Awards

Jefferies Family Scholarship grants need-based educational scholarships of $10,000, as well as recognition-based scholarships and awards.

Educational Scholarships
Jefferies Award of Merit (JAM)
Alan Herrick Memorial Award
Larry Lindenmeier Memorial Award
Computer Drawing

Educational Scholarships
Each year the Selection Committee carefully and thoughtfully reviews applications. These applications are presented anonymously so that the reviewers are unaware of the parent's name, title, department or office. From the total applicant pool, up to twenty-five percent of the applicants are selected to receive a monetary scholarship. Out of these fortunate winners, one is selected to receive the special honor of being named as the annual winner of the Alan Herrick Memorial Award. This memorial award is granted to the applicant whose attributes most resemble its namesake.

In 2011, scholarship winners received $10,000 each. As winners will attest, however, the scholarship is about more than just the monetary value attached to it. The scholarship provides tangible evidence for many that they are on the right path toward bettering themselves through education. It sends a strong message that a dedicated group of individuals believes in the scholarship recipient's goals, cares about him or her as an individual, and wants to help that person succeed in life.

2011 Educational Scholarship Winners

John Almodovar Rye Country Day School Son of John Almodovar Operations, Jersey City Constantine Boroda SUNY Downstate College of Medicine Son of Boris Boroda Information Technology, New York Gabrielle Conde SUNY Albany Daughter of Laurie Ragusa Legal/Compliance, New York Amelia Cowell University of Hull Daughter of Gary Cowell Settlements, London Anissa Cruz CUNY Hunter Daughter of Rosendo Cruz, Jr. Operations, Jersey City Josephine M. Cuda Columbia Teachers College Daughter of Anthony L. Cuda Technology, Jersey City Amber Fahey University College London Daughter of Caroline Fahey ECM, London Katina Ferraro St. Joseph’s College (NY) Daughter of Thomas Ferraro Securities Finance, New York Carlos Hanco, Jr. Boston University Law School Son of Carlos Hanco Facilities, New York Christina Hanco Cornell Daughter of Carlos Hanco Facilities, New York Srinayani Marpaka Undecided (accepted at several excellent schools) Daughter of Maruthisrinivas Marpaka Information Technology, Jersey City

Heather McBride Gordon College Daughter of John McBride Settlement Operations, Jersey City Matthew Mulholland Johns Hopkins University Son of Kevin Mulholland Floor Operations, New York Fatema Najmi University of Texas at Austin Daughter of Ali Najmi Technology, Houston Vikram Rajan Johns Hopkins University Son of Dayanand Rajan Equities Technology, New York City Valarie Shao University of Southhampton Daughter of Teresa Chan Accounting Control, London Victoria Tyler Veterinary Technical Institute of Houston Daughter of David Tyler Desktop Engineering, Houston Danny Ulhar Bronx Community College Son of Lisa Ulhar Media Group, New York Christine Wines University of Houston Daughter of Matthew Wines Energy Transaction Services, Houston Irene Zaman Fordham University Daughter of Ashrafuz Zaman Information Technology, Jersey city 2011 Alternates Emily F. Finn St. Joseph’s University (PA) Daughter of Gina Marie Finn PCS, Boston German Manoim University of Chicago Son of Marina Manoim Asset Management, Stamford

Jefferies Award of Merit
The board seeks to maintain the program's original intent of recognizing outstanding students, independent of their parent's financial resources. The Jefferies Award of Merit (JAM), similar to the National Honor Society, recognizes and rewards student excellence in and out of the classroom. The Jefferies Award of Merit is a prestigious award that winners are proud to list on their resumes and to display for years to come.

2011 Winner
Thomas Rokholt

2010 Winner
Daniel Leder

2009 Winner
Khristian Erich Bauer-Rowe

2008 Winners
Anne Gole
Vikram Rajan

2007 Winners
Rachel Thea Haya Fremont
Jonah Kaplan

2006 Winners
Daniel Brown May
Paul Barndt

2005 Winners
Cooper Dickinson
Melissa Landry

Alan Herrick Memorial Award
The Alan Herrick Memorial Award was established in 1995 in memory of Alan Herrick, the son of former Jefferies & Company Director, Tracy G. Herrick. Alan was an outstanding student who was well rounded, spirited, and passionate in all his endeavors both in and out of the classroom. He was also a scholarship recipient during his work at Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia and his graduate studies at the California College of Arts & Crafts in Oakland, California. This award is given each year to the applicant who best exhibits Alan's qualities of helping others and sportsmanship.

2011 Winner
Matthew Mulholland

2010 Winner
Anissa Cruz

2009 Winner
Emily F. Finn

2008 Winner
Christopher Careccia

2007 Winner
Melissa Galvin

2006 Winner
Victor Negron III

2005 Winner
Matthew Cunningham

2004 Winner
Catherine Hill

2003 Winner
Rachel Fremont

2002 Winner
Richard Mathiasen

2001 Winner
Jack Dokuzyan

2000 Winner
Anna White

1999 Winner
Nicole Locke

1998 Winner
Brent Jansen

1997 Winner
Valerie Evangelista

1996 Winner
Jennifer Moyer

1995 Winner
Laurie Boguslawski

Larry Lindenmeier Memorial Award
This award was established in 2010, to honor the late Larry Lindenmeier, for his more than 35 years of service at Jefferies. Respected among his peers, his life was characterized by commitment, grace, humility, giving tirelessly, and being both a role model and a problem solver. The Selection Committee shall designate up to one scholarship each year, only when a student demonstrates excellence in any of the qualities that exemplify how Mr. Lindenmeier lived his life and contributed as an employee. The Larry Lindenmeier Memorial Award (LLMA) is an honor for children of employees in the Operations department. In the event that there are no recipients from Operations among awardees or the Selection Committee’s judgment is that the criteria of the Award are not met, the Award need not be given.

Computer Drawing
As an incentive to apply, a $1,000 award, which may be used to purchase computer equipment, is given away to a randomly-chosen applicant who is not selected for another award.

2011 Winner
Emily McIntosh

2010 Winner
Joseph Deuel

2009 Winner
Dylan Rogers

2008 Winner
Gabriel Gomez

2005 Winner
Cailley Chakeen