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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)

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 2006, 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.

Click here to view a list of 2007 Educational scholarship Winners & Renewals

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.

2007 Winner
Melissa Galvin

2006 Winner
Victor Negron III

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.

2007 Winners
Rachel Thea Haya Fremont
Jonah Kaplan

2006 Winners
Daniel Brown May
Paul Barndt


The Jefferies Family Scholarship award offered me the opportunity to work in accord with others in a spirit of progressive cooperation in varied capacities, with reduced financial restraints. For this, my thankfulness is abundant. I will continue to be ever vigilant in aiding the general welfare of the community as I proudly embark on the journey of medical school. Thank you for your continued support and for playing a vital role in my academic and personal growth. I'm grateful for the chance the Jefferies Family Scholarship gave me to pursue goals that have given me confidence to try for the next. It has brought me one of the greatest medicines I hope to one day to administer to my patients.

John LaPadula, JFS Recipient




  		• 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.