March 1, 2006

Scudder wins J.E. Wallace Sterling Award

David Scudder a Stanford undergraduate chemistry major has been selected to receive the J.E. Wallace Sterling Award.

The Sterling Award is one of Stanford's most selective academic achievement awards. It is based on overall academic performance and is presented to the top 2% of each year's seniors.

President Sterling, for whom the award was named, was a distinguished Chancellor and former President of the university. It was during his tenure, from 1949 to 1968, that Stanford achieved national prominence, in part through Sterling's efforts to create "steeples of excellence," clusters of top scholars that would attract the best students in the country.