Hachar Trust helps 431 scholars pursue education goals
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Hachar Trust helps 431 scholars pursue education goals
PAGE 18A Laredo Morning Times Sunday, November 9, 2003 LOCAL Hachar Trust helps 431 scholars pursue education goals Times staff reports A total of 431 Laredo and area collegians are pursuing higher education in Laredo, in Texas and other campuses in the U.S. through the generosity of the D.D. Hachar Charitable Trust Fund. For the academic year 2003-2004, the Hachar Trust Fund has awarded $748,900 to help young men and women attending colleges and universities in Texas and elsewhere in the U. S. The scholars include 100 local high school graduates chosen for individual $3,000 scholarships to attend Texas A&M International University. Another 331 students are the beneficiaries of $448,000 in scholarships for the current academic year, according to Vidal M. Treviño, executive director for the D.D. Hachar Charitable Trust Fund at the Laredo National Bank. The Trust Department of LNB administers the fund. Since its inception, the Hachar Charitable Trust Fund has provided financial assistance to thousands of Laredo high school graduates from public and private high schools. Treviño said LNB has the oldest trust department in Laredo. An independently appointed advisory committee manages the trust. “Nothing gives all of us associated with the foundation more pleasure than to see hundreds of students each year awarded scholarships to attend the college or university of their choice,” Gary G. Jacobs, LNB president and CEO, said. Members of the advisory committee are Jacobs, chairman, Dr. Joaquin G. Cigarroa Jr. Alejandro Cabezut and Dr. Dennis Cantu. Cigarroa formerly served on the boards of the Laredo Independent School District and Laredo Community College (Laredo Junior College, and did a stint on the State Commission for Colleges and Universities (higher education). Cantu is president of the LISD board of trustees. The bank Trust Committee includes C. Edward Whitworth, chairman, Peter R. Arguindegui Jr., Luis Lidsky, J.C. Martin III, Renato Zapata Jr., and Joaquin Romero Jr. Whitworth pointed out that the D. D. Hachar scholars are enrolled in 47 different colleges and universities. The schools include Cornell University, Duke University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stanford University, University of Denver, University of Notre Dame, Yale University, Georgetown University, and Princeton University. “We want students to remain in school, get good grades and work with their senior counselors to apply for a D.D. Hachar scholarship to pursue degrees at the colleges and universities of their choice,” Romero, head of the LNB Trust Department, said. Romero said college students can get information and application from the D.D. Hachar Charitable Trust office at 914 Hidalgo in December. According to Romero, applicants must be in need of financial assistance and attend an accredited college/university. Scholarship recipients must be enrolled full-time (12 semester hours), be bonafide Laredo residents (Webb County), indicate ability to satisfy college minimum requirements and maintain cumulative grade point averages of 2.25 or above as freshmen, 2.50 or above as sophomores; and 2.75 or above as juniors, and seniors. Graduating high school seniors are encouraged to visit with their school counselors to determine qualifications. Lisa Menchaca, Hachar fund assistant account administrator, is available at the Hachar Trust office to provide additional information. “It was the desire of Demetrio David Hachar to help the young