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UNVMA S, Benjamin ("Ben') Kwong graduatedfrom Newport Ilarborifigh School in 2019, where he
playedfour years of 6ase6affand two years of football,• and
UNSEOMflS, Ben applied to, was acceptedby, and enrolled at the 'United States NavalAcademy, and
`iMU,XS, in the entire esteemed history of the V.S. Naval Academy, Ben is only the SSth Rhodes
Scholar ever- and
TM4MAS, Ben was only one of thirty-two Rhodes Scholarship winners out of more than 840
applicants from 244 schoo&; and
TM4aflS, local sports writer RichardDunn wrote a glowing profile of Ben earlier this year in which
(Dunn noted that Ben rowed on the crew team his freshman year at Navy, has played volley6all on the
Navy clu6 team, is the 9th Company operations officer, vice president of the Navy Surf Clu6 and a
volunteerwith the 9VlidshipmanAction Groups wids4Kuls program, as wellas serving as a ple6e summer
squad leader, his favorite leadership position at the NavalAcademy.
AroW,, MUTOU, I, Noah Blom, Mayor of the City of Newport Beach, on 6ehalf of the entire
Newport Beach City Council, do here6y recognize
BE 2C"SONG
INWIZVESS %M9MOT, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of Newport
Beach to 6e affixed this 13th day oflune, 2023.
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