Five seniors were named as the recipients of the Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Fellowship Saturday.

Established in 1966 for graduating students, the Rockefellers contribute $14,000 to a year of purposeful postgraduate study abroad.

This year's recipients are Anne C. Durston '01 of Leverett House, Mellody R. Hayes '01 of Lowell House, Brian M. Milder '01 of Mather House, Kanu M. Okike '01 of Currier House, and Renee J. Raphael '01 of Cabot House.

"Typically, the Fellowship focuses on people at some kind of cross-roads, looking to do some intensive exploration. There is a lot of emphasis on a sense of urgency to get time to stop and think and reflect to get past that cross-road," Paul Bohlmann, director of fellowships at the Office of Career Services said.

Milder will travel to Santiago, Chile, to examine social and political networks in working class communities.

He said he plans to start by volunteering with a community health organization there, as he is generally interested in leftist social and political activism.

"My project is designed to explore issues that I'm interested in and would hopefully shed light on any future things I would go into. It would give me a challenging independent experience," Milder said.

He will spend anywhere form nine to 12 months abroad.