CT REALTORS® FOUNDATION AWARDS $45,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS -
2020 RAYMOND F. GATES JR. MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS ANNOUNCED
EAST HARTFORD, CT (July 2, 2020) The Connecticut REALTORS® Foundation announced their 2020 Raymond F. Gates, Jr. Memorial Scholarship winners. The Raymond F. Gates, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in 1976 in memory of Raymond F. Gates, Jr. following his tragic death in an automobile accident. Mr. Gates was the Executive Vice President of the Connecticut REALTORS®. Over the past 44 years, children of REALTORS® have been awarded scholarships totaling more than $1,000,000.
For the 2019-2020 academic year, the Connecticut REALTORS® Foundation received 121 eligible applications. This year, 45 outstanding children of CT REALTORS® were selected to receive a total of $45,000 in scholarships.
The Greenwich Association of REALTORS® is proud to announce two local recipients were among the 45 selected:
Emma Schaale currently attends the University of Rochester pursuing her Bachelor’s degree in Digital Media Studies. After graduation, she hopes to work as a 3D Artist or Software Developer for video game/movie development. Emma has been awarded the Tom Hope Scholarship for Media Excellence and is a Rush Rhees Art Purchase Prize winner. Her extracurricular activities include Publicity Manager for UR’s Game Development Club and UR’s Photography Club. Emma is the daughter of Yuka Kominami, REALTOR®-Associate at Sotheby’s International Realty.
Ekaterina Ulyanov is a 2020 graduate of The Academy of Information Technology and Engineering. She will attend Williams College in the fall majoring in Biology with a minor in Biophysics. With an impressive 4.94 GPA and scoring 35 out of 36 on her ACT, Ekaterina would ultimately like to enter the healthcare field either as a physician or as a science researcher. She has won multiple Science, Social Studies and World Language Department Awards in addition to being a National, Science National and Slavic National Honor Society member. Ekaterina is also on the Math Team (Captain), in the Medical Mentorship Club (Vice President) and participated in the Yale Discovery to Cure Internship Program as a lab research intern. She is the daughter of REALTOR®-Associate Tatiana Ulyanov with Coldwell Banker.
The Greenwich Association of REALTORS® congratulates all 45 scholarship recipients, and sends wishes for their continued success into the future.
Contact: Stacey Loh, EVP|Greenwich Association of REALTORS®
Phone: 203-869-0240
Email Address: [email protected]