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Alcon Aggies Announce
2005 Scholarship Recipients
The “Alcon Aggies” announced their 2005 Scholarship Recipients and honored the recipients at a Scholarship Recognition Dinner on August 3rd.
2005 marks the 11th anniversary of the Dr. Richard DeMoye Poe Academic Scholarship. Since its inception, the Alcon Aggie scholarship program has awarded $27,100 to 24 students attending Texas A&M. The scholarship was established in December 1994 by the Alcon Aggies to honor Dr. Richard Poe (A&M class of ’64) at his retirement from Alcon and scholarships were granted to the first recipients in the Fall of 1995.
In 2005, the Alcon Aggies awarded three $1,700.00 scholarships. The 2005 recipients are:
Jessica Rodriquez is the niece of Cecilia Rodriquez (who works in Alcon Customer Service) and the daughter of Lee and Ramona Rodriquez. Jessica will enter her senior year at Texas A&M in the Fall of 2005 and is majoring in Biomedical Sciences and is on target to reach her 4-year graduation goal and graduate on May 12, 2006. Jessica graduated from Crowley High School in May 2002. While at Texas A&M, Jessica has maintained a 3.0 cumulative GPA. Jessica was awarded the National Society of Collegiate Scholars Award in 2004, was on the 2004 National Dean's List, and was named a Texas A&M Multicultural Services Distinguished Student in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005. Jessica also volunteers her time to work with/tutor disadvantaged elementary students, as well as working 15 hours a week as a laboratory assistant at the TAMU Health Science Center.
Amy Risteen is the daughter of Reed and Abbey Risteen (Reed works in Alcon Sales in the Consumer Products division). Amy will enter her freshman year at Texas A&M in the Fall of 2005 and plans to majoring in Finance/Marketing. Amy graduated from Keller High School in May 2005 with a 4.0 cumulative GPA. In high school, Amy was a member of the National Honor Society for 3 years, and a member of the “Top 5% of Class” each of her years in high school. Amy was also a member of the Choir Council and a member of the All-Area and All-Region Choirs. Amy served on the Student Council as well as being an officer in the Business Partners of America. Amy has worked as a volunteer with Special Olympics, Vacation Bible School in various capacities with her church, as well as serving as tutor to younger students.
Brandon Williamson is the son of Betty and Clyde Williamson (Betty works in Alcon’s R&D Microbiology department). Brandon will enter his freshman year at Texas A&M in the Fall of 2005 – in the Honors Program - and plans to majoring in Aerospace Engineering. Brandon graduated from Martin High School (in Arlington) in May 2005 with a 13.386 cumulative GPA (out of a possible 15), which ranked him 3rd out of 791 in his class. In high school, Brandon was a member of the National Honor Society and a National Merit Commended Scholar. Brandon was also a member of the Physics Club, the Spanish National Honor Society, Student Council Leadership and Key Club. Brandon has worked as a volunteer with Mission Arlington and in his spare time started his own part-time lawn maintenance business in 1999 and has maintained the business to date. Brandon is a 2nd generation Aggie – his father, Clyde, is class of 1975.
Jessica, Amy and Brandon will each receive a $1,700 scholarship for use toward their academic endeavors at Texas A&M. These scholarship monies are derived solely from contributions by the Alcon Aggies and a donation from the Alcon Foundation. The Alcon Aggies have identified over 150 former students (and Aggie Moms and Dads) working within Alcon to date.
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