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CHARLESTON, S.C., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Citadel has been awarded $400,000 from the McCormick Tribune Foundation (MTF), one of the nation's largest charitable foundations. The school will ... receive $40,000 annually from the foundation for two scholarships.
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The Citadel decision ends a controversy begun in 1993, when high school student Shannon Faulkner won admission to the school by deleting all reference to her gender from her school transcripts. When The Citadel found out she was female, they withdrew the admission offer, and she filed suit.
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Mr. Delgado has led Citadel since 1984. As a successful entrepreneur with over 30 years of management experience, he has been involved in start-up companies in telecoms, shipping, aviation support services, cargo handling activities, logistics and airline GSA, among others. In his personal capacity, he continues to support scholarship grants, civic and foundation activities. He attended the University of the Philippines, Cornell University, University of Navarre and Harvard Business School.
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Marc Buoniconti, the son of former Miami Dolphins linebacker, Nick Buoniconti, was paralyzed while playing football for The Citadel in 1985. He and his father created the family foundation in 1992, which is the national fundraising arm for the research group at the University of Miami School of Medicine.
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