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Tuskegee Airmen Awards Colorado Student the Pratt & Whitney Golden Eagle Scholarship
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., July 25, 2008 /The Wall Street Journal Digital Network--Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Corp. company, in partnership with the Tuskegee Airmen Inc., awarded the 2008 Golden Eagle Scholarship to Mahad Fahieh of Aurora, Colorado. The four-year, $20,000 award, funded by Pratt & Whitney, recognizes a high school senior who has demonstrated aptitude for aerospace technology and aviation.
The Golden Eagle Scholarship is the largest single endowment awarded by the Tuskegee Airmen Scholarship Fund. Under the terms of the scholarship, Mahad will receive $5,000 each year for four years. He was presented with his award during the Youth Luncheon at the Tuskegee Airmen Convention on July 19 in Philadelphia. Orville Bailey, director of quality assurance for Pratt & Whitney's Middletown Engine Center in Connecticut, presented the scholarship on behalf of Pratt & Whitney. Bailey will also serve as Mahad's mentor during his college career.
"Mahad Fahieh has demonstrated superior academic achievement and meaningful community involvement; he is determined to focus on career goals that will set him apart from the others," said Jerry Hodges, chairman of the Tuskegee Airmen Scholarship Fund. "Mahad is an individual who will succeed in any endeavor that he attempts. The Tuskegee Airmen and Pratt & Whitney are fortunate to be partners in the future development of this talented scholar."