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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3> </FONT> <FONT size=3><STRONG>BAMFORD-LAHEY SCHOLARS FOR 2001
ANNOUNCED</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">The Bamford-Lahey Children’s Foundation was
established for the purpose of conducting and supporting programs that will
enhance the linguistic, cognitive, social, and emotional development of
children.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Its current focus is on
developmental language disorders of children. One of the Foundation’s
objectives is to increase the number of doctoral level professionals who will
educate future clinicians and who, through research, will contribute to our
understanding of developmental language disorders.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To help accomplish this objective, the
Foundation developed a scholarship program offering funds of up to $10,000 a
year to students who have been accepted into a doctoral program, and who intend
to specialize in children’s language disorders.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>All applicants are required to hold the
</SPAN>Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech/Language Pathology (CCC-SLP)
from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Materials and information about applying
for a future scholarship are now available on our website <A
href="http://www.Bamford-Lahey.org/scholarships/html">www.Bamford-Lahey.org/scholarships/html</A>. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal> <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">The Bamford-Lahey Children’s Foundation is
proud to announce the Bamford-Lahey Scholars of 2001.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The winners, who were selected from a
pool of highly qualified applicants, are:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Barbara Conboy, <EM>San Diego
State/University of CA @ San Diego<o:p></o:p></EM></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Amy Costanza-Smith, <EM>University of
Washington<o:p></o:p></EM></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Celeste Duder, <EM>Vanderbilt
University<o:p></o:p></EM></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Amy L. Donaldson, <EM>University of
Washington<o:p></o:p></EM></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Joan E. Furey, <EM>University of
Illinois<o:p></o:p></EM></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Andrea McDuffie, <EM>Vanderbilt
University<o:p></o:p></EM></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Janis Oram, <EM>McGill
University<o:p></o:p></EM></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Behroze Vaccha, <EM>University of Texas @
Dallas<o:p></o:p></EM></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Further information about each of the
Scholars can be found at <A
href="http://www.bamford-lahey.org/scholars/html">www.bamford-lahey.org/scholars/html</A>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Our congratulations to each of them;
w</SPAN>e look forward to their future contributions. </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Margaret Lahey,
President<BR>Bamford-Lahey Children's Foundation<BR><A
href="http://www.Bamford-Lahey.org">www.Bamford-Lahey.org</A><BR><A
href="mailto:mlahey@bamford-lahey.org">mlahey@bamford-lahey.org</A><BR></P></SPAN>
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