CANTON, Ohio, June 29
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Timken Company Education Fund has
awarded $310,000 in scholarships to
38 college-bound students, all children of Timken associates upon
application from among its operations around the world.
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Among the winners is Rena
Steiger of Canton,
Ohio, the first recipient of the Henry Timken Scholar Award.
Steiger, daughter of Timken tube mill operator John Steiger, will receive up to $50,000 for annual college expenses. The award,
which is the largest and recognizes the top-ranked applicant, is
renewable for three years, or until the candidate earns a
bachelor's degree. Steiger, a Perry High
School graduate, plans to study pre-medicine at Case Western Reserve University in
Cleveland.
Additionally, two other top students received $30,000 renewable awards, with the balance
receiving between $5,000 and $10,000.
All awards were based upon merit with additional preference for the
smaller awards going to students who intend to pursue degrees in
science, technology, engineering or mathematics.
The other top winners for 2010 are:
$30,000 Three-Year Renewable
Scholarships:
- Zachary Denham, son of
Kimberly Kavadas, principal buyer in
Canton and Pete Kavadas, who has worked as a section
manager in alloy steel; and
- Carli Nicholson, daughter
of Steven Nicholson, mechanical
maintainer, Faircrest Steel Plant in Canton.
Denham, from New Philadelphia High School in New Philadelphia, Ohio, plans to study
engineering at The Ohio State
University. Nicholson is from Sandy
Valley High School in Magnolia,
Ohio, and plans to study chemistry at Duke University.
$10,000 Three-Year Renewable
Scholarships:
- David Cote, son of Timken
retiree William Cote;
- Nicole Davis, daughter of
Clifton Davis, principal lean
analyst, Honea Path, S.C.;
- Conor Eckhardt, son of
Kerry Eckhardt, business readiness
manager, Canton;
- Samuel Mercer, son of
Samuel Mercer, quality advancement
specialist, Union, S.C.; and
- Alec Samolczyk, son of
Timken retiree Mark Samolczyk.
Cote, from Lewis S. Mills High
School in Burlington,
Conn., plans to study mechanical engineering at Columbia University. Davis, from Belton Honea Path
High School, plans to study pharmacy at the University of North Carolina. Eckhardt, from
Strasburg-Franklin High School in
Strasburg, Ohio, plans to study
mechanical engineering at Grove City
College. Mercer is from Spartanburg High School in
Spartanburg, S.C., and plans to
study engineering at the Georgia Institute of
Technology. Samolczyk is from Central Catholic High
School in Canton and plans to
study chemistry at Dartmouth
College.
$5,000
Scholarships:
- Samantha Bagnola, Central
Catholic High School, Canton;
- Kendra Campbell, Newport
Middle High School, Newport,
N.H.;
- Michael Campbell, Green
High School, Green, Ohio;
- James Darnley, GlenOak
High School, Plain Township,
Ohio;
- Chelsea Faulkner,
Gaston Christian School,
Gastonia, N.C.;
- Benjamin P. Finley,
Canton South High School, Canton;
- Michael E Haney, Gilbert High
School, Gilbert, S.C.;
- Sijia Hao, Plymouth High
School, Canton, Mich.;
- Bethany J. Happach, Black
Forest Academy, Baden-Wurrtemberg, Germany;
- Lucas Heck, Canton
Central Catholic High School;
- Lauren Karaman, UNC
School of the Arts, Winston-Salem,
N.C.;
- Rahul Kumar, Vig English School, Jamshedpur, India;
- Jessica Leach, Asheboro
High School, Asheboro, N.C.;
- Ellen Martin,
Jackson High School, Jackson Township, Ohio;
- Marcus Mazzaferri,
GlenOak High School;
- Brittany Menning,
Kearsarge Regional High School, North
Sutton, N.H.;
- Kathryn Milligan, Hoover
High School, North Canton,
Ohio;
- Chase Richards,
Malvern High School, Malvern, Ohio;
- Erica Rickey, Norwayne
High School, Creston, Ohio;
- Owen Riley, GlenOak High
School;
- Taylor Roman, Hoover High
School;
- Tanya Srivastava,
Jackson High School;
- Lorena Andreea Stanciu,
Nicolae Iorga, Valenii de Munte,
Romania;
- Melinda Thomas,
Jackson High School;
- Micah Thorn, Canton South
High School;
- Juliana Torquata, Chapel School, Sao Paulo, Brazil;
- Jordan Wanner, Canton
South High School;
- Carly Wynn, Barberton
High School, Barberton, Ohio;
- Zuodong Yang, Yantai No. 3 Middle School, Yantai,
China; and
- Jing Zhang, No. 2 Middle
School, Yantai.
Established in 1958, the Timken Company Educational Fund has
provided nearly 470 scholarships to the sons and daughters of
Timken associates and recent retirees. Changes made to the
scholarship program in late 2009 extended the number of yearly
awards available.
Beginning in 2010, scholarship winners will be able to attend
any accredited/approved university of their choice, and the
scholarship may be used for the cost of tuition, fees, books,
supplies, room and board and transportation.
Visit www.timkentrust.org to learn more about the scholarship
program.
About The Timken Company
The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR, http://www.timken.com) keeps the
world turning with innovative friction management and power
transmission products and services, enabling our customers'
machinery to perform more efficiently and reliably. With sales of
$3.1 billion in 2009, operations in
26 countries/territories and approximately 17,000 employees, Timken
is Where You Turn® for better performance.
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