Bio: Writz, Paul – Scholarship from Northern States Power (1975)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Writz, Carroll

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 02 Jul 1975

Paul Writz received a $100 honorary scholarship from Northern States Power Company President and General Manager, John L. Carroll, recently. Writz’s father, Dan Writs, is a lineman for NSP’s Central Division.

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In ceremonies held at corporate headquarters in Eau Claire, Northern States Power Company President and General Manager, John L. Carroll, presented two $750 scholarship awards and three $100 honorary scholarships to five of the 16 regular and 13 honorary scholarships awarded in the NSP system this year. The grants, which are renewable for four years, contingent on satisfactory scholastic performances, were awarded to sons and daughters of NSP employees in the four-state area.

Paul L. Writz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Writz, Abbotsford, was the recipient of a $100 honorary scholarship. While attending high school, Writz was a Badger Boys State Representative, President of the National Honor Society, member of the student senate and the Laird Youth Leadership Conference. In addition, he was salutatorian of his class. He plans to attend St. John’s University at Collegeville, Minnesota to pursue a career in the field of medicine.

Writz’s father is lineman overhead in NSP’s Central Division.