At The Hebrew University, through the Center bearing his name, Vidal Sassoon helped to advance the highest levels of scholarship, research, and outreach.
The award of $100,000 is "to acknowledge the highest levels of scholarship and writing in a field that often does not gain appropriate recognition," according to James N. Pritzker, founder and chief executive of the library.
Ninety percent of graduating seniors continue on to college, and those students receive one of the highest levels of scholarship funding in the city.
Instead of slavishly replicating Roman architecture (although various touches, such as new floors of bronze, mosaic, and marble, reveal a high level of scholarship), Machado and Silvetti have acknowledged the past without imitating it.
Board, who taught in the Political Science department from 1965 to 2003, was known not only for his high level of scholarship but for his warm and interactive teaching style.
He aimed to reach the highest level of Koranic scholarship as a 'hafiz', one who has memorised the Koran.
Orellana helped Watson to land a scholarship at Marist, a liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, with a basketball program competing in the NCAA's Division One, the highest level of university sport.
