2009-2010 New Research Assistants
Aditya Pai is from Northwood High School Irvine, California. Early on in high school, he was head water boy of the Northwood JV Football Team. Later, he served as president of his school’s Speech and Debate Team, through which he competed in Parliamentary, Lincoln Douglas, and Public Forum debating as well as Impromptu and Extemporaneous speaking. He also participated in Model United Nations and Mock Trial and held leadership positions in the Future Business Leaders of America chapter, Indian culture club, newspaper, and Orange County Red Cross Youth Services. During the summer before his senior year, he spent one week at a mock-government camp called Boys’ State, one month in India volunteering for the HIV/AIDS initiative of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and one month interning at the Orange County District Attorney’s office. He plans to major in PPE (Philosophy, Politics, and Economics) and attend either law school or business school after CMC.
Alex Johnson comes to the Rose Institute from Thousand Oaks High School in Thousand Oaks, CA. Alex was captain of his academic decathlon team, managing editor for his school newspaper, co-captain of the CIF champion tennis team, President of the Red Cross Club, and class valedictorian. Alex also worked as Vice-Chair of the Thousand Oaks Youth Commission, a part of the City Council. Alex enjoys going to amusement parks and playing ping-pong in his spare time.
Dan Evans is a sophomore new hire from Missoula, Montana. While at Loyola Sacred Heart High School, Evans captained the cross country, speech and debate, and track teams while also serving as student body president. He has continued running at the collegiate level, competing for the Claremont-Mudd-Scrips Stags in both cross country and track. Over the summer, Evans interned at the Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research, assisting in the Bureau's bi-annual economic forecasting tour throughout the state. In addition to his work at the Rose, Evans writes for the CMC Forum and is pursuing an Economics-Accounting degree.
Daniel Shane graduated from University High School in Irvine, California. He played Varsity soccer and served as the Vice-President of his school’s Model United Nations club. In addition, he was a prosecuting attorney on the Mock Trial team and a teen mentor for at-risk you with Orange County On Track. He spent his summers directing and coaching at Turtle Rock Soccer Camp, the neighborhood camp he founded at the age of 10, and interning for Quandis Inc. and the Beckman Laser Institute at UC Irvine. At CMC, Daniel plans on pursuing a degree in both government and economics, ideally through the PPE program.
Patricia Ingrassia is a local student from Chino Hills, California. She spent the beginning of last summer working as an intern for Assemblymember Curt Hagman's district office and towards the end of the August she was hired as an intern for the Law Offices of Pamela-Edwards Swift and Associates. She hopes to continue to work at this law firm for the next few years at CMC. During her junior year, Patricia was appointed by the mayor of the City of Chino Hills to serve as a student commissioner on the Parks and Recreation Commission where she assisted with the development of the new community center. She was also selected to represent her high school as a delegate for the Girls State Session in the summer of 2008. Since she was twelve, Patricia has enjoyed competing in speech and debate and won several speaker awards at regional tournaments. She plans to become very involved with the Claremont Colleges Debate Union as well as the middle school and high school outreach projects. In addition to speech and debate, she was president of the Junior Statesmen Of America chapter at her high school for two years in a row. Patricia would like to pursue a Politics, Philosophy, and Economics major.
Ruth Oliver is from Sacramento, California. She graduated from Rio Americano High School, where she was a member of Student Government and participated on both the Varsity water polo and swim teams. As the Community Service Chair, Ruth organized all of the charity events and volunteering opportunities for her school, including blood drives and awareness weeks. Ruth also volunteered at her local nature center and tutored other students in her spare time. Last summer, Ruth worked as a student assistant at the California Air Resources Board in the Enforcement Division. Although she is considering law school after graduation, Ruth is planning on pursuing a degree in either Environmental Science or Chemistry at CMC.
Ryan Boone is from Geneva, Illinois. He graduated from Marmion Academy. He was a captain of the Math Team, JV captain of Debate Team, on the Science Olympiad team, a member of Student Council, a member of the Model United Nations club, a volunteer for Mayor Tom Weisner’s reelection campaign, an election judge, and the assistant captain of the Chess team as well as graduating as Valedictorian. He was on the soccer and track teams. His planned major is Politics, Philosophy, and Economics with the possible addition of Arabic.
