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Bass is a member of the board of directors of the North Carolina Manpower Development Corporation and Piedmont Federal Savings and Loan Association, and is a trustee of North Carolina A & T State University. R.J. Reynolds Industries, with headquarters in Winston-Salem, N.C. is the parent company of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Del Monte Corp. (canned and prepared frozen foods, beverages, and fresh fruit); R.J. Reynolds Tobacco International, Inc.; Aminoil USA, Inc. (energy exploration and development); Sea-Land Industries Investments, Inc. (containerized shipping); and R.J. Reynolds Development Corp. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc. Participating Banks Minority Bank Support Program FREEDOM NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK New York, NY COMMONWEALTH NATIONAL BANK Mobile, AL UNITED BANK ALASKA Anchorage, AK PAN AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF LOS ANGELES Los Angeles, CA FIRST ENTERPRISE BANK Oakland, CA BANK OF FINANCE Los Angeles, CA GOLDEN GATE BANK (formerly WESTERN WOMEN'S BANK) San Francisco, CA BANK OF TRADE San Francisco, CA CONNECTICUT WOMEN'S BANK Greenwich, CT INDUSTRIAL BANK OF WASHINGTON Washington, DC THE WOMEN'S NATIONAL BANK Washington, DC UNITED NATIONAL BANK OF WASHINGTON Washington, DC AMERICAN INDIAN NATIONAL BANK Washington, DC CENTURY NATIONAL BANK Jacksonville, FL CITIZENS TRUST BANK Atlanta, GA THE CARVER STATE BANK Savannah, GA COMMUNITY BANK OF LAWNDALE Chicago, IL SEAWAY NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO Chicago, IL INDEPENDENCE BANK OF CHICAGO Chicago, IL HIGHLAND COMMUNITY BANK Chicago, IL MIDWEST NATIONAL BANK Indianapolis, IN CONTINENTAL NATIONAL BNK Louisville, KY LIBERTY BANK & TRUST COMPANY New Orleans, LA FIRST WOMEN'S BANK OF MARYLAND Rockville, MD PRINCE GEORGE'S STATE BANK Glenarden, MD UNITY BANK & TRUST COMPANY Roxbury, MA FIRST INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL BANK Detroit, MI R.J. Reynolds Industries Expands Education Program Grants BALTIMORE-A scholarship program to support journalism education for black youths has been extended to twenty additional students over the next seven years by the program's sponsor, R.J. Reynolds Industries,Inc. The R. J. Reynolds Scholarship Program in Journalism began in 1972 with a commitment to support 20 students and was extended to an additional 20 in 1977. With the expansion announced here, the corporations commitment to the program now exceeds $200,000, supporting 60 students. In announcing expansion of the program, Reynolds Industries Vice President Marshall B. Bass told members of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), "we believe this program is making a significant contribution to the needs of black journalists and is preparing them to move into the mainstream of U. S. journalism. "Graduates of the program are doing well and the students currently in training are representative of the high standards set by the NNPA," Bass said. Seventeen students have graduated and sixteen are currently in training, he reported. The NNPA Scholarship Foundation selects students for participation in the program. "We believe this program is making progress in closing the gap between the needs of publishers and the number of black journalists available," Bass said. "Our renewal of support is based on the effectiveness of the program so far, and a sign of our faith in its continued success." R. J. Reynolds Industries, with headquarters in Winston-Salem N.C., Is the Parent Company of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; Del Monte Corp. (canned and prepared frozen foods, beverages and fresh fruit); R.J. Reynolds Tobacco International, Inc.; Aminoil USA, Inc. (energy exploration and development); Sea-Land Industries Investments, Inc. (containerized shipping); and R.J. Reynolds Development Corp. WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.— The Consortium for Graduate Study and Management, a program providing fellowships to minority students, has received continued and increased support from R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc. with a grant of $12,000. Marshall B. Bass, Reynolds Industries vice president, said in announcing the grand, "We are pleased to continue our support of this program and its efforts to hasten the entry of minorities into the mainstream of U. S. Business. The increase in our support this year from $10,000 to $12,000 is a demonstration of our confidence in the Consortium's success." The Consortium program is a six-university effort designed to recruit minorities and provide fellowships to support their study leading to master of business administration degrees. R.J. Reynolds Industries has supported the Consortium since 1968, with total contributions of $117,000. Responding to the grant, Wallace C. Jones, Consortium director, said, "This continued and generous support of our activities lets us know that that is strongly committed to the goal of increasing the numbers of minority men and women in graduate business schools and our nation's management talent pool. Your support also indicates to us that Reynolds Industries is cognizant of the need to bring more talented Blacks, Hispanics and American Indians into the mainstream of corporate America." The universities included in the program are Indiana University, the University of North Carolina, the University of Rochester, the University of Southern California, Washington University at St. Louis and the University of Wisconsin. R.J. Reynolds Industries, with headquarters in Winston-Salem N.C., is the parent company of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; Del Monte Corp. (canned and prepared frozen foods, beverages and fresh fruit); R.J. Reynolds Tobacco International Inc.; Aminoil USA, Inc. (energy exploration and development); Sea-Land Industries Investments, Inc. (containerized shipping); and R.J. Reynolds Development Corp. 437