Patricia (Pat) Roppel |
(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - Peter Stanton a high achieving scholar and a graduate from Ketchikan High School has been awarded the Tongass Historical Society's Patricia Roppel Memorial Scholarship.
Stanton teaches history at Ketchikan High School; however, he is currently taking a sabbatical to write a history book on Southeast Alaska Tlingits.
Pat Roppel, a former teacher at Ketchikan High School, would have been pleased to know that Stanton is receiving this scholarship of $5,000 to help out with his research to also write another Southeast Alaska book on the Tlingits and hopefully using it in his classroom at Ketchikan High School (Kayhi).
Laurie Pool, president of Tongass Historical Society (THS), said in partnership with the Roppel family and the Eichner family, we were honored to establish the Tongass Historical Society's Patricia Roppel Memorial Scholarship with the Alaska Community Foundation in 2016. This scholarship was established to honor the late historian and scholar Pat Roppel. Not only was she a prolific writer and scholar, but she served on the Tongass Historical Society's board, made significant donations of objects, information, time, money, and was a supportive member for over fifty years.
Rosie Roppel, THS board member and scholarship chair and Patricia’s sister-in-law said, "Historian and scholar Pat Roppel was a prolific writer on Southeastern Alaskan history." Pat Roppel wrote 14 books and hundreds of articles on all kinds of things including children’s magazines. Pat Ropell presented 60 percent of the research that went into a most recent book called Tin Can said Rosie Roppel.
Laurie Pool, Rosie Roppel, Samantha Baird and Peter Stanton |
Rosie Roppel, Laurie Pool and Samantha Baird, a recent graduate of Stanford University, presented Stanton with his scholarship in front of the Kayhi staff. Samantha Baird is Pat Roppel’s granddaughter and daughter of Cindy Roppel and Darren Baird.
The Tongass Historical Society’s Patricia Roppel Memorial Scholarship provides an annual $5,000 scholarship to a student majoring in the history of Alaska at the undergraduate or graduate level. Students either need to be enrolled or intend to enroll at an accredited college. Preference is given to applicants specializing in Southeast Alaska history or the history of mining, fisheries, or timber in Alaska. This scholarship is in memory of Patricia “Pat” Roppel, author, historian and Alaskan.
Donations are accepted through the Alaska Community Foundation and can be applied for on the ACF website (https://alaskacf.org) annually in February.
The Alaska Community Foundation (ACF) is a statewide platform for philanthropy that connects people who care with causes that matter. ACF’s mission is to inspire the spirit of giving and connect people, organizations, and causes to strengthen Alaska’s communities now and forever.
Edited By: Mary Kauffman, SitNews
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