Press Releases
July 14, 2008
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital ’s Women’s Auxiliary Board Awards $33,500 in Academic Scholarships
Lake Forest, Ill. – The Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Women’s Auxiliary Board recently awarded its annual academic health care scholarships to 32 recipients. The $5,000 Marion Warner Hodgkins Scholarship was awarded along with 31 A.B. Dick Jr. scholarships, ranging from $500 to $3,000 each. The recipients are students pursuing health care careers or professionals continuing their education in a health care field. Each year, the winners are selected on the basis of criteria such as outstanding academic achievement and exceptional promise in the field of health care.
The 2008 Marion Warner Hodgkins Scholarship winner is Stacy Mustari. Stacy is a Vernon Hills High School graduate and a first-year student in the Carroll College Doctorate of Physical Therapy (PT) program. Stacy has volunteered in the PT department at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital where she has been involved with a kickboxing program for underprivileged children. She has also volunteered at Midwest Gymnastics for children with developmental disabilities. Stacy will participate in an internship at an orthopedic practice in Libertyville and will present a research paper at the American Physical Therapy Association National Conference. In addition, Stacy has studied and volunteered in Costa Rica and Mexico.
The $5,000 Marion Warner Hodgkins Scholarship is named for the first president of Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital’s Women’s Auxiliary Board, who also volunteered for more than 50 years at the hospital. A.B. Dick Jr. was an active chairman of the Board of Directors; his family donated the land for Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital.
The winners of the 31 scholarships named in honor of A.B. Dick Jr., are Amy Bauer, Buffalo Grove; Katarzyna Bochenska, Lake Forest; James Cheon, Lake Forest; Sharmistha Dev, Buffalo Grove; Sharon Dufault, Mundelein; Linsey Fox, Antioch; Alyssa Fuggiti, Gurnee; Kimberly Hanson, Mundelein; Sarah Hartman, Lake Forest; Patrick Kresch, Lindenhurst; Jill LeCount, Kansasville, Wisconsin; Andrew and David Levy, Lake Forest; Julie Macfarlane, Evanston; Emily McEneely, Lake Forest; Ryan McQuillen, Lake Bluff; JoAnna Nannini, Gurnee; Julie Nellessen, Wadsworth; Nancy Nozicka, Green Oaks; Nicole Olerich, Mundelein; Jennifer Prescia, Hawthorn Woods; Debra and Sarah Rau, Vernon Hills; Katie Schrems, Vernon Hills; Justin Sobinsky, Lake Forest; Mithaq Vahedi, Evanston and Bonnie Wright, Gurnee.
the highest quality health care through exceptional access to
state-of-the-art clinical services with compassionate and personal care.
The hospital was named the #1 Consumer Choice hospital in Lake and Kenosha counties
for 2007/2008 by National Research Corporation. Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital has earned this honor
three years in a row for having the best doctors, best nurses,
best image and reputation, and best overall quality.
About Northwestern Memorial HealthCare
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare is the parent corporation of Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital, an 854-bed academic medical center hospital and Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, a 205-bed community hospital located in Lake Forest, Illinois.
About Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital
Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital is a wholly owned entity of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare. The hospital has 600 physicians board-certified in 68 medical specialties, conveniently located in offices throughout Lake County. Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital has been named the Consumer Choice Hospital for Lake and Kenosha counties according to a survey by National Research Corporation for five years in a row for having the best doctors, best nurses, best image and reputation, and best overall quality.
The hospital’s mission is to provide communities the highest quality health care through exceptional access to state-of-the-art clinical services with compassionate and personal care. Clinical services are delivered at the hospital’s Lake Forest and Grayslake campuses, and at facilities in Bannockburn, Glenview, Gurnee-Brookside, Gurnee-Tower Court, Libertyville, Lindenhurst and Vernon Hills. At the main hospital in Lake Forest, exemplary care is provided in Cain Family Emergency Services, the Hunter Family Center for Women’s Health, the Posy Krehbiel Breast Care Center, the Waud Family Maternity Services and the Center for Advanced Radiation Medicine. CareCoach, Lake County’s only mobile health program, provides care for the underserved at 25 locations throughout the region. For more information, visit lfh.org.