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The Ford Family Foundation Scholarship Program has selected 120 students as new Ford Scholars. Residents of Oregon and Siskiyou County in California, this year’s Ford Scholars were selected from more than 2,700 applicants.

Local awardees are Jaclyn Gray and Emily Trigg. Gray is a Toledo resident and will major in fine and applied arts at Southern Oregon University. Trigg is a Waldport resident and will major in math and music education at Corban College.

Since the founding of the Ford Scholars Program in 1994, the Ford Family Foundation has awarded scholarships totaling more than $33 million in the Ford Scholars Program. Kenneth W. Ford, founder of Roseburg Forest Products, established the program to help students who would find it difficult or impossible to obtain college degrees without financial assistance.

In addition to financial need and merit qualifications, scholars must attend or plan to attend full-time an accredited nonprofit college in their state of residence and be pursuing a bachelor’s degree. The renewable scholarships cover 90 percent of each students unmet financial need for college. This year’s recipients represent 73 communities.

Kenneth W. Ford built his business, Roseburg Forest Products, from a one-man operation in the 1940s to one of the West Coast’s largest wood products manufacturers. He established The Ford Family Foundation after the business and experienced several decades of growth. Other scholarship programs supported by the foundation include the Ford Opportunity Scholarship Program, The Ford ReStart Scholarship Program, The Ford Family Foundation Scholarship Program for Sons and Daughters of Employees of Roseburg Forest Products, and the Ford JumpStart Scholarship Program.

For more information about The Ford Family Foundation visit their website at www.tfff.org.