The Davidson Fellowship

28 June 2008

Dear Friends:

It is my sincere pleasure to inform you that I have been selected as a 2008 Davidson Fellow for my policy paper on education reform.

On 24 September, I will be recognized alongside some of the most promising scientists, artists, and writers of my generation at the Library of Congress, where I will receive a $10,000 scholarship.

To all of you who have played a part in this project, offering your insight, your platform, your nominations, and your best wishes, this award is the highest thanks that I can offer you.

I began this project with a quotation by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: "Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions." At this culmination of our shared endeavor, I cannot help but turn to Robert Frost. It was he who wrote, "But I have promises to keep. / And miles to go before I sleep."

And miles to go,
Kyle Hutzler.