An announcement recently at Houston City Hall highlighted the creation of the largest endowment ever created locally. The Houston Community Foundation said the John and Naomi Montgomery Scholarship Fund is expected to provide about 4,000 annually in scholarships to Houston High School students. The foundation is an affiliate of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks. From left: Ron Reed, president, Houston Community Foundation; Brian Fogle, CEO of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks; Dick Steckler, Edward Jones, Houston, who facilitated the Montgomery family in creation of the fund; Ross Richardson, member of the Houston Education Foundation and Houston Community Foundation; Joe Kammerer, central regional manager of Community Foundation of the Ozarks; and Joe Richardson, president of Houston Education Foundation. 

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