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About the Scholarship:
The Dick Quantz Scholarship Fund is in memory of an individual who made
great strides in advancing all of our technical networks and was active
in our Chapter. Dick Quantz was a long-time APCO Life member and Past
President. He was the APCO President in 1966 and helped start the
Northwest Chapter of APCO, now the Washington Chapter.
Dick Quantz started his career in public safety in 1939 at the
Washington State Patrol (WSP), where he retired in 1977 with the rank of
Colonel. He brought the WSP from the era of virtually no radio
communications system to a comprehensive state-wide VHF radio system.
When he started the VHF network there were no frequencies in the VHF
radio spectrum for state-wide communications. He petitioned the FCC for
those channels but was told it was technically impossible to build a
state-wide system using 150 MHz frequencies. At that time, virtually all
state-wide systems were on low-band. He persevered and built one of the
first VHF statewide systems in the country. He also designed the first
microwave system for the State of Washington in the early 1950’s. When
he retired he was responsible for all technical services in the WSP.
After he retired in 1977, he worked as a private consultant for ADCOMM
Engineering Co. until the middle 1990’s when he decided to fully retire.
Dick was also a Fellow in the Radio Club of America and the recipient of
the Washington Chapter Maurice Courtright Memorial Award. He was active
in his church which he had attended since he was six.
The Goal:
The goal of the Dick Quantz Memorial Technical Scholarship
program is to provide educational assistance to APCO members and their families seeking to further their education in a technical field. The
goal of this scholarship program is to help to provide training and technical resources for the public safety industry.
Who may apply:
Each of the two scholarship parts has their own
eligibility requirements. Summer Training Conference Scholarship: The Summer Training Conference Scholarship is eligible to all full
non-commercial Washington Chapter APCO members who work in a technical field for a state or local government entity. College or University
Scholarship Program: The College or University Scholarship Program is open to all Washington Chapter APCO members Active, Member, and
Commercial, and their immediate families.
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