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March 12, 2001

NARM Scholarship Foundation
Awards Another Record 32 Scholarships

The National Association Of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) announced the names of the 32 recipients of this year’s scholarship awards at a gala dinner during the organization’s 43rd Annual Convention in Orlando on March 12.

Winners were selected from a field of more than 200 applicants. The NARM Scholarship Committee, with the assistance of Academic Advisor William G. Owen, judged all entries based on academic achievement, financial need and future potential.

Since the inception of the Foundation in 1966, NARM has awarded nearly 600 grants to deserving students. This represents a total of more than $5 million in financial assistance.

The NARM Scholarship Foundation affords industry companies or individuals the opportunity to provide the valuable benefit of educational financial assistance to NARM member company employees, or to the children or spouses of their employees. A contribution to the Foundation also permits donors to honor or memorialize a company executive, recording artist, industry colleague, relative or friend. A contribution of $6,000 creates a NARM Scholarship. A $20,000 contribution creates a Platinum Endowment Fund. All contributions to the NARM Scholarship Foundation are tax deductible within the limit of the law.

NARM congratulates the outstanding young people who are being recognized this year, as well as those whose generosity have made this worthy project possible for the past 35 years.

• AL SHERMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP

Established 2000

Winner: Alok Jain, WEA Corp., Pasadena, California

• BERTELSMANN MUSIC GROUP SCHOLARSHIP

Established 1998

A contributor since 1990

Winner: Tara Mastrolembo, Media Play, Inc., Lewiston, New York

• CRYSTAL CLEAR SOUND SCHOLARSHIP

Established 2000

Winner: Kimberly Poer, Sony Music, Highland Village, Texas

• HENRY DROZ SCHOLARSHIP

Established 2001

Contributor: Universal Music & Video Dist.

A contributor since 1975

Winner: Alissa Mildebrath, Handleman Company, Carol Stream, Illinois

• JOSEPH A. COHEN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

Established 2001

Contributors: Family, friends and business associates

Winner: Julie Park, WEA Corp., Plainfield, Illinois

• JOEL FRIEDMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

Established in 1974; Renewed to date

Contributor: Time Warner, Inc.

Winner: Hannah Yoo, WEA Corp., Park Ridge, Illinois

• MICKEY GRANBERG SCHOLARSHIP

Established 1989

Contributors: NARM members, friends and business associates

Winner: Helena Bielecki, Sony Music Dist., Westmont, New Jersey

• NARM BOARD OF DIRECTORS MUSIC EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP

Established 2000

Winner: Ian Macaulay, Anderson Merchandisers, Woonsocket, Rhode Island

• NARM CLASSICAL/JAZZ ISSUE FORUM SCHOLARSHIP

Contributed by the profits from the sale of the Classical & Jazz CD Samplers

Winner: Nicholas Torres, Trans World Entertainment, East Greenbush, New York

• NAVARRE CORPORATION SCHOLARSHIP

Established 2000

Contributors: Eric & Karen Paulson

Winner: Shana Weicheck, Sony Music Dist., Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania

