January 12, 2004

KERRVILLE—The Cailloux Foundation announces Lauren Looney-Hahn of San Angelo, Texas as the first to graduate from The Cailloux Foundation Scholarship Program. Looney-Hahn graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Angelo State University (ASU) in San Angelo. She majored in animal science and minored in food science. Fall commencement exercises were held at ASU on December 20, 2003 and Looney-Hahn was among 322 students to be awarded a diploma. She graduated magna cum laude in less than four years. During undergraduate work at ASU Looney-Hahn was a member of the freshman honor society Alpha Lambs Delta, the agricultural honor society Delta Tau Alpha, and Recruiting Ag Majors. She worked for the Livestock Weekly newspaper and the ASU school ranch.

 She was a 2000 graduate of Fredericksburg High School and among the first group of students in the Hill Country to receive a scholarship award from The Cailloux Foundation.

 Looney-Hahn will now attend graduate school for advanced study in animal science at ASU.  She interned last summer with the United States Department of Agriculture and aspires to a career with the agency upon completion of graduate studies. Looney-Hahn is married to Kenny Hahn of San Angelo.

 The Cailloux Foundation Scholarship Program was created in 2000 to benefit eligible graduating seniors from selected Texas Hill Country high schools. The Foundation will award more than $489,000 for scholarship awards for the 2003/2004 school year. See the Scholarship Program section of this website for more information.

 Floyd A. and Kathleen C. Cailloux created The Cailloux Foundation in 1994. The Foundation’s mission is to perpetuate their vision through the betterment of individual lives, with emphasis on the needs of disadvantaged children. Mr. Cailloux was co-founder of Keystone International and was instrumental in the company becoming a leader in the manufacturing and marketing of industrial valves for general industry. In 1981, Mr. and Mrs. Cailloux moved from Houston to Kerrville, Texas where they became very involved in charitable endeavors in the Texas Hill Country and around the state. The Foundation continues these endeavors by quietly awarding grants to eligible nonprofit organizations mainly in the Hill Country.  n