Sustaining Partners

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Northshore Art and Music Scholarships
Northshore Education Scholarships
Northshore Business Scholarships

This page is dedicated to those families, community members, organizations and businesses who have contributed to the work of the Scholarship Foundation.

Their contributions have made it possible since 1984 to

• Provide 2,200 scholarships to high school graduates at a value of $3.9 million.
• Accumulate a base of assets of nearly $2 million from which investment returns can be used for scholarship grants.
• Provide funds to cover the cost of operating the Foundation.

Each of the contributors listed here are recognized in connection with the Foundation’s Field of Study (FOS) scholarships offered in 2017 and in future years.

Many of the scholarships were started to remember loved ones. Contributions for memorials from families and friends ranged from $5,000 in the 1980s to as much as $60,000 and $100,000 in the Twenty Teens (2014-2015). In many cases, over the years the scholarship sponsors have stepped up with further donations to make sure their scholarship could be awarded.

Honoring the 83 Founding Families and Memorialized Individuals

Northshore Arts and Music Scholarships

Chris Lin
The Lin memorial account was established through memorials and family contributions to provide a music scholarship at Inglemoor High School. During his senior year at Inglemoor, Christopher was killed in an auto-pedestrian accident near their home in the Juanita-Moorlands area.

Peg Phillips
The account was established by Woodinville Rotary Club in memory of honorary club member Peg Phillips, the founder of Woodinville Repertory Theater and the famed character actor in the hit television series Northern Exposure. She was a Woodinville resident from 1977 until her death in November of 2002. Rotary bestowed its highest international honor with a Paul Harris Fellow award in recognition of her efforts to foster the community theater in Woodinville.

Paul Michael Roberts
The memorial was established by family and friends. Paul was the son of Connie Milliken and Dick Roberts. This scholarship is dedicated to Paul’s passion for life, his love of music, and the completion of his dream. Paul attended Kenmore Elementary, Kenmore Junior High, and Inglemoor High School, graduating in 1994. He was awarded an Associates Degree in music from Central College in McPherson Kansas, and a Business Degree from Northwest College in Kirkland.

Even as a baby, Paul was intrigued by music. He loved the rhythm, the words, and the instruments. Beginning first with pots and pans, then a rhythm set, Paul began making his own music. He played the piano by ear, preferring his own versions to those he learned in piano lessons. In fourth grade he learned to play the cello and then the electric guitar in junior high. Over time he added woodwinds, brass, flutes, and drums to his repertoire and his compositions, music and lyrics, covered a variety of musical genres.

Betty Stoutenburg
The Betty Stoutenburg memorial account was established by her widower, Dr. John Stoutenburg, a member of Northshore Rotary Club at the time. Betty was an accomplished artist and the scholarship was designed to go to a graduate planning to pursue a career in art.

Northshore Business Scholarships

Philip Carter Memorial
A 1959 graduate of Bothell High School, Phil Carter entered in the practice of law in Bothell and Kirkland following graduation from the University of Washington Law School. He was a past president of Northshore Rotary Club  and among nine Northshore Rotarians who founded the Scholarship Foundation in 1984. He spent 33 years engaged in a professional and volunteer relationship with the Evergreen Health District, serving as president of the Evergreen Health Foundation. The Memorial scholarship is renewable for three years and is sponsored by Philip Carter’s family.

Carl Knoll
Carl Knoll of Kenmore was founder of Knoll Lumber and Hardware. He was a charter member and served as Northshore Rotary president. Carl was active in his church and in regional lumber associations, with special interest in student foreign exchange programs. Carl and his wife Lorna were host in 1963-64 to Yves Mosse of Nime, France, a student who still maintains contact with schoolmates and Rotarians as a resident of Paris and Nime.

Gordon & Janet Livengood
Janet and Gordon Livengood were long-time residents of Kirkland and later in Seattle’s houseboat district. Janet Livengood maintained an active interest in public affairs and participated in a number of public, non-profit organizations supporting good government at the local level.

Gordon Livengood served as city attorney for Bothell for a number of years prior to the city adopting the city manager form of government. He was a charter member of the Northshore Rotary Club and was active in his law practice nearly 50 years. He also continued his service club membership until the time of his death in 2001. The Livengood estate, at Gordon’s passing, bequeathed $100,000 to the Northshore Scholarship Foundation.

