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词条 Fred Scarf
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  1. Life and Education

     Birth and legacy  High School and College 

  2. Career

     Charity  Entrepreneurship 

  3. References

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|04|05}} {{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}
| birth_place = Tarzana, California, U.S. {{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}
| residence = Los Angeles, California
| education = UC Berkeley, Cornell University
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| occupation = Founder & CEO of Schedule Swapper{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}
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Frederick Aaron Scarf (born April 5, 1990) is an American entrepreneur. He is best recognized for founding the No Worries Now Foundation.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}

Life and Education

Birth and legacy

Scarf and his twin sister were born on the April 5, 1990 in Tarzana, California.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}} He was named after his grandfather, Frederick L. Scarf, a renowned space scientist who had a worldwide impact.   In Fred L. Scarf’s memory, the American Geophysical Union created the Fred L. Scarf Award.  

High School and College

In 2008, Scarf graduated salutatorian from Birmingham High School. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm0qX47U4Fw] The same year, he was accepted and matriculated at UC Berkeley. 

In 2009, he transferred to Cornell University.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}} During breaks, Scarf would do stand up in Los Angeles and eventually performed stand up shows on campus.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}} He withdrew from the university in 2011 to finish his charitable work,{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}} pursue stand up, and learn more about start up companies. 

One year later, in 2012, Scarf reenrolled in UC Berkeley, where he studied Interdisciplinary Studies, specializing in Politics and Technology.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}

Scarf graduated from Berkeley in 2014.

Career

Charity

In 2005, at only 15 years old, Scarf founded the Shiri Foundation, (renamed in 2009 as No Worries Now), a nonprofit that organizes proms for teens with serious illnesses.   While Scarf was a freshman at Berkeley, he won the Diller Award.   He received $36,000, which he donated to No Worries Now.   In 2010 Scarf was honored as a CNN Hero.  He was chosen from more than 10,000 nominations submitted by viewers in 100 countries.  

Entrepreneurship

In 2012 Scarf founded momenTOGO, a free mobile video sharing application. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm0qX47U4Fw] The Daily Clog, a blog of the Daily Cal, selected momenTOGO as App of the Week.  

One year later, in 2013, he founded Schedule Swapper, a free mobile schedule sharing application. Scarf currently serves as CEO of Schedule Swapper.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}

References

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  • http://articles.latimes.com/1988-07-20/news/mn-5831_1_soviet-space
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm0qX47U4Fw
  • http://honors.agu.org/nomination/fred-l-scarf-award/
  • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/25/fred-scarf-cnn-hero-plans_n_625755.html
  • http://www.dillerteenawards.org/award-recipients/past-recipients
  • http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/38454/with-youth-like-fred-scarf-fairytales-can-come-true/
  • http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/09/22/cnnheroes.top10/
  • http://www.dailycal.org/2013/06/12/momentogo/
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