Oliver D.

Bloom
119 Old Homestead Hwy, Richmond, NH 03470 (617) 875-2998; obloom@princeton.edu

EDUCATION Princeton University Princeton, NJ Bachelor of Arts, major: Woodrow Wilson School for Public Policy and International Affairs June 2012 GPA: 3.74, GPA in major: 4.0 Coursework included: National Security; The American Military Experience; Middle Eastern Politics; Intelligence & the Constitutional Democracy; International Relations; Advanced Principles of Economics Phillips Academy Andover, MA Graduated with Distinguished Scholarship in History and Social Sciences, Mathematics June 2008 Member of Cum Laude Society, Honor Roll (2005-2008), National Merit Finalist Coursework included: Comparative Government; American Foreign Policy from 1898-1945; History of the Middle East and Central Asia; Microeconomics; Macroeconomics Economics research in: Developmental Energy Theory in the Third World, The Russian Economy and Dutch Disease, Health Care Rationing and Organ Donation WORK EXPERIENCE Office of Senator Jeanne Shaheen Washington, DC Full Time Intern January 2010 - present Process raw data, communicate directly with constituents Attend Foreign Relations, Armed Services and Energy Committee Hearings on behalf of staffers Research and write memos for senior staff Princeton University Princeton, NJ Assistant to Senior Policy Advisor September 2009 January 2010 Assisted formulation of media relations policy for Princeton University Performed office management Professor Espenshade, Sociology March April 2009 Provided editing and proofing Obama for America Keene, NH Organizing Fellow June - August 2008, October 2008 Managed statewide database, donated more than 400 hours of volunteer work. Executed community organizing, weekly door-to-door campaigning and daily phone banking Volunteered as door-to-door campaigner & phone banker, June July 2007 EXTRACURRICLARS American Foreign Policy Magazine September 2008 present Editor/Staff Writer Democrats Club, Phillips Academy September 2005 June 2008 President Campaigned on behalf of various local and national candidates; organized weakly campus meetings to discuss important local and national issues AWARDS First Prize, National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Awarded by American Council of Teachers of Russian Research Scholar, Brace Center for Gender Studies, Phillips Academy Studied the constitutional history and implications of American law on sodomy George Lauder Jr. Prize Awarded for excellence in modern European history Dawes Prize in History Moses Austin Cartlend Shackford Memorial Scholarship, Phillips Academy SKILLS Computer: Proficient in Microsoft Office and both Windows and MAC OSX Language: Studying Russian, medium proficiency; studied in St. Petersburg, June-July 2009 May 2009 May October 2007 June 2006 June 2008 2005- 2008