Account
Established - 1987
Purpose...
To provide funds each year for the Northshore Foundation
Memorial Scholarship awarded annually to a graduate of a Northshore School
District secondary schools who meets the criteria for the scholarship
given in memory of Anna Cowles, Kathleen Sanford, Darren Lindal, Chris Lin
and Dr. Walter E. Sundstrom. Criteria...
The
Northshore Foundation Memorial scholarship will be awarded to one
graduating senior from among Bothell, Inglemoor, Woodinville or
the Secondary Academy for Success high schools. The candidate
must be accepted into an accredited college or university. The
candidate must be pursuing a degree in music, secondary-school
teaching or special education. The scholarship is being offered in
memory of Anna Ferguson Cowles, Chris Lin, Darren Lindal, Kathleen
Sanford and Dr. Walter E. Sundstrom. The candidate must
demonstrate that he/she is a good citizen, has obtained a high
school grade point average of at least 3.0 and have provided
service to school and/ or community. Financial need will be a
primary consideration.
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Darren Lindal in the cockpit
of his float plane - 1985
2014
Scholarship Value...
$2,000
Foundation Memorial Scholarship
Will be awarded
in Memory of
Chris Lin, Darren Lindal,
Anna
Ferguson Cowles,
Kathleen Sanford
and Dr. Walter E. Sundstrom.
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The memorial...
At age 16 and before graduating from Inglemoor
High School, Darren Lindal obtained his single-engine, fixed-wing pilot's
license from a flight school at Paine Field. At age 19, while alone in a
seaplane, he died as a result of a mid-air collision with another float
plane in 1986. The accident occurred over Lake Washington. Three perished
in the second plane.
The scholarship account was established by his family.
Selection...
Candidates should submit the special application form
prepared by the Foundation. Personal interviews
selection committee may be held.
Coordinated by
Trustees of the Northshore Scholarship Foundation and members of the three
sponsoring service clubs.
Account Contribution to scholarship:
$500
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2006 Recipient
Mairead Magorrian
Plans
to use the scholarship at Aviation Training Center to become
a certified aircraft dispatcher.
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2005 Recipient
Melissa Olson
Employed as a dispatcher at Kenmore Air, Melissa is enrolled in the air
traffic controllers program at Green River Community College |
2004 Recipient
Joseph
A. Leatherman
Employed as a lineman at Kenmore Air Harbor and
will use the scholarship to help pay for a program to obtain his flight
instructor's license.
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