Pharmacy Student Scholarships
Scholarships provide much appreciated financial support for our students. Every year, due to the generosity of WSU alumni and Friends, we are able to award approximately $230,000 in scholarships.
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Endowed Scholarships for PharmD Students
Annual scholarships for PharmD students
Endowed scholarships for Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Students
Other pharmacy program endowments
Endowed Scholarships for PharmD Students
Endowed scholarships create a permanent legacy at the WSU College of Pharmacy and can be created with a minimum investment of $25,000. Often endowments are established by families or friends in honor or memory of a loved one.
Carolyn Backstrom Scholarship Fund was set up in 2001 by Carolyn Backstrom, a 1934 pharmacy graduate who worked in pharmacy until retiring in 1977.
Arby and Cathaline Baker Scholarship in Pharmacy was established by their son, Danial Baker ’78, who credits them with giving him a strong work ethic and drive. Dr. Baker has been a faculty member at the WSU College of Pharmacy since 1983.
Mabel E. Bement Scholarship was established in 1972 as an annual scholarship by the children of Mabel and Frank Bement: Reed Bement, a 1928 pharmacy graduate, Margaret Lehan, Betty Pence, and Ken Bement.
Fred & Esther Burmaster Memorial Scholarship was established in their memory in 1987 by their daughter, Ruthe Ridder. Fred graduated from WSC with a pharmaceutical chemist degree in 1924 and a pharmacy degree in 1925, and was a College of Pharmacy instructor from 1925 to 1929. Esther got degrees in home economics and education in 1925.
Dahmen-Williams Memorial Scholarship was established in 1984 by the families and friends of Douglas Dahmen and Brian Williams, second-year pharmacy students who were killed in an auto accident.
Deary Sisters Scholarship was established in 1992 by Harry Johnson in honor of his wife Norma, and her three sisters – Mary Jo, Peggy and Marita – all of whom graduated from the WSC College of Pharmacy between 1948 and 1955.
Harvey Denton/ Ronald McDonald House Charities of Spokane Endowed Scholarship in Pharmacy was established in 2002, in part with a bequest from Harvey, a 1933 pharmacy graduate, and in part by the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Spokane. Harvey and his wife, Bertha, operated the Denton Drugstore in St. John, Wash., for 21 years.
Die Apotheke Scholarship in Pharmacy was started in 2007 by David E. Bell of Lacey, Wash., a 1976 pharmacy graduate who has spent most of his career in hospital pharmacy.
Richard & Jacquelyne Doane Scholarship in Pharmacy was endowed in 2005 by Rick (1971 CPH) and Jacque Doane (1972 CAHNRS). Rick’s family has a long history with WSU as his father, uncle and two brothers are WSU Pharmacy graduates and his sister is a Nursing graduate. Jacque’s brother is a Ph.D. graduate from WSU’s College of Engineering. The Doanes established this scholarship to assist Pharmacy students in achieving their academic goals.
Ron and Carol Doane Scholarship
Morris Edward Ewell Scholarship was established in 1996 in memory of Morris Ewell ’31 by family and friends of Morrie. During his lifetime, Morrie was a practicing pharmacist in Spokane and the owner of Manito Pharmacy. His son, Edward Morris Ewell, is a 1959 pharmacy grad.
Julia D. Flory Memorial Scholarship was established in 1987 by her daughter, Julia F. Vinson, in memory of the 1930 pharmacy graduate who worked as a licensed pharmacist until 1950 and encouraged many young women to study and realize their potential.
Donald R. Galpin Memorial Scholarship was established in 1985 by the family and friends of Donald Galpin, a faculty member at the College from 1966 to 1985, in recognition of his loyalty and service to the College.
Max F. Garred Jr. Memorial Endowment
Margit Garthe Harrison Memorial Scholarship was established in 1996 by the estate of Margit and Charles Harrison. She was a 1939 WSC pharmacy graduate who practiced in Ketchikan, Alaska, and then at hospitals in Richland and Kennewick.
