Release date: April 18, 2006
Contact: Beverly Cox Clark at 404-712-8780 or beverly.clark@emory.edu

Atlanta Students Awarded Emory's MLK, Mays Scholarships

Six students from Atlanta Public Schools have been awarded Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarships by Emory University. The merit scholarship is for full tuition, fees, and university room and board to attend Emory for four years beginning this fall, an approximate four-year value of $169,632.

Three additional students have been awarded Benjamin E. Mays Scholarships for two-thirds tuition for four years at Emory, an approximate four-year value of $85,536.

The King Scholars began in 1969 with an endowment created by gifts from Emory faculty and students at the time of King’s death. In September 1988, the program was expanded to provide several outstanding seniors from Atlanta public high schools with Emory College scholarships each year.

There currently are 22 King Scholars enrolled in Emory College.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Scholars for 2006 are:

Thu Hien Dang, a senior at Frederick Douglass High School;
Wayne Famber, a senior at Frederick Douglass High School;
Howard Jason Harlow, a senior at North Atlanta High School;
Howard Justin Harlow, a senior at North Atlanta High school;
Conetrise Holt, a senior at Booker T. Washington High School; and
Bernika Melton, a senior at Frederick Douglass High School.

The Benjamin E. Mays Scholars for 2006 are:

Alycia Baisden, a senior at Booker T. Washington High School;
Danielle Dunlap, a senior at Benjamin E. Mays High School; and
Chelsea Spencer, a senior at Henry W. Grady High School.

Emory University is known for its demanding academics, outstanding undergraduate college of arts and sciences, highly ranked professional schools and state-of-the-art research facilities. For more than a decade Emory has been named one of the country's top 25 national universities by U.S. News & World Report. In addition to its nine schools, the university encompasses The Carter Center, Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Healthcare, the state's largest and most comprehensive health care system.

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