10/29/07

Sixteen students named Chancellors Club Scholars

LAWRENCE — Future chemists, engineers, journalists and musicians are among the 16 students who have been named 2007 - 2008 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 1979, when the program began. 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
Rebecca Sullivan, music theory, daughter of Daniel and Sarah Sullivan; Shawnee Mission Northwest High School

From Olathe
Ladan Soleimani, political science, daughter of Sheila and Massoud Soleimani; Olathe South High School

From Overland Park
Steven Lowry, theatre and film, son of David and Marcia Lowry; Blue Valley North High School

Meghan Schmitt, chemistry, daughter of Kirk and Christine Schmitt; Blue Valley West High School

David Smith, undeclared, son of David and Monica Smith; Blue Valley Northwest High School

From Shawnee
Nicholas Curry, business accounting, son of Marie and Greg Curry; Shawnee Mission Northwest High School

RENO COUNTY
From Hutchinson
Whitney Bloom, chemical engineering, daughter of James and Susan Bloom; Buhler High School

SEDGEWICK COUNTY
From Wichita
Sara Rolfes, engineering, daughter of Neal Rolfes; Kapaun Mount Carmel High School

SHAWNEE COUNTY
From Topeka
Stephanie Atwood, undeclared, daughter of Jennie and Michael Atwood; Topeka High School
Elliott Buck, undeclared, son of Mark and Cindi Buck;Topeka High School

SUMNER COUNTY
From Mulvane
Thomas McDaniel, pre-medicine, son of Jennifer McDaniel; Mulvane High School

MISSOURI
From Joplin
Samuel Simpson, undeclared, son of Elizabeth Simpson; Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School

NEBRASKA
From Lincoln
Katherine Blankenau, journalism, daughter of Daniel and Monica Blankenau; Pius X High School

From Omaha
Justin Sadowski, aerospace engineering, son of Albert and Cynthia Sadowski; Ralston High School

NEVADA
From Reno
Jonathan Lutes, computer science, son of Robert and Lori Lutes; home schooled

TEXAS
From Austin
Darren Frazee, sociology, son of William and Karen Frazee; McNeil High School

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