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Madeleine K. Albright, president of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, announced that 60 students from 54 US colleges and universities have been selected as 2011 Truman Scholars. They were elected by seventeen independent selection panels on the basis of leadership potential, intellectual ability, and likelihood of 'making a difference.'</p>
<p>The 60 Scholars were selected from among 602 candidates nominated by 264 colleges and universities. Each selection panel interviewed Finalists from a 3 - 4 state region and generally elected one Scholar from each state. Each panel typically included a university president, a federal judge, a distinguished public servant, and a past Truman Scholarship winner....
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<p>2011</a> Truman Scholars Announced | <a href="http://truman.gov%5B/url%5D">http://truman.gov</a></p>