UW Medicine’s Department of Laboratory Medicine trains medical technologists, professionals who conduct clinical tests that are a crucial part of patient care. We are fortunate that this program is supported by the contributors and funds listed below.
Julian and Adele Astion Endowed Scholarship in Medical Technology
This scholarship, established in 2008 by Dr. Michael Astion, professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine, and his wife, Jennifer Astion, honors Mike’s parents, Julian and Adele Astion, for their tireless support of Mike’s education and life goals. Julian and Adele Astion consistently stressed a philosophy of education and hard work as a means for enjoyment, advancement, and humanitarian achievement. They made significant, sustained sacrifices so that their children could complete their undergraduate and graduate education. The donors find it fitting to honor Julian and Adele Astion by supporting the Medical Technology Program in the Department of Laboratory Medicine because the program and the department have an educational philosophy in perfect harmony with that of the Astions. The entire Astion family hopes these funds will make it easier for deserving students to enter the medical technology profession, a profession characterized by lifelong learning and contribution to society.
Sandra Richardson Baxter and John D. Baxter Endowed Scholarship in Laboratory Medicine
Sandra Richardson Baxter, a 1962 graduate of the UW Medicine’s Medical Technology Program received a scholarship when she was a student in the program. What’s more, the scholarship information she received included a request that recipients consider supporting scholarships when they were able. Ms. Baxter never forgot how important the scholarship was to her education, or the request to support other students who needed scholarships. John D. Baxter, a 1962 graduate of the UW Mechanical Engineering Program and retired from Boeing, and Ms. Baxter saw the opportunity to make a gift, to use their gift to secure matching contributions from Boeing, and to create a permanent scholarship for medical technology students. It is their hope that students who benefit from their scholarship will, in turn, make scholarship contributions of their own.
Beckman Coulter Foundation Scholarship for Medical Technologists
The Beckman Coulter Foundation Scholarship for Medical Technologists provides financial assistance to students earning B.S.-undergraduate degrees in the Medical Technology Program in the Department of Laboratory Medicine.
Joyce A. Behrens, Ph.D. Endowed Scholarship Fund
Joyce A. Behrens, Ph.D., is an assistant professor emeritus in the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the School of Medicine. In 2008, Dr. Behrens made a significant testamentary gift to scholarship to assist students who have completed their first year in the undergraduate Medical Technology Program in the Department of Laboratory Medicine, with a preference for students exhibiting an interest in the study of hematology.
William C. Butts, Ph.D. Fund for Medical Technology
Dr. William C. Butts, Fel. ’73, came to Group Health in 1976 as the clinical chemist for the clinical laboratory and served in a number of leadership capacities over the years; in 1999, he became the director for Group Health’s laboratory system. In the 1970s, Dr. Butts and a core group of colleagues created a revolutionary integrated clinical lab system model. This model, which required that state services be available on site in clinic and hospital labs — while also using a centralized reference lab — is now the model for integrated health systems. This fund, created by Group Health Foundation, will provide scholarships to students in the Department of Laboratory Medicine’s Medical Technology Program while honoring Dr. Butts’s many contributions to his field. Dr. Butts died in 2001.
Wayne L. Chandler and T. Maenad Widdershins Endowed Master’s Scholarship in Medical Technology
Education — and a host of good teachers and mentors — have always been a central part of the lives of Dr. Wayne L. Chandler, Res. ’86 and Ms. T. Maenad Widdershins. Through the creation of this scholarship, which will support master’s students in the Medical Technology Program, they support this belief in education. They also want to help students pay for graduate school in this important field. Master’s-level technologists play a critical role in laboratory medicine worldwide, say the couple, acting as laboratory directors and managers, teachers, and researchers. With this scholarship, Dr. Chandler and Ms. Widdershins hope to provide opportunities for students working towards a degree in higher education while providing new leaders for the field of laboratory medicine.
Marie B. Coyle, Ph.D. Endowed Scholarship in Medical Technology
Marie B. Coyle, Ph.D., an emeritus professor, continues to feel close ties to the Department of Laboratory Medicine and the Department of Microbiology, where she worked for almost 30 years. During that time, Dr. Coyle had extensive contact with B.S. students in both departments. In addition, Dr. Coyle was a scholarship recipient when she went to college, and she knows that a scholarship can open doors of opportunity for students who might not otherwise be able to afford school. Dr. Coyle also feels that she benefited greatly from the talented and dedicated medical technologists who worked in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory at Harborview Medical Center where she served as the Laboratory Director. With a sense of gratitude, Dr. Coyle has established a scholarship fund to support students earning a bachelor’s degree in the Medical Technology Program.
