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Norman Harris joins the 2006 Harris Award recipients, from left: Corey Munger, Abdelkader Ashour, Norman Harris, Brian Boer, Jaspreet Vasir, Anguraj Sadanandam and Brittany Lesoing. |
Six University of Nebraska graduate students have received the 2006 Norman and Bernice Harris Awards in Cancer Research. Each graduate student award winner receives $500, thanks to the Norman & Bernice Harris Graduate Student Cancer Research Award Fund, which was established at the University of Nebraska Foundation in 1999. The couple’s interests are in colorectal, breast and uterine cancer due to their personal battles with these diseases.
This past fall, the couple also established the Bernice Harris Nursing Award to recognized outstanding nursing students. Ten students received the inaugural nursing scholarships.
Several of the Harris scholarship recipients gathered April 5 to receive their scholarships during a recognition luncheon with Norman Harris.
The award recipients, including their hometowns and departments, are listed below:
2006 Harris Awards in Cancer Research recipients
- Severodonetsk, Ukraine — Vyacheslav Labunskyy, biochemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
- Sioux Falls, S.D. — Brian Boer, pathology and microbiology, UNMC, and Cancer Research Training Program.
- New Delhi, India — Jaspreet Vasir, pharmaceutical sciences, UNMC.
- Pollachi, India — Anguraj Sadanandam, Pathology and Microbiology, UNMC.
- Omaha, Neb. — Corey Munger, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Anatomy, UNMC.
- Sherbeen, Egypt — Abdelkader Ashour, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UNMC.
2005 Harris Nursing Scholarship recipients
- Lincoln, Neb. — Erin Bomberger, Elaine Christiansen, Lacey Cline, Kelly Hollmann, Cassandra Ramm and Gina Witt.
- Alvo, Neb. – Sara Hanes
- Hickman, Neb. – Brittany Lesoing
- McCook, Neb. – Adrienne Nielsen
- Omaha, Neb. – Suzanne Wessling
Originally from Omaha, the Harrises have lived in San Diego since 1965. Norman Harris earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln in 1941. Until his retirement in 1973, he was a manager for a chain of retail discount stores. He then embarked on entrepreneurial adventures in real estate, franchising, accounting, tax preparation, banking and finance. Norman Harris has been a University of Nebraska Foundation Trustee since 1993. Bernice Harris is an artist who taught at the Golden Door Spa near San Diego for several years. She also has written a book on Japanese flower arranging and is a decorative arranger and consultant.