awc scholarship recipients

1949-50

Erland Frisvold

($1000)

School of International Relations, Washington, D.C

1950-51

Nils Ørvik

($1000)

University of Wisconsin, Madison
Doctorate in History

1951-52

John Traagstad

($650)

University of California, Los Angeles
Business Administration

($650)

Fredrik Grønvold

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Masters in Engineering

1952-53

Kirsten Valen

($1700)

University of California, Berkeley
Doctorate in Genetics

($350)

Greta Hoffmann

John Tracy Clinic, Los Angeles
Speech Therapy

1953-54

Inger Leegard

($1000)

Central Institute for the Deaf, St. Louis, Mo. and John Tracy Clinic

1954-55

Ellen Jacobsen

($1500)

Lexington School for the Deaf, St. Louis, Mo. and John Tracy Clinic

($250)

Anne Aadnøy Starbo

John Tracy Clinic, Los Angeles, Calif.
Speech Therapy

1955-56

Bjørg Herdal

($1500)

Central Institute for the Deaf, St. Louis, Mo.
Speech Therapy

1956-57

Sonja Haganæs

($1500)

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Teaching of Sick Children

1957-58

Aud Hovik

($1500)

University of Oregon, Eugene and Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo.
Masters in Speech Therapy

1958-59

Tjodhild Herstad

($1500)

Arizona State College, Phoenix
Speech Therapy

($750)

Else Storli Ruhle

Children's Medical Center, Boston, Mass.

1959-60

Mette Breder

($1500)

St. Catherine's College, Minneapolis, Minn.
Cerebral Palsy

1961-62

Hans Ludvik Myhra

($2000)

University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Wash.
Masters in Speech Therapy

1964-65

Gro Harlem Brundtland

($3000)

Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass.
Masters in Public Health

1965-66

Signe Vittersø

($3000)

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
Speech Therapy

1966

Bjørg Herdal

($700)

Visiting U.S. institutions for aphasic children

1967

Odd Mymoen

($1000)

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
Rehabilitation for the blind

1967-68

Randi Korsvig Rasmussen

($3000)

League School for Seriously Disturbed Children, New York
Psychoses

1968

Guri Bramness

($1000)

The Pearl Buck School, University of Oregon
Borderline intelligence

1969-70

Anne Marie Egeland Nordeng

($3500)

New York area
Emotionally disturbed children

1971

Sigvor Riksheim (Strømnæs)

($1000)

Visiting institutions for the mentally retarded

1971-72

Trine Lise Dahl (Vogel)

($4000)

University of Illinois
Masters in Speech Therapy - Mentally retarded children

1972

Miriam Donath Skjorten

(NOK 1000)

Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center, Washington, D.C.
Summer course in dance instruction for the deaf

1972

Anne Marie Egeland Nordeng

(NOK 1000)

Travel with mentally handicapped pupils to Mallorca

1973-74

Ingeborg Lyche Gomnæs

($4500)

Behavioral Clinic in California

1975-76

Bodil Bjugn

($5000)

Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Correctional behavior

1977-78

Eva Pollen

School for the Deaf, St. Louis, Mo.

1979-80

Ingrid Kjelland Iversen

University of Southern California
Pupils with learning difficulties

1980

Even Ruud

($1000)

National Conference of Music Therapy, Minneapolis, Minn.

1981

Grete Hoffmann

($2000)

Visiting U.S. institutions for the deaf

1981-82

Torstein Andersen

($6000)

University of Florida
Masters in Music Therapy

1983-84

Hanna Sandsdalen Romlo

($7000)

University of Texas, Austin
Treatment of the blind and visually impaired

1985-86

Åshild Schei

(NOK 60,000) 

Lesley College Graduate School, Boston, Mass.
Masters in Expressive Art Therapy

1987-88

Anne Grethe Tuseth

(NOK 70,000) 

Visiting various family therapy and child psychiatric institutions in the U.S.
Treatment of emotionally disturbed children from multi-problem families

1988-89

Else-Marie Haakonsen

(NOK 70,000)

Montessori Institute, Washington, D.C.
Certification as Montessori teacher

(NOK 20,000)

Sigurd Kulseng-Hansen

Seminars in microsurgical techniques, visiting physicians in the fields of microsurgery and female incontinence

1989-90

Eva Britt Andreassen

(NOK 70,000)

Oregon State University, Corvallis
Counseling/vocational education for multihandicapped youth/ young adults

1991-92

Babil Stray-Pedersen

(NOK 50,000)

Visiting various U.S. institutions in field of pre-natal research

(NOK 50,000)

Turid Gammelsrød

Dyslexia studies

1993-94

Magnhild Rasmussen

(NOK 100,000)

Kennedy Institute for Handicapped Children, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.and Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio
Neurological disorders in children

1995-96

Berge Andreas Steinsvaag

(NOK 100,000)

De Paul University , Chicago, IL
Interdisciplinary masters degree in communication/marketing/public services toward improvement of efficiency within social services.

1997-98

Kitty Dahl, PhD

(NOK 10,000)

Center for Treatment and Study of Anxiety Disorders, Allegheny University, Pennsylvania.
One month training in obsessive-compulsive behavior.

(NOK 40,000)

Ann Færden, MD

University of California, Los Angeles, Clinical Research Center for Schizophrenia and Psychiatric Rehabilitation Project. 
To help patients live and independent and integrated life.

(NOK 50,000)

Inger Torhild Gram, MD

University of Southern California, Los Angeles.  Department of Preventative Medicine.
Project: new methods for measuring mammography densities.

1999-2000

Kjetil Hvaal, MD

(NOK 15,000)

Baylor University Medical Center.
Foot and ankle surgery

(NOK 85,000)

Atle Moen,MD

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Respiratory diseases in newborns

2001-2002

(NOK 50,000)

Liv Frøyland and Liv Eriksen

(NOK 50,000)

Torstein Meling, MD. and Bernt Due-Tønnessen, MD

(NOK 20,000)

Torunn Stene Nøvik, MD

(NOK 20,000)

Audun Myskja, MD

2003-2004

Dr. Truls Ryder

(NOK 100,000)

Texas University, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, advanced microvascular surgery as related to the oncology patient

2004-2005

Dr. J. Frederik Frøen

(NOK 100,000)

The scholarship has been awarded to Dr. Frøen to accept a one year visiting professorship at Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. During his stay in the U.S. he will lead the International Stillbirth Conference from September 15-18 in Washington, D.C.

2007-2008

Christine Roth

(NOK 50,000)

Christine Roth , a very dynamic and energetic young woman, has been invited to join the Dept. og Epidemiology at Columbia University for a year in order to do research on the relationship between nutrition and mental health. More specifically, she will be gathering information for her doctoral dissertation on the correlation between nutrition during pregnancy and the risk of delayed language development by the age of 3 years.

(NOK 50,000)

Audun Myskja

Audun Myskja received kr. 20.000 kr. from the AWC in 2001 for a study tour in the U.S. visiting several music institutes specializing in using music as a therapeutic technique in hospitals and nursing homes. He has been very successful in this area and in sharing his knowledge and experience nationwide. He is considered to be leading in his field. He will now be going to Boston to visit the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, the Berklee School of Music and several nursing homes in the area. His current project is entitled: Integrated Music as a Tool for Improving Care and Treatment in Hospitals and Nursing Homes”