GLENDALE WOMAN GETS PRESTIGIOUS MARSHALL SCHOLARSHIP.

Byline: TRACY ZABORAC Community Columnist

Lousine ``Lucy'' Boyadzhyan is one young woman with a bright future.

The 22-year-old Glendale resident has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship for study in Great Britain, where she hopes to do medical research at Cambridge University.

``I just feel magnificently happy,'' she said.

Hey, who can blame her for her exuberance?

Marshall Scholarships - only 40 of which are given each year - are on par with the prestigious Rhodes scholarship, said Michael O'Daniel, spokesman for Occidental College, where Lucy is a senior chemistry major.

Marshall Scholarships have been awarded each year since 1953 by the British Council. It funds two to three years of undergraduate or graduate study at any university in the United Kingdom.

Lucy and her family came to the United States from Armenia in 1992. Her parents, Alla and Pogos Boyadzhyan of Glendale, are engineers.

Lucy, who speaks five languages fluently, has conducted bio-organic chemistry research with a perfect grade-point average of 4.0 at Occidental. Her professional-level chemistry research has been presented at professional conferences.

As if a Marshall Scholarship weren't enough, Lucy also has received a 1997 American Heart Association fellowship to conduct pediatric cardiovascular research at the UCLA School of Medicine.

Lucy discovered that she cares deeply for people when she began volunteering at a children's hospital after Armenia was hit by a devastating earthquake when she was 12. It was through that experience that the young woman decided to become a physician and researcher.

``I knew then that caring for others was to become the focus of my entire life,'' she said. ``It gave me indescribable satisfaction.''

The Marshall Scholarship is named after former Secretary of State George C. Marshall, architect of the Marshall Plan, which helped rebuild European economies after World War II.

Lately, the words ``mock'' and ``trial'' seem inseparable, but all cynicism aside, this is pretty impressive.

Last week, the Louisville High School Mock Trial Team defeated Harvard Westlake to win the 21st annual Los Angeles County Mock Trial Championship. Sixty high schools competed, and District Attorney Gil Garcetti was on hand to make award presentations.

The Louisville High team will compete for the state championship in March.

Now, let's cross-examine Sierra Canyon Middle School in Chatsworth. That school's team won the Mock Trial Championship in the middle school competition.

On Friday, team members visited the Los Angeles City Council chambers, where they were honored by Councilman Hal Bernson.

The Mock Trial Championships are sponsored by the Constitutional Rights Foundation.

Last week at Santa Barbara High School's Tournament of Bands, the Van Nuys High School Marching Band took first place in the Band, High General Effect and High Music competitions from among 13 bands from Santa Barbara, Ventura, Kern and Los Angeles counties.

The marching band is one of five ensembles in the Instrumental Music Program at Van Nuys High, which has one of only two fully comprehensive music programs in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

And . . .

Al Nelson, director of the Granada Hills High School band, was honored by the L.A. City Council for contributing to the cultural life of Los Angeles through music.

The band has performed across the city for the Cultural Arts Commission. It also has been seen nationally as ``musical ambassador'' for the L.A. school district.

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