECE Graduate student nominated for Marshall Scholarship

Jacob McDonald, a graduate student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been nominated for the prestigious Marshall Scholarship.
The Texas A&M University Honors Program office has announced that McDonald, along with four other Texas A&M students, have been nominated by the university for application to the Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships.
The Marshall Scholarship is tenable for two years of study at any university in the United Kingdom. More than 1,000 students apply and approximately 40 are chosen.
McDonald, of Denton, completed his bachelor’s degree in three years. He has been president of Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi honor societies and has played for the Texas A&M club soccer team. He has interned at Sandia National Labs and Raytheon. He is also the author of several conference papers on radio antennas for biomedical applications. If chosen as a Marshall Scholar, he will study for a Master of Philosophy degree in technology and innovation management at the University of Sussex.
The Marshall Scholarship began in 1953 as a gesture of thanks from the British Government for the U.S. assistance in rebuilding Europe after World War II. Former Marshall Scholars include Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and New York Times Foreign Affairs columnist Thomas Friedman. According to the Marshall Scholarship Foundation, as future leaders, Marshall Scholars are “expected to strengthen the enduring relationship between the British and American people, their governments and their institutions. Marshall Scholars are talented, independent and wide-ranging, and their time as scholars enhances their intellectual and personal growth. Their direct engagement with Britain through its best academic programs contributes to their ultimate personal success.”

Contributed by: Lauren Kern