Meredith and James Fine Endowed Scholarship in Medical Technology
Many contributors associated with the Department of Laboratory Medicine understand the need for scholarship support for medical technology students, but no one understands the need better than James S. Fine, M.D., the chair of the department, and his wife, Meredith A. Fine, M.D., Res. ’88. In 2007, the Fines established a scholarship fund that will provide a permanent source of support for students in the department’s undergraduate Medical Technology Program.
Fine Family Endowed Master’s Scholarship in Laboratory Medicine
In creating this endowment, James S. Fine, M.D., chair of UW Medicine’s Department of Laboratory Medicine, and Meredith A. Fine, M.D., Res. ’88, took advantage of the Faculty-Staff-Retiree Campaign for Students, which will match their donation. The scholarship will support students earning master’s degrees in the Medical Technology Program in the Department of Laboratory Medicine.
Laboratory Medicine Endowed Scholarship Fund
In creating this scholarship, these anonymous contributors are taking advantage of the Faculty-Staff-Retiree Campaign for Students, which will match the donation. The donors wish to help students in the Medical Technology Program in the Department of Laboratory Medicine, students who are the first generation in their families to pursue or receive a higher-education degree in the United States.
Mary F. Lampe, Ph.D. Endowed Scholarship
In 2006, Mary F. Lampe, Ph.D. (B.S. ’68, M.S. ’76) made a commitment to students earning a bachelor’s degree in the Medical Technology Program. Dr. Lampe, the Director of the Department of Laboratory Medicine’s Medical Technology Program, knows firsthand how much students need and appreciate scholarships. The creation of the Mary F. Lampe, Ph.D. Endowed Scholarship will help support these students for years to come. Dr. Lampe has made a testamentary commitment that will augment this scholarship.
Carol N. LeCrone Endowed Scholarship in Medical Technology
Carol N. LeCrone, M.S. joined the faculty in the School of Medicine in 1967. In 1969, she was appointed the director of the Medical Technology Program in the Department of Laboratory Medicine. At that time, one of the department’s major objectives was to provide excellent educational opportunities for undergraduate students studying in the field. Over the course of 27 years, Ms. LeCrone worked with highly qualified faculty and staff to meet this objective. When the opportunity arose in 2006 for individuals to establish endowed scholarship funds to help medical technology students meet their financial obligations, Ms. LeCrone, now an emeritus faculty member, chose to participate. She considers the creation of this scholarship a special privilege.
Magaret Endowed Scholarship in Medical Technology
In creating this endowment, Amalia S. Meier Magaret, Ph.D., and Craig A. Magaret took advantage of the Faculty-Staff-Retiree Campaign for Students, which will match their donation. Dr. and Mr. Magaret created this scholarship to support undergraduate medical technology students in the Department of Laboratory Medicine.
Lee Anne McGonagle Malott Endowed Scholarship in Medical Technology
Lee Anne McGonagle Malott, MPH, an emeritus faculty member in the Department of Laboratory Medicine, joined the newly formed Department of Laboratory Medicine in 1969, became a faculty member in the Medical Technology Program in 1970, and worked with students at all levels in the scientific area of clinical microbiology. Ms. Malott’s husband, Ralph J. Malott, M.D., Res. ’66, graduated from the University of Nebraska with undergraduate degrees in zoology and chemistry, and then entered the master’s degree program in pharmacology before obtaining his M.D. from its medical school. Later, among other responsibilities, he was a clinical associate professor for the UW Department of Psychiatry and met regularly with residents. In recognition of the outstanding spirit in the UW Department of Laboratory Medicine, the need for a stable source of scholarship funding for Medical Technology Program students, and the value that they place on higher education, the Malott family is creating the Lee Anne McGonagle Malott Endowed Scholarship in Medical Technology.
Medical Technology/Western Pathologists Quality Assurance Association Endowed Master’s Scholarship
The Western Pathologists Quality Assurance Association has long supported the field of medical technology. In 2002, it created its first scholarship in the Department of Laboratory Medicine, a scholarship that supports undergraduate students in the Medical Technology Program. In 2007, the association generously created another scholarship, the Medical Technology/Western Pathologists Quality Assurance Association Endowed Master’s Scholarship, to provide financial assistance to students earning master’s degrees in Medical Technology.
