ANNOUNCEMENT: OPAF DALE YASUKAWA SCHOLARSHIP OFFERED TO NUPOC STUDENTS

Robin Burton

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ANNOUNCEMENT: OPAF DALE YASUKAWA SCHOLARSHIP OFFERED TO NUPOC STUDENTS

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Robin Burton

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4/25/2012

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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 $1,000.00 scholarship is intended to assist NUPOC students attend their
local chapter or society meeting of the Academy. More information is
located on the OPAF website at

 

<URL Redacted>

 

Scholarship applications are due by May 30.

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.

In November 2001, a memorial fund was established at OPAF in the name of
Dale Yasukawa CP. In cooperation with Linda Yasukawa, PT, MS, OPAF has
created a scholarship program connected to Dale's memorial fund.

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.

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

 

Robin Burton

 

Orthotic prosthetic activities foundation logo

 

OPAF Executive Director

r obin@opafonline . o r g

319-235-4318

319-235-4326 (Fax)

215-584-3033 (Cell)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


                          

Citation

Robin Burton, “ANNOUNCEMENT: OPAF DALE YASUKAWA SCHOLARSHIP OFFERED TO NUPOC STUDENTS,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/233434.