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16 KU freshmen named Chancellors Club Scholars
Standing, left to right: Jason Sadowski, Thomas McDaniel, Ladan Soleimani, Sam Simpson, Sara Rolfes, Meghan Schmitt, Becky Sullivan, Katie Blankenau and David Smith. Seated, left to right: Steven Lowry, Jonathan Lutes, Darren Frazee, Chancellor Robert Hemenway, Nick Curry, Stephanie Atwood, Elliott Buck and Whitney Bloom.
LAWRENCE — Future chemists, engineers, journalists and musicians are among the 16 students who have been named 2007-08 Chancellors Club Scholars at the University of Kansas.
All are National Merit finalists with outstanding high school achievement and leadership records. Eleven graduated from Kansas high schools and five from out-of-state schools. Each has received a renewable scholarship from the Chancellors Club.
The Chancellors Club, a major-donor organization at KU Endowment, has awarded these scholarships to 276 students since the program began in 1979. KU Endowment is an independent, nonprofit organization serving as the official fundraising and fund-management organization for KU. Founded in 1891, KU Endowment is the first foundation of its kind at a U.S. public university.
The new Chancellors Club scholars are listed below by their hometowns, majors, parents’ names and high schools.
JOHNSON COUNTY
From Lenexa 66215
Rebecca Sullivan, music theory, daughter of Daniel and Sarah Sullivan; Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
From Olathe 66062
Ladan Soleimani, political science, daughter of Sheila and Massoud Soleimani; Olathe South High School
From Overland Park 66210
Steven Lowry, theatre and film, son of David and Marcia Lowry; Blue Valley North High School
From Overland Park 66221
Meghan Schmitt, chemistry, daughter of Kirk and Christine Schmitt; Blue Valley West High School
From Overland Park 66223
David Smith, undeclared, son of David and Monica Smith; Blue Valley Northwest High School
From Shawnee 66216
Nicholas Curry, business accounting, son of Marie and Greg Curry; Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
RENO COUNTY
From Hutchinson 67502
Whitney Bloom, chemical engineering, daughter of James and Susan Bloom; Buhler High School
SEDGWICK COUNTY
From Wichita 67211
Sara Rolfes, engineering, daughter of Neal Rolfes; Kapaun Mount Carmel High School
SHAWNEE COUNTY
From Topeka 66604
Elliott Buck, undeclared, son of Mark and Cindi Buck; Topeka High School
From Topeka 66610
Stephanie Atwood, undeclared, daughter of Jennie and Michael Atwood; Topeka High School
SUMNER COUNTY
From Mulvane 67110
Thomas McDaniel, pre-medicine, son of Jennifer McDaniel; Mulvane High School
MISSOURI
From Joplin 64801
Samuel Simpson, undeclared, son of Elizabeth Simpson; Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School
NEBRASKA
From Lincoln 68506
Katherine Blankenau, journalism, daughter of Daniel and Monica Blankenau; Pius X High School
From Omaha 68127
Justin Sadowski, aerospace engineering, son of Albert and Cynthia Sadowski; Ralston High School
NEVADA
From Reno 89506
Jonathan Lutes, computer science, son of Robert and Lori Lutes; home schooled
TEXAS
From Austin 78729
Darren Frazee, sociology, son of William and Karen Frazee; McNeil High School
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