Two Harvard undergraduates have received the prestigious Truman Scholarship, given to juniors nationwide who excel in intellectual ability and public service, the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation announced last month.

Alex A. Boni-Saenz '01of Eliot House and Kirkland House resident Kevin S. Schwartz '01, who is also a Crimson editor, are among the 61winners already announced by the foundation.

Other winners will be named later, Boni-Saenz said.

A total of 75 to 80 Truman Scholars will receive $30,000 to use for their senior year of college and graduate school. They will also participate in a weeklong leadership symposium in Missouri in late May.

Boni-Saenz, a psychology and government concentrator, said he has dedicated much of his time at Harvard focusing on issues affecting the elderly.

"I want to make sure everyone has a dignified life," he said. "I want to make sure we don't view the elderly as incompetent."

Boni-Saenz is the director of elderly affairs at the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) and has worked on policy ideas involving Medicare, Social Security and nursing home regulations.

Although Boni-Saenz said he plans to study aging issues at the Heller Graduate School at Brandeis University after graduation, he remains open to other options.