Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific is one of thirteen United World Colleges (UWC) around the world. It is named after the late Canadian Prime Minister Lester Bowles Pearson, winner of the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize. The mission of the College is to promote peace, sustainability and international understanding by bringing young people from all walks of life, regardless of financial ability, together in a small and isolated village-like community. 200 students from 100 countries come together to share their lives as they finish their high school education. Many alumni are leaders in human rights, international development, business, law, science and other fields. Students at the College are eligible, after graduation, to participate in the Shelby Davis Scholarship programme, which funds undergraduate study, based on need, for UWC students at universities, such as Princeton University, Colby College, Columbia University, College of the Atlantic, Harvard University, Dartmouth College, Carleton College, and Middlebury College in the United States. The director of the College as of 2006 is David Hawley, a graduate of Harvard University.