Richard A. Hart Family Memorial

Scholarship
Opportunities

Scholarships for those planning to follow a specific career path, including

Art
Athletics
Auto Technology
Aviation
Business
Communications
Drama
Health Services
Music
Teaching

Scholarship opportunities for those interested in more general fields of academic study and vocational preparation are provided through
these memorials:

Anderson
Beckstrom
Betsey
Blakely
BJ Brown
Cook
Forys
Foundation Memorial
Gardner
Hart
Haynes
Inglemoor
Karp
Kaysner-Rivergrove
Keener
Knowles
Lee
Livengood
Lorey
Love
Matthews
Munro
Pride
Sanford
Suarez
T-Mac Award
Weed
Workman
R.C. Worthington, Jr. 
Young

Additional scholarships are offered
by the following organizations:

BHS Alumni
BHS Faculty
Kiwanis Club
Northshore Rotary
Woodinville Chamber of Commerce
Woodinville Rotary

   The scholarship honors Bothell pioneer Richard A. Hart and candidates are members of the Bothell United Methodist Church.    

Endowment Established - 1995

Coordinated by -  Bothell United Methodist Church.

2015 Value -  $ 1,000

Purpose & Criteria - To assist a student in pursuing higher education. 
   Graduating senior or graduate who is a member or the child of a member of Bothell United Methodist Church.

Application & Selection - By the church scholarship committee. 

Doug Hart, in his '90s at this 2008 scholarship recognition breakfast frequently represented the Richard A. Hart 
family scholarship.

   The R.A. Hart scholarship was established with the passing of his daughter Dorothy who bequeathed a $10,000 grant to the Foundation. She had been a long-time resident and employee of Puget Sound Power & Light in Bothell during an era when the company maintained a business presence in the local community.

   Richard Alexander Hart was born in London, Ontario, Jan. 24, 1876. After his marriage to Margaret and the birth of two of their three children, Dorothy and Douglas, the Harts moved from Vancouver, B.C. to Bothell in 1920 and later became naturalized U.S. citizens in 1939.  He worked in men's furnishings in Cheasty's, a downtown Seattle firm. Their son Rich was born in 1923 on a six-acre homestead the Hart family had developed into a farm.
   R.A. Hart loved the country and fancied himself a gentleman farmer. A flower lover, Richard grew many varieties, including roses and peonies. He also grew vegetables for his family and planted dozens of fruit trees, including 30 pie cherry trees that were harvested and sold to local canneries. The Hart family raised chickens and sold their eggs to the Washington Cooperative Egg & Poultry Ass'n.
   Mr. Hart belonged to the Masonic Order and the Royal Arch and was an active member of the Bothell United Methodist Church, which he joined in 1923. In 1955, after more than 30 years, he retired from J.C. Penney Co. and died in 1965 at the age of 89. His daughter Dorothy started the scholarship, not only to honor his memory, but also to give others the opportunity that her father had given her.

2004 Recipient

Emma Donohew
Jackson High School
Attending University of Puget Sound
to study political science

2003 Recipient

Ben Staley
Inglemoor High School
Plans to attend California Lutheran University and pursue a career in business.

                Past Recipients

   Lindsey Orser, Juanita High School; Michael Jackson, Kristin Wilkins, Amanda Baldwin, Ryan Smedes, Celeste Orser

Richard A. Hart

2010 Recipient

Emma Donohew
Attending Pacific School of Religion to obtain a
Masters of Divinity
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2009 Recipient

Katherine Ratliff
Attending St. Olaf University in
international relations and German
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2008 Recipient

Katherine Ratliff
Inglemoor High School, attending
St. Olaf College

Recipient in 2007 and 2011

Allison Staley
Bothell High School, attended Seattle University
and subsequently Boston University

2006 Recipient

Linda Conaway
Bothell High School
will attend Central Washington University
to pursue courses in social work.

2005 Recipient

Paige Thompson
Bothell High School
Planning to attend Southwestern University to major in communications

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