This
$1,000 cash award is given each spring to a graduating high school
senior who is the son or daughter of a MBA member bank employee in
Mississippi. The scholarship is presented to the winner during the
Mississippi Young Bankers Convention. The Merit Scholarship is awarded
based on high school academic excellence and extracurricular activities.
THE POSTMARK DEADLINE FOR THIS SCHOLARSHIP IS THE TUESDAY AFTER THE
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. HOLIDAY IN JANUARY OF EACH YEAR.
The 2009 Merit Scholarship was awarded to Brooke Hendrix of Madison,
whose father, Ron Hendrix, works at BancorpSouth in Jackson.
Orrin
Swayze Scholastic Awards
The Orrin Swayze Scholastic Awards, presented each year to
Mississippi college students, carry on the tradition of banking
excellence started by Orrin H. Swayze Jr., widely-respected Mississippi
banker and promoter of banking education. Swayze served as a senior
officer for Trustmark (which was then known as First National Bank of
Jackson) for many years until his retirement in 1967. From 1950-1970, he served as the
director of the Graduate School of Banking at LSU.
The scholarships, awarded at the MYB Study Conference &
Convention each year since 1979, include one award of $2,500 to the Swayze
Scholar and four awards of $1,000 given to the runners-up, called MYB
Scholars. Five scholarship finalists are invited to the Mississippi Young
Bankers Convention each
year to interview with the MYB Scholarship Committee. Besides the cash award, each Swayze
Scholar also receives a medallion featuring an
engraving of Swayze to wear at graduation ceremonies.
The 2009 Swayze Scholar is Hunter
Futch (pictured) of Mississippi
State University.
The Orrin Swayze Scholastic Awards, presented each year to
Mississippi college students, carry on the tradition of banking
excellence started by Orrin H. Swayze Jr., widely-respected Mississippi
banker and promoter of banking education. Swayze served as a senior
officer for Trustmark (which was then known as First National Bank of
Jackson) for many years until his retirement in 1967. From 1950-1970, he served as the
director of the Graduate School of Banking at LSU.