For Immediate Release:

The Greater New York Floor Coverers Industry Promotional Fund is pleased to announce this year's recipients of the Twenty-eighth Annual Francis J. P. McHale Scholarship and the Third Annual Greater New York Floor Coverers Industry Promotional Fund Scholarship Awards.

The recipients are Ms. Courtney Morrow (Floor IPF Scholarship) – Mr. Andrew Graham (Floor IPF Scholarship) and Ms. Jillian Murray (McHale Scholarship) – Mr. Mitchell Tessar (McHale Scholarship). This year's winners are, as in the past, deserving of this well earned success.

The recipients of the First through Twenty-fourth Year Scholarships have completed their courses of study with the help of the Francis J. P. McHale Scholarship and the Greater New York Floor Coverers Industry Promotional Fund Scholarship programs. The Industry Promotional Fund currently has fourteen participants in the scholarship program.

The 2012 Co-Honoree of the Francis JP McHale Scholarship Award is Stephen K. DeGaray who is being honored for his lifetime of devotion and service to the floor coverers industry. The Co-Honoree's family will be in attendance to celebrate his achievements.

The luncheon to award the scholarships to this year's awardees will be held at The Water Club on Thursday, June 7, 2012.

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