Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute and GE Announce College Scholarship Award Recipients

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SIMI VALLEY, CA --(Marketwired - July 07, 2016) - The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute and GE announced this week the 20 students who were awarded the GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship. This scholarship program, which just completed its sixth year, awards students who embody the vision and values personified by President Reagan, including leadership, drive, integrity and citizenship. Each student will receive $10,000 a year, for up to four years, to be applied to student tuition and on-campus room and board while the recipient is pursuing a bachelor's degree at an accredited U.S. college or university.

"This year's applicants and scholarship recipients are a remarkable group of young adults," said John Heubusch, executive director of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute. "These extraordinary young leaders are determined and inspiring -- with a strong dedication to their communities. We are proud to award college scholarships in President Reagan's name to these future leaders of tomorrow."

GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt said, "Congratulations to the recipients of the GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship. These are young leaders who are making a difference in their communities. We are proud to support them as they enter the next chapter of their academic journey."

More than 13,000 completed applications were received and reviewed from students across the United States. An extensive selection process evaluated the following attributes of each candidate:



-- Leadership -- Scholars pursue leadership roles that have a positive
impact in communities and showcase the value of lifelong learning.
-- Drive -- Firm believers "that our best days are ahead"scholars, have the
conviction, ambition, discipline and courage to make their dreams
reality.
-- Integrity -- Rooted in values and ethics, scholars possess the unique
combination of integrity, dependability and humility that defined
President Reagan's leadership.
-- Citizenship -- Scholars are driven by a sense of civic commitment and
actively engage in their communities to affect positive change.



The 2016 GE Reagan Foundation Scholarship recipients are:



Zachary Ahmed Galveston, TX University of California:
Berkeley
Austin James Arenz Sheboygan Falls, WI Michigan Technological
University
Jonah Emory Benning-Shorb Grinnell, IA University of Chicago
Brock L. Drevlow Thief River Falls, MN Johns Hopkins University:
Peabody Conservatory of
Music
John Benjamin Hancock Ocilla, GA Abraham Baldwin
Agricultural College
Angelica Joy-Stacey Harris Harvey, LA Washington University in
St. Louis
Jordan Lopez El Paso, TX University of Texas at
Austin
Christine McDow Wilmington, NC Middlebury College
Luz G. Memije Lake Elsinore, CA University of California:
Berkeley
Tulcy P. Patel Mesa, AZ Arizona State University
Paxton Wade Peacock Newton, AL Auburn University
Rae Peterson Lexington, MI University of Pennsylvania
Anastasia Pyrinis Thousand Oaks, CA University of California:
Berkeley
Sofia Rebecca Ramirez Austin, TX Lehigh University
Shivraj Sandhu Wilson, NC Princeton University
Natasha Takahashi Irvine, CA University of Southern
California
Nathaniel John Thoreson Fargo, ND North Dakota State
University
Margaret Grace Wickerson Englewood, FL Rice University
Kayla Marie Wilson Copperas Cove, TX Baylor University
Jade Wong Rowland Heights, CA University of California:
Berkeley



Information about the 2017 GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship Program will be available online in the fall.

With a total $15 million grant, GE was the presenting sponsor of the Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration, a year-long celebration for the President's 100th birthday in 2011. As part of this partnership, $5 million was committed to establish this national college scholarship program. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation is contributing $3 million to the program.

About Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute:
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the legacy of Ronald Reagan and his timeless principles of individual liberty, economic opportunity, global democracy, and national pride. It sustains the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, the Reagan Institute, the Reagan Center for Public Affairs, the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Presidential Learning Center and The Air Force One Pavilion. Located in Simi Valley, California the Library houses 63 million pages of Gubernatorial, Presidential and personal papers and over 60,000 gifts and artifacts chronicling the lives of Ronald and Nancy Reagan. It now also serves as the final resting place of President and Mrs. Reagan. www.reaganfoundation.org

To learn more about our education programs and this scholarship opportunity, visit www.reaganfoundation.org/scholarships

About GE:
GE GE is the world's Digital Industrial Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. GE is organized around a global exchange of knowledge, the "GE Store," through which each business shares and accesses the same technology, markets, structure and intellect. Each invention further fuels innovation and application across our industrial sectors. With people, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes for customers by speaking the language of industry. www.ge.com


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Press Contacts
Melissa Giller
Ronald Reagan Foundation
mgiller@reaganfoundation.org
805-522-2977

Megan Parker
GE
megan.parker@ge.com
646-682-5605

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