Kansas Amateur is 2004 Goldfarb Scholarship Winner

Jonathan Krenzel, KC0AMG.

NEWINGTON, CT, Apr 21, 2004--Jonathan Krenzel, KC0AMG, a senior at Wichita County High School in Leoti, Kansas, is the 2004 winner of the William R. Goldfarb Memorial Scholarship. ARRL Foundation President Tom Frenaye, K1KI, and Scholarship Committee Chairman Tom Comstock, N5TC, announced Krenzel's selection April 20.

A Technician licensee since 1997 and an ARRL member, Krenzel, 18, enjoys operating SSB on 6 and 2 meters and 70 cm. He's active in various VHF-UHF operating events and in DXing as well as high-speed meteor scatter work. He's a member of the Six Meter International Radio Club--SMIRK. His father, Gary, is N0KQY.

A member of the National Honor Society, Krenzel is ranked at the top of his class. Numerous other honors, including Who's Who among High School Students and designation as a Presidential Scholar, complement his outstanding academic resume. On April 21, he will be among 15 top Kansas high schoolers honored by the University of Kansas Alumni Association and the KU Endowment Association. In 2002, he took a silver medal in the Kansas Science Olympiad. He's also one of the managers for his high school football team. His community activities include church youth projects and participation at schools, nursing homes and food drives.

Krenzel plans to attend Wichita State University in the fall, majoring in aerospace engineering with a goal of one day working for NASA.

The William R. Goldfarb Memorial Scholarship assists a qualified student to obtain a bachelor's degree at an accredited institution of higher education in computers, engineering, the sciences, medical/nursing or a business-related area. The four-year award to an active radio amateur is based on outstanding qualifications, financial need and the availability of other educational funding sources.

The Goldfarb Scholarship is the result of a generous endowment from the late William Goldfarb, N2ITP. Before his death in 1997, Goldfarb set up a scholarship endowment of close to $1 million in memory of his parents, Albert and Dorothy Goldfarb.

More information on the Goldfarb Scholarship is available on the ARRL Web site. Applications for the Goldfarb Scholarship and other ARRL Foundation Scholarship applications are accepted each year beginning October 1 and ending February 1 for the academic year that starts the following August/September.

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