Blakemore Foundation



The Blakemore Foundation was established in 1990 by Thomas and Frances Blakemore to encourage the advanced study of Asian languages and to improve the understanding of Asian fine arts in the United States.

List of 2010 Finalists
Blakemore Freeman Fellowships

Below are listed are the finalists whom we will be interviewing for grants. Final grant and alternate selections will be made from these candidates after interviews are completed.

Chinese Finalists
We will be awarding 6 grants from this group of 8

Chan, Andrew
M.A. Candidate 2010: Cinema Studies
New York University

Chang, Ronald
CPA, Ernest & Young, LLP
B.S. 2007: Business Administration
B.A. 2007: Chinese Studies, UC-Berkeley

Chu, Nellie
Ph.D. Candidate 2013: Anthropology
UC-Santa Cruz

Jackson, James
J.D. Candidate 2011: Law
Harvard Law School

LaDue, Christopher
China Country Director, The Mountain Institute
B.A. 1997: East Asian Languages & Cultures
Columbia University

Margitan, Steven
M.Phil. Candidate 2010: Development Studies
University of Cambridge

Pareles, Michael
Research Associate, United Food & Commercial Workers International Union
B.A. 2007: History, University of Chicago

Rabkin, April
Middlebury Environmental Journalism Fellowship in China
B.A. 2004: East Asian Studies, Yale University