Emory University News Release

Release date: March 26, 2004
Contact: Deb Hammacher, Associate Director, University Media Relations,
at 404-727-0644 or dhammac@emory.edu

Emory Names 2004 Bobby Jones Scholars

Four Emory University seniors, Euler Bropleh, Emily Hunter, Josh McCaleb and Pete Sherlock, have been chosen to receive the Robert T. Jones Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund Award for a year of study at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. St. Andrews, founded in 1411, is Emory's sister institution.

"The pool of candidates was one of the strongest in the history of the scholarship, and choosing among these exceptional students was very difficult for all involved," says William H. Fox, senior vice president for institutional advancement and chairman of the selection committee. "We would have been happy to send all 12 of our finalists, but ultimately, we had to choose four winners."

The Bobby Jones Scholarship, established in 1976, seeks to recognize individuals who will be excellent representatives of Emory at St. Andrews. Qualities required to fulfill this ambassadorship include intellectual excellence, a record of significant leadership, and academic interests that can be pursued through the offerings at St. Andrews. The scholars receive full tuition and a travel stipend for their year of study.

Recipients are selected by a committee composed of faculty, administrators, trustees of the Robert T. Jones Committee and former Jones scholars. The late Bobby Jones, an internationally renowned golfer, was an Emory University School of Law alumnus remembered by those who knew him as an extraordinary man of rare loyalty, compassion and integrity.

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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, a comprehensive metropolitan health care system.