Announcement
LEO T. JACKSON JR. SCHOLARSHIP FUND ANNOUNCED
Originally Leo’s family (the Mikolajczyk’s) donated to the Sponsorship fund as a memorial after his
passing, in October of 2009. This year the Sponsorship committee started thinking about turning this
into an annual Scholarship Fund which the family will continue to gift each year, as well as the addition
of specific fund-raising opportunities. The criteria for winning one of the two annual scholarships will
be based upon: Service, Academics, Leadership and Athletics. Players will have to be entering college
in the coming fall season, and a member of the Twisters for at least 2 full years. They will write an
essay to explain how they qualify and exemplify these qualities. They will be required to provide
documentation for history of community service and academic success. Leo Jackson would be very
proud of this wonderful opportunity being given to young ladies in his honor. He was born in 1930
southern Arkansas in a logging camp, and worked and studied and served in the U.S. Navy, graduated
with honors from Oklahoma State University and got his Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering to
provide a better, easier life for his family than he had known growing up. Leo was a champion of
United Way and Junior Achievement programs at Wisconsin Telephone and Ameritech Inc., as well
as a sponsor for many major charities and a Regent for MSOE. His life was well-lived and full of
service to his country and community. He loved sports, which he could not play growing up because
of his chores and working…so this honor is very special because he loved that his granddaughters
could afford to participate in sports and community clubs outside of school. This annual gift will give
that forward to other daughters and granddaughters.
For More information on the Leo T. Jackson Scholarship please conact:
Laurie Konney
414-427-1056 (h)
414-588-5086 (c)
Announcement and more details on this opportunity will be discussed at the 2010 Wisconsin Twisters Holiday Party
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