At the Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program (CLSP) Welcome Reception on May 24, 2006, Thomas Raife, M.D., presented the Delores Gail "Lorie" Cordle Scholarship to Jacklyn Mihm and Shelly McElroy. The scholarship is a $500 award that is given annually to incoming CLS students showing outstanding promise in the field. A plaque honoring Lorie and the scholarship recipients is displayed in Pathology Administration. Pictured left to right are Jacklyn Mihm, Thomas Raife, M.D., Director, DeGowin Blood Center, and Shelly McElroy.
Lorie Cordle was a clinical laboratory scientist who worked in the DeGowin Blood Center at University of Iowa Health Care for 29 years. During this time Lorie worked closely with the Clinical Laboratory Sciences program, first as a teaching technologist for students during their rotations in the blood center, and later as an instructor in the student lab. Upon her death in 1999, a fund was established by the Department of Pathology to assist students entering the field of clinical laboratory sciences.
To be eligible for the Cordle Scholarship, students must have been accepted into the University of Iowa Clinical Laboratory Sciences program. Selection is made by a three-member committee consisting of CLS Program faculty and representatives of the DeGowin Blood Center, and is based on professionalism, professional plans, commitment to the clinical laboratory sciences, laboratory experience, and academic record.
