Interlake High School alum Mason Ji was named a 2016 Rhodes Scholar on Nov. 21.

Ji is a senior at Yale majoring in Global Affairs. He was also a student at the School of International Studies at Peking University. His senior thesis explains how deepened East-West dialogue has given rise to multicultural dispute resolution mechanisms.

Mason was also, at age 18, the youngest U.N. delegate, and adviser to the Mission of the Republic of the Seychelles, and co-authored a document that influenced the 2014 U.S.-China joint statement on climate change.

He has also interned at the White House and for one of China’s largest law firms.