Medical Nutrition Scholarship Established, Inaugural Recipients Announced

The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Allied Health Professions (www.unmc.edu/alliedhealth) has announced the endowment of the Stork Robertson Medical Nutrition Scholarship.

The scholarship is named in part for the late Sandra Stork, longtime director of clinical dietetics at UNMC, who grew up in the Tekamah, NE area. She served as a faculty member at UNMC from 1970 through the mid ‘80s and continued to train UNMC faculty into the 2000s.

Stork died in 2014 at age 70. The Sandra S. Stork Charitable Trust will help fund medical nutrition education for a Nebraska student.

Barbara Robertson, one of Stork’s former students, a close colleague and friend, matched it with her own money to help fund a student from out of state.

Originally from Wyoming, Robertson completed her dietetic internship at UNMC in 1982 and started working there as a clinician and clinical/classroom instructor immediately following graduation. She continues to serve as a clinical preceptor.

Laura Evans of Columbus, NE, and Elizabeth Tiffany of St. Joseph, MN are the inaugural recipients of the Stork Robertson Medical Nutrition Scholarship. Two recipients will be chosen each year for the partial scholarships.