Jim & Rosemary McAuliffe
Awarded annually in recognition of the civic contributions of the Jim and Rosemary McAuliffe family and sponsored by the Hollywood Schoolhouse wedding and event center in Woodinville.

Bob & Ruth Munro
The scholarship was first established in memory of floatplane aviation pioneer Bob Munro, founder in 1946 and operator of Kenmore Air Harbor at the north end of Lake Washington.
Northshore and Woodinville Rotary clubs contributed to the endowment along with family and a legion of friends. Bob Munro, a native of Seattle, established the seaplane business after World War II. He was a charter member and past president of Northshore Rotary. He was one of nine Northshore Rotarians to organize the scholarship Foundation in 1984. “His unwavering sense of honesty and integrity in business made him one of the most respected figures in the aviation industry.”

Ruth Munro died in 2003. The Munro’s devoted much of their lives to the seaplane world, maintaining their residence directly next door to the seaplane port. Their grandson Todd Banks, presently is active in the operating management of the business along with the Munro daughter Leslie Banks and son Gregg Munro. In 2015, Gregg was named to the Northshore School District “Wall of Honor” for his humanitarian service.

Town of Grace
The memorial scholarship account was established through a $100,000 bequest from an anonymous entrepreneur who conducted business in the fictional town of Grace, Washington.

The Town of Grace Entrepreneur Scholarship was established to recognize young people who have demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit and initiative and to raise awareness among the community’s youth of the critical role that private enterprise and entrepreneurship play in the building of our community.

Jerry Wilmot
Jerry, a former president and general manager of Molbak’s Inc., effectively applied human resources and organizational behavior leadership skills to achieve team concepts at his work as well as in his community service endeavors. The scholarship is a tribute to his contribution to others and his commitment to a personal style of management, so rare in today’s business world. His motto was to “act beyond reproach and respect others.”

Established by the Woodinville Rotary Club in memory of Jerry Wilmot, a Woodinville community leader who was general manager and president of Molbak’s, Inc. His special business interests were in the field of human resources and organizational behavior. He died in 1994 of Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Jerry was a charter member and served as president of the Woodinville Rotary Club and was active in civic affairs in Woodinville. He was instrumental in drawing diverse community interests together in city planning endeavors and in the consideration for incorporation. He was a native of Minnesota, served in the Navy as a pilot during the Vietnam war and, at the time of his death, was president and general manager of Molbak’s in Woodinville. He was a strong supporter of education, serving on the faculty of “Business Week” programs for high school students.

Woodinville Chamber
The Woodinville Chamber is a non-profit membership organization [501(c) 6], funded by membership dues, contributions and fundraising. With the mission “to promote, strengthen, and represent a successful business community,” the chamber is able to act as a combined voice to help focus government on the needs of the business community. Just as the diversity of our community enriches and solidifies our city, the diversity in the chamber solidifies and strengthens our businesses.

In 1962, Woodinville was a quaint village, a mixture of modest homes and a few scattered businesses. In that year, local business people, foreseeing expansion and the need for a focused community organization, formed the Woodinville Chamber. Seeing demands for more public facilities, comprehensive land use, and transportation planning, the Chamber took a leading role in support of Woodinville’s incorporation in 1993 and continues to grow with Woodinville’s business and tourism.

Marv Workman
The scholarship is given in recognition of Woodinville Rotarian Marv Workman and was announced January 31, 2006 at the club’s 19th anniversary Charter Night Celebration. Marv Workman was a founding trustee of the Northshore Scholarship Foundation and was a charter member of the Woodinville Rotary Club established in 1987. He was the club’s first full-term president serving from July 1, 1987 through June 30, 1988. Marv maintained an accounting practice over the years in Woodinville, Redmond and Totem Lake. The Workmans raised four children, all of whom are graduates of Woodinville High School.

Dean Worthington
A.Dean Worthington of Bothell, who was president of the family-owned Bothell State Bank for many years, was a charter member and served as president of Northshore Rotary. Dean represented this area as an appointed member of the Metro Council (prior to its merger with King County government). As a member of Northshore Rotary, Dean was instrumental in starting a scholarship program for graduates at Bothell High School and served as scholarship chairman when the club expanded its community service to include the new Inglemoor High School. He is the uncle of Richard C. Worthington Jr., for which a memorial account was established by the family to support Bothell graduates.

