Cornell will honor 35 secondary school teachers, some from as far away as Poland, Singapore and China, May 20. The teachers will be brought to campus and recognized for their inspirational teaching with a $4,000 scholarship in their names for future Cornell students from their schools or regions.

The teachers were selected by students who represent the top 5 percent of Cornell's 1998 graduating class. Known as Merrill Presidential Scholars, the students are chosen by deans of each of the seven undergraduate colleges for outstanding academic achievement, strong leadership ability and potential for contributing to society.

The Merrill Presidential Scholars Program is made possible by funding from Philip Merrill, Cornell Class of 1955. In addition to selecting a secondary school teacher, each Merrill Scholar also selects a Cornell faculty member who has had a strong influence on his or her academic career.

Merrill Scholars, secondary school teachers and Cornell faculty members will be recognized at a luncheon May 20 at noon in Willard Straight Hall on campus.

The STAR (Special Teachers Are Recognized) Scholarship Program, which sponsors the teachers' awards, was established "to recognize the singular influence of inspired teaching and the enduring bonds that are often forged between the teachers and those they have taught." The program began in 1989 with support from Donald and Margi Berens, members of the Class of 1947, the William Know Holt Foundation and the Cornell Alumni Association of Central New York.

Merrill Scholars, their hometowns and colleges are listed below, followed by the names of the secondary school teachers, and Cornell faculty members the students selected for recognition:

