Lendo Fellowships awarded to 13 Pennsbury students

The endowment created by a distinguished Pennsbury High School alumnus is currently in its 11th year

The Times

Thanks to a generous endowment fund established in 2007 by Pennsbury ’64 alumnus Arthur J. Lendo, Ph.D., 13 students at Pennsbury High School were selected to receive Lendo Fellowship awards to help support their academic and co-curricular pursuits.

This year — marking the endowment fund’s 11th anniversary — the following students were approved by the board of the Pennsbury Education Foundation (which oversees the endowment) for the 2018 Lendo Fellowship awards. The program that each student plans to attend is also listed.

— Pranav Chivukula, 11th grade, Robotics Summer Camp, The College of New Jersey

— Priya Deliwala, 10th grade, Engineering Summer Academy, University of Pennsylvania; and Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Program, Albright College

— Rahil Dixit, 11th grade Bucknell Academy Summer Experience, Bucknell University

— Noah Erdogan, 10th grade, Toxicology Health and Environmental Disease, Rutgers University

— Brandon Ferraro, 11th grade, Drexel Materials Science and Engineering Summer Institute, Drexel University

— Erika Hansen, 10th grade, Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Program, Albright College

— Jaiesh Madaka, 11th grade, Drexel Materials Science and Engineering Summer Institute, Drexel University

— Justin Massielo, 11th grade, All Star Baseball Academy: The Top 100 Mid-Atlantic Showcase

— Derek Quinn, 9th grade, Summer Challenge: Chemistry of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Boston University

— Maya Sajnani, 11th grade, German Language by Humboldt Institute, Munich, Germany

— Josie Stephens, 10th grade, Spanish Language and Culture Summer Program, Seville, Spain

— Catherine Young, 11th grade, Career Explorations: Baking and Pastry Arts, Johnson & Wales University

Prior to his retirement, Dr. Lendo served as the long-time president of Peirce College in Philadelphia. He has since relocated out of state. To learn more about the Pennsbury Education Foundation or Dr. Lendo, visit pennsburysd.org>Community>Foundations>Pennsbury Education Foundation>Fellowships.