1996 National Cherry Blossom Festival Queen
Is A Penn Student !

Jessica Dawn Stoner

Jessica, a senior at the University of Pennsylvania, is a candidate for a bachelor's degree with honors in East Asian (Japanese) studies. She spent her junior year at the International Christian University in Tokyo,where she maintained a perfect grade point average. Her achievements include the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame Outstanding Scholar-Athlete Scholarship, a United Food and Commercial Workers Union National Four-Year Academic Scholarship, as well as a finalist in the Japan Society's Kawamura Cultural Fuondation Speech Contest and as a Pennsylvania state finalist for a Rhodes Scholarship.
Her campus activities include membership in the Alpha Phi International Women's Fraternity, Camus Hosting and Mentoring for International Students and Varsity Cheerleading.
Jessica's plans include pursuing a doctoral degree in East Asian International Relations and Peace Studies in order to fulfill her desire to teach at the university level. This fall she will start her graduate studies at the London School of Economics as this year's recipient of the Thouron Scholarship.
A resident of Marysville, Pennsylvania, and a 1992 graduate of Sousquenita High School, Jessica enjoys music, sports, books, discussions of world politics and peace studies. (copied from The National Cherry Blossom Festival Program, the National Cherry Blossom Festival, Inc. PO Box 77312, Washington, DC 20013-7312)