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Hawthorne Police Officer, Mark E. Swatik, Awarded Law School Scholarship

Business Wire - July 19, 2004

SANTA ANA, Calif. -- Mark E. Swatik, a detective with the City of Hawthorne Police Department, has been selected as the recipient of William Howard Taft University's tenth law school scholarship awarded to a member of the law enforcement profession. The University's Juris Doctor Program is a comprehensive, four-year, distance-learning program leading to the California Bar Examination.

David L. Boyd, president of the University, stated that: "The scholarships have been periodically awarded for more than a decade to encourage front-line law enforcement officers to obtain a better understanding of the judicial system. We are pleased to provide this support for the law enforcement community. Mr. Swatik was chosen after a comprehensive review of numerous applications submitted by law enforcement personnel from throughout the United States."

Detective Swatik currently holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from The Union Institute and a Master of Business Administration degree from Webster University. He has over a decade of law enforcement experience including serving as a defensive tactics instructor, hostage/crisis negotiator, senior property detective and as a robbery/homicide investigator.

About William Howard Taft University

For over two decades William Howard Taft University (www.TaftU.edu) has offered distance learning graduate degree programs to students throughout the world. Presently the University offers nationally accredited programs in law (Juris Doctor and Master of Laws) as well as business (Master of Business Administration and Master of Science in Taxation).

SANTA ANA, Calif. -- Mark E. Swatik, a detective with the City of Hawthorne Police Department, has been selected as the recipient of William Howard Taft University's tenth law school scholarship awarded to a member of the law enforcement profession. The University's Juris Doctor Program is a comprehensive, four-year, distance-learning program leading to the California Bar Examination.

David L. Boyd, president of the University, stated that: "The scholarships have been periodically awarded for more than a decade to encourage front-line law enforcement officers to obtain a better understanding of the judicial system. We are pleased to provide this support for the law enforcement community. Mr. Swatik was chosen after a comprehensive review of numerous applications submitted by law enforcement personnel from throughout the United States."

Detective Swatik currently holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from The Union Institute and a Master of Business Administration degree from Webster University. He has over a decade of law enforcement experience including serving as a defensive tactics instructor, hostage/crisis negotiator, senior property detective and as a robbery/homicide investigator.

About William Howard Taft University

For over two decades William Howard Taft University (www.TaftU.edu) has offered distance learning graduate degree programs to students throughout the world. Presently the University offers nationally accredited programs in law (Juris Doctor and Master of Laws) as well as business (Master of Business Administration and Master of Science in Taxation).

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