The IBEW Congratulates
Its 2001 Founders' Scholarship Winners
July 2001 IBEW Journal
For 35 years the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
has been awarding scholarships to honor the dedicated wiremen and
linemen who organized our union on November 28, 1891.
The scholarships are awarded annually on a competitive basis to
promote educational opportunities and skill development for IBEW
members. Eligible candidates (IBEW members only) must submit letters
of recommendation, academic transcripts, SAT or ACT test scores,
a personal resum, and a 250- to 500-word essay titled "How
the Founders' Scholarship Will Benefit the Brotherhood and the Electrical
Industry."
On May 4 the Scholarship Selection Committee awarded three scholarships
and named two alternate recipients after considering all the applications.
International President Edwin D. Hill and International Secretary-Treasurer
Jerry J. O'Connor are pleased to announce the scholarship recipients.
Wesley Joel Cassidy
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| Wesley Joel Cassidy and family |
Brother Cassidy has been a member of Local 134, Chicago, since
1994. He began his electrical career in 1989, while still in high
school, as a shop hand at Broadway Electric Inc., where he still
works. He has supervised many jobs during his employment at Broadway,
particularly on the installation of several fire-alarm systems at
the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he attends college.
Wesley has been a Dean's List student since first attending college
classes as a part-time student in 1997 at Elgin Community College.
He now attends college as a full-time student majoring in biological
sciences with a minor in mathematics. He continues to be placed
on the Dean's List and in Spring 2000 was accepted to Honors College.
Wesley contributes his time and talents twice a month to the Harvest
Bible Chapel Building Team. And he was a member of a trip sponsored
by the Woodfield Church to build an orphanage in Guatemala.
William F. Mackey
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| William F.
Mackey and family |
Scholarship recipient William F. Mackey was initiated into Local
Union 90, New Haven, Connecticut, in 1982. After graduating from
the apprenticeship program, he became credentialed as a NJATC instructor
after completing the program at the National Instructor Training
Institute of the University of Tennessee. His educational goal is
to obtain a degree in industrial technology.
Brother Mackey has worked for Woods Electric in Farmington, Connecticut,
since 1982. He has utilized his electrical skills in a wide variety
of commercial and industrial electrical work, including public school
renovations; temperature-control installations; data, telephone
and fiber-optic installation and servicing; and as a foreman managing
and supervising up to 15 journeymen. He has served his local not
only as a JATC instructor, but also as an Executive Board member.
One union/community activity he developed and implemented was a
hands-on training lesson for second-year apprentices in partnership
with Habitat for Humanity. The students developed circuitry, ordered
materials, wired and finished one home each year as a community-service
learning project. He also developed and implemented union involvement
with the New Haven Chapter of Habitat for Humanity.
Brother Mackey is a civic leader in his community. Past and present
offices in which he has served include: elected town official to
the Board of Finance (1989-1992, chairman, 1991-1992); appointed
town commissioner to the Parks and Recreation Commission (1988-1990);
elected town official to the Board of Selectmen (1992-1997); Regional
School District #13 Building Committee member; justice of the peace;
election moderator; and member of the Middlefield Democratic Town
Committee. He also serves as a lector in the Norwich Archdiocese.
William is currently enrolled at the School of Industrial Technology
of Central Connecticut State University, where he is maintaining
a grade point average of 4.0.
Katherine L. Moore
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| Katherine L.
Moore |
Katherine L. Moore of Local 538, Danville, Illinois, plans to enroll
at the University of Illinois to study for a bachelor's degree in
business administration, project management. She has completed several
courses provided through her local union, including Nuclear General
Employee Training, Programmable Logic Controllers, Process Controls
and Instrumentation, Leadership Organizing Training, and Effective
Foremanship. Her scholastic honors include the National Dean's List,
the President's List at Danville Area Community College, USAA All-American
Scholar and nomination to the All-USA Academic Team. She is a member
of the Scholar's Program at Danville Area Community College and
Phi Theta Kappa.
Sister Moore has foreman/general foreman experience and is a first-year
instructor with the Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee.
She has also served Local 538 as recording secretary, press secretary,
Building Committee secretary/treasurer, delegate to the IBEW Progress
Meeting/Women's Conference, member of the Blueprint for the '90s
Committee, deputy registrar, and member of the Volunteer Committee.
Katherine serves as a Warren County 4-H Leader/Project Superintendent
and as a tutor in chemistry, algebra, business and English at Danville
Area Community College. She is a partner/manager for Guttering &
More and a member of West Lebanon Christian Church.
Alternates
In addition to the three recipients of this year's Founders' Scholarships,
the committee selected two alternates. They are Michael F. Egan
of Local 456, New Brunswick, New Jersey, who is a labor studies
major; and Peter J. Micket of Local 1547, Anchorage, Alaska, who
is studying electrical engineering.
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Scholarship Committee
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."We have a wake-up call coming; we need to
recognize and change the fact that in some ways we have become comfortable
with and detached from an involvement in securing our own futures.
To me, these scholarships represent both an effort toward affecting
that wake-up, and a personal opportunity to better myself."
-Wesley Joel Cassidy
"A college-educated member has the opportunity to grow and
develop new skills1/4 [to] be exposed to other industries 1/4 to
explore new methods of employee relations, productivity and quality
control 1/4 [and to] learn of new technologies and developments
in the electrical field." - William
F. Mackey
"With the help of a Founders' Scholarship, IBEW members are
enabled with an education that can keep the industry moving in the
progressive direction which it has been so successful in. 1/4Giving
one member the opportunity of a lifetime transposes into the learning
of many." - Katherine L. Moore |
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