Rusty Young
Rusty Young served four years as president of the Northshore Scholarship Foundation, having been elected to the Board of Trustees following his year as president of the Northshore Rotary Club.

Rusty was co-chair of the Foundation’s first fund-raising project, an effort to increase the value of scholarships offered through the Foundation to a level more commensurate with the increasing costs of tuitions at colleges and universities. The campaign was known as “Narrow the Gap” – an effort to close the gap between scholarships and the ever increasing costs of tuition.

Northshore Education Scholarships

Lee & Velma Blakely
Former Northshore School District superintendent Lee Blakely died on his birthday at age 87. Lee displayed a work ethic and compassion for others that should prove a model for today’s youth, as well as to those who seek to enter public life. He was never too busy to consider the needs of those they served nor did he duck the tough issues of his day.

Lee Blakely moved to Kenmore in 1955, where he became principal of Kenmore elementary and later advanced to the role of assistant superintendent for instruction. In 1974, he was appointed to direct the entire district for the next seven years until his retirement.
Like so many of his long-time friends and associates, I have many fond, personal memories of Lee. I could always count on a friendly greeting from him when he would slap a huge helping of spaghetti on my plate at the annual Kiwanis dinner held before each Inglemoor-Bothell football game. In attending school board meetings, I vividly recall the times a school board member would ask Lee for a recommendation and his response would invariably be pointedly wrapped in “whatever will be in the best interest of the kids.”

His wife of 64 years, Velma, preceded Lee’s death by only a month. He was devoted to her, and, for many years following his retirement he continued to nurse her through a long period of declining health. To keep in touch with friends and build new friendships, Lee turned his hobby of tinkering with lawnmowers into a backyard, cottage-style repair service.

Here was a man who held the respect of teaching peers, parents, graduates and community leaders alike. He knew how to listen and he surely had learned how to lead. Lee was old-school when it was still fashionable to exemplify what you learned growing up: a farm boy from the heart of the Palouse country who started a lifelong career in education in a town called Plaza. At Plaza, with enrollment of only 40, Lee Blakely taught grades five through eight, served as acting principal as well as coach, janitor and bus driver.

BHS Faculty and Dave & Joanne Harkonen
The scholarship funds are provided by Dave and Joanne Harkonen and through investment proceeds of the BHS Faculty-Harkonen Account with the Foundation.

The account was started with an initial contribution by Joanne Harkonen, retired BHS counselor, and former scholarship program coordinator for the Foundation and the three supporting service clubs.

Anna Ferguson Cowles
Anna Cowles was a long-time special education teacher and it was her son Paul Cowles’ desire in establishing a memorial scholars that candidates would be committed to seek a college degree in education.

Dr. Karen Olson Forys
Dr. Forys devoted a lifetime to teaching and education. Dr. Forys served as Northshore Rotary Club president. Karen Forys served as Northshore School District superintendent for 13 years prior to her death of cancer in September of 2007. She was a long-time supporter of the Foundation and served as a member and president of Northshore Rotary Club. The account was established by memorial donations and by her late husband, Ed. Dr. Forys was passionate about teaching and the performing art. The account was established in 2008.

Tom & Atha Lee
Tom Lee grew up in Chelan and worked on Grand Coulee Dam in his younger years. He struggled in 9th and 10th grades but with the help of teacher and coaches was encouraged to finish school and eventually became a lawyer. He started a law firm in the 1940s in Seattle which became very successful.

He moved to Bothell in the late 1960s and this is where he raised his family. He was involved with his community and took pride in the positive growth in the area as well as the success of his children and grandchildren. Atha Lee died in June, 2006.

Dr. Frank Love
Frank Love served as Northshore superintendent from 1981-1988. He died of cancer. His wife, Pauline, was active in the Shoreline School District human resources department as personnel director and, for a short time, served on the Foundation board as a community-at-large trustee. The account was established in 2002. It was the belief of Dr. Love that a person’s education was incomplete if one had not learned the importance of giving back to help others. He was active as a member of the Kiwanis Club of Northshore. He was a graduate of Gonzaga and started his teaching career in Pomeroy.

Jon & Paul Malinowski
The scholarship was originally awarded in memory of Jon M. Malinowski of Woodinville who died in a 1980 auto accident while in high school, prior to the 1984 formation of the Scholarship Foundation. Family and friends established a memorial fund in Jon’s memory in recognition of the family’s interest in journalism and education. The fund was merged with several others in providing the asset base for the new Foundation started in 1984.

