A Delaware County scholarship program created to honor the memory of engineer and entrepreneur James L. Knak awarded $152,000 in college assistance to local students this year.
Knak, a 1952 graduate of Charlotte Valley Central School, attended the University of Cincinnati and later founded his own engineering company. After his death, his sister Geraldine established scholarships to help graduates from Delaware County schools pursue higher education and what she described as their “American Dream.”
Students studying engineering receive the James L. Knak Engineering Memorial Scholarship, while students entering other fields receive support through the Ehlermann-Fedderke Descendants Foundation Scholarship.
Recipients of The James L. Knak Memorial Scholarship: Noah Dungan (University of Buffalo), Christopher Garofolo (SUNY Oneonta), Nicolas Hartwell (SUNY Polytechnic Institute), and Jordan Johnston (Penn State).
Recipients of the Ehlermann-Fedderke Descendants Foundation Scholarship: Rachel Blocker (Northeast College of Health Sciences), Rylie Brewster (Mohawk Community College), Elaina Bull (SUNY Oneonta), Tehya Colao (Downsville to University of Albany), Alethea Ferrara (SUNY Delhi), Zachary Finch (SUNY Polytechnic Institute), Sadie Freyer (Deposit to SUNY Geneseo), Gavin Harrington (Walton to SUNY Cortland), Annlyse Haynes (South Kortright to SUNY Delhi), Angela Hunter (Grand Canyon University), Myah Johnston (University of Rhode Island), Olivia Lake (Deposit to SUNY Broome), Pierce Morgan (SUNY Upstate Medical University), Savannah Petterson (Roxbury to West Virginia University), Ella Rhinehart (Messiah University), Mirabella Sanford (Deposit to SUNY Broome), Nova Sazonova (South Kortright to Russel Sage), Rebecca Verspoor (Delaware Academy to Grace College), Victoria Verspoor (Virginia Wesleyan University), Isaac Vesterfelt (Brigham Young University), Kahrin Vesterfelt (Walton to Brigham Young University), Peyton Wikoff (Hartwick College), Kylie Wood (Walton to Mercyhurst University), and Jessica Zuill (Quinnipiac University).
