Salem Hospital Foundation Grants Scholarships
August 2, 2007

The Salem Hospital Foundation is pleased to announce that 91 students in medical or medically related fields will be receiving scholarships for the 2007-2008 school year. A total of $127,500 in scholarships was awarded to students pursuing degrees in nursing, pharmacy, imaging, and a variety of other medically related programs. 

The Foundation’s scholarship program began in 1968.  Since that time the Foundation has awarded over $1.25 million in tuition assistance.  Foundation Board members serving on the scholarship committee this year were Tim Abrahamson, Kathy Gordon, Jennifer Neahring MD, and Kelly Yunker.

Several special scholarships were awarded in memory of various community members including the John Alsever, M.D., physician scholarship; the Cass Bailey, M.D., physician scholarship; the Nita Jo Carter nursing scholarship; the Carl and Olive Emmons nursing scholarship; the Rollin Haag nursing scholarship; the Elmera “Tiny” Richardson nursing scholarship; The Hattie Kremen nursing scholarship; and the Haap Jackson imaging scholarship.

Awardees for the 2007-2008 school year are:

Aumsville: Aaron Miller, Matthew Mongenel, Julie Naatz

Dallas: Jamie Broussard, James Hoffman, Laura Peterson, Athena Samerotte, Benjamin Yost

Detroit: Jocelyn Hurley

Keizer: Hannah Bielenberg, Katie Coburn, Juliya Dmitriyeva, Shirley Eggen, Josiah Faville, Elizabeth Melendy, Charlla Puig, Amy Purkey, Tina Schindler, Kari Wattenbarger

Monmouth: Makayla Reed

Newberg: Dorothy Massey

Portland: Susan Christensen

Salem: Claire Alano, Debbie Buchwach, Megan Baskin, Linda Carter, Maia Cerneva, Matthew Collum, Pamela Cortez, Angela Davis, Kristin Faber, Daniel Fisher, Jia-Jan Fu, Susan Garson, Bethany George, Kaitlyn George, Dmitriy Gerasimenko, Kathryn Grim, Tyler Gilmore, Kristin Haydon, Shannon Hogan, Andrea Hughes, Jocelyn James, Nicole Kelchner, Joann Kerrigan, Kristy LeGault, Kelsey Lemons, Jessica Lewis-Caporal, Tonya Lutz, Robert Martin, Maureen McNabb, Anne Meeks, Megan Newton, Margaret Leah Ngure, Danielle Noble, Michelle Olds, Athena Pannas, Kari Radtke, Doreen Rodecap, Tamara Shalashov, Ryan Street, Stephanie Stupfel, Sarah Terpin, Rosella Thaddeus, Eric Timmons, Kathy Tran, Kerri Trapp, Zachary VandeGriend, Ross Wagner, Amy Ward, Wilma Weber, Heather Wiebe, Mark Wilhite, Lorene Ziak

Scio: Ruth Silbernagel

Sheridan: Jacob Bumstead

Silverton: Cora Dahl, Elizabeth Garrard, Leah Kaufman, Shanna Lesire, Linda McLagan, Samantha Pelletier, Amber Stutzman

Stayton: Miranda Devine, Katie Peterman

Sublimity: Casey Lulay, Lisa Riesterer, Susan Rodda

Turner: Lori Davis

Woodburn: Jason Phillips

Yamhill: Emily Hertel