Eight students with family ties to members of the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association (Greenwich, Conn.) received $1,000 Jules Schwimmer scholarships for 2004: Kristin Buechel, Kaytee Products (Chilton, Wis.); Vartanoush Defterderian, Bamboo, Div. of Munchkin Inc. (North Hills, Calif.); Minh-Bao Le, Nestle Purina PetCare Co. (St. Louis); Jason Miller and Amanda Weaver, Evenflo Co. (Vandalia, Ohio); Brian Timm, Kaytee Products (Chilton, Wis.); Acacia Wilson, Pet Carousel Inc. (Sanger, Calif.); and Alec Zimmerman, Nu-Tec Designs L.L.C. (Redmond, Wash.).

In addition, five students received piggyback scholarships from companies that administer their own scholarship programs through APPMA: Charles Almiron, Naturvet-The Garmon Corp. (Temecula, Calif.); Kevin Dewalt and Harrison Lippman, Frank DeWalt Memorial Scholarships from Casco Group (Cerritos, Calif.); Leslie Grossnickle, PBI Gordon Corp. (Kansas City, Mo.); and M. Christopher Miller, the Earl F. Smith Memorial Scholarship from Midwest Homes for Pets (Muncie, Ind.).

APPMA’s scholarship program, now in its eighth year, was established to help deserving students of APPMA member firm employees. For more information, contact APPMA’s member services department at (203) 532-0000 or e-mail memberservices@appma.org. [October 2004 PET AGE]