The Truman Scholarship Foundation looks to find and recognize college juniors with exceptional leadership potential who are committed to careers in government, the nonprofit or advocacy sectors, education or elsewhere in the public service and provides them with financial support for graduate study, leadership training, and fellowship with other students who are committed to making a difference through public service.

Secretary Madeleine K. Albright, president of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, announced that 75 students from 63 US colleges and universities have been selected as 2006 Truman Scholars. Scholars were elected by nineteen independent selection panels on the basis of leadership potential, intellectual ability, and likelihood of “making a difference.”
The Truman Scholarship Foundation was established by Congress in 1975 as the federal memorial to our thirty-third President. Dedicated to education and public service, President Truman often spoke about the importance of promoting young leaders, and envisioned a program for students that would encourage educated citizenship and political responsibility.

For more information on The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, please visit the Foundation's web site at http://www.truman.gov/.