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APPRENTICESHIPS, MINORITY HIRING & SCHOLARSHIPS |
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The
pilots’ associations are actively trying to diversify
and attract qualified minorities.
All four
pilot associations have scholarship programs in place. They
currently offer 10 scholarships, at $16,000 per year for a
total annual expenditure of $160,000 toward educating under-represented
populations.
LRPA has
both female and African-American commissioned members and
apprentices. |
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Scholarship
recipient Aaron Johnson (center) accepts his award from
the Crescent River Port Pilots' Association. Aaron is
congratulated by (from left to right) President of the
Crescent River Port Pilots Capt. A.J. Gibbs, former Senator
Hank Braden, JDFS Chairman Philip Revowe and JDFS Executive
Director Lisa Coneseu. |
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The
Lake Charles Pilots recently awarded a full scholarship
to Don F. Briscoe, a senior at St. Louis Catholic High
School of Lake Charles. |
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The
New Orleans Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots Association (NOBRA)
has awarded three scholarships to qualified minorities
for the 2002-2003 academic year. Edwin Compass and Atlantis
White will attend Texas A & M University at Galveston
Maritime Program. |
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Marlon
D. Guillory, a graduate of McNeese State University, will
be attending school at SUNY Maritime College in New York. |
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The
Bar Pilots chose Pierre Songy Beard of New Orleans as
their scholarship recipient for Texas A & M University.
Beard, who graduated from Isidore Newman School in 2002,
was awarded by his classmates as the most esteemed member
of their graduating class. |
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The
Lake Charles Pilots also recently hired their first African-American
pilot. Captain Dean Doe, of Newport News, Virginia has
begun training as an apprentice pilot. |
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^^
BACK TO TOP |
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