Purpose:  To provide educational resources for graduating high school seniors planning to attend a two or four-year college, university or vocational school.

Criteria:

Graduating senior from a public or private high school (or a home schooled student) residing in Boone, Ogle, Rock, Stephenson or Winnebago County.  Applicant must have a GPA of at least 2.0/4.0 and plan to pursue a degree in accounting or a medical field. Preference may be given to a candidate who will pursue cancer research.

Deadline March 1

Richard Dopp's Bio:

December 10, 1947 - May 10, 2009

This scholarship was established to honor a friend and colleague who so generously gave of his time and talents in helping start Pneumatic Cylinders & Couplers Inc.  Richard graduated from Beloit Memorial High School in 1966.  He was a veteran of the United States Army serving in Vietnam.  Richard was an accountant controller for several area companies and he loved to "crunch" numbers and was very good at what he did.  He also was a cancer survivor for 14 years until May of 2009.  Richard lost his wife and best friend Suzy to cancer in 2000.

In memory of Richard, the owners of Pneumatic Cylinders & Couplers Inc. would like to honor their friend and mentor by recognizing an area senior who is pursuing a career in accounting or the medical field - especially cancer research.

Application Instructions:

To apply for this scholarship, you must complete an online application and submit a packet of additional materials in hard copy.  Both of these components MUST be RECEIVED by the March 1st deadline.

The scholarship packet requires your school counselor, registrar or principal to verify your academic information so be sure to allow sufficient time to submit the application.  Incomplete and late applications will not be accepted.