Finn, who delivered one of two commencement addresses for his graduating class, studied under a Fulbright Fellowship upon graduation from Wabash.
The 2003-04 Mellon Fellows in Humanistic Studies are the 21st group selected since the program’s inception in 1982. These prestigious fellowships, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, encourage college graduates of outstanding promise to pursue doctoral study in the humanities. Mellon Fellowships support the first year of study in a Ph.D. program at any U.S. or Canadian graduate school. The fellowship covers tuition and fees and include a stipend of $17,500.
While various local, regional, or statewide fellowships may contributed to Ph.D. study in the humanities, the Mellon Fellowships have for two decades been the only consistently available national fellowship for humanities doctoral study. The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation is proud to host this program and administer the competition.