Summit Student Wins FOX News Media Scholarship

SUMMIT, NJ — FOX News, in partnership with the National Merit Scholarship Program, selected a a Summit student as one of the recipients of its third annual Dr. Charles Krauthammer Memorial Scholarship.

Oratory Preparatory School student Emmett Gaffney, the son of FOX's Vice President of Documentary Programming, was among the winners. Gaffney will be featured on the network's evening newscast, Special Report with anchor Bret Baier.

A native of Morristown, Gaffney is an honors student athlete at Oratory Prep and serves as the editor-in-chief of "The Omega" student newspaper. He is also vice president of the history club and is slated to attend the University of Wisconsin, Madison in the fall to study history.

Established by FOX News Media in 2018, the Dr. Charles Krauthammer Memorial Scholarship awards eligible children of network employees a monetary stipend per college year for a maximum of four years.

All aspects of the program, including the selection of winners and the administration of their awards, are conducted through the National Merit Scholarship Program by the independent, not-for-profit National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC).

To be eligible, high school juniors planning to enter college in the fall of 2022 must have taken the PSAT/NMSQT test and met several academic and other requirements set by the NMSC.

According to the announcement, winners were selected on a competitive basis without regard to family financial circumstances, gender, race, ethnic origin or religious preference.

Once chosen, the NMSC disburses the scholarship directly to the accredited U.S. college/university following a determination that the student has remained in good standing. The scholarship belongs to the student and is not affected should their parent leave the company following the communication of the award.

Krauthammer, who the scholarship is named after, served as a contributor to FOX News Media from 2002 up until his death in 2018. He was renowned for his political commentary and analysis across FOX News Channel's signature programming.

During his tenure, Krauthammer made frequent appearances on Special Report with Bret Baier and FOX News Sunday.

Krauthammer was also Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and physician. He later joined The Washington Post in 1984 where he wrote a weekly syndicated column until his death in 2018.

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