2006 APTF Scholarship Recipients

The American Public Transportation Foundation honored 15 students sponsored by public transportation agencies, research groups, universities, and engineering firms as winners of the 2006 APTF scholarship and essay competitions Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 11, during APTA's 2006 Annual Meeting in San Jose, Calif. Each winner received a one-year college scholarship toward a public transportation-related degree. Read the article in Passenger Transport.

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2006 American Public Transportation Foundation Hall of Fame Scholarships
Georgann Fisher
Lakewood, Colorado
University of Colorado at Denver
Sponsor: C. W. Marsella, GM & ED, Regional Transportation District		 $5000
Luis Garcia
Bellflower, California
Intermodal Transportation Institute, University of Denver
Sponsor: Shelly Verrinder, ED, Access Services, Inc.		 $5000
Juan Morrison
Houston, Texas
Texas Southern University
Sponsor: Shirley A. DeLibero, Delibero Transportation Strategies, LLC
 $5000
James Toscano
Norfolk, Virginia
University of London
Sponsor: Michael S. Townes, President & CEO, Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads
 $5000
Carole Turley
Provo, Utah
Brigham Young University
Sponsor: John M. Inglish, GM & CEO, Utah Transit Authority		 $5000


2006 American Public Transportation Foundation Scholarship Award Winners
Matthew Cosgro
Nashua, New Hampshire
Western New England College
Louis T. Klauder Scholarship
Sponsor: Herbert Pence, HAP International, LLC		 $5000

Matthew Kunic
Wilmington, North Carolina
The University of North Carolina
Jack R. Gilstrap Scholarship
Sponsor: Albert Eby, GM, Cape Fear Public Transportation Authority

 $5000

Christopher Puchalsky
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
Parson Brinckerhoff – Jim Lammie Scholarship
Sponsor: Kenneth A. Korach, President, Transportation Resource Associates, Inc.

Donald C. Hyde Memorial Essay
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

$5000

$500
 

Jamaal Schoby
Houston, Texas
Texas Southern University
Dr. George M. Smerk Scholarship
Sponsor: Frank J. Wilson, President & CEO, Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County

 $5000
Jacqueline Sheader
Boalsburg, Pennsylvania
Saint Francis University
Dan Reichard, Jr. Scholarship
Sponsor: Hugh A. Mose, GM, Centre Area Transportation Authority		 $5000


2006 Foundation Scholarship Renewals
 

Lindsey Alden
Arlington, Virginia

$2500
 

Yurintzy Estrada
New York, New York

$3000
 

Svetlana Grechka
Lakewood, Colorado

$3000
 

Dustin Ulmer
Fargo, North Dakota

$3000
  Franklin Wong
Albany, California		 $2500

 

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