1984-07 July IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

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matum y, initia ti ve, ability and leadership
potential.
The Scholarshi p Selection Committee
is composed of recogl1Jzed
academic, professional, and industry
representatives. ProfessQr Emory F.
Via, director of the Labor Education
and Research Center, University of
Oregon, Euge ne, Oregon; David Trezise,
vice president of Industrial Relat
ions, Westtnghousc Electric Corporation,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
and Russell Allen, deputy director of
the Gcorge Meany Center for Labor
Studies, Silver Spnng. Maryland,
served on thiS year's CommHtcc,
Scholarship Winners
Ri chard W. Bl 3kc, a Wireman, will
apply hiS scholarship toward hiS
studies for a bachelor's degree In
electrical engineenng at the Umverslty
of North Dakota. Marned and
the father of four, Brother Blake has
been active in community volunteer
work, political action groups, religious
organizations, the Boy Scouts,
and the Parent-Teachers Club. His
hobbles IOclude automobile mechan­
ICS, home rehablluatlon, computers,
hunting, and fishll1g.
Wend y J. Callander matntalllcd a
9S-percent grade average during he r
apprenticeship and m issed only one
class session during those four years.
Currently claSSified as a journeyman
Wireman, Sister Callander is attcndmg
Willamette University in Salem,
Oregon, in pursuit of a bachelor's
degree in chemistry. She is ac tive in
the women's SportS program at W!l·
lamette.
Ricky L_ Hus k will start his college
study under the IBEW Founders'
Scholarship thiS fall at Arizona State
UniverSi ty. His field of study is
bUSiness administration/accounting.
Brother Husk, :1 lourneyman wi reman,
received a commendation for
Outst:lOdmg academiC excellence from
the Phoclllx Electrical Joint Apprenticeship
and Trammg Committee.
He is married and has performed
volunteer work for handicapped chil ­
drcn and as a rcader for the blind.
HIS hobbies arc canoemg and rackctball.
Jacqueline Kurland IS also a lour'
neyman wireman. She mamtalned a
96-pcrcent grade average during her
apprenticeship and won the New
MeXICO Outstanding Apprentice
Contest in 1982. She represented the
State In the SeveOlh District Out·
Richard W Blake. Local
UnIOn 160. MinneapolIs,
MInn8SOla. with his lamlly.
In lhe Ironl row. Mrs. Kath·
leen Blake Wllh JeSSICa and
Michael In Ihe back row,
Brother Blake wIth ShoIom.
on the lelt. and Aaron
Wendy J Callander. Local
UnIOn 46. Sea111e. Washing·
,on
Ricky L. HUSk. Local Union
640. Phoenix. Anzona
standing Apprentice Contest and fin ·
Ished runner-up to the first-place
winner. Sister Kurland has served as
a steward and has performed commumty
volunteer work. She will
study at New Mexico State Ul1Iver·
sity for a bachelor's degree in electromechanical
engtneenng.
Daniel Wessler is a racha-tcle\,jsian
techlllci .. n who will maJor 10
commUllicaliOns at California State
JacQueline Kurland. Local
Union 611 . Albuquerque.
New MeJuro
Daniel Wessler. Local
Urnon II, los Angeles.
Cailiomla. WIth his
daughter. Mansa; Wile.
Raqual. and son, Morgoo
Polytechlllc College In Pomona, Cal ­
ifornia. HJS camera and cape wurk IS
seen on teleVision spans-news pro·
grams al local, network, and subscnptlon
levels. Brother Wessler IS
lookll1g forward 10 worklllg dUTIng
the equesman events of the 1984
OlympIC Summer Games. He fre ­
quently gives of hiS time 10 n.lln
new personnel. Brother Wessler and
hiS wife have IWO children.
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