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CORVALLIS - Oregon State University Department of Horticulture students have earned nearly 50 awards and more than $40,000 in scholarships.

Scholarships are for the 1997-98 academic year, which begins Sept. 29.

Honorees include: IN OREGON
ALBANY:

Ryan Wyckoff, senior in turf and landscape management, $1,500 Northwest Turfgrass Association Scholarship. ALOHA:

Glenn Armstrong, senior in horticultural science, $1,000 General Dillingham Produce Industry Scholarship honoring a student intending to enter the fresh fruit or vegetable industry. BANKS:

Daniel Harrang, senior in horticultural science, $500 Ezra J. Kraus Memorial Scholarship, honoring Kraus, a former OSU professor and renowned plant scientist. BEAVERTON: Wes Deuel, senior in horticulture, $1,000 Oregon Nurserymen's Foundation

 

Memorial Award and $1,000 Ruth Rose Richardson Park Memorial Award from Multnomah Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution; Micah Woods, senior in turf and landscape management, $750 Oregon Golf Course Superintendent's Association Scholarship, $1,500 Northwest Turfgrass Association Award, Golf Course Superintendents Association of America Award and $1,000 Oregon Nurserymen's Foundation Patio Alliance Award. BROOKS:

Christina Adelman, junior in horticulture, $1,000 Oregon Nurserymen's Foundation, Retail Chapter III Award and $1,000 Grow and Show Garden Club Scholarship. CANBY:

James Simnitt, sophomore in horticulture, $1,000 Oregon Nurserymen's Foundation Mt. Hood Chapter II Award. CORNELIUS: Annette Cropp, sophomore in turf and landscape management, $1,500 Northwest Turfgrass Association Award. CORVALLIS: Angela Bluhm, senior in horticultural science, $1,000 Ezra J. Kraus Memorial Scholarship, honoring Kraus, a former OSU professor and renowned plant scientist; James Frantz, senior in horticultural science, $1,250 Oregon Horticultural Society Scholarship and $1,150 Oregon Seed Trade Association Award; Holly Hopping, post-baccalaureate in horticultural science, $1,250 Oregon Horticultural Society Scholarship and $500 Endicott Farms Scholarship for students with interests in vegetable production.

COTTAGE GROVE: Nathan Champion, senior in horticultural science, $1,000 Grow and Show Garden Club Scholarship. EUGENE:

Michael Dorris, post-baccalaureate in horticultural science, $500 Wilbur W. Burkhart Scholarship honoring Burkhart, a 1947 OSU graduate and OSU associate professor and extension agent. GRANTS PASS: Ryan Bancroft, senior in turf and landscape management, $500 Oregon Golf

 

Course Superintendent's Association Scholarship. HAINES:

Sarah Blatchford, sophomore in horticultural science, $1,000 Rolland A. Beglau Memorial Scholarship for a student with enthusiasm for production of vegetable and fruit crops. The award was established in 1978 in honor of Beglau, who earned his bachelor's degree in horticulture from OSU and worked in horticulture and the food processing industry. HOOD RIVER: Paul Aubert, sophomore in horticultural science, $2,500 Oregon Horticultural Society Scholarship. JUNCTION CITY: Justin Henderson, senior in horticultural science, $1,000 General Dillingham Produce Industry Scholarship honoring a student intending to enter the fresh fruit or vegetable industry. MCMINNVILLE: Paul Rozek, senior in turf and landscape management, Golf Course Superintendents Association of America Award. MILWAUKIE: Scott Moffenbeier, senior in turf and landscape management, $750 Oregon Golf Course Superintendent's Association Scholarship; Andrea Wright, senior in turf and landscape management, $1,120 Oregon Community Foundation Jane Kerr Platt Memorial Scholarship. MULINO:

Jessica Howe, senior in horticultural science, $1,500 Ezra J. Kraus Memorial Scholarship, honoring Kraus, a former OSU professor and renowned plant scientist. PENDLETON: Phillip Lagao, senior in turf and landscape management, $1,000 Trans-Mississippi Golf Association Award. PORTLAND:

Megan Bosler , junior in horticultural science, $500 Ezra J. Kraus Memorial Scholarship, honoring Kraus, a former OSU professor and renowned plant scientist; Jenny Hanks, senior in horticulture, $500 Oregon Nurserymen's Foundation Emerald Empire Chapter Award; Melanie Hinds, junior in horticultural science, $1,000 Grow and Show Garden Club Scholarship; Clayton Moore, senior in turf and landscape management, $500 OSU Horticulture Club Scholarship. SALEM:

Peter Kuenzi, junior in horticultural science, $2,500 Oregon Horticultural Society Award; Jeanne Marlowe, post-baccalaureate in horticulture, $1,000 Oregon Nurserymen's Foundation Retail Chapter I Award and $500 OSU Horticulture Club Scholarship.

SILVERTON:

Rachel Bielenberg, senior with a minor in horticultural science, $500 Ezra J. Kraus Memorial Scholarship, honoring Kraus, a former OSU professor and renowned plant scientist. SPRINGFIELD: Kevin Turner, senior in horticultural science, $1,500 Oregon State Federation of Garden Clubs Scholarship. WALDPORT:

Michele Thompson, post-baccalaureate in horticultural science, $1,500 J. Frank Schmidt Award. WEST LINN:

Shari Fluter, sophomore in turf and landscape management, $1,120 Oregon Community Foundation Jane Kerr Platt Memorial Scholarship and $550 Oregon Nurserymen's Foundation Joseph H. Klupenger Award.

OUT OF STATE

MICHIGAN
ALPENA:

James Frantz, senior in horticultural science, $1,250 Oregon Horticultural Society Scholarship and $1,150 Oregon Seed Trade Association Scholarship.

MISSOURI
ST. LOUIS:

Thomas Huesgen Jr., post-baccalaureate in turf and landscape management, $2,500 Richard Fallon Memorial Scholarship and Golf Course Superintendent's Association of America Award.

MONTANA
LEWISTOWN: Amy Schultz, senior in horticultural science, $500 Ezra J. Kraus Memorial Scholarship, honoring Kraus, a former OSU professor and renowned plant scientist.

NEW HAMPSHIRE
PORTSMOUTH: Leslie Hurley, sophomore in horticultural science, $500 Ezra J. Kraus Memorial Scholarship, honoring Kraus, a former OSU professor and renowned plant scientist.

NORTH DAKOTA
MANDAN:

Patrick Osborn, senior in horticultural science, $1,500 Ezra J. Kraus Memorial Scholarship, honoring Kraus, a former OSU professor and renowned plant scientist.

PENNSYLVANIA
SHAVERTOWN: Holly Hopping, post-baccalaureate in horticultural science, $1,250 Oregon Horticultural Society Scholarship and $500 Endicott Farms Scholarship for students with interests in vegetable production.

VIRGINIA
VIENNA:

Lisa Griffin, sophomore in horticulture, $500 Oregon Nurserymen's Foundation Bill Egan Memorial Award.

WASHINGTON
SEATTLE:

Blane Hezel, senior in turf and landscape management, $2,500 Richard Fallon Memorial Scholarship.