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<text id=90TT1276>
<title>
May 14, 1990: From The Publisher
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
May 14, 1990 Sakharov Memoirs
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
FROM THE PUBLISHER, Page 4
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<body>
<p> 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.
</p>
<p> 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.
</p>
<p> 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.
</p>
<p>-- Louis A. Weil III
</p>
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</article>
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