We Toast the 2018 Council of Fellows Scholarship Foundation Winners

The DPHA Council of Fellows Memorial Scholarship Honoring Alberto Comini awarded two $3,000 educational grants to Emily Becker, daughter of Denyse Comini Becker (OMNIA Industries), and Rowan Cahill, son of Michael Cahill (Stone Forest), at the 2018 DPHA Annual Conference and Product Showcase.  

  

Emily Becker is in her sophomore year at Lafayette College where she is majoring in Biology. In high school, Emily was a member of the National Honors Society (2015-17), the National Italian Honor Society (2015-17) and National Art Honor Society (2013-15).  An A+ student, she was also on her high school's varsity cross country team (where she was captain and 1st team all-conference from 2015-17), the varsity indoor track team (where she was captain from 2015-17 and 1st team all-conference 2014-17) and the varsity outdoor track team (where she was again varsity captain and 1st team all-conference 2015-17).  At Lafayette College, Emily is currently working on earning her degree in Pre-Med, while at the same time competing on the varsity cross-country, indoor track and outdoor track teams.

 

Rowan Cahill is a freshman at The Colorado School of Mines, where he is majoring in Computer Sciences, with a special interest in robotics.  In high school, Rowan was an A+ student, primarily taking Honors and College AP courses.  He was a member of the National Honor Society, a Supercomputing Challenge Finalist 2015-18 (where he was also honored with a Judges Choice Award in 2015, Crowd Favorite Award in 2016, First Place Winner in 2017 and Technical Writing Award Winner in 2018), an AP Scholar with Distinction, a National AP Scholar and a National Merit Scholarship Finalist (just to name a few).    

 

The DPHA Council of Fellows Memorial Scholarship Honoring Alberto Comini offers a significant educational grant to two children or grandchildren of DPHA members to help pursue undergraduate or post graduate degrees. The Council of Fellows established a foundation to manage the scholarship program. At the 2018 DPHA Annual Conference and Product Showcase, the Council of Fellows was able to add $7,600 to the scholarship endowment. Our heartfelt thanks go to everyone who purchased raffle tickets and donated items for the raffle.