Glendale Elks Honor 21 Outstanding Seniors

Pictured with Elks’ scholarship chair Jack Wright (at left) are the top six finalists from left Guy Burstein, David Khachatrian, Shelly Ngo, William Wong, Richard Cho and Eric Ahn.
Pictured with Elks’ scholarship chair Jack Wright (at left) are the top six finalists from left Guy Burstein, David Khachatrian, Shelly Ngo, William Wong, Richard Cho and Eric Ahn.

The Glendale Elks honored 21 seniors attending local high schools with $34,400 in scholarships during its 83rd annual awards ceremony held on May 22, at the local lodge.

This year’s honorees and their college destination (in parenthesis) are: Campbell Hall Conner Calabro (Tufts University); from Clark Magnet David Khachatrian (UCLA), Guy Burstein (Georgetown), and Stanimira Kartolova (UC San Diego); from Crescenta Valley High School, Eric Ahn (Illinois), Emily Alcorace (Purdue), Kristen Ampig (UC Irvine), Lauren Lee (USC), Richard Cho (Harvard), and Sarah Oh (UC Berkley); from Franklin High School, Antonio Maldonado (Yale), Shelly Ngo (Harvard) and William Wong (MIT); from Glendale High School, Natalie Harmon (Carnegie Mellon) and Sherwin Rosario (UC Berkeley); and from Hoover High, Andrew Alwin (Cal Lutheran), Isabel Hodgson (Syracuse), Mihran Hovannesyan (UCLA), Richard Kim (UCLA) and Steven Lee.

Lodge member Jack Wright has chaired the scholarship event since 1997 during which time the Glendale Elks have awarded over $490,000 to 365 students.