Dundee Township Rotary Club awards $30,000 in scholarships

The Dundee Township Rotary Club recently awarded $30,000 in scholarships to 19 students attending Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville, Harry D. Jacobs High School in Algonquin, St. Edward Central Catholic High School in Elgin and Elgin Academy. Since 1981, the club has now awarded more than $715,000 in scholarships to area students who live in Dundee Township.

This year’s scholarship recipients were:

Ÿ Otto Engineering Scholarship: $1,000 Engineering, Kyle DeAtley, Jacobs;

Ÿ Dundee Township Rotary Interact Club Scholarship: $1,000 Merit, Megan Simpson, Jacobs;

Ÿ Dundee Township Visitor’s Center Scholarship: $1,500 Academic, Sarah Bowen, Dundee-Crown;

Ÿ Bob Morency Memorial Scholarship: $1,000 Vocational, Evelyn Zaborska-Gonzalez, Dundee-Crown;

Ÿ Bob Morency Memorial Scholarship: $1,000 Academic, Jeremy Wodka, Dundee-Crown;

Ÿ Bob Morency Memorial Scholarship: $1,000 Merit, Tess Waldron, Dundee-Crown;

Ÿ Bob Morency Memorial Scholarship: $1,000 Academic, Austin Fry, Dundee-Crown;

Ÿ Stig P. Orum Memorial Scholarship: $1,500 Environmental, Ian Pattison, St. Edward Central Catholic;

Ÿ Stig P. Orum Memorial Scholarship: $1,500 Environmental, Kevin Dispensa, Dundee-Crown;

Ÿ Emerson Crocker Memorial Fine Arts Scholarship: $2,000 Fine Arts, Tessa Dettman, Dundee-Crown;

Ÿ Harvey & Ethel Daeumer Foundation Scholarship: $2,500 Academic, Eleanor Oskorep, Dundee-Crown;

Ÿ Harvey & Ethel Daeumer Foundation Scholarship: $2,500 Academic, Tiffany Fang, Jacobs;

Ÿ EFS Foundation Scholarships: $1,000 Vocational, Kelsey Zeller, Dundee-Crown;

Ÿ EFS Foundation Scholarships: $2,000 Vocational, Sanjuana Solis, Dundee-Crown;

Ÿ EFS Foundation Scholarships: $2,000 Academic, Zoya Din, Jacobs;

Ÿ EFS Foundation Scholarships: $2,500 Academic, Jennifer Rodriguez, Dundee-Crown;

Ÿ EFS Foundation Scholarships: $2,500 Academic, Brenton Bartelt, Dundee-Crown;

Ÿ Bruce David Memorial Scholarship: $1,500 Vocational, Jacqueline Duarte, Dundee-Crown;

Ÿ John Brittain Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 Academic, Beck Blair, Elgin Academy.

Scholarship committee members are: chair Dr. Melisa Rothenberger, Barb Christie, Kristin Corriveau, Pat Gibbs, Curt McReynolds, Sandy Morganstein, Colleen Thomas and Al Treml.

The Dundee Township Rotary Club was founded in 1980. The group meets every Tuesday at noon at Emmett’s in West Dundee. For more information, call Al Treml at (847) 659-9266.