2023 SCHOLAR
Isaac Mekaru
Forest Hills Northern High School
Isaac Mekaru is an outstanding 2023 graduate of Forest Hills Northern High School.
Isaac has excelled beyond academics. He has proven to be determined and dedicated to not only his academic studies but also to sports and volunteer programs benefiting his community and classmates.
He has shown leadership on the Science Olympiad Team and the Marching Band. He is also active in Club Soccer and Fall Rowing, as well as the National Honors Society. He participated in the community volunteer projects Go Orange and Kids Food Basket.
In his junior year Isaac received the AP Scholar with Distinction Award, the Gold Award for Academic Excellence and was a National Merit Scholarship Finalist.
The Roger B. Chaffee Scholarship Fund is extremely proud to have Isaac Mekaru as its 56th Scholar.
Past Scholars
2022 Wayne He, Forest Hills Northern High School
2021 Rachel Schenck, Forest Hills Central High School
2020 Sarah Schenck, Forest Hills Central High School
2019 Noah T. Stout, Forest Hills Central High School
2018 Patrick Clark Morgan, East Grand Rapids High School
2017 Eric John Pearson, Northview High School
2016 Stefan Neal Johnson, Rockford High School
2015 Camille Phaneuf, Northview High School
2014 Tessa M. Powers, Rockford High School
2013 John G. Brooks, Jr., West Catholic High School
2012 Timothy (T.J) Joel Devries, Forest Hills Eastern High School
2011 Keegan Mccorry, Grand Rapids Catholic Central High School
2010 Kathryn Ann Luczek, Grand Rapids Catholic Central High School
2009 Sydney Zarrish Condie, East Grand Rapids High School
2008 Tara Katherine Yeager, Northview High School
2007 Lukas Ross Leisman, Grand Rapids Christian High School
2006 Daniel Lee Overbeek, Northview High School
2005 Katherine T. Koelzer, Northview High School
2004 Kyle Keith Vankoevering, Rockford High School
2003 Trevor James Carlyle, East Kentwood High School
2002 Jacob Lewis Bourjaily, Forest Hills Central High School
2001 John-Paul Bida, Grandville High School
2000 Andrew Tennyson, Forest Hills Northern High School
1999 Matthew J. Turk, Rockford High School
1998 Julie R. Wisner, Lowell High School
1997 Kelly S. Steelman, Northview High School
1996 Stephen R. Dugan, Forest Hills Central High School
1995 Carrie L. Campbell, Forest Hills Central High School
1994 Lisa Frieland, East Grand Rapids High School
1993 Mark Ratajczak, Northview High School
1992 Douglas Vander Griend, Grand Rapids Christian High School
1991 Daniel G. Brown, Forest Hills Central High School
1990 Michael D. Bolt, Grand Rapids Christian High School
1989 Scott R. Burba, East Grand Rapids High School
1988 Kieth M. Conger, Forest Hills Central High School
1987 Michelle K. (Rahn) Saye, Forest Hills Central High School
1986 L. Dirk Wyngarden, Northview High School
1985 Stephen Townsend, East Grand Rapids High School
1984 Robert G. Feyen, Calvin Christian High School
1983 Danella Williams, Godwin Heights High School
1982 Joseph P. Meko, Northview High School
1981 Douglas Bartholomew, Rockford Senior High School
1980 Stephen Tongue, East Kentwood High School
1979 David J. Finton, East Kentwood High School
1978 Morton Harwood
1977 Ruth Ann (Watterson) Christie, East Kentwood High School
1976 Edmund M. Larson, Union High School
1975 Karl S. Kimball, East Kentwood High School
1974 Michael Barbachyn, Godwin High School
1973 Ronald C. Gallagher, Union High School
1972 Jerome F. Dausman
1971 Vicki (Nietering) Stefan, Northview Public School
1970 Brent L. Havens, Sparta High School
1969 Brock Whittenberger, Creston High School
1968 Bernie Siebers, Central High School