This page reviews the Yoshiyama Award for Exemplary Service to the Community which from 1987-2008 honored high school seniors for their community service and broader social change efforts. The Yoshiyama Program: Honoring Young Entrepreneurs Enhancing Economic Security in America replaces the former program effective January 1, 2010. Please click here for more information.
2001 and 2000 Yoshiyama Award recipients with the Japanese Ambassador to the United States - His Excellency Ryozo Kato - and the Chairman of The Hitachi Foundation, Mr. Joseph Kasputys.
Recipients:
Christopher Chin
Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School
Jersey City, NJ
Caitlin Colvard
Marymount High School
Los Angeles, CA
Luis Gonzales
Communication Arts High School
San Antonio, TX
Regina Grant
Lincoln High School
Lincoln, NE
Emily Jensen
Skyline High School
Salt Lake City, UT
Wrex Phipps
Christian Sonrise High School (home school)
Kearney, NE
Andrea Shoemaker
Manchester High School
North Manchester, IN
Jason Turner
Beall High School
Cumberland, MD
Geoffrey Winder
Davis Senior High School
Davis, CA
Tadele Worku
Hoover High School
San Diego, CA
