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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. -30- |
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