Kumar, who also won a PEF Joseph Scacalossi Scholarship, is studying economics and government at Harvard University. He is one of 75 high school students selected worldwide to attend the Research Science Institute at MIT. He has conducted cellular biology research and was named an Apex Scholar by the American Psychological Association. His father is Aseem Kumar, an environmental engineer 2 at the state Department of Environmental Conservation in Albany.

Paul is also a freshman at Harvard. He is the recipient of several national honors including AP Scholar with Distinction. He is a member of the forensics, speech and debate clubs, co-president of Substance Free Alliance, and was news editor of his high school newspaper. He contributed to Newsday’s New Voices section and enjoys volleyball and soccer. His mother is Supriya Paul, an underwriter with the NYS Insurance Fund in Nassau.


Grace Chow is a recipient of an $8,000 Robert G. Porter Scholarship from AFT. She is studying medicine and biochemistry at Brown University. She is an AP Scholar with Honors and worked during the past summers with professors from Stony Brook University. She was editor-in-chief of a math magazine, features editor of her high school newspaper and active in the French Club. She is an All-State musician with numerous awards and honors for violin and piano. She enjoys badminton and swimming. Her father is Tai-Whang Chow, a civil engineer 2 with the state Department of Transportation in PEF Region 11.

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By DEBORAH A. MILES
Two children of PEF members, Prateek Kumar and Souvik Paul, are the recipients of the $1,000 AFT Union MasterCard Scholarships. The awards are from the Union Plus Scholarship program.