Amanda Bumann, a mechanical engineering student from Sioux Falls, has been selected to receive the Jack First Scholarship award.
The recipient of this award is chosen based on a short essay candidates write. Each year, First selects a new essay topic on one of the amendments to the United States Constitution. The essay topic this year was the pros and cons of the Second Amendment.
Only female students majoring in mechanical engineering are eligible for this award since it is First's goal to encourage more women to enter this often male-dominated field.
In 1954, First started a small gun shop in Lancaster, Calif. His specialty was customer service. He recognized the need for a good source for repair parts, and devised a system of supplying parts for gunsmiths that was faster than the service from the factories, a much-needed improvement in the world of gunsmithing. His same-day service was a welcome change and shortened the time involved in gun repairs, always a headache for gunsmiths and gun owners. Jack First, Inc., moved to Rapid City in 1994. At the new Rapid City location you'll find the same great inventory of new and obsolete parts for guns and gunsmithing. The facility includes a complete on-site repair department. First is a World War II Marine Corps Iwo Jima veteran.
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