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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] |
