Press Releases
June 23, 2009
Women’s Auxiliary Board of Lake Forest Hospital awards $31,000 in academic scholarships
Lake Forest, Ill. – The Lake Forest Hospital Women’s Auxiliary Board recently granted its annual academic health care scholarships to 24 students who are pursuing health care-related education.
Each year, the Board selects winners on the basis of criteria such as outstanding academic achievement and exceptional promise in the field of health care. A number of this year’s scholarships were awarded to Lake Forest Hospital nurses who are continuing their education.
The Board awarded a $5,000 Marion Warner Hodgkins Scholarship, along with 23 A.B. Dick Jr. scholarships, ranging from $500 to $3,000 each. The scholarships are supported through the fundraising efforts of the Women’s Board.
Jimmy Cheon of Lake Forest won this year’s Marion Warner Hodgkins Scholarship. Cheon is a graduate of Lake Forest High School and of Northwestern University, where he received numerous academic honors. He recently completed his second year of Medical School at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Throughout high school, college and medical school, Cheon has provided medical research and services to the needy. He volunteered at a VA Hospital and worked for the Chicago Urban Project. During the past year, he worked with a family of Iraqi refugees and supervised their medical care.
The $5,000 Marion Warner Hodgkins Scholarship is named for the first president of Lake Forest Hospital’s Women’s Auxiliary Board, who volunteered at the hospital for more than 50 years. A.B. Dick Jr. was an active chairman of the Board of Directors; his family donated the land for Lake Forest Hospital.
The winners of the 23 scholarships named in honor of A.B. Dick Jr., are:
- Rohangiz Ayrempour, Lake Forest
- Anna Maria Demir, Northbrook
- Darshini Desai, Kenosha, Wisconsin
- Sharon Dufault, Mundelein
- Kaitlin Fox, Antioch
- Linsey Fox, Antioch
- Kimberly Hanson, Mundelein
- Sarah Hartman, Lake Forest
- Lauren Havey, Lake Forest
- Suzanne Himpelmann, Waukegan
- Julie Jacobs, Lake Bluff
- Jill LeCount, Kansasville, Wisconsin
- Esther Manes, Vernon Hills
- Emily McEneely, Lake Forest
- Ryan McQuillen, Lake Bluff
- Rebekah Miller, Crystal Lake
- Nicole Mitchell, Lake Forest
- Jennifer Prescia, Hawthorn Woods
- Katie Schrems, Vernon Hills
- Mary Kate Smyrniotis, Chicago
- Justin Sobinsky, Lake Forest
- Christine Somberg, Deerfield
- Megan Wright, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
Lake Forest Hospital is a 215-bed community hospital with 600 physicians board-certified in 68 medical specialties, conveniently located in offices throughout Lake County. The 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 www.lfh.org.