NSHSS Member Mark Salomon Wins First Place in Holocaust Remembrance Project

Mark Salomon with Claes Nobel at Scholar's Day in Washington, D.C.

NSHSS is pleased to announce that Claes Nobel Academic Scholarship recipient Mark Salomon, of Glencoe, Illinois, and new Student Council member, has been named the winner of a national essay competition on the Holocaust, the 2007 Holland & Knight Holocaust Remembrance Project. He was honored at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. in July where he met Holocaust survivors. Additionally, he was awarded the Herman Chasnow Memorial Scholarship for his literary piece "The Gift of Life," awarded to "a young person of singular promise" and was offered a scholarship in the name of Professor Liviu Librescue, Holocaust survivor who gave his life during the Virginia Tech massacre in April 2007, protecting his students.

Mark has been honored in a variety of areas, including receiving the Jack Steinberger '38 Award for Research in Science, bestowed on the student most likely to succeed in the path of the only Nobel Laureate (J. Steinberger, Physics - 1988) to attend New Trier High School. He is a 2006 Youth Community Service Medal of Honor Recipient selected by the Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois. And, the multi-talented young scholar can also claim a Grammy, as a member of the Symphonic Wind ensemble of New Trier High School, which received the award in 2007 for having the best overall music program in the United States.

Mark is beginning his freshman year at the University of Michigan; he is joining the NSHSS Student Council, and we are eager to hear his tips and experiences. Accepting his Claes Nobel Academic Scholarship at this year's Scholar's Day Celebration in the U.S. Senate Building this June, Mark said of the NSHSS event, "I value the idea of combining responsibility and taking initiative. NSHSS events are a great opportunity for great minds to come together." We expect to hear great things from Mark in the future as he helps lead the way.