Originally a middle school teacher, Jon’s mother was news editor of the Northshore Citizen at the time of his death. She later became communications director for the Northshore School District prior to retirement.

The memorial account was secured in the spring of 2002 with a $2,500 grant from Peter Horvitz of Horvitz Newspapers which published the King County Journal daily newspapers and the weekly Reporter newspapers in Bothell, Kenmore and Redmond and the Snoqualmie Valley Record and Mercer Island Reporter.

Ted Marston
Upon his death in the fall of 2002, friends and family added contributions to the Communications scholarship account in the name of Ted Marston, a well-known publicist and writer in the field of horticulture. A native of Iowa, Ted Marston came to Woodinville to operate a greenhouse business on the present-day Chateau Ste. Michelle site south of downtown Woodinville.

He later published a national gardening magazine prior to concentrating in the field of garden writing. The families agreed to award future scholarships in the memory of Jon, Paul Malinowski and Ted.

Pat Matthews
Pat Matthews was the epitome of a lifelong learner. Her fervent desire was to see that other women receive a college education. Pat Matthews was an exceptionally qualified self-taught student of the Bible. Established at UW Bothell by her husband, Colonel Bob Matthews, the scholarship provides candidates encouragement to seek a master’s or certification in the teaching field.

Egon Molbak
The Service Above Self scholarship is sponsored by the family of Egon Molbak, who with his wife Laina founded the Molbak’s Garden and Home store in Woodinville in 1956. The scholarship was established to recognize the many civic contributions of the sponsors. Egon is a charter member of the Northshore Rotary Club and served a term as its president. He is one of nine founders of the Scholarship Foundation of Northshore in 1984.

Kathleen Sanford
Kathleen was a long-time teacher at Bothell High School, a member of the English department for 30 years. The scholarship was designed to go to someone planning to become a teacher. The Sanford memorial account was established by a donation from her husband Doug.

Northshore General Studies Scholarship

Bothell High School Alumni Association
The vision is to foster a network of proud students and alumni who preserve school history and support higher education.

The Alumni Association was formed as a non-profit organization in 1994 for the purpose of promoting and preserving the history of Bothell Senior High School promoting and sponsoring activities to strengthen the bonds between Alumni; and promoting quality public education through a scholarship program. More information at Bothell High Alumni Association.

Richard A. Hart
The R.A. Hart scholarship was established with the passing of his daughter Dorothy who bequeathed a $10,000 grant to the Foundation

The late Dick Chamberlain, a member of Northshore Rotary, was instrumental in encouraging Dorothy Huber to support the Foundation’s scholarship program. She was employed in the Puget Sound Power & Light office in Bothell where Chamberlain was manager until his retirement.

Inglemoor Memorial
The Account was established in a 1997 consolidation of three accounts – the original scholarship program in memory of 1984 Inglemoor graduate Jeanne Quackenbush, lost in a drowning accident on the Skykomish River; in memory of Bobby Nachtsheim who was killed in an accident in Korea while a professional musician on a Bob Hope tour; and in memory of Inglemoor grads Tracy Berg and Stacy Gregerson who died in an auto accident the week following their 1985 graduation.

Individual memorials were established in each incident, with scholarships planned in drama, music and leadership. The amounts of the memorials were not sufficient to maintain a meaningful scholarship in each category and the principal of each scholarship account was quickly being spent. The Foundation voted to merge the accounts into a single Individual Scholarship Granting Account (ISGA) from which the annual Inglemoor Memorial scholarship could be issued. Consideration was given to applicants pursuing careers in music and drama.

The aggregate of memorial contributions given in tribute to Jeanne Quackenbush were among dollars transferred to help organize the Northshore Scholarship Foundation in 1984, part of the first asset base of $5,660.

Nick Jewett
The Jewett memorial account was established through the efforts of the Kiwanis Club of Northshore, memorial contributions and friends who organized a Fourth of July Oldtimers baseball game benefit in Bothell to raise funds for the scholarship. The Jewett scholarship was one of four embraced by the new Scholarship Foundation when it was organized in the spring of 1984 through the efforts and donations from the Northshore Rotary Club.

