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2020 DENNIS WASHINGTON LEADERSHIP SCHOLARS

HONORING PERSEVERANCE, INTEGRITY AND EXCELLENCE

The Horatio Alger Association is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 Dennis Washington Leadership

Scholarships. Funded by the Phyllis and Dennis Washington Foundation, the Dennis Washington Leadership

Scholarship Program has awarded more than $7.5 million since 2008. Scholarships are awarded to Horatio Alger

Alumni Scholars pursuing master’s or doctoral degrees in the fields of business, education, engineering, law,

medicine, and applied sciences. Recipients have demonstrated academic excellence, leadership abilities, and

strength of character in the face of adversity. With the benefits afforded through advanced degree studies, they

are poised to become leaders in their respective fields and change agents in our society.

Founded in 1947, the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc., fulfills its mission of honoring the achievements of

outstanding individuals who have succeeded in spite of adversity and of encouraging young people to pursue their dreams through

higher education. Each year the Association welcomes new lifelong Members to its ranks through the presentation of the Horatio

Alger Award. In April, the Association looks forward to honoring and inducting the 2020 class of new Members:

JAMES R. ANDREWS, M.D.

Orthopaedic Surgeon

Andrews Institute

Chairman

Andrews Research & Education

Foundation

Chairman

American Sports Medicine Institute

ARTHUR J. FALCONE

CEO & Chairman

Falcone Group

Co-founder & Managing Principal

Encore Capital Management

MARIO J. GABELLI

Chairman and

Chief Executive Officer

GAMCO Investors, Inc.

CHRISTIANE GERMAIN

Co-Founder & Co-President

Germain Hotels

Member, Order of Canada

Member, Order of Quebec

STEDMAN GRAHAM

Chairman & CEO

S. Graham & Associates

ROBERT A. MCDONALD

Retired Chairman, President,

and CEO

The Procter & Gamble Company

8th Secretary

U.S. Department of

Veterans Affairs

STEVEN S REINEMUND

Retired Dean of Business

Wake Forest University

Retired Chairman & CEO

PepsiCo

HORACIO D. ROZANSKI

President and

Chief Executive Officer

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.

G. BRINT RYAN

Founder, Chairman & CEO

Ryan, LLC

WALTER SCHROEDER

Founder

DBRS Ltd.

JANE SEYMOUR

Actress, Artist, Author, Designer

& Philanthropist

Jane Seymour Designs

Open Hearts Foundation

DAVID A. THOMPSON

President & CEO

TEC Equipment, Inc.

RONALD G. WANEK

Founder & Chairman of the Board

Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.

GEORGE A. WEISS

Chief Executive Officer /

Chairman

Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers, LLC

OMID COHENSEDGH

Medicine

JOSEPH DAKKI

Medicine

ANDREW MURPHY

Education

MAHIKA PHUTANE

Computer Science

ITKA SAFIR

Law

BROOK THOMPSON

Engineering

JAMES R. ANDREWS, M.D. ARTHUR J. FALCONE MARIO J. GABELLI CHRISTIANE GERMAIN

(Canada)

STEDMAN GRAHAM ROBERT A. MCDONALD STEVEN S REINEMUND

HORACIO D. ROZANSKI G. BRINT RYAN

WALTER SCHROEDER

(Canada) JANE SEYMOUR DAVID A. THOMPSON RONALD G. WANEK GEORGE A. WEISS

71%

INCLUDING:

$840 K

Graduate

$2.1 MIL

Career & Technical

$940K

Canadian

$15.4 MIL

Undergraduate

$19.3 MILLION

awarded to 2,400 Scholars in 2019

27 K

Scholars

$250 MIL

Endowment

$180 MILLION

in Scholarships (1984–2019)

Scholar

Graduation

Rate

compared to national low-income

graduation rate of 16%

2020 HORATIO ALGER AWARD RECIPIENTS

Horatio Alger Members serve as role models and fund undergraduate and graduate need-based scholarships and services for young

people across the United States and Canada. By its 75th anniversary in 2022, the Association will have awarded $225 million in

scholarships to more than 30,000 students.