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Garfield R. “Skip” Drake, III
Memorial Nursing Scholarship
established at GCC
An endowed scholarship has been
established at Gogebic Community College
in memory of Garfield R. “Skip” Drake, III.
According to Skip’s family, he always had a
love of nursing that started when he worked
with the Disabled Vets Program. “He would be
glad to know that now he is helping others who want to pursue a
career in the nursing field,” said his mother, Cleo Mary Drake.
Skip attended Ironwood schools, and graduated from
Former student pays a visit
Michiko Ishisone, (pictured with Jeanne Graham, Interim Dean
of Students and Director of Admissions and Public Information at
GCC) who attended GCC for the 1998-1999 academic year,
visited Ironwood this past summer and stopped at GCC to see
campus and visit friends. Ishisone transferred from GCC to the
University of California-Berkeley to complete her bachelor’s
degree before returning home to Japan. She was in the U.S. this
past year working on her PhD as the 2009 -2010 Fox International
Fellow at Yale and will complete her PhD at the University of
Tokyo through the Graduate School of Frontier Science. She had
previously completed her Master’s at the University of Tokyo as
well and has travelled the world extensively doing research.
While a student at GCC, Michiko lived with Jeanean and
Bruce Greenberg and son, Liam.
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Luther L. Wright High School in 1967. He then attended Gogebic
Community College.
A dedicated veteran, Skip was a life member and past
commander of Ironwood American Legion Post 5, and served in
the Post 5 Honor Guard, a life member of Ironwood Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 1823, and life member and past commander
of Northland Chapter No. 66, Disabled American Veterans.
The endowed scholarship will be awarded each year to
a full-time or part-time student in the nursing program or the
Nurse Aid Training Program.
“We wanted to establish this scholarship at Gogebic so
that Skip’s memory could live on,”said Cleo Mary Drake. “Now he
can help those that are interested in helping others.”