Kemmerer Family Proud of Its Wyoming Heritage |
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The late John L. Kemmerer Jr. wanted to help students from the town which bears his family name.
He established a $500,000 scholarship fund in 1992. The John L. Kemmerer Jr. Scholarship Fund provided full support for one student each year from either the Kemmerer or Cokeville area. In 2004 the family, through the Kemmerer Family Foundation, decided to expand the scholarship program to benefit Dubois High School graduates as well as graduates from both Kemmerer and Cokeville. Since 1992, thirteen total recipients, including ten from Kemmerer and three from Cokeville, have benefited from the scholarship.
Kemmerer’s grandfather, Mahlon S. Kemmerer, along with Patrick J. Quealy Sr., founded the coal town of Kemmerer in 1897. “Our former operations in and around Kemmerer contributed materially to the financial success of my family, and it is with a feeling of gratitude to our former employees and residents of the area that I have established this scholarship program,” said the late John L. Kemmerer Jr.
“This scholarship allows young, motivated students to pursue their academic dreams. We are proud to be able to provide these scholarships to these deserving young people of Wyoming,” says John L. Kemmerer III.
Additional contributions were made of $725,000 during the latter part of the 1990s by Mr. Kemmerer. The Kemmerer Family Foundation recently gifted $600,000 to the scholarship fund, bringing the foundation’s total amount gifted in support of the scholarship fund during the course of UW’s five-year DISTINCTION
Campaign to $800,000.
The family was very pleased to learn the state of Wyoming would match their most recent contribution. The fund, now valued at $2.9 million, supports graduates from Kemmerer, Dubois, and Cokeville. When the scholarship program is fully implemented, twelve students will be assisted each year.
Photo: John L. Kemmerer Jr. Posted on Friday, June 23, 2006
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