Twenty Manhattan Faculty college students from the Colleges of Liberal Arts, Schooling and Well being, Engineering, the O’Malley College of Enterprise and the Kakos College of Science have acquired a James Patterson ’69 Scholarship for the 2022-23 tutorial 12 months.

It’s the eleventh consecutive 12 months that Patterson, the world’s bestselling writer and philanthropist, has supported scholarships to 10 juniors and 10 seniors who’ve demonstrated tutorial excellence and involvement in actions tied to the Faculty’s Lasallian mission. The scholarships are additionally awarded based mostly on pupil want.

“The generosity that James Patterson has lengthy offered the Faculty by means of these scholarships continues to have such a constructive impression on the scholars who obtain them and demonstrates his loyalty to his alma mater,” mentioned Brother Daniel Gardner, FSC, president of Manhattan Faculty. “These college students are amongst our greatest, and have labored laborious to realize tutorial success. The Patterson scholarships enable them a measure of safety and help as they method commencement. Hopefully it is going to additionally encourage them to comply with in Mr. Patterson’s footsteps of success.”

The scholarship recipients are:

Rising Juniors

Daniel Angel, engineering (Bronx, N.Y.)

Gemma Meade, schooling (Hackensack, N.J.)

Janita Dreher, liberal arts (Bronx, N.Y.)

Granit Oroshi, science (Tuckahoe, N.Y.)

Liam Donahue, enterprise (New Windfall, N.J.)

Eire Walker, schooling (Wantage, N.J.)

Kevin Orozco, engineering (Mount Vernon, N.Y.)

Catriona O’Shea, schooling (New Hyde Park, N.Y.)

Andrew Chacko, science (Valley Cottage, N.Y.)

Johely Aguilar, schooling (Bronx, N.Y.)

Seniors

Anahi Jimenez, schooling (New York, N.Y.)

Ayanna Horsford, science (New York, N.Y.)

Paulina Alarcon, schooling (Yonkers, N.Y.)

Quinten Murphy, engineering (Albertson, N.Y.)

Casey Schellberg, schooling (Warwick, N.Y.)

Chelsey Leveque, liberal arts (New York, N.Y.)

Rachel Mojica, science (Mount Vernon, N.Y.)

Anika Wahid, engineering (Bronx, N.Y.)

Rosalia Cefalu, enterprise (Milton, Mass.)

Kaya Simpson, schooling (Edgewood, Md.)

The scholarship program awards $5,000 to every of the 20 recipients. All seniors are eligible to use to obtain one among 4 extra $2,500 awards based mostly on essay submissions that define their plans after commencement.

“The final a number of years have been uniquely difficult occasions for these college students,” Patterson mentioned. “That’s why it provides me such pleasure to help them for the extraordinary work they proceed to do at Manhattan Faculty. I’ve little doubt that this group of scholars will go on to turn out to be leaders of their respective fields and achieve nice issues after commencement.”

Patterson has created among the most enduring characters and sequence in fashionable American fiction together with “Alex Cross”, Girls’s Homicide Membership, Michael Bennett, Most Experience, Center College, and “Ali Cross”. His acclaimed works of narrative nonfiction contains, “Stroll in My Fight Boots”, “E.R. Nurses”, and his autobiography, “James Patterson” by James Patterson.

Invoice Clinton (“The President Is Lacking”) and Dolly Parton (“Run, Rose, Run”) are amongst his notable literary collaborators. His most up-to-date collaboration, “The Home of Wolves”, written with esteemed sportswriter Mike Lupica, was revealed in January, and has already spent 4 weeks on The New York Instances bestseller listing.

For his philanthropy and championing of literacy in America, Patterson was awarded the 2019 Nationwide Humanities Medal. The Nationwide Guide Basis offered him with the Literarian Award for Excellent Service to the American Literary Group, and he’s additionally the recipient of an Edgar Award and 9 Emmy Awards. He holds the Guinness World Document for many primary New York Instances bestsellers. He lives in Florida along with his household.

Patterson has given greater than three million books to school-age kids and the army, donated greater than $100 million to help schooling, and endowed greater than 10,000 school scholarships for lecturers.