Awards

Jefferies Family Scholarship grants monetary-based educational scholarships, including the Alan Herrick Memorial Award, as well as a recognition-based Jefferies Award of Merit.

Educational Scholarships
Alan Herrick Memorial Award
Jefferies Award of Merit (JAM)
Computer Raffle

Educational Scholarships
Each year the Selection Committee carefully and thoughtfully reviews applications. These applications are presented anonymously so that the reviewers are unaware of the parent's name, title, department or office. From the total applicant pool, up to twenty-five percent of the applicants are selected to receive a monetary scholarship. Out of these fortunate winners, one is selected to receive the special honor of being named as the annual winner of the Alan Herrick Memorial Award. This memorial award is granted to the applicant whose attributes most resemble its namesake.

In 2009, scholarship winners received $10,000 each. As winners will attest, however, the scholarship is about more than just the monetary value attached to it. The scholarship provides tangible evidence for many that they are on the right path toward bettering themselves through education. It sends a strong message that a dedicated group of individuals believes in the scholarship recipient's goals, cares about him or her as an individual, and wants to help that person succeed in life.

2010 Educational Scholarship Winners

Amelia Cowell
University of Hull

Anissa Cruz
CUNY Hunter

Josephine M. Cuda
Columbia Teachers College

Kabris Dokuzyan
Woodbury University

Amber Fahey
University College London

Katina Ferraro
St. Joseph's College (NY)

Emily F. Finn
St. Joseph's University (PA)
Carlos Hanco, Jr.
Boston University Law School

Nina Lukina
Columbia University

German Manoim
University of Chicago

Matthew Mulholland
Johns Hopkins University

Tiffany Valenton
California State University,
Long Beach

Vikram Rajan
Johns Hopkins University

2010 Alternate
Christina Hanco
Mount Saint Mary Academy

Alan Herrick Memorial Award
The Alan Herrick Memorial Award was established in 1995 in memory of Alan Herrick, the son of former Jefferies & Company Director, Tracy G. Herrick. Alan was an outstanding student who was well rounded, spirited, and passionate in all his endeavors both in and out of the classroom. He was also a scholarship recipient during his work at Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia and his graduate studies at the California College of Arts & Crafts in Oakland, California. This award is given each year to the applicant who best exhibits Alan's qualities of helping others and sportsmanship.

2009 Winner
Emily F. Finn

2008 Winner
Christopher Careccia

2007 Winner
Melissa Galvin

2006 Winner
Victor Negron III

2005 Winner
Matthew Cunningham

2004 Winner
Catherine Hill

2003 Winner
Rachel Fremont

2002 Winner
Richard Mathiasen

2001 Winner
Jack Dokuzyan

2000 Winner
Anna White

1999 Winner
Nicole Locke

1998 Winner
Brent Jansen

1997 Winner
Valerie Evangelista

1996 Winner
Jennifer Moyer

1995 Winner
Laurie Boguslawski

Jefferies Award of Merit
The board seeks to maintain the program's original intent of recognizing outstanding students, independent of their parent's financial resources. The Jefferies Award of Merit (JAM), similar to the National Honor Society, recognizes and rewards student excellence in and out of the classroom. The Jefferies Award of Merit is a prestigious award that winners are proud to list on their resumes and to display for years to come.

2010 Winner
Daniel Leder

2009 Winner
Khristian Erich Bauer-Rowe

2008 Winners
Anne Gole
Vikram Rajan

2007 Winners
Rachel Thea Haya Fremont
Jonah Kaplan

2006 Winners
Daniel Brown May
Paul Barndt

2005 Winners
Cooper Dickinson
Melissa Landry

Computer Raffle
In the past, as an incentive to apply, we have held a raffle for a laptop computer. Applicants not selected for another award were given the chance to have their name drawn out of a hat by an independent judge. Winners of these raffles received $1000 to offset the cost of a new computer of their choice.

2010 Winner
Joseph Deuel

2009 Winner
Dylan Rogers

2008 Winner
Gabriel Gomez

2005 Winner
Cailley Chakeen

2010 Renewals

Duncan Bare
Ashlee Bethany
Christopher Careccia
Kristen Cucurullo
Maria Economou
Kenneth Eddlestone, Jr.
Ashleigh Elkins
Bianca Holley
Pilar Holley
Aditi Natarajan
John Nuestro
Kristina Rolla
Andrew Shum
Rebecca Turano
Brittany Rose Tyler
Shanequa R. Wood



Persistence always wins, never quit, be true to thy self, nothing is impossible—always bet on yourself.

Alexandra Wolles, JFS Alumni


Don't procrastinate and keep moving forward. Once you fall behind, it's hard to catch up.

Steven Cao, JFS Alumni






  • The average total cost for just one year at a private four-year college exceeds $33,000, according to CollegeBoard.com.
  • For the last two years, forty percent of JFS recipients' parents reported total family incomes under $100,000 and many of our scholarship winners are being raised by single parents.
  • Nineteen percent of Jefferies' employees make less than $75,000 per year.