Washington and Lee University junior Jarrett Brotzman has received the Schlegel Prize for International Studies for the best paper on foreign affairs or international relations in a politics seminar. The prize honors a W&L alumnus who died during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
The prize gives Brotzman support for research projects and participation in foreign affairs conferences, including the Student Conference on United States Affairs at West Point, and the Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference in Annapolis, Md.
Chi Psi social fraternity created the Schlegel Prize in 2002 in honor of its member, Navy Cmdr. Robert Allan Schlegel, a 1985 alumnus who died at the Pentagon. He was serving there as deputy of current operations and plans branch head for the chief of naval operations.
Schlegel, the prize's namesake, graduated with a degree in French and journalism from W&L. He then earned a master's degree in international affairs from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va. In 1986, he completed Officer Candidate School in Newport, R.I., and was commissioned as an ensign in the Navy. He received a Naval War College diploma in 1998 after completing the Joint Professional Military Education program.
During his 15-year naval career, Schlegel received a Meritorious Service Medal, four Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals, the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, five Sea Service Deployment Ribbons, the Armed Forces Service Medal, a NATO Medal, an Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, a Meritorious Unit Commendation, a National Defense Service Medal and a Purple Heart.