Maynard L. Thompson

BOTTINEAU – The Dakota College at Bottineau Foundation has announced a monumental gift from alumnus Maynard L. Thompson, whose journey began on the campus of the former North Dakota School of Forestry nearly 70 years ago.

Thompson graduated in 1957 with a pre-engineering degree, a path he says was shaped almost entirely by the caring faculty who guided him during his earliest days as a college student. Honoring the spirit of caring and giving he received as a pre-engineering student at Bottineau, he has established the Maynard L. Thompson Scholarship Endowment, which will support students just like him for generations to come, according to foundation information.

The information stated Thompson arrived on campus with uncertainty about what he wanted to study. The fir

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