Barkley Forum

Named after former United States Vice-President and Emory alumnus, Alben W. Barkley, the Barkley Forum, in conjunction with the Emory Admissions Office, awards a merit scholarship to an incoming first year student every year. Applicants must demonstrate academic achievement and debate excellence to be eligible for consideration. Applicants must submit their application directly to the Barkley Forum for review by the Director of the Barkley Forum and the Director of Admissions at Emory University. The form includes current cumulative G.P.A., test scores, and a record of debate accomplishments.

For further information about the Alben W. Barkley Merit Scholarship, contact Christy Bradley, at christy.bradley@emory.edu.

Other academic and merit based scholaships are available through the Emory Scholars Program. Many members of the Barkley Forum have received such scholarships in the past. However, those awards are determined solely by the Admissions Office and the Deans of Emory College.

For further information regarding scholarship opportunities at Emory University, go to link here.

The Alben W. Barkley Merit Scholars

The Alben W. Barkley Merit Scholarship was first awarded in 1980. A list of past recipients and what the are doing now is available below.

Year	Scholar	Currently

1980	Bill Brewster	Attorney and managing partner, Kilpatrick Stockton, Atlanta, Georgia
1981	Tom Kruse	Attorney, King and Spaulding, Houston, Texas
1982	Scott Segal	Attorney, Bracewell and Guiliani, Washington, D.C.
1983	Craig Bertschi	Attorney, Kilpatrick Stockton, Atlanta, Georgia
1984	Andrew Gold	Attorney, Kurth and Andrews, Dallas, Texas
1985	Frank Lowrey	Attorney, Bondurant, Mixson, and Ellmore, Atlanta, Georgia
1986	Gus Puryear	Vice-President, Corrections Corporation of America, Attorney, Former Legislative Director, Senator Bill Frist, Nashville, Tennessee
1987	Darren Summerville	Attorney, Bondurant, Mixson, and Ellmore, Atlanta, Georgia
1987	Jason Bergmann	Attorney, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky and Walker, San Francisco, California
1988	Amy Johnson	Professor, history, Berry College Rome, Georgia (deceased)
1989	Jon Sharp	Doctoral student and assistant debate coach, University of Southern California
1990	Corey Todaro	Doctoral student and educational curriculum consultant, University of Chicago
1991	Charlie Henn	Attorney, Kilpatrick Stockton, Atlanta, Georgia
1992	Kate Shuster	Director of Debate, Occidental College, Director, Claremont Urban Debate League, Doctoral student, Claremont McKenna College
1993	Ronna Landy	Attorney, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
1994	Anjan Sahni	Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Manhattan, New York City, New York
1995	George Kouros	Attorney, Yale Law School Death Penalty Project, New Haven, Connecticut
1996	Jeff McNabb	Attorney, Baker and Botts, Houston, Texas
1997	David Harkin	Attorney, Cravath and Swain, New York City, New York
1998	Adam Goldstein	Law student, University of Illinois, Normal, Illinois
1999	Josh Lynn	Legislative Aid, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C.
2000	Henry Liu	Law student, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
2001	Didi Kuo	Marshall Scholar, University of Essex, London, U.K.
2002	Michael Greenstein	Assistant Director of Debate, New Trier High School, Chicago, Illinois
2003	Stephen Chaudoin	M.A./B.A. candidate, political science, Emory University
2004	Mozhdeh Aimi Hamraie	Community Building Fellow (formerly Kenneth Cole), Emory University
2005	Julie Hoehn	Alpha Epsilon Upsilon, Emory University
2006	Pradeep Pramanik	First year student

28 Barkley Scholars have participated in the history of the program (2 students split the scholarship in 1987-1988; 2 in 2001-2002). 21 of 26 Scholars with hours for selection have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa. 19 of 28 have worked in the Urban Debate League programs. 3 of the 25 of appropriate age attended Harvard and 3 attended Yale for law school. 17 of 24 of appropriate age are attorneys; 3 have earned PhD degrees, and 3 are doctoral students. 4 have been enrolled in the M.A./B.A. program, 1 was named a Marshall Scholar, and 1 earned the Lucious McMullen Award.

From the period 1988-89 to 2004-2005 there were 197 finalists (12 in most years) for the award (in addition to the final recipients), of whom 90 matriculated at Emory for a yield of 45.7%. 46 of the 90 students were elected to Phi Beta Kappa. 12 of the 90 were selected as Woodruff or Callaway Scholars, 8 were selected as Martin Luther King Scholars, and 20 attended Harvard or Yale for law or graduate school. Additionally, 2 of the 90 students received Rhodes Scholarships, 2 received McMullen Awards, and 2 received Truman Awards.