The Rotary Club of Downers Grove is now accepting applications for their annual Charles Dickerman Music Scholarship. Each year the Rotary Club of Downers Grove presents a $2,000 scholarship check to a deserving high school senior who resides in Downers Grove or in the District 99 attendance area. Charles Dickerman was a founding member of the Rotary Club of Downers Grove. He was a nuclear physicist at Argonne National Laboratory who had undergraduate degrees in both physics and music. Charles stayed involved in music throughout his life and was an avid bagpiper.
A scholarship application can be downloaded at www.dgrotary.com
The qualifications to apply for this scholarship are:
- Be a graduating senior attending a public, private, parochial or home school, and reside in Downers Grove or the High School District 99 attendance area.
- Plan to pursue a post-secondary education program.
- Have participated in high school curricular music activities and/or extracurricular music activities.
- Composers and/or arrangers qualify for this scholarship.
- Pursuit of an undergraduate music major or minor is not required.
- Financial need is not a criterion for selection.
Information:
Dave HumphreysRotary Club of Downers Grove
musicscholarship@
630-968-5526