people of Laredo and surrounding area achieve the highest possible level of education,” Jacobs said. Hachar, a successful businessman, accumulated a fortune in Laredo and left most of his fortune to help Laredo’s young people seek a college education. To that end he established the D.D. Hachar Charitable Trust Fund. Treviño said the $300,000 awarded to TAMIU students goes to students participating in the D.D. Hachar Honors Program at Texas A&M International University. Treviño said the scholarships awarded high school graduates for undergraduate students are renewable as long as the scholars maintained their grades. The following students received D.D. Hachar scholarships for the 2003-2004 academic year: The American Musical and Dramatic Academy – Christopher J. Hinojosa Arizona State University – Mariana Millan Baylor University - Elizabeth Aguilar, Nancy P. Reyes Berklee College of Music – Juan R. Alcala Brigham Young University – Trishna L. Stock-Hill Brown University – Roxanne D. Juarez John Brown University – Christine J. Rowley Cornell University – Isabel Huacuja De Pauw University – Michel M. Del Campo Duke University – Victor M. Gonzalez Jr. Georgetown University – Luis A. Torres ITT Technical Institute-San Antonio Eduardo Iruegas Laredo Community College/Other Latisha A. Stanley Loyola University/New Orleans – Paul D. Richter Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Inc. (MIT) - Celia E. Macias Our Lady of the Lake University Liliana L. Casso (M), Sandra Chavez, Karla R. Esquivel (M), Juan G. Galvan Jr., Arianna Perez (M), Stephanie L. Rodriguez (M), Yesenia Vasquez (M), Jeannette A. Wong, (M: Matching Recipients) Princeton University – Zaraelia De La Fuente Rice University – Daniela E. Zapico Saint Louis University – Manuel D.J. Osorio Sam Houston State University – Ciara O. Botello Seattle University – Eduardo Garza Jr. Texas State University at San Marcos (Formerly Southwest Texas State University) - Christopher D. Amaya, Mattie C. Amaya-Reyes (M), Gerardo Arizpe, Miguel A. Bernal (M), Chantall P. Canales (M), Mario G. Cavazos Jr., Luvin Chapa Jr. (M), Patricia De Luna, Carlos A. Fernandez, Belem Garcia (M), Lilia E. Garcia (M), Maria V. Guerrero, Adriana Heard, Allen F. Lanier III, Celia G. Lopez (M), Griselda Madrigal (M), Claudia I. Martinez (M), Juan J. Martinez Jr. (M), Rosanna M. Nicholson, Erica Paez (M), Melissa B. Perez, Orlando J. Perez (M), Ricardo R. Rodriguez Jr. (M), Cynthia V. Ruiz (M), Cynthia V. Saenz, Jazmin Y. Saldana, Priscilla A. Smith (M), (M): Matching Recipients Stanford University – Kimberly Gonzalez St. Mary’s University - Melissa A. Diaz-De Leon, Triana Gonzalez, Jose L. Govea, Krystal A. Guevara, Veronica Pruneda, Ramiro Ramirez IV, Joel C. Sosa. Texas A&M International University (LISD Educational Foundation/D.D. Hachar Charitable Trust Fund Matching Scholarships) — John P. Gala, Jennifer L. Garibay, Christopher Grimes, Mayra P. Guerra, Dora L. Herrera, Andres Villalon (D.D. Hachar Charitable Trust Fund Scholarship) Erika C. Aguero, Cynthia I. Canales, Jessica R. Contreras, Judith L. Coronado, Silvia De La Pena, Ana F. Delgado, Emmanuel A. Dominguez, Greta H. Fuentes, Alejandro F. Garza, Nora E. Gutierrez, Will E. Hayes, Maria I. Ibarra, Nilda E. Lira, Araceli M. Lopez, Nancy C. Lozano, Gabbriella J. Mancera, Cynthia V. Martinez, Abel Martinez Cynthia L. Medina, Ana L. Mendoza, Idalia K. Moreno, Maria D. Munoz, Billy Olvera, Michael Pena, Maribel Pineda, Terri L. Resendez, Edgar D. Ricalde, Lluvia J. Rodriguez, Ricardo Rodriguez, Adan J. Salinas, Julio Sena, Marvin W. Smith, Carla C. Solis, Lupe Vargas, Luz M. Villa (D.D. Hachar