Community College of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Police to Recognize Kal&Lucille Rudman For College Tuition Grant Program

PHILADELPHIA, August 21, 2008–Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey will honor Kal and Lucille Rudman for their generosity, and accept their latest donation to a college scholarship program at 2 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 28, in the main auditorium at Philadelphia Police Headquarters, 8th and Race Streets.

Since 2002, the Kal and Lucille Rudman Foundation has helped Philadelphia police officers go to Community College of Philadelphia by supplying scholarships to pay for tuition and fees. The program pays tuition and fees for officers taking a three-credit course in the College's Justice Curriculum.

Police officers can attend courses in subjects, such as Organized Crime, Justice and Physics, taught by the College's faculty, at the Philadelphia Police Academy or at the College's Main or Regional Center campuses. Since its inception, the Rudman Foundation has provided 214 students with grants totaling $72,808. That total will grow on Aug. 28, when the Rudmans present Commissioner Ramsey with a check for $10,584 to cover tuition grants this fall for 24 police officers.

Kal Rudman is a Philadelphia native and a music and show business pioneer and legend. He is the founder and publisher of six radio and music industry publications, including The Friday Morning Quarterback. He and his wife are noted philanthropists. Their foundation is particularly interested in education and public safety. "Community colleges train 80 percent of the country’s police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians," according to a July 2008 USA Today article.