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Show Kendell wins scholarship A Bountiful student who learned a rare foieign language and then wrote a dictionary for it is the first winner of the Scott M. Matheson Leadership Scholarship from the University of Utah. L ' " ' ' f " 'UKBKr - f ... . AD of Politics at the U., go to students "who exhibit strong academic ability abil-ity and outstanding leadership potential." Much of the funding came from memorials that poured into the Hinckley Institute at the time of the former governor's death. While an LDS missionary on an isolated Pacific Island, Kendell learned Kosrien, a language spoken only on that island. He kept extensive exten-sive notes and later produced an English-Kosrien dictionary of several thousand words. While on the island, Kendell says he learned an important leadership principle leaders must respect the opinions and ways of the people they seek to lead, rather than imposing impos-ing their own opinions on others. For instance, missionaries offered to help islanders build stronger houses, since their current houses are frequently toppled by typhoons. But islanders wanted to learn English and to play musical instruments. He and other missionaries mis-sionaries ended up going along with the people's wishes. The son of Richard and Joan Kendell, Bountiful, he has been chairman of the student assembly at the U., president of the freshman honor society, attended thre national leadership conferences and is currently involved in research in KURTIS KENDELL The $3,500 award went to Kurtis Kendell, who was student body president and graduated first in his Bountiful High School class in 1986. A chemistry major at the U., he plans to get both M.D. and Ph.D. degrees and go into medical policy work. The Matheson scholarships, administered ad-ministered by the Hinckley Institute |