Nick Jewett was a longtime supporter of amateur baseball and sports programs in the community. He died in 1984 in auto accident in eastern Washington while traveling to visit his son at Washington State University. Nick and his family coached and sponsored many youth baseball organizations in the Northshore area. The family operated a major trucking firm in the metropolitan area.

Harold ‘Pop’ Keeney
Harold (Pop) Keeney was an early day football coach and athletic director at Bothell High School. The Northshore School District stadium is name for Pop Keeney. The Keeney Account was established by the Haynes and Keeney families of Bothell.

Philip Lorey
Philip Lorey was a graduate of Inglemoor High School. He died following an auto accident during a ski outing. The account was established by the Lorey family in 2004.

Parker Moore
It is being presented by family and friends of 2013 Woodinville graduate Parker Archie Moore, a student studying business at Linfield College at the time of his death in November of 2014. Parker died in McMinnville, OR the result of a tragic random act of violence at a convenience store. His death at age 20 rocked the college and Woodinville communities. Friends eulogized him for his “big heart” and his being “a best friend.”

At Woodinville, Parker competed in sports and was recognized for his exceptional student leadership. He was captain of the football Falcons and excelled in DECA competitions. This reputation followed him to Linfield. An outpouring of sympathy and support followed his death to such an extent that memorial scholarships honoring Parker were started at both Linfield College and at Woodinville High School. Funds will also be available to help students who can’t afford football equipment or travel to DECA events.

Nardone Sports Inspiration
The scholarship is sponsored by 1961 Bothell graduate Ron Nardone and wife Sally Jo., residents of Maltby and operators of the famed Nardoland park and venue.

Arvid K. Pride & Family
The scholarship program was established as part of a bequest to the Foundation by the estate of Arvid K. Pride of Woodinville. Mr. and Mrs. Pride were long-time residents of Woodinville. Arvid was a chemical engineer in the pulp and paper industry in Everett.

Their son, Doug, was a 1962 graduate of Bothell High School. He died of cancer in the summer following his graduation.

JR Suarez
Family members and friends established this endowment in memory of J.R. Suarez, who at the age of 17, drowned in a swimming accident in Lake Sammamish. In so many ways, J.R. Inspired us through his commitment to Family, Friendship, Faith, Love, and Joy. This award was created to keep his generous heart and warm smile alive, both at Inglemoor High School , and throughout all of our lives

Wall of Honor Committee
The scholarship is a project of those community-minded volunteers and supporters of Northshore education who annually sponsor the Wall of Honor program recognizing notable achievements of faculty and alumni.

Richard C. Worthington, Jr.
In 1988 the Worthington family established a scholarship in Rich Jr.’s memory to go to a Bothell grad who exemplified good citizenship, good attendance and above all commendable service to school and community. Richard Jr. was a graduate of Bothell High School in 1964 and attended Washington State University before enlisting in the Army to fly helicopter combat missions in Vietnam. On his second tour of duty in the Vietnam War, Rich’s helicopter was shot down while on a rescue mission and Rich and his crew were killed. At the time of his death, Rich Jr. had attained the rank of chief warrant officer.

His grandfather founded the Bothell State Bank and Rich Sr. operated Worthington Insurance Agency in Bothell for many years. The Worthington Family Foundation has made generous contributions to scholarship programs not only at Bothell High School but at the University of Washington, including the branch facility in Bothell.

Northshore Healthcare Scholarships

Betsey Hughes and Bobby Skinner Memorial
A portion of the annual Investment Proceeds from the Betsey Advocacy Account w contributed to the Foundation’s “SAS Project” in cooperation with the Julian and Kay Karp Memorial Scholarship Account held in the Foundation.

The Account was funded by donations in memory of Katherine Elizabeth (Betsey) Hughes following her death in November of 2009. Funds came from contributions to the state chapter of National Advocates for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), from fund-raising by the Woodinville Rotary Club and by the family.

Betsey attended Secondary Academy for Success and was a Bothell High School graduate in 1980. Later, she attended Shoreline Community College and Western Washington University. She was a frequent volunteer at the Northshore Senior Center in Bothell.

Shawn Gardner
The memorial account was established for 2002 Bothell High School graduate Shawn Gardner who died the summer following graduation. Shawn planned to attend Gonzaga University in the fall of 2002 to seek a degree in computer engineering.

