What is the Julian & Jan Hester Memorial Scholarship?
The goal of the Julian & Jan Hester Memorial Scholarship is to assist deserving high school seniors in their first year of college and to promote community banking. To compete, students must be sponsored by a local community bank, must complete an activity record expressing their leadership activity in school, write a short essay on community banking, provide teacher recommendations and an official high school transcript. Awards are based on academic merit and not financial need.
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The scholarship is named after former community banker and long-time CBA Chief Executive Officer, the late Julian Hester and his late daughter, Jan Hester. Jan was a senior at the University of Georgia when she died in an auto accident on April 15, 1990. In addition to supporting community banking, this scholarship is an opportunity to pass on the positive qualities both Julian and Jan Hester exemplified to further the development of tomorrow’s generations.
The goal of the Julian & Jan Hester Memorial Scholarship is to assist deserving high school seniors in their first year of college and to promote community banking. To compete, students must be sponsored by a local community bank, must complete an activity record expressing their leadership activity in school, write a short essay on community banking, provide teacher recommendations and an official high school transcript. Awards are based on academic merit and not financial need.
Please click here for FAQs.
The scholarship is named after former community banker and long-time CBA Chief Executive Officer, the late Julian Hester and his late daughter, Jan Hester. Jan was a senior at the University of Georgia when she died in an auto accident on April 15, 1990. In addition to supporting community banking, this scholarship is an opportunity to pass on the positive qualities both Julian and Jan Hester exemplified to further the development of tomorrow’s generations.
Congratulations to the 2018 Scholarship Winners
Daniel Hope
Piedmont College Sponsored by: Community Banking Co. of Fitzgerald Mr. Corey Gibbs, Chief Executive Officer Read Essay |
Destiny Kieu
University of Georgia Sponsored by: Farmers & Merchants Bank Eatonton Mr. L.O. Benton IV, Chief Executive Officer Read Essay |
Megh Mehta
University of Georgia Sponsored by: Oconee State Bank Watkinsville Mr. Neil Stevens, President & Chief Executive Officer Read Essay |
Matthew Merck
Georgia Institute of Technology Sponsored by: United Community Bank St. Simons Mr. Lynn Harton, Chief Executive Officer Read Essay |
A Special Thanks to our 2018 Judges Panel
Dr. Don Sabbarese, Kennesaw State University (ret.)
Terri Bunten Guthrie, First Landmark Bank, Marietta
Ashli Matson, Crescent Mortgage Company, Atlanta
Elyse Kellert, CBIZ Benefits & Insurance Services, Inc., Atlanta
Paul Black, Vinings Bank, Smyrna
Dr. Don Sabbarese, Kennesaw State University (ret.)
Terri Bunten Guthrie, First Landmark Bank, Marietta
Ashli Matson, Crescent Mortgage Company, Atlanta
Elyse Kellert, CBIZ Benefits & Insurance Services, Inc., Atlanta
Paul Black, Vinings Bank, Smyrna