Holly Whitcomb Henry Scholarship Endowment in Pharmacy
Barbara Higgins Memorial Scholarship in International Health Sciences was created by Dr. Robert W. Higgins ’57 in memory of his late wife, Barbara, who passed away in 2002. She was a 1956 WSU graduate in home economics. After graduation, Dr. Higgins worked as a pharmacist for five years before he went on and got his medical degree from the University of Washington.
Nelson L. Higgins Memorial Scholarship was established in 1990 in memory of Nelson L. Higgins by Peter W. Wood, and was endowed by Mr. Higgins’ son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Robert W. and Judy Higgins. Nelson Higgins earned a Ph.G. (Graduate Pharmacist) from WSC in 1925, and a B.S. in Pharmacy in 1926. He owned pharmacies in Uniontown and Pullman. His son is a 1957 WSU pharmacy graduate.
Walter & Hazel Hinman Foundation Scholarship was established in 1969 through the will of Walter Hinman, who became a pharmacist in the early 1900s through an apprentice program. He worked in Seattle and served as treasurer of the WSPA for more than 40 years.
J. Bruce & Marian Hunter Memorial Scholarship was established in 1996 by Orville Johnson (a 1939 pharmacy graduate and family friend), Dr. Slonecker, and the daughters of J. Bruce Hunter and Marian Hunter. Bruce Hunter was a 1932 graduate of the College of Pharmacy.
Immunex Scholarship Fund was established in 1994 and has been awarded to pharmacy students with an interest in cancer treatment or research.
Martin J. Jinks Memorial Scholarship was created by the Jinks family and friends and the faculty and staff of the College of Pharmacy in memory of Marty Jinks, who was a faculty member and administrator at the College from 1978 until his death in 1996.
Irvin D. Johnson Endowed Scholarship is named for the 1932 pharmacy graduate who was a practicing pharmacist and pharmacy owner for about 20 years before he ventured into other businesses in Hood River, Ore. He left the endowed scholarship as part of his estate when he passed away in 2006.
E.H. Jones Scholarship was established in 1988 by Edyrn H. Jones and his wife, Lucille. He was a 1940 WSC graduate in chemistry and a 1942 pharmacy graduate from State University of Iowa who then had a long and distinguished career in retail pharmacy in Washington State.
Muriel Jones Memorial Scholarship was established in 1999 by Maynard Jones in memory of his wife, Muriel, pharmacy class of 1948, who died in 1995.
Wilbur N. Joyner Memorial Scholarship was established in 1972 with a bequest from the estate of Wilbur Joyner’s wife, Nanette. Wilbur was a pioneer druggist in Spokane who established and operated four drugstores and the Physicians and Surgeons Supply Co. from 1908 to 1926.
Dorothy Otto Kennedy Scholarship was established in 1987 by Duff and Dorothy Kennedy, Mary and Jack Shuler, and Bruce and Faye Kennedy, in honor of their mother, Dorothy Otto Kennedy, a 1916 pharmacy graduate. Dorothy Kennedy who was head of pharmacy at Everett General Hospital in Everett, Wash., at the time she retired from the profession.
Janice Sourwine Kenney Memorial Scholarship for Women Pharmacy Students
Don and Julia Lee Scholarship Fund was established in 1993 by Don to honor his wife Julia, who died in 1992. He was a Chinese emigrant who came to Pullman in 1928. After he and Julia were married, they owned Don's Midway Grocery near campus, which was frequented by students.
Charles Martin Memorial Scholarship was first awarded in 2001 and was established by Charles F. Martin’s family and former students from the College of Pharmacy, where Martin was a faculty member from 1943 through 1980.
Thomas W. Martin & Edward L. Jennings Endowment
Phyllis Clark McFadden Memorial Loan and Aid was established in 1972 through the will of her husband, Cyril E. McFadden. Phyllis McFadden was a 1925 WSC pharmacy graduate.
