Somerset, NJ At the 15th Annual Turfgrass Awards Banquet, two Rutgers Professional Golf Course Management School students each received a $1000 scholarship from Cleary Chemical Corporation.
Timothy Connolly of Gaithersburg, Md. was awarded the Dr. Paul Sartoretto Memorial Scholarship, while James Schmid of Goshen, NY received the Cleary Chemical Corporation Academic Scholarship at the annual banquet.
The recipients, both in their second year at the Professional Golf Turf Management School, were selected by a committee of Rutgers University turf faculty. The students were chosen based on their strong academic performance, as well as their commitment to a career in golf turf management.
The scholarships, presented at the banquet by Dr. Karen Plumley, Director of Research with Cleary Chemical, have been in existence for two years. The Dr. Paul Sartoretto Memorial Scholarship was established in honor of Dr. Sartoretto, an employee of Cleary Chemical for 50 years, who served as Technical Director of the company’s turf and ornamental products business.
He is recognized for pioneering several significant industry contributions, including the technology of fungicide tank mixing.
Connolly, with a BA in English from Salisbury University, wants to become a golf course superintendent after graduation. Schmid who holds a BA in Economics from Binghamton University will purse a career in golf course management.
