Rich (EE -69′) and Linda (HD- 68′, deceased) Detering are establishing this scholarship to help students SW Washington students attend Washington State University who might otherwise not be able to get a college education. Award Requirements The distributions from this Fund shall be used to award one or more scholarships in the College of Agricultural, […]
The Robert Ray Davis Scholarship is established to honor the life of Robert “Bob” Davis. Bob had a rich agricultural heritage, starting on the family farm on McKinley Road where he lived for over 20 years. He attended Wapato schools throughout his pre-college days. Bob was active in Future Farmers of America in Wapato, where […]
Irwin A. Dyer Award for Excellence in Nutrition was established as a tribute to Dr. Irwin Dyer who initiated the first program in Animal Science Nutrition and serve as the first Chairman for the Animal Science Nutrition Graduate Program at WSU. He was a man of compassion, enthusiasm, optimism, humility and grace. Award Requirements The […]
The Distinguished Order of Zerocrats, established in 1954, is an organization comprised of leaders in the frozen food industry. In 1965 the Frozen Food Industry Scholarship Foundation was formed to provide financial aid to students of need pursuing a career in the food industry. Over the years more than $1.3 million has been raised offering financial […]
Loyal H. Davis lived in Sumner, Washington and attended WSU, where his brother Harold was also a student. He joined AKL fraternity and was a 1932 graduate in chemistry. He temporarily worked as a hospital technician in the Pierce County Hospital in those days of the Depression. He was then a temporary Civil Service appointee […]
A strong belief in the value of higher education lead Errett and Evelyn Lund Deck to create scholarships in agriculture and communications. Errett graduated in 1938 with a major in Chemistry and earned a master’s degree in 1945 with a major in Agronomy. Errett drafted federal and state agricultural chemical legislation in his 20 years […]
The fund was set up through a bequest of Ethel Dettman. She was the daughter of Adams County wheat farmers William and Marie Dettman. Ethel was the last in a line of three generations of wheat farmers. She earned a degree in sociology from WSU in 1952 and became a social worker, serving clients in […]
This fellowship is set up in memory of Jan de Weerd by Jan W. and Tammy de Weerd and family, friends, and colleagues. Jan de Weerd was born on a dairy farm in the Netherlands, but had a love for tending the earth. He started raising his own potatoes at age 14. Jan began his […]
Joye Dillman, Associate Professor Emeritus in Human Development, endowed the Human Development Online Degree Scholarship. Joye retired from the department in May of 2008 after serving the department for 36 years. She was primarily responsible for developing the department’s internship program in 1977 and served as internship supervisor during the first five years of the program. She also served the department […]
This fund was established in the name of Mildred Moyer and Ella Moyer Doggett for scholarship and other educational purposes.