Jaimeson Jones
The scholarship is sponsored by the Jaimeson Jones Memorial Foundation. In his honor and memory, the family has established the Jaimeson Jones Memorial Scholarship, whose dual missions are:

• Saving young men’s lives by educating about testicular cancer.
• Providing scholarships to students whose sibling had cancer.

The Family Jewels 5K, held annually in March, Jaimeson’s birthday month, funds the scholarship. Jaimeson died on October 7, 2010 at the age of 20. He never got the chance to finish college, but it was important to him that his sisters be able to, and to help with that, he bequeathed all of his money to them toward that end. Jaimeson strongly felt that good health care and an outstanding college education should be accessible to all. That is the inspiration behind this scholarship.

For Jaimeson’s full story of his courageous battle with cancer, go to Jaimeson Jones.

Lillian Ramsey
This scholarship was established in memory of Lillian Ramsey whose son Richard Eugene Ramsey was a graduate of the University of Washington School of Pharmacy and retired as a full-time registered pharmacist in Kenmore. He was owner-operator of Ostrom’s Drugs in Kenmore and active in community affairs, including serving several terms on the Northshore School Board. He was named to the school district’s Wall of Honor.

Dr. John Stoutenburg
The memorial account was established through memorial contributions and by a family contribution from Norma Stoutenburg. Dr. Stoutenburg was a member and past president of Northshore Rotary Club and was a trustee of this Scholarship Foundation at the time of his death in 2002. He maintained a chiropractic office in Woodinville for many years.

He is remembered as a lover of the arts, gourmet cook, photographer, woodworker, and an avid reader and world traveler. In addition to his love of family and friends, John was extremely active in service organizations including Rotary International where John was instrumental in helping organize the Woodinville Rotary, served as President of Northshore Rotary (1988-89), actively supported the annual Santa Breakfast and many other Rotary fund raising projects,
John was also very involved in supporting community and business organizations including: Northshore Performing Arts Center Foundation, Northshore YMCA Board of Managers “Partners with Youth”, Northshore Senior Center and Senior Adult Daycare, Woodinville Chamber of Commerce and was a director for Banner Bank (originally Towne Bank of Woodinville).

Dr. Walter E. Sundstrom
The memorial account was established in 1984 as one of the original scholarship programs folded into the new Scholarship Foundation. Dr. Sundstrom died of cancer in the fall of 1973 and memorials upon his death were placed in a checking account held by Dr. Sundstrom’s partner Dr. Richard Lance of the Bothell Medical Clinic and family friends Dr. John Herseth and John B. Hughes.

Dr. Sundstrom served as chair of the Bothell Planning Commission and was a one-term mayor of Bothell. The scholarship was originally intended and was awarded a few years to assist a graduate who intended to study political science, medicine or public policy. Dr. Sundstrom and his wife Lois had nine children who attended Northshore schools. Daughter B-Z Davis served 16 years on the Northshore School board and currently is the Foundation’s scholarship program coordinator.

Northshore S.T.E.M Scholarships

Marv Cook
The memorial was established in memory of popular Woodinville High School math teacher Marv Cook who died of a heart attack in the spring of 2003. He had been at the school since it opened in 1983 and previously had taught at Inglemoor High School.

Robert Knowles
Bob Knowles was an administrator and principal in the Northshore School District, member of Northshore Rotary and resident of Kenmore for many years

Christina (Tina) MacRae T-Mac Award
The memorial account was established by Keith MacRae in recognition of the contributions his wife Tina made at Inglemoor High School as activities and athletic advisor. She died the result of a seizure while on family winter vacation in Hawaii. A graduate devoted to Inglemoor is the recipient of the T-Mac award recognizing the beloved IHS math teacher and Inglemoor’s ASB advisor. It is given in recognition of a person described as the “heartbeat” of her school.

Jack Sutherland & Family
In the hopes of stimulating more educational interest in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math and a concern for a dearth of students being attracted to STEM education, long-time Bothell resident and former Northshore School Board member Jack Sutherland made a $60,000 contribution from which a $3,000 scholarship would be awarded annually to a graduate pursuing studies in either science, technology, engineering or math.

Jack Sutherland served as a member of the Northshore district school board, active in scouting and had a career as a Boeing engineer.