Donald J. McLeod Memorial Scholarship was established in 1987 in memory of 1936 pharmacy graduate McLeod by his wife, Margaret Nelson McLeod, and his brother-in-law, Walter N. Nelson. McLeod worked 40 years at the Upjohn Company in Kalamazoo, Mich., and retired in 1979 as director of specialty products manufacturing. (Also for graduate students.)
Dr. Edward R. Meyer Scholarship was established by Dr. Meyer in 1989. He was a 1938 WSC pharmacy graduate, who went on to complete his medical degree in 1943 from the University of Louisville Medical School in Kentucky. (Also for PharmD students.)
Abdel-Monem Endowed Scholarship in Pharmacy was established by the alumni and friends of the WSU College of Pharmacy to recognize Monem Abdel-Monem, Dean from 1987 to 1998.
Darold F. Niedermeyer Memorial Scholarship Fund was started in 2000 by Hi-School Pharmacy in Vancouver, Wash., to honor Darold Niedermeyer, a 1962 pharmacy graduate who worked at Hi-School for 21 years.
George Norin Scholarship was established by bequests from George and Iola Norin upon her death in 1998. George was a 1934 WSC pharmacy graduate.
Lawrence H. Norris Memorial Scholarship was established in 1991 by Claire D. Norris to honor Lawrence, a second generation pharmacist who graduated in 1951 from WSU. Norris owned Beall’s Rexall Drugs in Puyallup for 30 years before it was passed in 1992 to his son William Mark Norris, a 1976 pharmacy graduate.
Mark E. Preston Memorial Scholarship is named after a 1939 pharmacy grad. This scholarship is supported by Mark’s nieces and their families, Jane & Roger Bugbee and Dee and David Willms.
Albert H., May A., and Walter A. Powell Pharmacy Scholarship was established by a bequest from May Leone Powell of Cheney, Wash., to honor the memory of her mother and father, May A., and Arthur H. Powell, and her brother Walter, who was a 1920 WSC pharmacy graduate.
R.M. Cork Simmelink Scholarship was established in 2000 by Cork’s wife, Audrey, in memory of her husband, who was a 1949 WSU pharmacy graduate. Cork and Audrey owned and operated Cork’s Pharmacy in Kennewick. (Also for graduate students.)
Larry Simonsmeier Memorial Endowment
Elwyn & Viola Swetman Rx Scholarship was started in the 1940s by Mr. Swetmann as an annual contribution for scholarships. The scholarship was later endowed through a bequest from Viola T. Swetmann.
Betty Ewing Tannehill Memorial Scholarship
Gary Thiemens Memorial Scholarship was established in 1994 by Kim Rieken and family in memory of this 1977 graduate who served as a president of the Spokane Pharmacists Association and was a member of the College’s Alumni Advisory Board.
Joseph J. and Marjorie R. Thompson Scholarship
Jessie Senora Sims Walker Scholarship was established in 1991 by Monem and Judy Abdel-Monem to honor the 1913 pharmacy graduate who was the first African-American graduate of Washington State College. She went on to a distinguished career as a pharmacist in Tacoma.
George H. Watt Memorial Scholarship honors the man who taught the first pharmacy class at Washington State College in 1896 and who served as one of the early chairs of the pharmacy department. The scholarship was funded from the estate of Mrs. George H. Watt.