• SAM MARMADUKE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

Established 1995; Renewed to date

Contributor: Hastings Entertainment

Winner: Reagan Silliman, Anderson Merchandisers, Crystal Beach, Texas

• SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT SCHOLARSHIP

Established 1997; Renewed to date

A contributor since 1971

Winner: Elisha McCroskey, Sony Disc Manufacturing, Eugene, Oregon

• STEVEN J. ROSS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

Established 1993; Renewed to date

Contributor: Warner Music Group

Winner: Nolan Green, WEA Corp., Aurora, Illinois

• TOWER RECORDS/VIDEO SCHOLARSHIP

Established 1998

A contributor since 1985

Winner: Amber Overfelt, Fuji Photo Film, Lawrenceville, Georgia

• TRANS WORLD ENTERTAINMENT SCHOLARSHIP

Established 1999

Winner: Cheryl Powe, BMG Dist., Spartanburg, South Carolina

• VERN CUPPLES MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

Established 1998

Contributors: Friends, family and business associates

Winner: Andrea Padan, Digital Audio Disc Corp., Rockville, Indiana

• THE BILLBOARD SCHOLARSHIP

A contributor since 1999

Winner: Joseph Duke, Columbia House, Terre Haute, Indiana

• EMI MUSIC DISTRIBUTION SCHOLARSHIP

A contributor since 1970

Winner: Nicole Iacchei, Super Marketing Distributors, Yardley, Pennsylvania

• FUJIFILM SCHOLARSHIP

Winner: Kimberly Gorsuch, Sam Goody, Dunlap, Illinois

• HANDLEMAN COMPANY SCHOLARSHIP

Winner: Suparna Jain, WEA Corp., Pasadena, California

• JEAN BIRBIGLIA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

Contributors: Anthony, Vinnie & Josie Birbiglia

Winner: Daniel Dengrove, Warner Bros. Records, Inc., Valley Village, California

• JOSEPH ROBINSON, SR. MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

SUGAR HILL RECORDS

Contributor: Scorpio Music Distributors

Winner: Amanda Cavender, Sony Music Inc., Heflin, Alabama

• NARM SILENT AUCTION SCHOLARSHIP

Contributed by the proceeds of the Silent Auction

held at NARM's 2000 Convention

Winner: Erin Wickstrom, Columbia House, Terre Haute, Indiana

• NARM SILENT AUCTION SCHOLARSHIP

Contributed by the proceeds of the Silent Auction

held at NARM's 2000 Convention

Winner: Tomek Sawan, Nebraska Furniture Mart, Omaha, Nebraska

• NARM SILENT AUCTION SCHOLARSHIP

Contributed by the proceeds of the Silent Auction

held at NARM's 2000 Convention

Winner: Heather Carter, Columbia House, Briarwood, New York

• NARM SILENT AUCTION SCHOLARSHIP

Contributed by the proceeds of the Silent Auction

held at NARM's 2000 Convention

Winner: Emily Komisars, BMG Direct Marketing, Indianapolis, Indiana

• NARM SILENT AUCTION SCHOLARSHIP

Contributed by the proceeds of the Silent Auction

held at NARM's 2000 Convention

Winner: Melissa Rosen, Fuji Photo Film, Middletown, New York

• RED DISTRIBUTION SCHOLARSHIP

A contributor since 1998

Winner: Robert Rajczy, Sony Music Dist., Pitman, New Jersey

• SEYFARTH SHAW SCHOLARSHIP

Winner: Jason Hammond-Wood, Sony Music, Poland, Indiana

• THE SOUNDSCAN SCHOLARSHIP

A contributor since 1998

Winner: Christine Scott, Sony Music, Fort Lee, New Jersey

• CHARLES SCHLANG MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

Contributors: David & Dayna Schlang & family

Winner: Kristi Donald, Tower Records/Videos/Books, Sacramento, California

The following Outstanding Achievement scholarship honors a student for her academic excellence and personal accomplishments with a $2,500 award:

• OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

Contributors: Dean & Teresa Pugh & Sensormatic Electronics

Winner: Samantha Suddeth, Sony Music Inc., Carrollton, Georgia

The NARM Board of Directors has established a “Special Honor Roll” to recognize students with exceptional academic ability and potential for success at the college level who, because of a lack of financial need, did not qualify for a scholarship. The following students were recognized with a Certificate of Merit and $100 gift certificates donated by J&R Music World and Tower Records/Video:

• SPECIAL HONOR ROLL

Lindsey Carroll, Sony Music Inc., Brecksville, Ohio

Briana Foley, Rounder Records, W. Roxbury, Massachusetts

Adam Murphy, Disc Graphics, Inc., N. Patchogue, New York

Matthew Phillips, WEA Inc., Sylmar, California

Grace Silvia, Media Play, Ann Arbor, Michican

Members of the 2000-2001 Scholarship Committee are: Chairman Sylvan Gross, Super Marketing Distributors; Lou Delsignore, Northeast One Stop; Rachelle Friedman, J&R Music World; Dick Gary, Gary Group; Jordan Katz, Arista Records; Irv Lichtman, Billboard Magazine; Frannie Marsellis, Tower Records; Annie Roeves, WEA Corp.; John Rose, Dreamworks Records Nashville; Lori Siegel, Sony Music Dist.; Patricia Daly, Executive Director; and William Owen, Academic Advisor.

NARM serves the music and other prerecorded entertainment software industry as the pre-eminent forum for insight and dialogue for its more than 1,200 member retailers, wholesalers, distributors, entertainment software suppliers, and suppliers of related products and services.