PENDLETON â Umatilla and Morrow county residents who are studying nursing are eligible to apply for a scholarship in the memory of Mary Boley Wallan, a longtime nurse who practiced most of her career in Pendleton.
The family of Dr. Keith Harcourt, who built a successful surgery career in Pendleton from 1969 until his retirement in 1995, recently established the Mary Wallan Nursing Scholarship. The endowment fund will provide scholarships for current or enrolled students in an Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) or a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program.
Matt Harcourt, one of the late doctorâs sons, along with his siblings, Brian and Joyce, and mother, Pat, discussed the possibility of creating a scholarship fund. Matt said his mother, who had been married to Harcourt for 62 years at the time of his death in June 2019, suggested honoring Wallan, who died Dec. 21, 2020.