From staff reports
Five Beaufort area high school seniors each received a $1,000 scholarship grant through the Lieutenant General George I. Forsythe Rotary Scholarship Program at the Rotary Club of Beaufort’s May 10 luncheon meeting.
The five recipients, each nominated by their respective high schools were Katherine Luckey, Beaufort Academy; Logan Morgan, Battery Creek High School; Megan Alvarez, Beaufort High School; Benjamin Christian, Beaufort High School; and Madelyn Confare, Beaufort High School.
Two recipients – Luckey and Christian – were introduced to the Beaufort Rotarians and recognized with certificates. Moran, Alvarez, and Confare were not able to attend the ceremony as they were scheduled to take Advanced Placement exams on the same day and at the same time as the Rotary recognition event.
The Lieutenant General George I. Forsythe Scholarship is presented annually to graduating seniors from Beaufort County high schools north of the Broad River in memory of Forsythe, a member of the Beaufort Rotary from 1972, when he completed a distinguished 33-year military career, until his passing in 1986.
The Beaufort Rotary received 25 applications this year, in what would become a very competitive contest.
Certificates of recognition were presented to the recipients by the Rotary’s scholarship chair, retired Brigadier General Barney Forsythe, son of the late George Forsythe, and a Rotarian since 2006.
Luckey will attend Clemson University (Honors College); Moran will attend Brigham Young University after completing a two-year Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints mission; Alvarez is still undecided on her college; Christian will attend Georgetown University; and Confare will attend the University of South Carolina.
