Marlborough Student Is First To Earn $10K Scholarship

MARLBOROUGH, MA — A 2020 grad from Marlborough is the first recipient of a lucrative scholarship aimed at boosting women who plan to pursue a career in technology.

Kaya Dorogi, who graduated this spring from the Bancroft School in Worcester, will get $10,000 per year to study computer science at Columbia University. The scholarship is sponsored by the Bedford tech company Progress, and was set up to honor Mary Székely, a longtime software engineer at the company.

Székely died of cancer in 2019 at age 78. In her career as an engineer, Székely was the lead developer of Progress' OpenEdge software, the company's "flagship technology platform."

Dorogi "demonstrated outstanding academic achievement, a truly entrepreneurial spirit, and because she exemplifies the qualities Mary carried with her throughout her life," Progress said in a news release.

At Bancroft, Dorogi was the captain of the ski team, participated in the Yale Young Global Scholars program, and was an inductee in the Bancroft Cum Laude Society, among other achievements.

“Kaya is an exceptional individual, and we’re thrilled that she is the first recipient of the Mary Székely scholarship,” Progress CEO Yogesh Gupta said in a news release. "Kaya is intelligent and driven with the spirit of an entrepreneur. She embodies everything that Mary stood for. We congratulate Kaya on her achievements and are proud to now be a small part of her story."