ANNOUNCEMENT: DALE YASUKAWA SCHOLARSHIP NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

Robin Burton

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ANNOUNCEMENT: DALE YASUKAWA SCHOLARSHIP NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

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Robin Burton

Date:

4/1/2010

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The OPAF Dale Yasukawa Scholarship Fund is now accepting applications from
Northwestern University students currently enrolled in the O & P program.
The scholarship is intended to assist current NUPOC students attend their
local chapter, society meeting or national meeting of the Academy. More
information is located on the OPAF website at

 

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Scholarship applications are due by May 15.

 

In November 2001, a memorial fund was established at OPAF in the name of
Dale Yasukawa CP.

Yasukawa, who died on November 22, 2001 at the age of 43, served as director
of prosthetics at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) in the
department of prosthetic-orthotic clinical services. He began his work with
RIC in 1988 as a physical therapy aid. In 1990, he joined the O&P clinical
services department, and in 1991 Yasukawa attended the Northwestern
University prosthetics certificate program. He became an ABC-certified
prosthetist in 1993 and throughout his career worked with patients of all
ages - children, young adults, and geriatrics. Yasukawa was involved in the
Midwest Chapter of the American Academy of Orthotists & Prosthetists for
over seven years, completing his service as immediate past president in
2001.

In cooperation with Linda Yasukawa, PT, MS, OPAF has created a scholarship
program connected to Dale's memorial fund.

This scholarship program is currently open to all full-time certificate
candidates enrolled in Northwestern University's Prosthetic Orthotic Center
(NUPOC). The chief purpose of the scholarship is to encourage student
participation in their local annual meeting of the American Academy of
Orthotists and Prosthetists (AAOP). It is expected that the award will be
used specifically to defray meeting registration fees of their local AAOP
meeting and assist in the purchasing of books, supplies, and equipment
needed for ongoing studies at NUPOC.

The Dale Yasukawa Scholarship winner for 2009 was Alex Trumper, CO.

For more information, please contact the OPAF office at 319-235-4318 or
<Email Address Redacted>

 

 

Robin Burton

Executive Director

OPAF and The First Clinics

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536 Sunset Road

Waterloo, Iowa 50701

319-235-4318

319-235-4326 FAX

www.opfund.org < <URL Redacted>>

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Robin Burton, “ANNOUNCEMENT: DALE YASUKAWA SCHOLARSHIP NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 7, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/231352.