New Generations - Bomar Scholarships

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The information presented here about the Bomar Scholarships

comes from the District Manual of Procedure.

(Click here to reach a link to download a copy of the scholarship application form.

Look for the link at the bottom of the list of forms.)

7. JAMES L. BOMAR, JR. INTERACT SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

7.1 General. An Interact scholarship award program was authorized by Rotary District 6780 at the 1984 district conference.

7.2 Name. The name of the program is the "James L. Bomar, Jr. Interact Scholarship Award," to memorialize James L. Bomar, Jr., president of Rotary International 1979-80.

7.3 Purpose. The purpose of the program is to annually recognize outstanding and worthy Interact members with a scholarship award of a minimum of $1,000 each.

7.4 Financing. The scholarship awarded under this program shall be funded by earned income from investments of the corpus of the Bomar Interact Foundation. (See 14)

7.5 Administration. A committee on Interact scholarships, composed of five (5) active Rotarians who have a particular interest in the Interact program, shall be appointed by the district governor. At least three members of the committee shall be past district governors. The district governor-elect shall be an ex-officio member of the committee. This committee will established mechanics and funding disbursement methods for this award. Committee responsibilities include publicizing the award program, accepting applications, interviewing candidates, announcing winners and coordinating disbursement of approved award funds.

7.6 Award Guidelines. The recipient(s) of the award(s) will be chosen by interview in accordance with the following:

a.    Must be a senior in high school with a minimum of two years active membership in an Interact club.

b.    Shall have an endorsement from the sponsoring Rotary club and from the high school administration.

c.    Shall have a minimum academic average of B plus for the previous seven (7) academic semesters.

d.    Shall demonstrate a knowledge of the contributions of PRIP James L. Bomar, Jr. to District 6780 and to Rotary on the international level.

e. Criteria:

20%	Decorum
25%	Leadership
20%	Personality
25%	Initiative
10%	Interact activities

7.7 Duplication of Awards. In the event one individual is chosen for both a James L. Bomar, Jr. Interact Scholarship Award and a Fred Brown Award of Merit, the individual shall choose which award he or she wishes to receive.