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A President's Scholar is a recipient of the academic scholarship awarded by the Government of Singapore annually, to pursue undergraduate education at a university, usually abroad. The scholarship is considered to be the most prestigious public undergraduate scholarship in Singapore awarded to students of Singaporean nationality .
Robert Gerald Turner (born November 25, 1945) is the President of Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas.One of the most highly-compensated university presidents in the United States, [1] Turner has been described as a "transformational" [2] figure who helped rehabilitate SMU's national reputation following the infamous 1980s football scandal and NCAA death penalty.
Southern Methodist University: Queen's: 1934 United States U.S. Ambassador to Turkey (1952–1953) and to Germany (1963–1968) Patrick McTaggart-Cowan: University of British Columbia: Corpus Christi: 1934 Canada President of Simon Fraser University (1964–1968) Ian Milner: New: 1934 New Zealand KGB agent during the Petrov Affair: John Oakes ...
SMU lost 55 new scholarship positions over four years. SMU was required to ensure that it had no dealings with Owen and eight other boosters previously banned from contact with the program, or else face further punishment. The team was allowed to hire only five full-time assistant coaches, instead of the typical nine.
August Kenneth Pye (August 21, 1931 – July 11, 1994) [1] was an American legal scholar who served as dean of the Duke University School of Law from 1968 to 1970 and again from 1973 to 1976, and as president of Southern Methodist University from 1987 to 1994.
Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a private research university in University Park, Texas, United States, with a satellite campus in Taos County, New Mexico. [8] SMU was founded on April 17, 1911, by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South —now part of the United Methodist Church —in partnership with Dallas civic leaders.
Six New Jersey high school students, including three from Bergen County, were named 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars. ... This year is the program's 60th anniversary. An online recognition program ...
2010 Presidential Scholars with President Barack Obama 2005 Presidential Scholars with President George W. Bush. The United States Presidential Scholars Program is a program of the United States Department of Education. It is described as "one of the nation's highest honors for high school students" in the United States of America. [1]