The Foreign Service Journal, January 2010

A FSA is proud to award $156,300 in undergraduate need-based scholarships for the 2009-2010 aca- demic year to 74 children of Foreign Service em- ployees. In addition to the AFSA Financial Aid Scholar- ships listed, AFSA administers the DACOR Bacon House Scholarships and also awards scholarships in cooperation with other organizations such as the Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide and the Public Members Association of the Foreign Service. These or- ganizations, alongwith past and present individual donors, provide valuable support to the scholarship program. The winners of the AFSA Merit Awards, a separate award category, were recognized in the July-August issue of the Foreign Service Journal ; AFSA provided $35,700 in Academic and Art Merit Awards to these 25 students in May 2009. These one-time-only awards reward the aca- demic and artistic accomplishments of Foreign Service high school seniors. In summary, AFSA has provided aid to 99 students totaling $192,000 during the current aca- demic year. Financial aid winners are listed below in alphabetical order. Each listing includes the name of the university 2009-2010 Financial Aid Scholars Paul Armstrong – attending the University of St. Thomas. Recipient of the DACOR Bacon House Foundation Heyward G. Hill Memorial Scholarship. Lovinda Badinga – attending California State University-East Bay. Recipient of the AFSA Rose Marie Asch Memorial Scholarship, the AFSA Arthur B. Emmons Memorial Scholarship and the AFSA Harry A. Havens Memorial Scholarship. Jourdan Ball – attending the College of Charleston. Recipient of the AFSA Robert Woods Bliss Memorial Scholarship, the AFSA Cameron C. Turner Memorial Scholarship and the AFSA Lawsuit over the Movie “Missing” Scholarship. Alexandra Christoff – attending Seton Hill University. Recipient of the AFSA David K.E. Bruce Memorial Scholarship and the AFSA Albert E. Carter Memorial Scholarship. Christine Chung – attending the University of Wisconsin. Recipient of the AFSA Barbara Bell Black Memorial Scholarship and the AFSA Robert and Evelyn Curtis Memorial Scholarship. Zachary Charles – attending the University of Pennsylvania. Recipient of the DACOR Bacon House Foundation Virginia Thurgood Bingham Memorial Scholarship. Catherine Christensen – attending Brigham Young University. Recipient of the AFSA Beirut Scholarship. Jonathan Christensen – attending Brigham Young University. Recipient of the AFSA Norton W. Bell Scholarship. Financial Aid Scholarship Recipients Jonathan Bates – attending Central Connecti- cut State University. Recipi- ent of the AFSA John and Hope Bastek Memorial Scholarship, the AFSA Landreth M. Harrison Memorial Scholarship and the AFSA Ruth Frost Hoyt Memorial Scholarship. 42 F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L / J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 0 A F S A N E W S