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                                                  ScholarShip NewS




      Warner Family Establishes                          in need, and of course, his beloved alma mater, the
      The Thomas Warner                                  University of Florida (UF).
                                                           In honor of Warner, his family has established the
      Scholarship Under The UF                           Thomas Warner Scholarship under the Machen Florida
                                                         Opportunity Scholars (MFOS) program. The Tom Warner
      Machen Florida Opportunity                         MFOS Scholarship will be awarded to a student from

      Scholars Program                                   Martin or Palm Beach County. The endowed scholarship
                                                         will be available each year.
                                                           “My husband was always concerned about supporting
      Scholarship Earmarked For A Student From           those who don’t have resources,” said Judge Martha
      Martin Or Palm Beach County                        Warner, Tom’s wife of 46 years. “Tom was a UF double
        To the outside world, Tom Warner was a highly accomplished   gator, earning both his undergraduate and law degree
      public figure as a former legislator and the state’s first solicitor   from UF. We decided to tie his love of UF with his love
      general. To those who knew him best, he was a champion of   for the local community through a scholarship.”   Tom Warner, state rep.
      community, family, and often those less fortunate.    The first Tom Warner MFOS Scholarship is expected to be   District 82, 1996  Tom Warner, 2015
        When the Warner  family considered  the best way   awarded this fall, perhaps to a student from Clark Advanced
      to honor his memory, they thought of his passions: his   Learning Center, a charter high school he helped to establish     Warner died on Jan. 11, 2019, after a long battle
      community, his love of education, his support for people   on the Martin County campus of Indian River State College.   with cancer. He spent decades in public service as the
                                                                                                           city  attorney for  Stuart,  Fla.,  the  state  representative
                                                                                                           for District 82 from 1992 to 1999, and the state’s first
                                                                                                           solicitor general  from  1999 to 2003.  In that role, he
                                                                                                           represented the state before the Florida Supreme Court
                                                                                                           and the U.S. Supreme Courts.
                                                                                                             “I think it’s a great tribute to  Tom and what he
                                                                                                           believed in,” said Carolyn  Timman, clerk of court
                                                                                                           for Martin County and Warner’s legislative aide. She
                                                                                                           considers herself one of the many individuals who got
                                                                                                           encouragement and mentorship from Warner.
                                                                                                             As part of the UF MFOS Scholarship program, the
                                                                                                           Tom Warner Scholarship will go to a first-generation,
                                                                                                           low-income student from Martin or Palm Beach County.
                                                                                                           The Warner Scholarship will help unlock opportunities for
                                                                                                           other scholars as well as it will help UF obtain its match
                                                                                                           needed to obtain an annual $400,000 from the Johnson
                                                                                                           Scholarship Foundation.
                                                                                                             “Our Machen scholars are so grateful to be Gators.
                                                                                                           Because of Tom and the Warner family, the recipients
                                                                                                           and their families’ lives will be forever changed with a
                                                                                                           college degree from a top university like UF,” said Dr.
                                                                                                           Leslie Pendleton, senior director of the Machen Florida
                                                                                                           Opportunity Scholars Program.
                                                                                                             Machen Florida Opportunity Scholarship recipients are
                                                                                                           chosen from among first-generation, low-income students
                                                                                                           accepted into UF. MFOS recipients are eligible to have
                                                                                                           their award renewed each year.
                                                                                                             The Bernie and Chris Machen Program, named for UF
                                                                                                           President Emeritus Bernard J. Machen and first lady, Chris
                                                                                                           Machen, celebrated its 15th anniversary in 2021. Each
                                                                                                           year, the program funds and supports 1,250. For more
                                                                                                           information about MFOS, please visit opportunity.ufl.edu.
                                                                                                             For more information about the West Palm Beach-based
                                                                                                           Johnson Scholarship Foundation, please visit jsf.bz.























































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