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Albany High School senior Lewis Stitt, an Eagle Scout,
musician, peer tutor and future engineer, has been named a Gates
Millennium Scholar.
The Gates Millennium Scholar Program was established by
the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to provide outstanding African
American, American Indian/Alaska natives, Asian Pacific Islander
Americans, and Hispanic American students with an opportunity to
complete an undergraduate college education, among other objectives.
Stitt, who has a
grade point average of 93.53, was accepted to Cornell University via
early decision, and he will study electrical engineering there. He has
also won the Cornell University School of Engineering John McMullen’s
Dean Scholarship and the New York State Scholarship for Academic
Excellence. He has applied for several other scholarships and is waiting
notification.
Stitt’s guidance counselor at Albany High School, Marna Atkin, said he
has followed the most rigorous and challenging academic program
possible, taking honors and Advanced Placement courses wherever
possible.
“Lewis
has an engaging spark and style – whether it is actively participating
in an AP Physics class discussion, or earning an environmental science
badge in the Boy Scouts, Lewis possesses qualities that make him the
very special and promising young man that he is,” Atkin wrote in her
letter to the Gates Foundation recommending Stitt for the scholarship. |
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