Santa Clara Valley Chapter awards two scholarships. (Chapter News).

The Santa Clara Valley Chapter recently awarded its annual Larry Langdon scholarships to two students pursuing masters degrees in taxation.

At a chapter meeting on March 27, chapter second vice president, Tom Rogers, presented a $3,000 scholarship to Wennie Wang of San Jose State University. Wennie is a straight-A student in the Master of Science in Taxation program. She received her BS in accounting from San Jose State in May 2000, graduating summa cum laude with a 3.95 GPA and was a President's scholar. She also holds a California CPA certificate. Wennie plans to pursue a career as a tax professional with a CPA firm.

On May 9, Tom Rogers presented another $3,000 scholarship to David Weng of California State University, Hayward. The presentation took place at the annual awards banquet of the College of Business and Economics. The faculty scholarship committee selected David for the scholarship based upon his academic accomplishments, leadership, and service. This past tax season, he was one of the VITA site supervisors at the Cal State Hayward Tax Clinic. David expects to receive his MS in Taxation in 2004 and is interested in a career in international taxation.

These scholarships are named in honor of Larry Langdon who was a long-time member of the Santa Clara Valley Chapter, a past international president of TEI, and most recently Commissioner of the Large and Mid-Size Business Division of the Internal Revenue Service.