Stratham Historical Society Awards Seven Scholarships

STRATHAM.... The Stratham Historical Society is pleased to announce that the Winfield L. Foote Awards for Academic Excellence 2020 have been presented to seven outstanding applicants. This year's recipients include five graduating high school seniors, one rising Upper Classman and one Thesis/Dissertation graduate student. They are as follows:

John Gorman, Stratham resident, enrolled this Fall at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst; Nick Frattali, Stratham resident, also enrolled this Fall at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst; Anna Scheifele, Stratham resident, will be attending the University of New Hampshire; Alexis LaPia of Exeter, enrolled at Union College; Tommy Lamar, Stratham resident, will be attending Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Each of the above students will receive a $1,000 scholarship award.

Also receiving scholarships are Sophie Ropp, Stratham resident and Upper Classman at UNH, $1,500, and Eric Linderman of Newmarket, a Graduate Student in history at UNH, recipient of the Thesis/Dissertation Award in the amount of $2,500.

We are proud to recognize all of these deserving students in an entirely atypical school year. No one finished the semester in a traditional classroom. Graduates did not attend graduation with their classmates in the usual manner. The Winfield L. Foote Endowment and Stratham Historical Society's award process was creatively altered, but not defeated by COVID-19. We are particularly gratified to support academic achievements in 2020.

The scholarships are made possible by the generosity of the late Mr. Winfield L. Foote, a long-time resident of Stratham and a strong supporter of The Stratham Historical Society. Including the above awards, to date the society has granted nearly $100,000.

Two or more $1,000 awards are offered each year to qualified applicants who meet the criteria set forth by the Society. Students are encouraged to watch for announcements and/or check with guidance departments to obtain applications which are available in February of each year for public and private high school seniors who are Stratham residents, and for students from surrounding communities who are enrolled in the SAU16 School District.