Congratulations to the 2015 Norman W. Kramer Outstanding Scholar Award winner, Shawn Haverdink
Norman Kramer was the Golf Course Superintendent of Point O' Woods Country Club in Benton Harbor , Michigan from 1959 to 1971. Prior to this he was Vice President of the Midwest Association of Golf Course Superintendents. In Michigan he served as Director, Vice President and President of the Western Michigan GCSA and Michigan GCSA. He was also a Past President of the Midwest Regional Turf Foundation at Purdue University . At the time of his death, he was serving as a Director of the Michigan Turfgrass Foundation. Mr. Kramer was active in promoting the scholarship programs at Michigan State University and believed strongly in the youth of America . This award is dedicated to the memory of Norm Kramer.
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Norman Kramer Award History
- Number of Awards Annually: One
- Amount of Award: $2,500.00
- Basis for Award: Grade Point Average of 3.0 or higher
- Minimum 42 credits completed
- Active service in Turfgrass Programs at MSU
- Program Eligibility: All Programs
- When Awarded: At annual award ceremony
- Electronic Scholarship Application available at the bottom of this page
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Norman Kramer Award History
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1972 Christopher Fochtman
1973 Roger Southworth 1974 Douglas Quiram 1975 Martin Miller 1976 James Rickly 1977 Robert Nulph Jr. 1978 James Lass 1979 Gary Carls 1980 Michael Newell 1981 Gary Pulsipher Michael Schaefer 1982 Gary Thommes 1983 Michael Kositzke Kurt Galisdorfer 1984 James Champion |
1986 Jeremy Slessor
1987 Eric Kleinsorge 1988 Michael Ver Hage 1989 Christopher Smith 1990 John MacLeod 1991 N/A 1992 Russell Horsch 1993 Karen O'Dell 1994 Terry Poley 1995 Marc McMullen 1996 Trevor Monreal 1997 Bryan Boynton 1998 Kirk Carls 1999 Clifford Moore 2000 G. Andrew Morris |
2001 Greg Matz
2002 Curtis Johnson 2003 James Bradley Boyd 2004 Greg VanWeelde 2005 Michael McClafferty 2006 Colin Young 2007 Tyler Wenger 2008 Jared Milner 2009 Joshua Fuhrman 2010 Scott Rettmann 2011 Thomas Green 2012 Clinton Steketee 2013 Joshua Alleman 2014 John Parvin 2015 Shawn Haverdink |