La Salle freshman Joseph Doherty has been selected from a group of national finalists to become one of 16 in this year’s incoming class of the prestigious Kemper Scholars Program.

Kemper Scholars receive scholarships during their sophomore, junior, and senior years of college. During the summer following their sophomore year, Scholars live in Chicago, where they intern at the city’s top nonprofits and participate in weekly educational seminars. Following their junior year, Scholars secure paid business internships at for- profit businesses across the country. Doherty is from Fox Chase in Northeast Philadelphia and a graduate of Roman Catholic High School. He studies accounting and economics, and is currently in La Salle University’s Honors Program, Business Scholars Co-Op Program, Mock Trial Association, Enactus, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and the Investment Club.

“I frequently hear students and alums talk about the special doors that La Salle opened for them; this is my door,” said Doherty. “I am so excited to be a Kemper Scholar. As a born and raised Philadelphian, this program will allow me to broaden my horizons by living and working in a new city.”