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Katherine Ackley
Arianna Anderson
Khi Atchinson
Danielle Basdekis Walter J. & Anna H. Burchan Scholarship Florida State University
Quinten Bissell-Smith
Alexander Bitterman
Sabrina Blacklock
Leila Blair
Isabella Bonnici
Clifford A. & Elizabeth P. McVinney Memorial Scholarship Adelphi University
George A. & Isabelle L. Niles Scholarship Pennsylvania State University
Charles T. & Doris B. Gallagher Memorial Scholarship SUNY Cortland
Margaret W. Ouimet Memorial Scholarship SUNY Oneonta
Robert Squires Memorial Scholarship Cornell University
Brooks’ Bar-B-Que Charitable Foundation Scholarship Penn State University Park
Patricia Pantaleoni Memorial Music Scholarship Pratt Institute
Sam Bertuzzi Memorial Scholarship Aesthetic Science Institute
Avery Burnsworth
Olivia Card
Caleb Casey
Megan Catella
Catherine Cleveland
Adell Coe
Abigail Dening
Lily Evans
Janice “Denny” Lennox Memorial Scholarship High Point University
The Future for Oneonta Foundation, Inc. Scholarship SUNY Oneonta
Susan Remillard Memorial Scholarship Siena College
Josiah & Mary Louise Lawson Memorial Scholarship SUNY Oneonta
Robert W. & Joan Moyer Trust Scholarship Hartwick College
Class of 1969 Scholarship in Honor of Bud Pirone SUNY New Paltz
Jared Trotti Memorial Scholarship North Carolina State University
Jacob Ghiorse
Angelica Goodhue
Olivia Hanbridge
Olivia Hansen
Keara Hazard
Martine Hitchcock
Michelle R. Goodhue Memorial Scholarship SUNY Oneonta
Daniel & Jean Rothermel Memorial Scholarship Nazareth College
Oneonta Dollars for Scholars Founders Scholarship Binghamton University
Lindsay Marie Harvey Memorial Scholarship Stony Brook University
Richard A. Murphy Memorial Scholarship SUNY New Paltz
Nathaniel Kuhlmann
Jillian LaHood
Levi LaTourette
Sydney Lawrence
Union College
James C. & Mary Louise Austin Memorial Scholarship SUNY New Paltz
Rev. Richard H. Frye Memorial Scholarship Roberts Wesleyan College
Mary Brantley
Lucas Breakey
Brooks’ Bar-B-Que Charitable Foundation Scholarship New York University
Hon. Robert A. Harlem Memorial Scholarship Stony Brook University
Sam Bertuzzi Memorial Scholarship SUNY Delhi
Rilie Falconio-Gray
Maria Farrell
Jack Flynn
Matthew Frederick
C. James & Lois S. Herrick Memorial Scholarship University of British Columbia
Willies Family Foundation Scholarship Tennessee State University
Dr. Rudolph & Gwen L. Schuster Scholarship LeMoyne College
Anthony & Marcella Drago Scholarship Wilkes University
Class of 1969 Scholarship in Honor of Bud Pirone SUNY New Paltz
Christian Holoquist
Bradley Jacobs
Morgan Jipson
Mahala Johnson
Emma Knudson
Kamryn Koffer
First Responders Scholarship SUNY Delhi
Oneonta Rotary Breuninger/Forman Award Hartwick College
Zuretti Family Scholarship SUNY Oswego
Steven A. Lutz Memorial Scholarship SUNY Cortland
James & Carol Baker Family Scholarship Lycoming College
Herb & Rae Froh Memorial Scholarship Wilkes University
Sixth Ward Athletic Club Association, Inc. Scholarship LeMoyne College
Olivia Litzinger
Devon Loucks
Andrew Lutz
Edward McGraw
Kylie McKee
Isaac Medina
Leia Medina
Frances Miller
Steven A. Lutz Memorial Scholarship SUNY Delhi
Alice S. Clark Memorial Scholarship SUNY Oneonta
Shane Robert Marmet Memorial Scholarship SUNY Oneonta
Pasquale & Mary Leone Memorial Scholarship Binghamton University
George Lambros Memorial Scholarship Wake Forest University
Frank W. Getman, Sr. Memorial Scholarship St. Bonaventure University
Jim Konstanty “That’s a Good Start” Scholarship SUNY Broome
Oneonta Teachers Association Scholarship SUNY Canton
Frances E. Rowe Scholarship Charitable Trust Monroe Community College
Bradley Morell
Ryan Mussaw
Nadia Nelson
Olivia O’Donnell
Emile Orgeron
Hastings Otieno
Julianna Pidgeon
Tanya Pledger
Chui Ting Poon
Evelynn Ritter
Emily Rozelle
