SYCAMORE – Graduates of Genoa-Kingston High School are eligible to apply for a scholarship through the Lorene Brown Scholarship Foundation, of which The National Bank & Trust Company of Sycamore is the trustee.

The Lorene Brown Scholarship Foundation was created in 1993 by Lorene Brown, a lifelong resident of Genoa. Brown, who died in November 1995, was a 1920 graduate of the University of Illinois.

Lorene Brown scholarships are available for Genoa-Kingston High School students enrolled or accepted for enrollment as full-time students at Northern Illinois University or the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in either undergraduate or graduate programs. Since 1993, the foundation has awarded a total of $205,700 in scholarships.