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Scholarship Opportunities | | Other Entomology Scholarships | | Scholarship History
Pi Chi Omega Scholarship Recipients
Historical Summary 1976 - 2006

Since Pi Chi Omega scholarships were initiated in 1976, 119 scholarships were granted to some 89 students. Many have continued their Pi Chi Omega membership after graduation. We have lost track of some of these former students. Please help us locate them and provide current addresses if available.

If anyone has knowledge of the whereabouts of any of the "missing" individuals, please forward this information to me. Thanks!
Vern E. Toblan, Exec. Dir.
Pi Chi Omega
P.O. Box 8149
Wilmington, DE 19803

Phone: 302-376-6714
Email: verntoblan@verizon.net

  • 1976-79 Robert M. Corrigan (Purdue) - P.C.O. member
  • 1977-78 Robert Safarik (Purdue)
  • 1978-80 Susan C. Jones (LSU) - P.C.O. member
  • 1978-79 Thomas M. Tierman, Jr. (Purdue)
  • 1979-81 Donna S. Banes (Purdue)
  • 1979-80 John A. Wieland (Purdue)
  • 1980-82 David Fincannon (Purdue) - P.C.O. member
  • 1980-81 Michael J. Jones (LSU) - P.C.O. member
  • 1981-82 Wayne W. Johnson (Florida A&M)
  • 1881-82 Wayne S. Moore (Texas A&M) - P.C.O. member
  • 1982-83 Kiam K. Lee (Florida A&M)
  • 1982-83 Alain VanRyckeghem Sir (S. Fleming Coll.) - P.C.O. member
  • 1983-84 William J. Burkett (BGSU)
  • 1983-84 Brian Schneider (Purdue) - P.C.O. member
  • 1984-85 Peter M. Grant (Florida State U. / SW Oklahoma State U.)
  • 1984-85 Kevin D. Haack (Texas A&M)
  • 1984-85 Leon L. Robert, Jr. (Texas A&M)
  • 1985-86 S. John Barcay (Purdue) - P.C.O. member
  • 1985-87 David T. Bryson (U.C. Davis)
  • 1985-88 J. Edeward King (Purdue) - P.C.O. member
  • 1985-86 Ellen M. Thoms (VPI) - P.C.O. member
  • 1986-88 Eric P. Benson (Clemson) - P.C.O. member
  • 1986-87 David W. Byron (VPI)
  • 1986-88 D. Michael Chambers (Clemson) - P.C.O. member
  • 1987-88 Amy L. Sugars (NCSU)
  • 1988-89 Kathleen Palma (Texas A&M)
  • 1088-89 Amy A. Korman (LSU)
  • 1988-89 Peggy K. Powell (VPI)
  • 1988-89 Karen Yoder (VPI)
  • 1988-89 Nonggang Bao (VPI) - P.C.O. member
  • 1989-90 Colleen A. Cannon (VPI)
  • 1989-90 Gary Braness (Purdue) - P.C.O. member
  • 1989-92 Joe J. DeMark (Purdue) - P.C.O. member
  • 1989-90 Jerrold R. Harris (Texas A&M)
  • 1990-91 Jing Zhai (VPI)
  • 1990-91 Nancy C. Hinkle (Univ. of Florida) - P.C.O. member
  • 1991-93 Christopher Vogelwede (Purdue)
  • 1991-92 Daniel M. Stout II (NCSU) - P.C.O. member
  • 1991-93 Robert J. Kopanic (NCSU) - P.C.O. member
  • 1992-93 H. O’Farrell-Nieves (Penn State) - P.C.O. member
  • 1992-95 Claudia Heinsohn (Purdue) - P.C.O. member
  • 1992-94 Daniel R. Suiter (Univ. of Florida) - P.C.O. member
  • 1993-94 Barry R. Pittendrigh (Purdue)
  • 1993-94 Yi Chen (Wash. State U.)
  • 1994-97 Brian J. Cabrera (UC Riverside) - P.C.O. member
  • 1994-96 Steven A. Kells (Purdue) - P.C.O. member
  • 1994-95 Marco E. Metzger (UC Riverside) - P.C.O. member
