Iolan Madison Ford received a $3,000 Kansas Law Enforcement Association Scholarship Monday, winning out over 27 other candidates throughout the state.
The KLEA John Foster Memorial Scholarship is offered to a son or daughter of a current Kansas law enforcement officer who is a graduating high school senior seeking to attend an accredited Kansas university or college.
Ford is the daughter of Iola police officer Mike Ford and his wife, Nancy. She intends to enter Pittsburg State University in the fall as a junior after graduating jointly from Allen County Community College and Iola High School in May. Ford, 18, intends to study pre-med at PSU followed by medical school at the University of Kansas with the ultimate goal of becoming an emergency psychiatrist.
The scholarship honors the late John Foster, former Lenexa police chief and Johnson County sheriff.
The Foster scholarship is the largest offered by the KLEA, said Ed Pavey, director of the University of Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center. “Most law enforcement scholarships are in the $500 to $1,000 range,” he said.
7.20.10
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