Alvin M. Ferst Leadership and Entrepreneur Award for

This $2500 award goes to a junior or senior with at least a 2.5 GPA who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership and/or entrepreneurial skills while at Tech.

The award was established by Charlotte Ferst to honor her husband, Alvin,
who graduated from Georgia Tech in 1943. Alvin Ferst was a member of the
Alumni Association Board and the Georgia Tech Foundation for decades. The
Ferst family name has a long tradition on the Georgia Tech campus and the
scholarship will assure their involvement in perpetuity.

Applications (see Dr. Shepler) and letters of recommendation are due by February
19, 2010. Note that a staff/faculty/employee recommender is required.

Qualities of the Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate would be a person of vision; a driving force to create a
business or organization; an inspiration to others to reach their potential;
a leader with the ability to anticipate future needs; an optimist about
finding solutions; one who generates support of the dream; and a man or
woman of character who says, "why not, not "why".

The Alvin M. Ferst Leadership and Entrepreneur Award for 2010 will be
presented at the Student Honors Luncheon on April 22,2010, 11:00am to
1:00pm, in the Student Center Ballroom.