Scholarship Activities

The club has established the Ruldolf W. and Ans van Der Goot and George Osterman Family Scholarships at Rutgers University, Cook College. A third scholarship is at Delaware Valley College in Pennsylvania. The van Der Goot Scholarship is a memorial to Ruldolf and Ans who were active memembers.

Rutgers Scholarship Recognition Dinner - October 2008

Katie Moore, Fred Yarnell (Scholarship Chair), and Georgette Gawlik (Treasurer)

Rutgers Recipients

The following is a list of Scholarship Recipients from 1991 to 2009 for the Scholarships at Cook College.

2008-2009  Drew Siglin                Landscape Architecture
2007-2009  Katie Moore                Plant Science
2007-2008  Patrick Natale             Plant Science
2006-2007  Priti Patel                Landscape Architecture
2005-2007  Lisa Ross                  Landscape Architecture
2004-2006  Mary Provance/Bowley       Plant Sciences
2003-2005  Nina Zinn                  Landscape Architecture
2001-2003  Peter Crowl                Plant Sciences
1999-2001  Kevin Kozenski             Landscape Architecture
1997-2000  Marc Martoccia             Landscape Architecture
1995-1998  Barbara Dove               Plant Sciences
1993-1995  Jason Husveth              Landscape Architecture
1991-1994  Mary Jasch (1st recipient) Landscape Architecture

The current van Der Goot scholarship student is Katie Moore, Flemington, NJ. Katie's major is Plant Science. The current Osterman scholarship student is Drew Siglin, Lambertville. Drew's major is Landscape Architecture. He is the Vice President of the Landscape Architecture Club and a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. Drew has been on the Dean's list each semester he attended Rutgers.

Delaware Valley College Recipients

2006-2009  Laura Pinhas               Crop Production and Marketing
2007-2008  David Bodine               Environmental Design
2004-2006  Dale Davis                 Ornamental Horticulture
2002-2004  Gregory Shinn              Landscape Contracting and Management
1999-2002  Stacy Gould                Landscape Contracting and Management

Our current recipient is Laura Pinhas, Perrineville, NJ.

Laura is in her Senior year majoring in Crop Production and Marketing. She is an excellent student, active with the DVC Horticulture Society. She is a member of FFA. She works on the family vegetable farm during her summer break and volunteers at her local fire company.

For further information contact Fred Yarnell, Chair of Scholarship committee: (908) 722-4759.