UNITED STATES JUDO FEDERATION

Jim Cornforth, Chairperson

USJF George Balch Scholarship Committee

Mailing Address: Telephones: Internet:

P.O. Box 338 Voice: (541) 889-8753 www.usjf.com

Ontario, OR 97914-0338 FAX: (541) 889-5836 natofc@usjf.com

October 7, 2003: ANNUAL REPORT TO USJF

Greetings to everyone:

I am pleased to report that we have awarded the first George Balch Education scholarship. With the committee’s unique emphasis on helping to fund a potential leader in judo, rather than a competitor, this scholarship program could have a long lasting impact on judo.

Thanks to many donor’s we have accumulated a total of $17,111.00 in contributions (through September, 2003) and more is still coming in to the National Office. The committee will be soliciting contributions from former donors and new possibilities in order to build this fund to a respectable level.

I am sorry to report that the fund has not reached the potential to support more candidates. However this year’s recipient is Michael Oshima and we expect him to provide many years off service to the United States Judo Federation and US judo in general. Michael received an award of $500.00 from the George Balch Scholarship Committee.

Michael plans on attending Tokai University this year then switching to Harvard University in 2004,Michael hails from Somerville, Massachusetts. His goal is to teach at the University level.

We wish him the greatest success and thank him and the other fine applicants for their efforts.

Jim Cornforth

I The committee:

Elizabeth Balch (honorary) Noboru Saito, USJF President Jim Cornforth

Robert Brink Bryan Matsuoka, Treasurer Leslie Stewart