Northshore V.O.T.S Scholarships
(Vocational, Occupational, Technical Scholarship)

Les & Vista Anderson
Les and Vista Anderson left one quarter million dollars to provide multiple scholarships each year for studies in vocational and occupational pursuits. Les Anderson was a charter member of the Kiwanis Club of Northshore and served the school district as director of maintenance and operations. The bequest was the largest received by the Foundation. Les and his wife Vista were active members of Inglewood Golf Club. The couple had no children and left their estate to the Foundation.

Rudy & Inez Beckstrom
Rudy and Inez Beckstrom were long-time Bothell residents and operators of Rudy’s Towing for many years. Rudy was born and raised in Bothell, one of 16 children of a pioneer family. Rudy’s parents, Augusta and Andrew Olaf Beckstrom moved to the Seattle area from Topeka, Kansas in 1883 and established their home in Bothell the same year. They arrived by rowboat with all their belongings, two children and Mrs. Beckstrom’s father and landed at what was then called Brackett’s Landing.

The original “slab” house in which the Beckstrom’s made their home until 1895 was restored and is located next to the Bothell Historical Museum at the Park at Bothell Landing. In 1983, or 100 years after the Beckstrom family located in Bothell, more than 100 descendants gathered at Blyth Park on the Fourth of July for a family celebration.

Rudy and his brothers operated the Melrose Dairy in Ballard during the 1930s until he established the Beckstrom Mill on Beckstrom Road in Bothell (now 100th Ave. NE) north of the downtown. A lifelong resident of Bothell, Rudy was a longtime volunteer fireman and served as a dispatcher for the fire and police departments from his towing truck office on Bothell Way.

BJ Brown
BJ Brown died in August of 2006 following graduation from the Construction Academy and Bothell High School, from an auto accident. He was an amazing athlete and enjoyed skiing, snowboarding, hiking, climbing, wakeboarding, surfing, bicycling and hunting. His many accomplishments include completing RAMROD (a 150-mile around Mt. Rainier in one day) at the age of 17 and summiting all five mountains in Washington–including Mt. Rainier–at the age of 14.

BJ excelled in school and graduated in the top 5 percent of the 2006 Bothell graduates. He especially loved the subjects of math and science and those courses became more relevant when he entered the Construction Academy in his senior year. It was in this program that BJ found his real passion doing an internship with GLY Construction in the spring of his senior year. He aspired for a career in construction management and spent the summer after graduation working as a laborer for GLY Construction in Seattle. BJ had a work ethic that was unprecedented–he did perfect work and completed every project that he set out to accomplish.
In addition to his many accomplishments, BJ was kind, generous and respectful to people of all ages. He touched everyone whom he came to know and he will not be forgotten.

Julian & Kay Karp
Julian Karp served as the superintendent of Northshore Schools from 1953 until his retirement in 1973. He was a charter member and served as president of the Northshore Rotary Club. Julian led the school district through a period of its most dramatic growth and development to become one of the region’s most respected suburban school systems. He took the Bothell and Woodinville school districts through a merger process to establish the Northshore School District.

Julian favored development of the well-rounded student, placing emphasis on life experiences along with academic achievement. It was during his superintendence in 1961 that the first maintenance and operations levy for the district was approved overwhelmingly by district voters.

Vern & Lois Keener
The scholarship honors the Bothell pioneer Keener family, operator of Keener’s Fine Meats once located on Bothell’s Main Street.

Vern Keener was a member of a family that located in the Bothell area in the 1920s. He operated Keener’s Fine Meats on Main Street in Bothell which attracted customers from throughout the Seattle area to shop at an old-fashioned market where every cut of meat was selected by the butcher to meet the customer’s taste and purpose. With the closure of the market, the family operated K & N Meats in Seattle, a wholesale business serving hotels and hospitals throughout the Puget Sound area.

Lois Keener was active in the Bothell United Methodist Church.

Darren Lindal
The Lindal memorial account was established by Darren’s family following his death in a mid-air floatplane collision over Lake Washington in 1986. Darren was a Northshore graduate whose ambition was to become a commercial pilot.

Rivergrove – Charles & Gladys Kaysner
The family of one-time Bothell mayor Charles and Gladys Kaysner established this general studies scholarship for a Bothell graduate. The “Rivergrove” was included to note the landmark location of the Kaysner grandparents’ 20-acre homestead plat in Bothell along the Sammamish River at “Wayne Curve”. The grandparents were Alfred and Lucy Brown Schillestad. Charles Kaysner was one of many volunteer firemen and served as Bothell mayor from 1949-1964.