On Thursday, the Jerome Foundation awarded the William F. Brown, Jr., scholarship to Parker Dowell, a senior at Le Roy High School, who will be attending the University of Cincinnati, majoring in marketing
Brown was a local journalist and author who at one time owned WBTA and was a founder of the Jerome Foundation.
Each year, the foundation awards a scholarship of $1,000 a year for four years to a Genesee County student who plans to study journalism, public relations, communications or marketing in college.
Photo: Ron Chrzanowski, chairman of the scholarship committee, Christine Dowell, Jim Dowell, Parker Dowell, and Justin Calarco-Smith, president of the Jerome Foundation
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