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Southern College of Optometry Student Announced as

2007 Dr. Seymour Galina Grant Recipient

Memphis, Tennessee (September 17, 2007) – Southern College of Optometry student Benjamin Winters has been selected as the recipient of the 2007 Dr. Seymour Galina Grant, administered by the American Optometric Association’s Foundation Endowment.

A fourth-year student, Winters will receive a grant for $2,500. He authored a winning essay that was selected from a group of eight finalists from different schools and colleges of optometry.

His essay topic focused on “Qualities I have developed through my financial planning/work experience during and/or before optometry school that I believe will be most useful to me in a professional optometric practice.”

A resident of Spokane, Washington, Winters earned his undergraduate degree in business management from Brigham Young University.

Celebrating its 75^th anniversary in 2007, Southern College of Optometry was established in Memphis, Tennessee in 1932. SCO is an independent, not-for-profit institution of higher education with a mission to educate men and women in the art and science of optometry.

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