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FREEPORT — Seven Maine community college students were awarded scholarships in honor of Leon A. Gorman at a ceremony held recently at L.L.Bean corporate headquarters.
This is the third year the Leon A. Gorman Scholarship has been given and the second year it has been awarded to a student from each of the seven community colleges. Each Leon A. Gorman Scholar receives an award equal to a full year of tuition at a Maine community college.
The scholarship, established in 2014 by the children of Leon and Lisa Gorman in honor of Gorman’s 80th birthday, the scholarship supports Maine community college students who demonstrate strong academic achievement, financial need, and a commitment to community service, a hallmark of the scholarship’s namesake.
The 2018 Leon A. Gorman Scholars are:
* Tyler Tibbetts (Jay), life sciences, Central Maine Community College;
* Monica Hardy-Torrey (Ellsworth), nursing, Eastern Maine Community College;
* Natachia Lovering (Waterville – formerly Damariscotta), early childhood education, Kennebec Valley Community College;
* Rachel Driscoll (Washburn), business and accounting, Northern Maine Community College;
* Zahra Abukar (Portland), business administration, Southern Maine Community College;
* Jeremy Tilley (Ashland), mechanical technology, Washington County Community College;
* Travis Richards (Moody), liberal studies, York County Community.
Gorman, the longtime president and CEO of L.L.Bean, was committed to the people and places of Maine.
Recognizing the power and potential of Maine’s community colleges to transform people’s lives, he and his wife worked quietly behind the scenes supporting the colleges. The couple was central to the 2009 establishment and success of The Foundation for Maine’s Community Colleges for which she continues to serve as vice chairwoman.
