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Oakland County Students Earn DENSO Scholarships

4 June 1998

Oakland County Students Earn DENSO Scholarships

    SOUTHFIELD, Mich., June 4 -- Eleven Oakland County students
earned scholarships from the DENSO Oakland Schools Educational Foundation.

    University scholarships of $2,000 each were awarded to:

    -- Xiaoyan Cao, Troy High School;
    -- Pa Yang, Pontiac Central High School and OSM Tech;
    -- Sophie Liao, Novi High School;
    -- Kristin Klebba, Royal Oak Dondero High School;
    -- Sara Cook, Walled Lake Western High School;
    -- Wendy Freed, Troy Athens High School, and
    -- Angela Ripinski, Royal Oak Kimball High School.

    Interlochen and Blue Lake summer camp arts scholarships of $500-$750 were
awarded to:

    -- Brandon Faber, Walled Lake Clifford Smart High School;
    -- Seth Larson, North Farmington High School;
    -- Dalyla Yang, Hazel Park High School, and
    -- Katie Reed, Waterford Kettering High School.

    President Tony Takeuchi, of DENSO International America (DIAM) in
Southfield, said, "Supporting education in the communities in which we do
business is a long-standing mission of DENSO in North America. "
    The scholarship fund, established by Takeuchi in 1991 with a $300,000
endowment from DENSO, assists outstanding Oakland County high school students
who have shown academic excellence, meaningful community involvement and a
financial need.  The fund also provides scholarships for secondary summer arts
programs at Interlochen and Blue Lake.
    Since 1992, the foundation has awarded more than $86,000 in scholarships
to 72 students.
    Oakland Schools, one of 57 regional service agencies throughout Michigan
which provides programs and services, without cost, to 28 Oakland County
school districts, administers the program and coordinates scholarship
selection.
    DENSO, a leading global supplier of advanced technology, systems and
components, has facilities in 25 countries.  In North America, DENSO employs
8,000 at 15 sites.  DENSO International America is the North American
headquarters.
    For more information, visit the North American DENSO website at
http://www.denso-int.com.