ANN ARBOR—The Truman Foundation has presented the University of Michigan with the Truman Foundation Honor Institution Award in recognition of its exemplary participation in the Truman Scholarship Competition. The University has had 18 recipients in the 21-year history of the Truman program.

The award recognizes U-M’s commitment to encouraging both careers in public service and to the Truman Scholarship Program.

Each year, the Truman Scholarship awards up to 80 junior-level students from the United States $30,000 for upper-class and graduate studies. Students must have a strong record of community service and be committed to a career in government or other public outreach.

The Foundation compares the work required in the application process to a three-credit class. Applicants must prepare a detailed public policy analysis, addressed to a public official concerned with the policy. Students are screened and endorsed by their home institution and then interviewed by the regional Truman Committees. A compulsory week-long Leadership Conference is held in the summer for all recipients.

The award, bearing a likeness of former President Truman, was delivered in a ceremony last month by the Hon. Judge Joseph Stevens, U-M law (’52) alumnus and Foundation president, as well as Louis Blair, executive secretary of the Truman Foundation. It will be mounted in the DeRoy Seminar Room in Angell Hall.

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