  • 1994-95 Linda M. Hooper (UC Riverside)
  • 1995-96 James H. Cink (Iowa State U.) - P.C.O. member
  • 1995-97 Dini Miller (Univ. of Florida) - P.C.O. member
  • 1995-96 Michael Scharf (Purdue)
  • 1996-98 Pat Tobin (Penn State)
  • 1996-97 Steve Suoja (UC Berkley)
  • 1997-98 Kristin van den Meiracker (Clemson) - P.C.O. member
  • 1997-98 Brett Sedenger (Purdue)
  • 1998-00 Kevin Hathorne (Clemson)
  • 1998-99 Jeryl Gahlhoff (Univ. of Florida) - P.C.O. member
  • 1998-99 Tim McCoy (Univ. of Florida)
  • 1998-00 Dina Richman (Univ. of Florida)
  • 1999-00 Andrew Nuss (Univ. of Georgia) - P.C.O. member
  • 1999-00 Clay Scherer (Univ. of Florida) - P.C.O. member
  • 1999-00 Mark Mankowski (Univ. of Hawaii)
  • 2000-01 Grzegorz Buczkowsky (Purdue) - P.C.O. member
  • 2000-01 Deanna Branscome (Univ. of Florida) - P.C.O. member
  • 2000-01 Janet Kintz (Clemson) - P.C.O. member
  • 2000-01 Karl Haagsma (UC Riverside)
  • 2001-02 Mark L. Fisher (Texas A&M) - P.C.O. member
  • 2001-02 Donny Oswalt (Clemson) - P.C.O. member
  • 2001-02 Vanessa J. Higby (UC Riverside)
  • 2001-02 Cynthia Tucker (Univ. of Florida) - P.C.O. member
  • 2001-02 Brooks (Univ. of Florida)
  • 2002-03 Matt Aubouchon (Univ. of Florida) - P.C.O. member
  • 2002-03 Jonathan Gore (NC State Univ.) - P.C.O. member
  • 2002-03 Lois Swoboda (VPI)
  • 2002-03 Bart Foster (Texas A&M) - P.C.O. member
  • 2002-04 Rebecca Baldwin (Univ. of Florida) - P.C.O. member
  • 2003-04 Gretchen Schultz (Iowa State U.)
  • 2003-04 Kurt Saltzmann (Purdue) - P.C.O. member
  • 2003-04 Troy Waite (Texas A&M) - P.C.O. member
  • 2004-05 Laura Krueger (Yale Univ.) - P.C.O. member
  • 2004-05 Eric Payson (Clemson) - P.C.O. member
  • 2004-05 Joseph Smith (Univ. of Florida)
  • 2004-05 James Austin (Univ. of Arkansas) - P.C.O. member
  • 2005-06 Jody Green (Purdue) - P.C.O. member
  • 2005-06 Greg Broussard (Oklahoma State U.) - P.C.O. member
  • 2005-07 Ricky Vazquez (Univ. of Florida) - P.C.O. member
  • 2005-06 Donny Oswalt (Clemson) - P.C.O. member
  • 2006-07 Jason Meyers (Texas A&M) - P.C.O. member
  • 2006-07 Neil Spomer (U. of Nebraska) - P.C.O. member
  • 2006-07 Sandra Woolfolk (Mississippi State) - P.C.O. member
  • 2007-08 Dong-Hwan Choe (UC Riverside)
  • 2007-08 Melissa M. Gaver (Washington State University) - P.C.O. member
  • 2007-08 Jody M. Green (Purdue University) - P.C.O. member
  • 2007-08 Jonathan P. Lelito (Penn State University) - P.C.O. member
  • 2008-09 Melissa Gaver-Wainwright (Washington State University) - P.C.O. member
  • 2008-09 Toni C. Keefer (Texas A & M) - P.C.O. member
  • 2008-09 Alvaro Romero (University of Kentucky) - P.C.O. member
  • 2008-09 Neil Spomer (U. of Nebraska) - P.C.O. member
  • 2009-10 Alexis Barbarin (Penn State University)
  • 2009-10 Paul Botch (University of Missouri)
  • 2009-10 Nicola Gallagher (Ohio State University)

In the 30 years that Pi Chi Omega Scholarships have been available, close to $100,000.00 have been awarded to deserving students.