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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 20, 2003
Contact Charlene Walsh, (202) 347-3190
-The National Academy of Public Administration announces this
year's winners of the Herbert Roback Scholarship, an award
given annually to two outstanding graduate students pursuing
a Master's Degree in public administration, public and international
affairs or political science at a New York or Washington area
school. The National Academy of Public Administration is a
non-profit organization chartered by Congress to give expert
advice and analysis to government leaders on issues of governance
and management.
This year's winners are Carrie Cochran
of Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and
Public Affairs and Jasmine R. Vallejo of New York University's
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Due to
her interest in the field of health, Ms. Cochran hopes to
work at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services upon
graduation. Ms. Vallejo aspires to open a non-profit organization
that provides legal services to other non-profit organizations,
specifically ones that aid the Latino community and arts organizations.
Ms. Cochran and Ms. Vallejo will receive their scholarship
awards of $7,500 each on November 21, 2003 at the Academy's
Fall Meeting in Washington, DC.
"Ms. Cochran and Ms. Vallejo
are rising stars in the arena of public administration. The
excellence and scholarship that they have demonstrated are
highly commendable and deserving of this great honor,"
said Academy Senior Fellow John Shannon, former Under Secretary
of the U.S. Army, who chaired this year's selection committee.
Other members of this year's selection committee include Matthew
Holden, Academy Senior Fellow and Henry L. and Grace M. Doherty
Emeritus Professor, Department of Politics, University of
Virginia; Catherine Bertini, Academy Fellow and Under Secretary
General for Management of the United Nations; and Warren Buhler,
the Roback family representative.
The National Academy of Public Administration
is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan corporation chartered
by Congress. Founded in 1967, it provides trusted advice to
leaders on governance and public management. The Academy works
closely with all three branches of government at the federal,
state and local levels; with nongovernmental organizations;
and with foreign and international institutions that request
advice or assistance. For more information, visit www.napawash.org.
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