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Wallace, a first-generation college student, is graduating in three years. He has worked at the Special Collections Library, as part of the Jefferson’s University: Early Life Project, 1819-1870; as a program assistant at the Rare Book School; and as a Rotunda Ambassador.

English professor Elizabeth Fowler taught Wallace medieval literature.

“He’s ‘Mr. Curious,’ an intrepid explorer of archives, willing to go out on a limb and unafraid to let others see his limits so he can have help breaching them,” Fowler wrote. “His good old American humility and orientation toward literary study that illuminates the lives of those who suffer will bring the best qualities of our University and our commonwealth to connect with our allies across the Atlantic.”

“Jack is the most understated student who has applied for the Marshall – or any other competitive fellowship – in at least the last decade,” Andrus G. Ashoo, director of the Office of Citizen Scholar Development, said. “In addition to being hard-working, he is genuinely curious about almost anything – especially with regard to literature – and extremely humble. It is a joy to work with a student who exudes almost no entitlement and boundless gratitude. I am very proud to know him, and I am delighted imagining how the Marshall cohort will greatly benefit from his presence.”

Michael F. Suarez, director of the Rare Book School, describes Wallace as an “academic risk-taker.”

“Jack is intellectually adventurous, taking classes outside of his comfort zone and embracing difficulty,” Suarez said. “He is the only undergraduate who ever asked to take my graduate seminar. He takes challenging classes outside his major because he is driven to know, because he understands what a liberal arts education is for.”

Wallace, a fourth-degree black belt in  taekwondo, has sung in the University Singers and Chamber Singers and recently toured with them in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. He’s been a member of the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, and was a first-year support officer for the Honor Committee, and a representative of the College of Arts & Sciences in his second year. He is co-chair of the Echols Ambassadors.

Wallace said studying in England is important to his research.

“The ability to get an international perspective and learn from English scholars before coming back to the States is going to increase the depth and breadth of the scholarly work I hope to do,” he said. “I believe that books and libraries will be integral to institutional trust and the future of education worldwide, and I hope to teach, so the Marshall will be a critical step toward that.”