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Ora E. Anderson Scholarship

Ora E. Anderson, who wrote many articles for Bird Watcher’s Digest and promoted conservation education, helped steward the recovery of vast woodland areas in Southeast Ohio that became the Wayne National Forest. He died August 16, 2006, at the age of 94.

The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO) announces the Ora E. Anderson Scholarship Fund, established by the Foundation through a charitable gift made by anonymous donors. Individual scholarship awards of $2,500 each are given to two students in recognition of overall commitment to environmental protection and conservation.

“In short, we wish to have Ora remembered not just for what he did, but for the friend he was to us and to so many others,” wrote the anonymous donors of the scholarship fund.

The scholarship will be awarded on an annual basis to students who reside in and are graduating from high schools located within the 32 counties of Appalachian Ohio. Applicants should aspire to pursue post-secondary studies associated with the natural sciences, including: forest and wildlife management; environmental restoration; natural and historical interpretation; ecotourism and related disciplines associated with protecting plants, animals and the environment. The scholarship fund is endowed, with the expectation that the fund will continue to grow with future contributions.

Mary Reddan, supervisor of the Wayne National Forest, commented on how the wildlife of the Wayne National Forest represents Anderson’s passion and life work.

“His legacy is the wildlife, the birds coming back every spring,” Reddan said. “The trails of the forest and the wildlife are everything Ora cared about.” 

2010 Ora E. Anderson Scholarship Recipients

  • Meredith Frenchmeyer, Athens County. Frenchmeyer is a graduating senior from Athens High School and plans to attend Cornell University this fall to pursue her studies in the science of natural and environmental systems. 
  • MaLisa Spring, Muskingum County. Spring is a graduating senior from Maysville High School and plans to attend Marietta College this fall to pursue biology and East Asian studies.

 

2009 Ora E. Anderson Scholarship Recipients: Brooke Johnson and Seth Schuyler

Brooke Johnson

Brooke Johnson

Brooke Johnson is a graduate of Oak Hill High School in Jackson County.  Brooke will be attending Ohio University and plans to major in Environmental Science.  Her future goal will focus on helping conserve the outdoors.  She has received several educational awards and numerous art awards, placing nationally, as well as state-wide, for her pencil drawings of animals, birds and fish.  She also is an award winning photographer.

“I have grown up being able to explore forests and come in contact with many of the animals that thrive in them.  I cannot imagine being a young child and not being able to experience this..After earning my degree, I want to keep these things readily available for future generations.”

 

2008 Recipients

Mary Bowen
Sarah Mauk

 

Make an online donation to the Ora E. Anderson Scholarship fund or contact the Foundation at 740-753-1111 for more information.



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