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Gorgas Scholarship Competition

A Program of the Administered by the

Alabama Power Foundation Alabama Academy of Science

March 13, 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Today the Gorgas Scholarship Committee announced the rankings of the finalists of the 2015 Alabama Science Scholar Search. The Search was held at the 92nd meeting of the Alabama Academy of Science at the University of West Alabama, Livingston, Alabama.

The winner of the first-place tuition grant of $4000 was:

Hunter Phillips, Covenant Christian Academy, Huntsville, AL, Teacher-Sponsor, Rhonda Lisauckis

First alternate and winner of a tuition grant of $3000 was:

Joshua Abreo, James Clemens High School, Madison, AL, Teacher-Sponsor, Robin Hodges

Second alternate and winner of a tuition grant of $2000 was:

Rohan Palanki, W.P. Davidson High School, Mobile, AL, Teacher-Sponsor, Mike Fletcher

Third alternate and winner of a tuition grant of $1500 was:

Venkata Macha, Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School, Montgomery, AL, Teacher-Sponsor, Moore Asouzu

Fourth alternates and winners of a tuition grant of $500 each were:

Darshil Patel, W.P. Davidson High School, Mobile, AL, Teacher-Sponsor, Barbara Hall

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Ruchir Rastogi, Loveless Academic Magnet Program High School, Montgomery, AL, Teacher-Sponsor, Paul Daniel

Unranked Finalists:

Sean Benson, Satsuma High School, Satsuma, AL, Teacher-Sponsor, Judy Tapia

Katelynne Herron, Jefferson County International Baccalaureate, Birmingham, AL, Teacher-Sponsor, Ryan Reardon

William Pannell, The Altamont School, Birmingham, AL, Teacher-Sponsor, Mary Williams

Shivani Rangari, Auburn High School, Alabama, AL, Teacher-Sponsor, Lucinda Alexander

Emily Ryan, Wetumpka High School, Wetumpka, AL, Teacher-Sponsor, Virginia Vilardi

The rankings were established by a panel of judges consisting of department heads, deans and professors from many of the leading universities and industries in Alabama. Winners and finalists in the Gorgas Contest receive offers of tuition scholarships to colleges and universities in Alabama for the study of science. The Gorgas Scholarship Program is named for General William Crawford Gorgas, the Alabama physician who conquered yellow fever in the Panama Canal Zone and later became the Surgeon General of the United States Army. The purposes of the Gorgas competition are to promote interest in science and to aid in the education of promising students.

Information on the annual competition and awards may be found on the website at . For further information, contact Ellen Buckner, PhD, RN, CNE, Chairman, Gorgas Scholarship Competition, ebuckner@southalabama.edu, or by phone (205) 910-9877, (251) 445-9449.

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