The University of Nebraska at Kearney Department of Philosophy recently announced the 2001-2002 recipients of the O.K. Bouwsma Scholarship. The scholarship was created by a $200,000 gift from an anonymous donor. It is named after O. K. Bouwsma who was a professor of philosophy at the University of Nebraska from 1928 to 1965 and the University of Texas from 1966 to 1978. He was a leading scholar and student of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Soren Kierkegaard and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. He was noted as an outstanding teacher. During his tenure at NU, he received the “Outstanding Nebraskan” faculty award. The scholarships are awarded to the top students who have submitted a philosophical essay to the O. K. Bouwsma scholarship competition each year. These essays are read, judged and ranked by the members of the philosophy department.
Following is a list of those that received a scholarship and also the amount of their reward:
Beaver Crossing
John Houston, $1500
Grand Island
David Pearson, $800
Kearney
Jami Schreiber, $800
Josh Schulz, $1500
Omaha
Sean Conway, $400
Overton
Curtis White, $400
Scottsbluff
Matt Fowler, $800
St. Paul
Levi Jacobs, $800
The following are students who received a one-course scholarship in the amount of $250 for the 2001 Fall Semester:
Curtis
Jessica Demoret
Henderson
Mindy Boehr
Kearney
Matthew Brecht
Serena Lehn
McCook
Kristen Harr
Omaha
Danielle Lively
Sarah Rickley
Rose
Tyler Kovarik
