Fayette County

native and longtime business owner Ed Travis set up a foundation to assist

graduates of his alma mater, Fayette County High School, and he has now

seen the first of those students graduate from college.

The Edward

N. Travis Scholarship Foundation, Inc., was established in 1991 and its

sixth student is about to enter Mercer University. The first college graduate

from the program, Mark Prince, was reared in Fayette County and graduated

from Fayette County High in 1997 in the top 5 percent of his class.

In high school,

Prince sang in the chorus and a school quartet, and was a member of the

Beta Club and National Honor Society. He was the Spanish Student of the

Year in 1995 and 1996.

A lifelong

member of Harps Crossing Baptist Church, he can still be found there each

Sunday morning playing the keyboard.

Upon graduation

from high school, he received a Governors Scholarship as well as a scholarship

from the Homebuilders Association of Midwest Georgia. His major at Georgia

Tech was industrial and systems engineering. He earned expense money in

the summer by working at Eckerd and Fayette Community Hospital.

This summer

he is completing two lab courses in organic chemistry so he can apply

for medical school. His top choices are Emory Medical College and the

Medical College of Georgia. He is hoping for a medical degree in anesthesiology,

radiology or pediatric oncology.

Jane Prince,

Mark's mother, recently held a graduation reception for him, with family

and church friends on hand, as well as Ed and Shelby Travis. Mark gave

them a Georgia Tech Certificate of Appreciation on behalf of himself and

the school.