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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 6/2/2008 |
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FOR INFORMATION, CONTACT: Amy Batheja, (817) 531-7521, abatheja@txwes.edu |
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Hatton W. Sumners Scholarship Given to Future Leaders Scholarship Program Honors Former Congressman Jonathan Towne, a graduate of L.D. Bell High School and student at Texas Wesleyan University, has received the Hatton W. Sumners Scholarship. This generous scholarship is given on behalf of the Hatton W. Sumners Foundation to foster the development of citizen scholars and citizen leaders. The scholarship also provides a number of enrichment activities, including private access to speakers at the Hatton W. Sumners Distinguished Lecture Series; participation in a variety of public policy, leadership and civic participation programs; and access to several educational and internship opportunities in Washington, D.C. At Texas Wesleyan, he is the recording secretary for Kappa Alpha Order, a social fraternity, and a member of Alpha Lambda Delta, a national honor society for college freshmen. He has participated in several fundraisers for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Towne is a junior majoring in political science. Hatton W. Sumners represented Texas in the United States Congress from 1913 until his voluntary retirement in 1947. Established in 1949, the Hatton W. Sumners Foundation is dedicated to the study and teachings of the science of self-government, to the development of leaders with a sense of community responsibility, and to the maintenance of the American constitutional principles and the quality of life afforded under those principles. In support of this policy, the Foundation established an endowed scholarship program at Texas Wesleyan in 1994. ### HEB - Empowering Today to Excel Tomorrow |
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