Richard A. Hart Family Memorial

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


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

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

Allott
Anderson
Beckstrom
Blakely
BJ Brown
Cook
Forys
Gardner
Hart
Haynes
Inglemoor
Karp
Keener
Knowles
Lee
Livengood
Lorey
Love
Matthews
Munro
Pride
Suarez
Workman
R.C. Worthington Jr.
Young

Additional scholarships are offered by the following organizations:

BHS Alumni
BHS Faculty
Kiwanis Club
Northshore Rotary
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.

2009 Value -  $ 600

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. 

   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

2008 Recipient

Katherine Ratliff
Inglemoor High School, attending
St. Olaf College

2007 Recipient

Allison Staley
Bothell High School, attending
Seattle 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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