Ashley George Also Named 2012 Davidson Fellow

Pursuant to an earlier story about the new 2012 Davidson Fellows, entitled “Manoj Kanagaraj Named 2012 Davidson Fellow Laureate” (I-W, Oct. 12), India-West has learned that a sixth Indian American, Ashley George, was also named a 2012 Davidson Fellow.

Receiving a $25,000 scholarship was Ashley George, an 18-year-old salutatorian of Comsewogue High School in Port Jefferson Station, New York, for her project, “Creating a Framework for a Flexible, Biodegradable, and Biocompatible Gelatin-Chitosan Biosensor.”

The Davidson Fellows Scholarship program offers $50,000, $25,000 and $10,000 college scholarships to students 18 or younger, who have created significant projects that have the potential to benefit society in the fields of science, technology, mathematics, literature, music and philosophy.