SEARCHING FOR SCHOLARS — Members of the PEF Scacalossi Scholarship
Committee pored over 461 applications from children of
PEF members and selected the top 10. Shown are PEF
Executive Board Member John Prince, PEF member Maureen
Hogle, PEF staff Joanne Wright, and Executive Board
Members Bob Harms and Charles McAteer, chair. —
Photo by Sherry Halbrook
Ten outstanding
scholars win Scacalossi awards
Six
receive $500 Division 177 education awards
By DEBORAH A. MILES
PEF’s Statewide Scholarship Committee selected 10
outstanding students to receive the 2002 Joseph
Scacalossi Scholarships.
The winners, all children of PEF members, each will
receive $4,000 over the next four years in annual $1,000
installments.
“We are committed to paving the way for the next
generation of leaders,” said PEF President Roger
Benson. “It is only fitting that PEF continue its
ardent support of learning by offering these scholarships
to students.”
“The students we selected are truly the
cream-of-the-crop,” said PEF Executive Board Member
Charles McAteer, the committee’s chair. “We
received 461 applications. The winners are fully-rounded
students with excellent grades, great employment records
and very community-minded.”
The other scholarship committee members are PEF Executive
Board Members Robert Harms, John Prince and Kartikey
Adhvaryu, and PEF Division 301 Council Leader Maureen
Hogle.
The program is named in memory of Joseph Scacalossi, a
PEF activist who helped organize and lead the union in
its early years. He was council leader of PEF Division
245 at the state Labor Department in New York City.
This year’s winners are:
• Kenneth C. Crawford, son of Francis F. Crawford, a
teacher 4 at Wende Correctional Facility in Buffalo;
• Robert S. Damien, son of Patricia Damien, a
business management assistant at the state University of
New York at Stony Brook;
• Anthony J. DiLoreto, son of Mary C. DiLoreto, a
recreation therapist at Buffalo Psychiatric Center;
• Darrick T. Evensen, son of Donald Evensen, a PEF
Region 8 member from the state Office of Temporary
Disability Assistance in the Capital District;
• Eugene Licht, son of Tatyana Golikova, an
intermodal transportation specialist 2 at the state
Department of Transportation (DOT) in New York City;
• Jennifer L. Lukas, daughter of Gerald B. Lukas, a
civil engineer 1 at DOT in the Capital District;
• Caitlin M. McGowan, daughter of Maureen P.
McGowan, a health program administrator 2 at the state
Department of Health in the Capital District;
• Regina C. Schwartz, daughter of Carol B.
Olszewski, a compensation claims referee at the Workers
Compensation Board in the Capital District;
• Brian D. Tepfenhart, son of Ronald T. Tepfenhart,
a civil engineer 1 at DOT in Syracuse; and
• Brian R. Wrona, son of Robert S. Wrona, an
assistant right-of-way agent at DOT in Rochester.
AND THE WINNERS ARE — PEF President Roger Benson and
Chair of the Education Awards Committee Steve Riley
select the names of six students for the 17th annual
Division 177 Education Awards. — Photo by John
Epting
Six receive $500
Division 177 education awards
Over a period of 17 years, PEF members in Division 177 at
the state Department of Transportation have awarded
nearly $20,000 in education awards to children of
division members.
This May, PEF President Roger Benson participated in the
tradition of selecting the winners in a random drawing.
The event took place at the Harriman State Office Campus
in the Workers’ Memorial Garden.
Out of 52 applicants for this year’s awards, six
were selected. Each of the following received an award of
$500:
• Andrew Bordwell, son of James Bordwell;
• Stacey Cooper, daughter of Thomas Cooper;
• Lisa Dwyer, daughter of Don Dwyer;
• Jennifer Kelefant, daughter of Charlie Kelefant;
• Paul Okwesili, ward of Chris Nweke; and
• Courtney Pooler, daughter of Allen Pooler.
Members of the Division 177 Education Awards C
ommittee are: Steve Riley, chair; stewards Ed Bikowitz,
Liz Bonesteel and Ceil Leonard; and PEF members Kathy
Ingalls and Rosemary Mahoney. — Deborah A. Miles
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