Richard W. Burleson of Deatsville, and Joseph F. Penton of Prattville were named College Sponsored Merit Scholarship Winners.
Taylor J. Gloystein, of Prattville, was named a winner of a National Merit Raytheon Scholarship.
Below is more information about these students.
Richard W. Burleson DEATSVILLE 36022
Probable career field: Mechanical Engineering
HOLTVILLE H. S., DEATSVILLE
NATIONAL MERIT AUBURN UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
Auburn University, located in Auburn, Alabama, is a state-supported, coeducational, residential, land-grant institution which offers undergraduate study in over 135 areas and graduate study in over 65 areas. Its degree-granting schools are Agriculture, Architecture & Fine Arts, Business, Education, Engineering, Human Services, Pharmacy, and Veterinary Medicine. Graduate and preprofessional study in law and the medical sciences is also available.
Joseph F. Penton PRATTVILLE 36067
Probable career field: Music
HOMESCHOOL
NATIONAL MERIT UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOLARSHIP
The University of Alabama offers over 150 undergraduate and 85 graduate majors through 12 divisions. A resident student body of some 18,000 comes from across the nation and over 60 foreign countries. The university has many innovative learning programs, a Law Center, a School of Mines and Energy Development, a College of Engineering, and a College of Commerce and Business Administration. Student activities center around some 300 organizations, including fraternal groups, student government, and service organizations
In our area, the National Merit Raytheon Scholarship was awarded to:
Taylor J. Gloystein PRATTVILLE 36066
Probable career field: Surgical Medicine
PRATTVILLE H. S., PRATTVILLE
NATIONAL MERIT RAYTHEON SCHOLARSHIP
Raytheon Company is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, security, and civil markets throughout the world.
Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration, and capabilities in various areas: sensing; effects; command, control, communications and intelligence systems; cybersecurity; and a broad range of mission support services.
NMSC, a not-for-profit organization that operates without government assistance, was established in 1955 to conduct the National Merit Scholarship Program. The majority of National
Merit Scholarships offered each year are underwritten by some 400 independent corporate and college sponsors that support NMSC’s efforts to honor the nation’s scholastically talented youth and encourage academic excellence at all levels of education.