• Dana Adams of Salem, Ore.; College of Engineering; Carolyn Miller, South Salem High School; Mark Saltzman, professor of chemical engineering.
• Daniel Bernstein of Holliston, Mass.; College of Engineering; Peter Amati, Holliston High School; Charles Van Loan, professor of computer science.
• Arlety Campos of Miami; College of Arts and Sciences; Stephanie Cosgrove Fay, South Miami (Fla.) Senior High School; Rachel Weil, assistant professor of history.
• Yee-Shan Hilda Chan of Hong Kong; College of Architecture, Art and Planning; Susan Chang, Sacred Heart Canossian College, Hong Kong; John Forester, professor of city and regional planning.
• Dipayan Chaudhuri of Houston; College of Arts and Sciences; Jorge Gaviria, Colegio Internacional de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela; Andrew Bass, professor of neurobiology and behavior.
• Derek Dorn of East Rockaway, N.Y.; School of Industrial and Labor Relations; Leonard Davenport, Lynbrook (N.Y.) High School; Risa Lieberwitz, associate professor of collective bargaining.
• William Ellison of Wantagh, N.Y.; College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Gerard Keena, Gen. Douglas MacArthur High School, Levittown, N.Y.; Dale Grossman, lecturer, agricultural, resource and managerial economics.
• Eric Epstein of Plainview, N.Y.; College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Delos Presowitz, Plainview Kennedy High School; Patrick Stover, assistant professor of nutritional sciences.
• Enikš Hangay of Budapest, Hungary; College of Architecture, Art and Planning; Maria Kormos, Bersenyi Daniel Gimnazium, Budapest, Hungary; Barry Allan Perlus, associate professor of art.
• Katherine Henzler of Rochester, N.Y.; College of Arts and Sciences; Bruce Secker, Greece Athenea High School, Rochester; Linda Nicholson, assistant professor of biochemistry.
• R’o Hern‡ndez of San Juan, P.R.; College of Arts and Sciences; Melvyn Ortiz, University of Puerto Rico High School, Rio Pedras; Sherman Cochran, professor of history.
• Amit Kiesel of Bad Nauheim, Germany; School of Hotel Administration; Dieter Hessler, Augustiner Schuke, Friedberg, Germany; Bruce Tracey, assistant professor of hotel administration.
• Daniel Louis Klein of Pittsburgh; College of Arts and Sciences; Myra Amodie, Mount Lebanon (Pa.) High School; Molly Diesing, associate professor of linguistics.
• Jamie Kohen of Dix Hills, N.Y.; College of Human Ecology; Benjamin Bloch, Commack (N.Y.) High School; Stephen Ceci, the Helen Carr Profesor of Human Development and Family Studies.
• Karla Suzanne Lambert of Austin, Texas; College of Arts and Sciences; Mary Racine, Science Academy, Austin; John Whitman, associate professor of linguistics.
• Kristin Little of Bethlehem, Pa.; School of Hotel Administration; Philip Bodey, Saucon Valley High School, Hellerton, Pa.; Daphne Jameson, associate professor of communication.
• Melissa April Marshall of Washington, D.C.; College of Arts and Sciences; Jessica Neely, National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.; Sheryl Reiss, lecturer, art history.
• Sandra Lynn Marshall of Flemington, N.J.; College of Arts and Sciences; Aaron Hubbard, American School in Paris, St. Cloud, France; Harold Hintz, professor of animal science.
• Megan Marshall of Pottstown, Pa.; College of Arts and Sciences; Michael Wall, Owen Roberts High School, Pottstown; Louis Albright, professor of agricultural and biological engineering.
• Howard Moskowitz of Great Neck, N.Y.; College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Albert Cavallaro, Great Neck South High School; Ronald Harris-Warrick, professor of neurobiology and behavior.
• Ilya Michael Nasrallah of Ithaca, N.Y.; College of Arts and Sciences; David Bock, Ithaca High School; Patrick Stover, assistant professor in nutritional science.
• Siew Ying Ngiam of Singapore; College of Engineering; Regina Lee, Raffles Girl's Secondary School, Singapore; Arnim Meyburg, professor of civil and enviornmental engineering.
• Frances Nicastro of Saranac Lake, N.Y.; School of Industrial and Labor Relations; Charles Bell, Saranac Lake High School; Risa Lieberwitz, associate professor of collective bargaining.
• Kevin Li-Teck Ong of Singapore; College of Engineering; Ai-Li-Lim, Raffles Junior College, Singapore; Donald Bartel, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering.
• Jessica Panzer of Rush, N.Y.; College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Kenneth Hilton, Rush-Henrietta Senior High School; Miriam Salpeter, professor of neurobiology and behavior.
• Tamim Quam of Brooklyn, N.Y.; College of Arts and Sciences; Stephen Citron, New Utrecht High School, Brooklyn; Daryl Bem, professor of psychology
• Sarah Amy Raposa of Rockaway, N.J.; College of Architecture, Art and Planning; Ralph Panei, Morn's Mills, Rockaway; Barbara Bedford, senior research associate in natural resources.
• Miroslav Shverdinovsky of Swamscott, Mass.; College of Engineering; Carlton Jack, Swampscott High School; John Silcox, the D.E. Burr Professor of Engineering and Materials Science.
• Daniell Trichilo of Syosset, N.Y.; College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; John Titterton, Syosset Senior High School; Jeanne Hopkins, lecturer in agricultural, resource and managerial economics.
• Katariina Tuovinen of Upper Arlington, Ohio; College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; I. Elaine Lehman, Upper Arlington High School; James Lassoie, professor of natural resources.
• Joanna Ritta Wieloch of Poznan, Poland; College of Architecture, Art and Planning; Zdzislaw Zygulski, IV Liceum Poznzn Poland, Oznan, Poland; Jerry Wells, professor of architecture.
• Jeffrey Michael Williams of East Northport, N.Y.; College of Human Ecology; Jerry Fallon, Commack (N.Y.) High School; Rosemary Avery, associate professor of policy analysis and management.
• Jared T. Wilsey of Oneonta, N.Y.; College of Human Ecology; George Weir, Oneonta High School; David Levitsky, professor of nutritional sciences.
• Jake Wolff of New York City; College of Engineering; Warren Donin, Stuyvesant High School, New York, N.Y.; Kenneth Hover, professor and associate dean of civil and environmental engineering.
• Janice Wynn of Basking Ridge, N.J.; College of Arts and Sciences; Dennis Rulko, Ridge High School, Basking Ridge; Hasan Padamsee, senior research associate in physics.