Charitable Trust Fund/Texas A&M International University Matching Scholarship) Anita J. Alvarado, Jonevic H. Angco, Hugo Benavides Jr., Sonia A. Bernal, Mildred D. Carrillo, Mayra Cervantes, Abigail E. Chavarria, Adriana B. Cisneros, Jessica J. Collado, Ana M. De La Chica Armando Fonseca, Ryan S. Fox, Maria S. Gallegos, Daniela Garcia, Nelly Gomez, Alcide M. Jaramillo, Gerardo Lara, Marc S. Lopez, Griselda Lozano, Celia V. Martinez, Viridiana V. Paramo, Laura A. Perez, Hilda Riojas, Gerardo Rivera Jr., Elva Salazar, Joel Sauceda, Jessika L. Silva, Erica Vela, Marco A. Vela, Rodolfo Zuñiga. Texas A&M University at College Station - Arlene K. Elizondo (M), Fernando Flores, Gregory I. Garcia, Mario A. Guel, Armando Guerra (M), Merlin W. Hall (M), Dorothy L. Lopez, Carlos Lucio (M), Melissa Mendiola, Cynthia Muñoz, Miguel A. Murray (M), Selina Peña (M), Juan E. Rodriguez (M), Adriana D. Romero (M), Edgar J. Villarreal (M), Humberto G. Villarreal (M) (M) - Matching Recipients). Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi - David A. Saenz Texas A&M University – Kingsville –Thomas J. Cremar (M), Taina A. Cruz, Adam W. Fruge (M), Cody A. Fruge (M), Gonzalo Gonzalez (M), Rebecca Guerra (M), Crystal R. Herrera (M), Jessica Hinojosa (M), Victor J. Linares, Margarita Lopez (M), Brenda L. Lozano (M), Kelly J. Lozano (M), Ricardo R. Rios Jr. (M), Roberto Ruiz (M), David A. Vasquez (M), (M) - Matching Recipients) Texas Tech University - Maria G. Medina Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon – Fernando A. Santos Universidad de Monterrey - Marco A. Rodriguez University of Denver – Ileana G. Valdez University of Houston-Central Campus – Alma E. De Leon, Georgina Martinez, Kristina M. Martinez University of the Incarnate Word Denise Alvarado, Diana L. Arredondo (M), Sachi Herrera (M), Derly Hinojosa (M), Tayrin Ifergan, Armida A. Leal (M), Vanessa R. Rodriguez, Alexis K. Villalobos (M). University of Mary Hardin Baylor – Dagoberto Martinez University of Maryland – Ma. Angelica H. Angco University of North Texas - Janie J. Martinez, Luis G. Olivas, Aida Ramirez. University of Notre Dame - Roberto R. Casarez, David A. Gonzalez, Emma L. Govea, Carlos A. Vallarta. The University of Texas at Arlington – Sergio E. Ramirez. The University of Texas at Austin Jazmin Acuna (M), Rebecca Acuna (M), Heather G. Aguirre (M), Erik Anderson, Marilyn Bautista (M), Otilo Benavides IV (M), Arturo Briseno, Jr. (M), Claudia V. Calzado (M), Jessica Jo Cantu, Cynthia A. Castillo, Natalie Ceron (M), Antonio A. Chavez (M), Vicente Colunga Jr. (M), Christine R. Cornelius (M), Ricardo A. Cuellar (M), Mario A. De La Garza (M), Tomas G. Diaz (M), Katherine R. Dillard (M), Valerie A. Duran (M), Vanessa J. Durance (M), Monica E. Felix (M), Veronkya D. Flores, Jessica Gamez (M), Cynthia R. Garcia (M), Erika Garcia (M), Natalie Garza (M), Sofia Garza (M), Stacey M. Garza, Fernando T. Gonzalez (M), Annabel Guevara (M), Erika Gutierrez (M), Ismael Hernandez (M), Rajesh A. Lakhiani, Christina R. Leal, Jose J. Lemus (M),Ying Ying Liew (M), Fernando J. Lopez (M), Geovani M.. Lopez, Karina I. Malacara, Magdalena Mar (M), Linda V. Martinez, Maria D. J. Martinez (M), Noe Martinez (M), Carmen M. Mata, Karyna Mata (M), Jesus G. Medellin Jr. (M), Lizette Montiel, Vanessa K. Morales, Anjali H. Mukhi (M), Sanjay H. Mukhi, Daniel J. Nicholson (M), Julio C. Ovando (M), M. Jonathan Pelayo (M), Jose A. Perez (M), Mary Jo Piland (M), Thomas C. Piland (M), Alma C. Ramirez (M), Daniella Ramos (M), Norma A. Rangel (M), Lorena E. Reyes (M) Tomas Rodriguez (M), Irene H. Rubio (M), Lourdes A. Salazar, Gloria Salinas (M), Laura Salinas (M), Ruby R. Sanchez (M), Anna A. Sarabia (M), Cynthia Urbano (M), Gerardo Valdez (M), Hazel C. Valdez (M), Claudia Vela (M), Diana E. Velasquez (M), Blanca A. Villarreal (M), Jessica O. Yamamoto (M), Jose F. Zamarripa (M) (M) Matching Recipients. The University of Texas at Brownsville – Tekuani M. Perez The University of Texas at Pan American - Moath J. Amro, Monica E. Cantu, Narcisco Charles IV, Tatiana Cordova, Jose L. Diaz-Miron, Belinda C. Garcia , Crystal D. Holstein, Oscar L. Martinez, Jessica B. Ramirez, Rachel R. Rodriguez The University of Texas Health & Science Center at San Antonio – Jessica D. Barrera, Marisela Mata The University of Texas at San Antonio - George M. Ayala, Rachel Barrera, Jose L. Barrientos, Ericka D. Campos, Carolina Carraman (M), Laura I. Casso (M), Hilda E. Cavazos, Jesus A. Cedillo, Angelica Cienfuegos, Jorge R. Delgado, Fernando A. Elizondo, Jesse Estevis, Luis E. Garcia, Maria de Lourdes Garcia, Leslie A. Garza, Hayde Garza-McCabe (M), Alexis Gonzalez, Andrea Gonzalez (M), Gerardo E. Gonzalez, Jorge E. Gonzalez (M), Martha B. Gonzalez, Michael E. Gregory (M), Steven A. Gregory (M) Rodolfo Guajardo (M), Fernando J. Guerra, Helen Hernandez, Miguel Hernandez, Rocio C. Hernandez (M), Dinora A. Jacinto, Larissa Lopez, Hilda A. Mancillas, Lorena A. Martinez, Juan Mendoza III (M), Emmanuel Meza (M), Jose R. Orozco, Priscilla J. Polendo, Diego M. Ramirez (M), Rebecca T. Ramirez, Ricardo Salinas Jr., Jessica M. Sanchez, Pedro Solis Jr., Michelle R. Swisher, Hector C. Tijerina, Veronica Vigil (M). (M) — Matching Recipients) Virginia Military Institute – Erika B. Baldoza West Texas A&M University - Matias Arambula IV (M), David Caballero, Hugo A. Doege, Mary E. Rowley (M) (M) — Matching Recipients Yale University – (1) Sandra R. Medellin D.D. Hachar Honors Program at Texas A&M International University – Daisy Almanza, Abigail Armendariz, Alan Paul Baez, Edward Baltazar, Abigail N. Blair, Rebecca Buckley, Joseph P. Byrd, Amanda L. Cadena, Norma Alicia Cadena, Deyanira Cardenas, Brenda Cervantes, Yesica Chapa, Cynthia Chavez, Karla M. Cruz, Juan A. Davila, Gabriela De Hoyos, Analy De La Cruz, Alondra De La Fuente, Deyanira De La Pena, Cynthia Dougherty, Hilda L. Enriquez, Adriana Espinoza, Jaqueline Ferdin, Norma Y. Flores, Roberto Flores, Roberto J. Flores, Denise Fuentes, Nicolas Gallegos, Elia C. Garcia, Georgina Garcia, Gregory Garcia, Laura Garcia, Lee A. Garcia, Ana Yvette Garza, Gabriela Garza, Oscar Garza, Jessica P. Gonzalez, Maria del Rosario Gonzalez, Ismael Guevara, Janet Gutierrez, Monica Guzman, Andromeda Hal, Rachel Haugen, William Haynes, Maria G. Hernandez, Vanessa Hernandez, Natalie D. Ibarra, Sarah Jenkins, Rosalie Jimenez, Connie L. Juarez, Mary Koch, Christian Leal, Karla Lozano, Acerina Madrigal, Lucia Maldonado, Jessica Martinez, Rocio E. Martinez, Noreva Medina, Jose Molina, Rosa G. Moreno, Rocio Moya, Vanessa Murillo, Leiza Nochebuena, Carlos Nunez Jr., Jose E. Pacheco, Marco Pacheco, Homero Palacios, Sandra Palacios, Diana Palomares, Erika Pena, Cecilia Ramirez, Cristina Ramirez, Elena Reyna, Maria Rosa Reyna, Paola Reyna, Julian Robles, Javier A. Rodriguez, Jose Rodriguez, David Romero, Lupita Romero, Devry M. Saenz, Danielle Salazar, Leizza Salazar, Victor Salinas, Liz A. Sandoval, Ariel Sauceda, Dahlia Serna, Jesus Tapia III, Erika Tijerina, Gloria Z. Treviño, Brenda Tristan, Stacy Trujillo, Edna Valadez, Vanessa A. Vasquez, Toni Lynette Vela, James Villarreal, Thao Vu, Jose Luis Zamara, San Juanita Zavala, Kevin A. Zuniga. (Editor Odie Arambula contributed to the article. He can be reached at 7282561 or e-mail [email protected])