Two Princeton seniors, one Oxford student awarded Sachs Scholarship

Princeton seniors Alice McGuinness and Nathalie Verlinde and University of Oxford student Jack Nunn have been named recipients of the Daniel M. Sachs Class of 1960 Graduating Scholarship, one of Princeton University’s highest awards.

McGuinness has been named as the Sachs Scholar at Worcester College at the University of Oxford, and Verlinde has been named as the Sachs Global Scholar. Nunn will spend next academic year as a Sachs Visiting Scholar at Princeton.

The Sachs Scholarship is intended to broaden the global experience of its recipients by providing them with the opportunity to study, work or travel abroad after graduation. It was established by classmates and friends of Daniel Sachs, a distinguished Princeton student athlete in the Class of 1960 who attended Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. Sachs died of cancer at age 28 in 1967. The award is given to those who best exemplify Sachs’ character, intelligence and commitment, and whose scholarship is most likely to benefit the public.

McGuinness, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, plans to earn two master’s degrees while at Oxford, one in modern South Asian studies and one in forced migration and refugee studies.

A history major at Princeton pursuing certificates in South Asian studies and gender and sexuality studies, McGuinness ultimately hopes to attend law school and work in international migration law.