Medical Technology/Western Pathologists Quality Assurance Association Endowed Scholarship
The Western Pathologists Quality Assurance Association (WPQAA) has long supported the field of medical technology. As the number of accredited programs has decreased over the years, WPQAA felt it was important to foster and support the programs — like the one in the UW Department of Laboratory Medicine — that continue to thrive. Accordingly, the WPQAA set up an endowment in 2002 to support students in the UW Medical Technology Program in the Department of Laboratory Medicine. In 2006, WPQAA merged its endowment with the department’s Undergraduate Medical Technology Fund. The purpose of the new, combined fund, the Medical Technology/Western Pathologists Quality Assurance Association Endowed Scholarship, is to provide scholarship assistance to undergraduate students in the Medical Technology Program at the UW School of Medicine.
Lorene Patricelli Seeley Endowed Scholarship
Students who enter the Medical Technology Program at UW Medicine have completed two years at college. They then spend their third and fourth years in the Medical Technology Program. This scholarship is directed at those two final years of undergraduate education.
This scholarship fund is being established to honor the memory of Lorene Patricelli Seeley, beloved wife of Jack Seeley. Mrs. Seeley received a degree in Medical Technology from the University of Washington in 1962 and worked in pathology at the Seattle VA Medical Center. Later she worked in infectious diseases at Harborview Medical Center.
Mr. Seeley wrote the following about Mrs. Seeley and the importance of medical technology: "I feel the work of people in medical technology is of great importance to the field of medicine. That my wife — the product of four immigrant grandparents from Italy with minimal education — accomplished what she did was remarkable. If I can make it a little easier for someone else to fill the urgent need for medical technologists, I will be pleased."
Paul Strandjord and Kathleen Clayson Endowed Educational Fund in Laboratory Medicine
The Paul Strandjord and Kathleen Clayson Endowed Educational Fund in Laboratory Medicine was created in honor of the co-founders of the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Paul Strandjord, M.D., and Kathleen Clayson, upon their retirement from the University of Washington. This endowed fund supports the education of future clinical laboratory scientists, scholars, and investigators in clinical pathology and laboratory medicine by supporting the department’s education, training, and student assistance programs.
Paul E. Strandjord Endowed Scholarship in Medical Technology
In creating the Paul E. Strandjord Endowed Scholarship in Medical Technology, emeritus faculty member Kathleen J. Clayson honored her long-time colleague and friend, Paul E. Strandjord, M.D., M.A. Dr. Strandjord was born in Minneapolis, Minn., earned B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Minnesota, served as an officer aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Bataan during the Korean War, subsequently attended Stanford University Medical School, and completed residency training in internal medicine at UM. Then a faculty member at UM, Dr. Strandjord was invited to join the UW School of Medicine faculty as professor and chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine. During that time, Miss Clayson worked with him to strengthen departmental operations and support students, faculty, and staff. This fund, created to provide scholarships for B.S. students in the Medical Technology Program in the Department of Laboratory Medicine, will also serve as a testament to Dr. Strandjord’s dynamic leadership and his mentorship of young students and trainees. Ms. Clayson passed away in 2008.
Paul E. and Margaret T. Strandjord Endowed Scholarship in Medical Technology
This scholarship was established by Margaret T. Strandjord in memory of her husband, Dr. Paul E. Strandjord, the founding chair of the Department of Laboratory Medicine. The Strandjords shared the vision of a strong, collegial department, one that trained and supported students pursuing careers in medical technology. During Dr. Strandjord’s 25 years of leadership, the clinical laboratories at UW Medical Center and Harborview Medical Center grew to encompass a broad spectrum of laboratory specialties and to provide leading-edge clinical laboratory science and services for patients. In addition, Dr. Strandjord was keenly interested in providing educational opportunities for young people, and he and his colleagues developed nationally recognized programs in laboratory medicine, ranging from the undergraduate to postgraduate levels. Among his achievements were the strengthening and expansion of the department’s Medical Technology Program and the development of a departmental culture that promoted collegiality and regard for all students, faculty, and staff members.
With the creation of the Paul E. and Margaret T. Strandjord Endowed Scholarship in Medical Technology, Dr. and Mrs. Strandjord will leave another legacy to the Department of Laboratory Medicine — a stable source of scholarship funding for Medical Technology Program students. Dr. Strandjord passed away in 2001; Mrs. Strandjord passed away in 2007.