TAI National Scholarship Program
The Tuskegee Airmen, Incorporated
National Scholarship Program 2013
Deadline: January 12, 2013
Chicagoland students should mail the
National Scholarship
Application to:
Chicago Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen
Educational Assistance Program
P.O. Box 19063
Chicago, IL 60619
Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. Chicago Chapter
2004-2010 Educational Assistance Program Award Recipients
2004 Winners
1. Lynnette Banks: Whitney M. Young Magnet School to Howard University1
2. Joseph Battle: South Shore High School to University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign1
3. Anthony Burks: Whitney M. Young Magnet School to St. Louis University1.2
4. Parris Carter: Westinghouse Career Academy to University of Iowa1
5. Dominique Covington: Whitney M. Young Magnet School to Xavier University1
6. Rosalyn Douglass: Morgan Park High School to University of Miami1
7. Tiffany Reynolds: Curie Metropolitan High School to Langston University1
2005 Winners
8. Joshlean Fair: Morgan Park High School to Alcorn State University1
9. Dennis Freeman, Jr.: Best Practice High School to Purdue University1
10. Ashley Hardaway: Hyde Park Academy to Augustana College1
11. Jasmine Hicks: Steinmetz Academic Center to University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign1
12. Angel Jacome: Lane Tech College Prep High School to University of Pennsylvania1
13. Aaron Rodgers: Hyde Park Academy to Hampton University2, 3
14. Dafena Russell: Lane Tech College Prep High School to DePaul University1
15. Me’osha Solsberry: Harlan Community Academic High School to University of Minnesota1
16. James Tolbert, IV: Homewood Flossmoor High School to Georgia Institute of Technology1
17. Andrea Williams: Lane Tech College Prep High School to Dominican University1
2006 Winners
18. Jocelyn Barnes: Simeon Career Academy to Western Illinois University1
19 Kathryne Gibbs: Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences to Grand Valley State University1
20. Alexandria Jordan: Kenwood Academy to Virginia State University1
21. Joe Palencia: Benito Juarez Community Academy to University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign2,4
22. Laura Valdmanis: Prior Lake High School to Hobart and William Smith Colleges1
2007 Winners
23. Darius Ferguson: Morgan Park High School to University of Missouri Columbia1
24. Jaleesha Maury: Big Picture High School to Eastern Illinois University1
25. Marcus Thomas Jr.: Hales Franciscan High School to -University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign1
26. Zaynaib OLamide Giwa: Lane Tech High School University of Illinois Urbana – Champaign1
27. Adam Addams: Chicago Military Academy Bronzeville to University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign1,2
28. Nelson German: Homewood Flossmoor to Florida A&M University1
29. Kristian Ashley King: Bogan Computer Tech to University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, Minneapolis1
30. Noel Susberry: Morgan Park High School to Duke University1
31. Derrick B. Clifton: Walter Payton College Prep to Loyola University Chicago1
32. Robert H. Bates: St. Ignatius College Prep to Loyola University Chicago1
33. Talia L. Smith: John Hope College Prep to Hampton University1
34. Martin German: Homewood Flossmoor to Florida A & M University1
35. Christine M. Weathersby: Gwendolyn Brooks to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign1
36. Rodrick Grant: Hirsch Metro to -Western Illinois University1
2008 Winners
37. Lydia Mari Johnson: West Side High School Gary to Butler University1
38. Winford Parker: West Side High School Gary to Butler University1
39. Shannon R. Dixon: West Side High School Gary to Indiana University – Bloomington1,3
40. Kimberly M. Brown: West Side High School Gary to Indiana State University3
41. Asia Danzy: West Side High School Gary to Indiana State University1
42. Joshua Chestang: Homewood Flossmoor to Howard University2
43. Nunera Amun: Harlan Community Academy to Bethune – Cookman University3
44. Ashle Robinson: Gwendolyn Brooks to University of Missouri – Columbia3
2009 Winners
45. Ana C. Aguilera: Northside Prep High School to Boston University1
46. Shaobo Hou: Amundsen High School to University of Illinois1
47. Shanice Jones: John Hancock High School to University of Illinois1
48. LaTonia T. Porter: Simeon Career Academy High School to Western Illinois University1
2010 Winners
49. Darius-Ahmed Ardison: Bollingbrook High to Illinois State University1
50. James Dunlap: Whitney Young Magnet School to Northwestern University1,3
51. Brittany Greathouse: Bolingbrook High School to Southern Illinois University1
52. Jara Jenny: Walter Payton College Prep to tbd1
53. Sade Johnson: Perspectives Calumet High School of Technology to University of Wisconsin1
54. Torrena Johnson: Michele Clark Magnet High School to Florida A&M University1
55. Grace McQueeny: Lane Tech High School to Dennison University1
56. Kenzel Mitchell: Plainfield North High School to Joliet Junior College1
57. Mariah Newsome: Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep to DePaul University1
58. Jasmine Omeke: Whitney Young Magnet School to Harvard University1
59. Steven Owiredu: Percy L. Julian High School to Florida A&M University1
60. Brandon Powell: Steinmetz Academic Center to Northwestern University1
61. Dasia Skinner: Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep to DePaul University1
62. Raven Tillman: Lincoln Park High School to Boston College1
63. Roshi Winslow: Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep to Wright State University1
64. Wesley Keys3
1Winner of an Educational Assistance Program Merit Award
2Winner of a Dr. Andrew S. Perez Aviation Award
3Winner of a Tuskegee Airmen Scholarship Foundation Scholarship
4Winner of a Lonely Eagle Scholarship
