PASADENA, Calif.--California Institute of Technology student Po-Shen Loh is the recipient of multiple honors that will enable him to pursue his graduate study and research. In this academic year, Loh has been offered a Churchill Scholarship, a Hertz fellowship, a National Science Foundation award, and a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate fellowship.

 

Loh received the Churchill Scholarship to do graduate work in mathematics at Churchill College, University of Cambridge. He is one of only 11 students from across the country to receive this scholarship. The Churchill Scholarship Program, now in its 41st year, offers students an exceptional opportunity to pursue one year of graduate studies in engineering, mathematics, and the sciences at the university. The scholarships also provide the opportunity for the students to experience life in Britain. The Winston Churchill Foundation of the United States, established in 1959, is the sponsor of the scholarship program.

 

Loh was also offered a Hertz fellowship to pursue graduate work leading to the award of a PhD in the physical sciences. The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation grants this honor to support the most promising of young Americans, those whose technical talent will have "the greatest impact on the application of the physical sciences to human problems during the next half-century." Loh plans to utilize this fellowship to continue his graduate studies at Princeton University.