Cooper Awards Scholarship to Honor Roy Armes

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has awarded scholarships to six high school students with the first ever Roy V. Armes Scholarship of $5,000 and five $1,000 Cooper Centennial Scholarships. The scholarships are awarded to children of Cooper employees in the United States.

Established in 2016, the Roy V. Armes Scholarship honors former Cooper Chairman, CEO and President, Roy Armes, upon his retirement after nearly a decade with the tiremaker. Students who receive the Roy Armes and Cooper Centennial Scholarship scholarship is for students who will attend a four-year institution of higher learning to pursue careers in business or engineering.

“We are proud to support the families of our Cooper employees, who are some of the best and brightest in the industry, by offering these scholarships to the next generation of workforce leaders,” said Brad Hughes, Cooper’s president and CEO. “These students are top tier and very deserving of the scholarship awards. They have excelled in the classroom, taken part in extracurricular activities and given back to their communities. I congratulate the recipients and wish them the best of luck as they pursue their career goals.”

The Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation administers Cooper’s scholarship program. To be considered for these awards, each student is required to submit an application and essay. An independent committee then selects the winners.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has named Ryan Waldron as president of the company's Americas business unit, reporting to Chief Executive Officer and President Mark Stewart. He succeeds Steven R. McClellan, who retired on April 1.

"At Goodyear, our customers are at the center of everything we do, and in Ryan Waldron, we have a customer-centric, execution-focused business leader with a deep understanding of both the marketplace and all aspects of our business, as well as a proven track record of delivering results," Stewart said. "I am thrilled to announce him as president of Goodyear's Americas business and have enormous confidence that under his leadership, both the company and our customers will reach even greater levels of success."