Furman University junior Reece Lyerly has been named a 2010 Udall Scholar as the recipient of one of the nation’s most prestigious undergraduate awards for students pursuing careers in environmental fields. Lyerly, from Roswell, Ga., was one of 80 students from 63 colleges and universities selected for the award by the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation.
A graduate of Roswell High School, Lyerly is majoring in earth and environmental sciences at Furman. He hopes to unite two of his passions—science and social justice—in a career in environmental public health focused on issues related to climate change in the developing world.