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- Justin Boyan found the software for his home computer balky
- and difficult to use. So he wrote his own. His program was
- chosen "The Best of 1987" by PC Magazine. Today Boyan, 19, a
- math and computer-sciences major at the University of Chicago,
- is also president of his own company, Boyan Communications.
- Though the firm has its headquarters in an unusual place --
- Boyan's dorm room -- the young entrepreneur so far has sold
- 2,000 copies of his software.
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- Boyan also happens to be one of 20 winners of this year's
- TIME College Achievement Awards. Now in its fourth year, the
- program singles out academically gifted college juniors who
- have made their mark in an extraordinary way, whether in their
- future fields, community service, athletics or the arts.
- Co-sponsored by Volkswagen United States, the competition
- attracted nearly 600 applicants this year. Each winner receives
- a $3,000 award.
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- Meeting them is a humbling experience. Mike Chou, 20, spoke
- little English when his family arrived in the U.S. from Taiwan
- in 1983. A Caltech physics major with a 4.1 grade-point
- average, he has already done pioneering research on solar
- flares. John Unger II, 21, a mechanical/ biomedical-engineering
- major at West Virginia University, spent the summer of 1989 in
- Hong Kong, helping Vietnamese refugees emigrate to the U.S. In
- September he leaves for India, where he will assist Mother
- Teresa. He plans to become a doctor and work in the Third
- World. Says he: "The best part about winning this award is the
- great feeling it has given the people of West Virginia. Maybe
- it will encourage someone else to aim a little higher. They're
- awfully proud." So am I, John.
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- -- Louis A. Weil III
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