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The John R. Mott Foundation Scholarships Awarded Through the National Italian American Foundation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:   Elissa Ruffino (NIAF) 202/939-3106202/939-3106 or elissa@niaf.org


(WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 1, 2002) The John R. Mott Scholarship Foundation, Inc. of Albany, New York awarded $ 40,400 to students from the area around Serra D’Aiello, in the region of Calabria, Italy. The scholarship awards ranged between $1,500 and $10,000. The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) works in conjunction with the John R. Mott Scholarship Foundation to identify students to receive these awards.

Student selection was based on academic achievement, financial need and community service. The awards are targeted to pay for university tuition and educational expenses.

Born in Serra D’ Aiello, John Mott immigrated to the U.S. with his family from Italy, and successfully built a trucking company from the ground up. Prior to his death on October 12, 1998, at the age of 89, Mr. Mott created the John R. Mott Foundation, Inc. a private scholarship fund of over $3 million. The Foundation is run by a seven member Board, and the scholarship program is administered through the NIAF.

“John Mott was a visionary, and he had a dream of making his homeland – a very distressed area in southern Italy – better through the thing that he valued most, education,” stated Board President Louis Pierro of Albany. “Although Mr. Mott is gone, his dream lives on in the young people of Calabria who are now able to attend college and become educated, and who in turn have pledged to give back to their own communities upon graduation.”

High school seniors, undergraduates, graduate, doctorate, and post doctorate students from the area surrounding Serra D’ Aiello, in Calabria, Italy, are encouraged to apply for next year’s awards.

For more information on this scholarship and the NIAF scholarship and education program, go to www.niaf.org/scholarships/mott.html