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The Lincoln Academy's Student Laureate
awards are presented for excellence in
curricular and extracurricular activities to
seniors from each of the four-year
degree-granting colleges and universities in
Illinois. At the convocation, each student
received a Student Laureate Medallion, along
with an honorarium check and certificate of
achievement. This event marked the 36th year
that students have been honored by the
academy.
"These students have exhibited a personal
commitment to excel as seen by their
remarkable academic accomplishments," said
Thomas S. Johnson, Lincoln Academy
chancellor. "They serve as role models to
other Illinois students. With hardworking
and dedicated young leaders such as these,
Illinois and the rest of the nation can look
forward to a bright future."
Student Laureate M. Elizabeth Judson of
Eureka College spoke on behalf of all the
laureates. The invocation was delivered by
Dr. Roger Taylor, president of Knox College,
and the benediction by the Rev. Stanley L.
Davis Jr., Lincoln Academy regent. The
Sangamon Woodwind Consort provided music,
and a luncheon at the Illinois governor's
mansion followed the convocation.
The Lincoln Academy, unique among the 50
states, was established 46 years ago to
honor Illinois' most distinguished citizens
with the state's highest award, the Order of
Lincoln.
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Lincoln Academy file; LDN] |
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