What do Presidents Kennedy, Nixon, Ford and Clinton have in common with this UK Alum?
What is it like to win a national award that former presidents and vice presidents as well as the legendary Elvis Presley also received? In a word, “shocking.” “You could have knocked me over with a feather!” said Adam Edelen, a graduate of UK’s College of Agriculture. Edelen, who majored in community communications and leadership development, has been named one of the 2008 Ten Outstanding Young Americans by the United States Junior Chamber (Jaycees). You could say the Kentucky native is now in good company. Past Outstanding Young Americans include Presidents John Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton, and Vice Presidents Al Gore, Dan Quayle and Richard Cheney. Howard Hughes, Orson Wells, Elvis Presley, Nelson Rockefeller, Ted Kennedy and Christopher Reed also added the title to their resumes. The Ten Outstanding Young Americans program (TOYA) is considered one of the oldest and most prestigious recognition programs in the United States. Each year since 1938, the United
