Difference between revisions of "William John Barrow"
Chssmstrjk (talk | contribs) (New page: William John Barrow was born on July 3rd, 1988 in Chippenham Hospital in Richmond, Virginia.) |
Chssmstrjk (talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | William John Barrow was born on July 3rd, 1988 in Chippenham Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. | + | William John Barrow ("Jack") was born on July 3rd, 1988 in Chippenham Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. |
| + | |||
| + | At age two, Jack was diagnosed with autism. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Jack was introduced to the game of chess when he was eight years old. He became exceptionally good at the game. Since he was ten years old, Jack has been rated in the top 50 kids in his age group for chess in the United States. In September 2002, Jack won the Virginia State Amateur Chess Championship. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Jack Barrow attended Clover Hill High School, located in Midlothian, Virginia. While attending there, he was a member of the Chess Club, Mu Alpha Theta, and National Honor Society. Jack graduated from Clover Hill High in June 2007 with honors. | ||
| + | |||
| + | In fall 2006, while Jack was still in high school, Jack applied for the Horatio Alger National Scholarship, which consisted of $20,000.In January 2007, Jack learned that he was one of the 106 (out of a total of 35000) applicants lucky enough to receive a Horatio Alger National Scholarship (People who win this scholarship have overcome so many obstacles and hardships in their lives in order to succeed). | ||
| + | |||
| + | Currently, Jack is a rising sophomore at Virginia Commonwealth University, majoring in Biomedical Engineering and is active in the Honors College. | ||
Revision as of 14:23, 12 August 2008
William John Barrow ("Jack") was born on July 3rd, 1988 in Chippenham Hospital in Richmond, Virginia.
At age two, Jack was diagnosed with autism.
Jack was introduced to the game of chess when he was eight years old. He became exceptionally good at the game. Since he was ten years old, Jack has been rated in the top 50 kids in his age group for chess in the United States. In September 2002, Jack won the Virginia State Amateur Chess Championship.
Jack Barrow attended Clover Hill High School, located in Midlothian, Virginia. While attending there, he was a member of the Chess Club, Mu Alpha Theta, and National Honor Society. Jack graduated from Clover Hill High in June 2007 with honors.
In fall 2006, while Jack was still in high school, Jack applied for the Horatio Alger National Scholarship, which consisted of $20,000.In January 2007, Jack learned that he was one of the 106 (out of a total of 35000) applicants lucky enough to receive a Horatio Alger National Scholarship (People who win this scholarship have overcome so many obstacles and hardships in their lives in order to succeed).
Currently, Jack is a rising sophomore at Virginia Commonwealth University, majoring in Biomedical Engineering and is active in the Honors College.
