Two New Kent High School students are the recipients of the Board Chair Award in honor of J. Roy Geiger, Superintendent of New Kent County Public Schools and past board chair at Bon Secours HealthSource.  Bon Secours HealthSource, a subsidiary of Bon Secours Richmond Health System, presented the two $3,000 scholarships at its May board meeting.

This year’s recipients of the Bon Secours HealthSource Board Chair Award are DeShaunda Hilliard and William B. Morris, III. 

Hilliard is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the Big Buddy Program, BETA Club and French Club.  Hilliard will be attending Hood College, in Frederick, Md., this fall and said she plans to study pre-med.

Morris will be attending the College of William & Mary.  In addition to volunteer work, Morris has earned numerous awards and honors including the American Legions Good Citizenship Award and the United States Minority Leadership Award.  He said he plans to pursue the fields of science and medicine.

“DeShaunda Hilliard and William Morris are two impressive young people who exemplify the principles of community service and commitment to education that Dr. Geiger has demonstrated to Bon Secours HealthSource in all of his years of service to our organization,” Barr said.  “We are honored to present them each with this award and in so doing honor Roy Geiger for his leadership.”

This scholarship award was established to honor the outgoing chairman of the Bon Secours HealthSource Board of Directors for his years of uncompensated service through the funding of a scholarship.  This scholarship award is for people who plan to do their undergraduate studies in the health care field and will be disbursed annually in the amount of $3,000 for each recipient.  A committee of the board composed of the outgoing chairman, current chairman, controller, vice president of mission and ethics and the executive vice president selects recipients.

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