Alworth Memorial Fund awards scholarships to area Minnesota STEM students

By Denton L. Newman Jr

June 02, 2020 at 3:00 PM

DULUTH – Area high school seniors set to pursue bachelor’s degrees in math or science have just been awarded scholarships from the Marshall H. and Nellie Alworth Memorial Fund.

Selected from among 153 applicants, recipients will each receive $20,000, distributed over eight semesters, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year.

With Minnesota schools being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, scholarship certificates that would normally be presented by Alworth board or staff members at high school awards ceremonies have been mailed to recipients’ homes.

The area 2020-2021 Alworth Scholarship recipients, listed by high school, are:

Aitkin

Rian, Woodrow L

Brainerd

Darkow, Maxwell C
Desmith, Erik M
Knapp, Callie O
Korhonen, Emma M
Narlock, Victoria S
Villwock, Quin M
Crosby-Ironton
Stirewalt, James A

Pequot Lakes

Schiessl, Holly M

Pillager

Nagel, Grace A

Pine River-Backus

Barchus, Emma K
Davidson, George T

By Denton L. Newman Jr

I've worked at the Brainerd Dispatch with numerous job titles since Dec. 7, 1983. Starting off as an Ad Designer and currently as Digital Editor. The Dispatch has been an interesting and challenging place to work these 30+ years. I was present and worked on the our web page when our original BrainerdDispatch.com website first went live on April 26, 1994.