Oneonta Rotary Community Service/ Selean “Sam” Koury Syracuse University
Frank G. & Ethel E. Becker Memorial Scholarship Utica College
Thomas M. Hughson Scholarship Endowment Fund SUNY Oneonta
Robert R. Warner Memorial Scholarship SUNY New Paltz
Alexander Osterhoudt
Angie Bertuzzi Memorial Scholarship Cornell University
Douglas Parsons Memorial Scholarship Cornell University
Brooks’ Bar-B-Que Charitable Foundation Scholarship Broome Community College
William R. Pirone Scholarship SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta Rotary Community Service Scholarship Boston University
Forgiano Family Leadership Award SUNY Oneonta
Walter J. & Anna H. Burchan Vocational Scholarship SUNY Delhi
Nathaniel Schwed
Kathryn Seery
Madeline Segar
Elizabeth Serafin
Andrew Shapiro
Clarissa Shaw
Meredith Smithling
Zosia Thibault
Robert Tonner
Giulian Vergari
Paige Wandelt
Oneonta Chapter DAR Scholarship SUNY Oneonta
Jeremy Allen Memorial Scholarship Mt. Holyoke College
Bruce Rowe Memorial Scholarship Allegheny College
Nancy Weeks Memorial Scholarship SUNY Cortland
John K. Miller Memorial Mathematics Scholarship Cornell University
Robert W. & Joan F. Moyer Memorial Scholarship University at Albany
Dolores O. & Daniel G. Noonan Family Scholarship Boston University
Christine M. Schermerhorn Memorial Scholarship Nazareth College
The Daily Star Scholarship U. S. Navy
Sara VanValkenburg
Edward & Florence Ostrowski Memorial Scholarship SUNY Cobleskill
Frederick A. Puritz Memorial Scholarship Suffolk County Community College
Stan & Linda Syvertsen Family Scholarship
ESTABLISHED IN 1991
Kelly Weeks Winifred Marcley Memorial Scholarship Lander University
A 501(c)3 not for profit organization, Oneonta Dollars for Scholars® celebrates student achievement and assists students in reaching their higher education goals by raising funds and awarding scholarship monies with the support of caring donors from the Oneonta community and beyond. Affiliated with Scholarship America® for over 29 years.
Supporting the Oneonta community for more than 29 years.
John & Catherine Gallagher Memorial Scholarship SUNY Brockport
Help Students Reach Higher Education Funding Goals Recipients are graduates of Oneonta City School or equivalent entering 2 or 4 year colleges, universities or vocation technical programs. 2 & 3 | Oneonta Dollars for Scholars® Award Recipients 2020
Alessandra Boxill-Yakalis
William & Esther Fink Memorial Scholarship Hartwick College
AWARDS TO DATE: Since 1992, nearly 1,200 students have received awards with close to $800,000 in scholarship funds awarded. FORBES NAMED SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA® ONE OF THE TOP 100 CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE U.S.
Graham Wooden Eugene Francis Murphy Memorial Scholarship Mansfield University
Congratulations to all the Congratulations to all the 2020 Award Recipients 2020 Award Recipients Board Members Carol Baker, David Brower, Karen Brown, John Chamard, Lori Cudney, Pam Ferguson, Denise Herrick, Carol Kiehn Kirkey, Andrea Lister, Reggie Ranieri McGuinness, Board Members Dolores Noonan, Marilyn Rosas, Nicholas Rosas, Barbara Rothermel, Otto Rothermel, Carol Baker, David Brower, Karen Brown, John Chamard, Lori Cudney, Pam Ferguson, Jacqueline Rowe, Thomas Schermerhorn and Deborah Wolfanger Denise Herrick, Carol Kiehn Kirkey, Andrea Lister, Reggie Ranieri McGuinness, Member Honorary Dolores Noonan, Marilyn Rosas, Nicholas Rosas, Barbara Rothermel, Otto Rothermel, Anne Moriarty Jacqueline Rowe, Thomas Schermerhorn and Deborah Wolfanger Student Representatives Member Honorary Adrianna Dugan, Andrew Lutz, Mahala Johnson and Angelica Goodhue Anne Moriarty Student Representatives Adrianna Dugan, Andrew Lutz, Mahala Johnson and Angelica Goodhue
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