Meet Our Scholars

Meet our 1979 Truman Scholars

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Alabama

Otis K King

Birmingham-Southern College

Alaska

Deirdre M. Kelly

Santa Clara University

Arizona

Robin S. Bissey

University of Arizona

Arkansas

Toni T. Friend

University of Arkansas

California

Kiron Skinner

Sacramento City College

Colorado

Steven L Zelinger

Harvard University

Connecticut

Betty W Emerson

Wesleyan University

Delaware

Karen A. Olsen

University of Delaware

District Of Columbia

Mary W. Filardo

Saint John's College- MD

Florida

Beverly A. Burns

Converse College

Rebecca E. Swenson

State University of New York - College at Buffalo

Georgia

Eric J. Spitler

Furman University

Guam

Maria Nancy V. Guhit

University of Guam

Hawaii

Janice L. Kilbey

University of Hawaii-Manoa

Idaho

Angus E. Crane

Idaho State University

Illinois

Margaret G. Reynolds

University of Illinois

Indiana

Phillip M. Purcell

Wabash College

Iowa

Runa N. Alam

Princeton University

Kansas

Morna R. Oruch

Pomona College

Kentucky

Karen L. McGuire

University of Kentucky

Louisiana

Gwen M. Houston

University of Southwestern Louisiana

Maine

Anna L. Bergman

Wellesley College

Gregory M. Garger

University of Scranton

Maryland

Jacqueline V. Crawford

University of Maryland College Park

Massachusetts

John C. Housianitis

Merrimack College

Michigan

Julie A. Waddell

Kalamazoo College

Minnesota

James R. St. George

University of Minnesota

Mississippi

Pamela D. Moore

Spelman College

Missouri

Emily J. Dark

Rockhurst University

Montana

Margaret Ziegler Ferguson

Harvard University

Nebraska

Susan M. Youngers

Northwestern University

Nevada

Barbara J. Orr

University of Nevada-Las Vegas

New Hampshire

David Pine

Dartmouth College

New Jersey

Ronald C. Rak

Seton Hall University

New Mexico

Christopher S. Ray

Duke University

North Carolina

Michael G. Riley

Wake Forest University

North Dakota

Michael G. Liffrig

University of North Dakota

Ohio

Robert Van Der Velde

Ohio State University

Oklahoma

Benjamin H. Odom

Central Oklahoma University

Oregon

Paul D. Pierson

Oberlin College

Puerto Rico

Ana C. Alemany

Georgetown University

Rhode Island

Denise M. Richardson

Simmons College

South Carolina

Joyce A. Baugh

Clemson University

South Dakota

Loral L. Peterson

Augustana College

Tennessee

William D. Griggs

University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Texas

William G. Fowler

Texas Christian University

Utah

Carolyn Grow

University of Utah

Vermont

James P. Cross

University of Vermont

Virginia

Marietta P. Edmunds

Randolph-Macon Woman's College

Washington

Todd A. Moffett

Whitman College

West Virginia

Susan D. Rector