Annual Scholarships for PharmD Students
Supervalu/Albertsons Scholarship
ASHP/Marty Jinks Memorial Travel Award
Bartell Drug Company Pharmacy Scholarship
Bi-Mart Scholarship
Cardinal Health Corporation Scholarship
CVS Caremark Scholarship
Doane Family Scholarship
Fred Meyer Scholarship
Gerald Briggs Scholarship
Marguerite Villars/ Spokane Pharmaceutical Association Scholarship
Maurice Lawson Memorial Scholarship
McKinley & Harriet Roberts Memorial Scholarship
Medco Health Solutions Scholarship
Mortar & Pestle Scholarship
Marshall and Joyce Roberts Scholarship
National Association of Chain Drug Stores Education Foundation Scholarship
Peninsula Pharmacies Scholarship
Pharmacists Mutual Scholarship
Pharmacy Alumni Scholarship
Quality Food Centers Scholarship
Rite Aid Corporation Scholarship
Rho Chi Scholarship
Rosauers Scholarship
Safeway Scholarship
Shopko Stores Pharmacy Scholarship
Stanley Reinhaus Family Foundation Scholarship
Walgreens Scholarship
Walmart Scholarship
Washington State Pharmacy Foundation Scholarship
Endowed Scholarships for Pharmaceutical Science Graduate Students
Bracken Family Fellowship was established in 1995 by Sharon Lewis Bracken to support cancer prevention research at WSU. Sharon and her husband Jim owned and operated L.D. Bracken pharmacies of Seattle, started by Jim’s father, L.D. Bracken. Jim died of leukemia in 1984.
Erwin N. & Jennie L. Foisey Memorial Scholarship was established by funds from their estate in 1986. He graduated as a pharmaceutical chemist from WSC in 1926 and spent close to half a century working for Aubert Drug in Bellingham, becoming part owner of the business in later years.
Dorothy Otto Kennedy Endowed Graduate Fellowship was established in 1987 by Duff and Dorothy Kennedy, Mary and Jack Shuler, and Bruce and Faye Kennedy, in honor of their mother, Dorothy Otto Kennedy, a 1916 pharmacy graduate. Dorothy Kennedy who was head of pharmacy at Everett General Hospital in Everett, Wash., at the time she retired from the profession.
Donald J. McLeod Memorial Scholarship was established in 1987 in memory of 1936 pharmacy graduate McLeod by his wife, Margaret Nelson McLeod, and his brother-in-law, Walter N. Nelson. McLeod worked 40 years at the Upjohn Company in Kalamazoo, Mich., and retired in 1979 as director of specialty products manufacturing. (Also for PharmD students.)
Dr. Edward R. Meyer Scholarship was established by Dr. Meyer in 1989. He was a 1938 WSC pharmacy graduate, who went on to complete his medical degree in 1943 from the University of Louisville Medical School in Kentucky. (Also for PharmD students.)
Sue Harriet Monroe Mullen Graduate Fellowship was established in 1998 to support cancer research at the College. Sue Mullen was a 1928 WSC graduate in home economics whose father, brother and husband were pharmacists. Cancer claimed the lives of many of her family members – grandfather, father, mother, daughter, and four brothers.
James and Diann Robbers Student Research Scholarship was established in December 2007 by James and Diann Robbers, both from Everett, Wash. Diann graduated from WSU in 1957 with a B.S. in physical education and he graduated the same year with a B.Pharm., and then in 1961 with an M.S. in Pharmacy. Diann went on to to become a registered physical therapist and James obtained a Ph.D. and spent many years at Purdue University, as a professor in the department of medicinal chemistry.
R.M. Cork Simmelink Scholarship was established in 2000 by Cork’s wife, Audrey, in memory of her husband, who was a 1949 WSU pharmacy graduate. Cork and Audrey owned and operated Cork’s Pharmacy in Kennewick. (Also for PharmD students.)
Other Endowments for the Pharmacy Program
Endowments for Pharmacy Research Support
Louise F. Holzer Darden Memorial Research Fund
Harriet Monroe Mullen Innovative Research Fund
Donald J & Margaret N McLeod Endowment
Endowments for Pharmacy Program Needs
Denton Harvey Endowment
Hart Endowed Excellence Fund
Healing Gifts Endowment Fund
Allen I. White Lectureship
Endowed Professorships in Pharmacy
Boeing Endowed Professorship
R. Keith Campbell Professorship in Diabetes Care
J Roberts & Marcia Fosberg Distinguished Professorship
Dorothy Otto Kennedy Distinguished Professorship
Allen I. White Endowed Professorship