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NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release March 8, 2004
PARENTS AND TEACHERS
NAMED TOP ROLE MODELS AMONG TEENS FOR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW,
ACCORDING TO NATIONAL JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT POLL
Poll Taken as
Organization Prepares to Honor Six Business Role Models for
Young People at Junior Achievement’s National Business Hall of
Fame.
Colorado Springs, Colo. - When
asked to select their number one role model, 28 percent of
students say “parents,” while 11 percent answer “teacher,”
according to results released today from a national Junior
Achievement / Harris Interactive poll. The findings mirror
similar results from last year’s poll, when 32 percent of teens
chose “parents” and 15 percent chose “teacher.” President Bush
came in third with 6 percent, up from 3 percent in last year’s
poll.
Junior Achievement helps to promote
positive role models through its classroom use of adult
volunteers from the business community, and through special
events like the National Business Hall of Fame. This year six
legends of industry have been chosen to enter the National
Business Hall of Fame, now in its 30th year. The annual
induction ceremony will be held Thursday, March 25, 2004 at The
Philadelphia Marriott.
The 2004 inductees are Hans W. Becherer,
(former) Chairman, Deere & Company; Edward Donley,
(former) Chairman, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.; Herbert
Kelleher, Chairman of the Board, Southwest Airlines;
Frank Shrontz, Chairman Emeritus, The Boeing Company;
Robert B. Wegman, Chairman, Wegmans Food Markets; and
Joseph Wharton (1826 - 1909), industrial philanthropist and
founder of The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of
Business.
The black-tie event will be hosted by the
anchor of CNBC’s “Street Signs,” Ron Insana, and feature a
number of special guests and entertainers. Deloitte & Touche USA
LLP, The John Templeton Foundation, Monster, and
PricewaterhouseCoopers are national sponsors.
For 30 years, the Junior Achievement
National Business Hall of Fame event has honored the nation’s
most distinguished businessmen and women for outstanding
contributions to free enterprise. Each year, Junior Achievement
asks the nation’s top business leaders to choose laureates
worthy of induction. Inductees are presented as role models for
America’s youth. For more information on the JA National
Business Hall of Fame, visit
www.ja.org or
http://www.ja.org/nbhof/index.shtml.
In the Junior Achievement / Harris
Interactive poll on role models, the President was followed by
Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey, with each individual named by four
percent of students as the number one role model. Condoleezza
Rice and Jennifer Lopez followed at 2 percent each. America’s
top business leaders choose each year’s National Business Hall
of Fame laureates. The 2004 inductees will be added to an
exhibit of more than 200 laureates on permanent display at The
Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
View the full poll results here.
About Junior Achievement
Junior Achievement is the world's largest
organization dedicated to educating young people about business,
economics and free enterprise. Through a dedicated volunteer
network, JA offers in-school and after-school programs for
students in grades K-12. JA programs focus on seven key content
areas: business, citizenship, economics, entrepreneurship,
ethics/character, financial literacy, and career development.
Today nearly 150 JA offices reach more than four million
students nationwide. Through its international operation, JA
reaches another two million students in more than 100 countries
worldwide. For more information, visit
www.ja.org.
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