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Paramus Students Nominated For Presidential Award

President Lyndon B. Johnson established the Presidential Scholar Program to honor the nation's most distinguished high school seniors.

PARAMUS, N.J. — Two Paramus high school seniors have been named candidates for one of the most prestigious honors students can receive.

William Frasco, a student at Paramus High School, and Liam J. Coohill, a student at The Academy for Business and Finance were named candidates for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.

Up to 161 students from across the country are named presidential scholars annually.

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President Lyndon B. Johnson established the program in 1964 to honor some of the country's "most distinguished graduating high school seniors." The program was extended in 1979 to recognize students in the visual, creative and performing arts and against in 2015 to honor students attending technical high schools.


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