Valley College to Get Scholarship Funds

Los Angeles attorney Herbert Hafif will visit Valley College today to present $30,000 in scholarship funds.

Twenty-five students from area high schools will receive $1,000 each from the Hafif Family Foundation. One Valley College student transferring to a major university will receive $5,000.

This is the third year the Hafif Foundation has awarded the $1,000 scholarships, and the first year for the $5,000 scholarship.

“Normally, $1,000 doesn’t make a great difference in a person’s life, but at a community college it can make a huge difference, enabling a person to attend college and attain a successful career,” Hafif said.

A product of a California two-year college, Hafif attended Pomona College on a scholarship and graduated magna cum laude in 1953. three years later, he graduated from USC Law School.

The National Law Journal has named him one of the country’s most influential lawyers.

Joining Hafif at the 7 p.m. ceremony will be Valley College President Tyree Wieder, Edward Sugar, president of the college’s Patron Assn., and Jay Rodriguez, president of the Hafif Family Foundation.

The foundation provides the same scholarship program at three other two-year colleges, Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, and Rancho Santiago College in Santa Ana.

The Hafif Family Foundation also provides grants to numerous charitable programs in Southern California.