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SEATTLE – Washington Policy Center (WPC), a public policy research think tank in Washington state, has awarded the 2011 Jennifer Dunn-Thomson Scholarship to Samantha Bowman of Federal Way. The scholarship provides $5,000 from the Jennifer Dunn-Thomson Fund for America’s Future to a female college student who exemplifies Jennifer’s leadership, commitment to public service and personal values.
In June Samantha Bowman graduated from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business with a degree in accounting. She was an Honors Student and achieved the Dean’s List every quarter. In September she will begin studies for her Master’s of Science in Accounting and Finance at the London School of Economics, where she will apply her scholarship towards tuition.
“I applied for the Jennifer Dunn Scholarship because I got involved in politics in my later years of college and realized how important it is to be involved,” Samantha said. “Jennifer knew this, too, and I had heard nothing but amazing things about her from those who knew her and those that only knew of her. I hope that the experience I have living in London and attending such an incredible school will afford me the education and the experience to follow in her footsteps as a leader. I am truly honored to have been selected as the recipient for a scholarship in memory of such an incredible woman.”
Jennifer Dunn-Thomson, who passed away in September 2007, served as the Representative from Washington’s 8th Congressional District from 1993-2005. During her time in Congress, she served on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, championed fiscal reform, and rose to become Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference. At its 2005 Annual Dinner in Seattle, WPC honored Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn-Thomson with its annual Champion of Freedom Award, “For her contributions throughout her distinguished Congressional career advocating for her constituents and our entire state on the important policy issues facing our region. Honoring her strong leadership, support of free-market principles and being a friend to small businesses and taxpayers on the death tax repeal and other tax reforms.”
WPC will begin accepting applications for the 2012 Jennifer Dunn-Thomson Scholarship in December, 2011.
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