226 Hospitality Students Receive Scholarships

Washington -- The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation (AH&LEF), the not-for-profit affiliate of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) awarded 226 scholarships totaling $298,825 through three of its core programs – the Annual Scholarship Grant, Incoming Freshman, and Graduate scholarship programs. In total, AH&LEF awarded more than $400,000 to 292 hospitality management students through its 10 academic scholarship programs this year.

The Annual Scholarship Grant Program, its biggest program, is co-administered with 85 universities and colleges. In 2010, 210 students nominated by AH&LEF-affiliated schools received $243,825 in funds. The program is funded from proceeds of the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS); the Foundation’s Annual Giving Campaign; previous AH&LEF capital campaigns, including the New Century Campaign; as well as annual special events, including the Big Apple Auction, Golf Classic, and Hospitality Heritage Dinner Tribute, as well as the following scholarship funds:

AH&LA Allied Members
Steve Belmonte
Melinda Bush
Carlson Family Foundation
John Clifford Memorial
Cecil B. Day Memorial
Handler Foundation
Conrad N. Hilton Memorial
Creighton Holden Memorial
Steve Hymans Memorial
Richard Kelley
Richard Kessler
J. Willard Marriott Memorial
Curtis C. Nelson
Steve Whiteside Memorial

This is the third year for two new AH&LEF scholarships – one for incoming hospitality management freshmen and another for graduate students. Eight incoming freshmen received scholarships totaling $15,000, and eight graduate students received $5,000 scholarships. Funding for the freshman scholarships is provided by monies set aside from AH&LEF’s last major capital fundraising initiative, the New Century Campaign, and the graduate program is funded from a portion of the ALIS proceeds.