266 Hospitality Students Receive Scholarships
$403,500 Awarded Via AH&LEF's Core Scholarship Programs
Washington - October 4, 2013 — The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation (AH&LEF), the not-for-profit affiliate of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), awarded 266 scholarships, totaling $403,500, through three of its core programs - the Annual Scholarship Grant, Incoming Freshman Scholarship, and Graduate Scholarship programs.
The Annual Scholarship Grant Program, the Foundation's biggest program, is co-administered with 85 universities and colleges. In 2013, 237 students, nominated by AH&LEF-affiliated schools, received $318,500 in funds. The program is funded from proceeds of the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS), the Foundation's Annual Giving Campaign, previous AH&LEF capital campaigns, annual special events, as well as the following scholarship funds:
- Melinda Bush
- John Clifford Memorial
- Cecil B. Day Memorial
- Handlery Foundation
- Conrad N. Hilton Memorial
- Hilton Worldwide
- Creighton Holden Memorial
- Steve Hymans Memorial
- Richard Kelley
- Richard Kessler
- J. Willard Marriott Memorial
- Curtis C. Nelson
This is the sixth year for two new AH&LEF scholarships - incoming hospitality management freshmen and graduate students. Nineteen incoming freshmen received scholarships totaling $35,000, and 10 graduate students received $5,000 scholarships. In total, AH&LEF awarded $528,000 to 339 hospitality management students through its 10 academic scholarship programs this year.
For more information about AH&LEF scholarships and other programs, contact Michelle Poinelli, senior vice president of foundation programs, at (202) 289-3181 or mpoinelli@ahlef.org or visit www.ahlef.org.
AH&LEF is the charitable fund-raising and endowed fund-management subsidiary of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. Founded in 1953, AH&LEF is the premier organization for scholarships, as well as funding for hospitality industry research. For more information, visit www.ahlef.org.
Serving the hospitality industry for more than a century, AH&LA is the sole national association representing all sectors and stakeholders in the lodging industry, including individual hotel property members, hotel companies, student and faculty members, and industry suppliers. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., AH&LA provides members with national advocacy on Capitol Hill, public relations and image management, education, research and information, and other value-added services to provide bottom line savings and ensure a positive business climate for the lodging industry. Partner state associations provide local representation and additional cost-saving benefits to members.
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