• University of California, San Diego (UCSD) graduate Torrey Trust has received a “Change the World” scholarship from UCSD Extension to pursue computer studies that will help her create technology-based learning tools. In 2007, Trust had a near-death experience during a cruise to Antarctica when the boat she was on collided with an iceberg. She and her husband were stranded at sea for hours aboard a lifeboat with no food or blankets. After the incident, Trust returned to San Diego and completed her master’s degree in educational technology at San Diego State in May. • La Jolla resident Lily Kornbluth has been awarded a Fullbright U.S. Student Program scholarship to study psychology in Germany for the 2010-11 school year. Kornbluth is a graduate of The Bishop’s School and Stanford University. • La Jolla High School junior Melissa Pouk has been selected as one of 32 students nationwide to participate in the “Economics for Leaders” program Aug. 8-15 at the University of California, Los Angeles. She was chosen based on her “excellent leadership potential,” according to program officials. • Jacques Naviaux II of Bird Rock has been promoted to the rank of colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve. He is one of only 39 Marines to receive the distinction this year. Naviaux attended the University of San Diego on an NROTC scholarship and graduated in 1988. Since entering the Marine Corps, he has flown more than 4,000 mishap-free hours in military aircraft and has earned numerous decorations. • Deborah Ann Trimble has been named La Jolla Playhouse’s new director of development. She previously served as development director at Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, Fla. She will begin her full-time duties in September. • Carlos F. Barbas III, Ph.D., a professor at The Scripps Research Institute, has been named a winner of the National Institutes of Health’s 2010 Director’s Pioneer Awards, which are designed to give scientists freedom to pursue innovative methods for biomedical research. The prize includes a research budget of up to $500,000 per year for five years. • M.E. Whitlock Fithian, a University City resident, took home first-place honors for her painting of lime slice at the San Diego Art Department’s fourth annual Student Awards Exhibition.
