Judy H. Older of Durham and Carolyn W. Thomasson of Charlotte have been named co-winners of the Joe Schweidler Memorial Scholarship for the year 1982. This scholarship was established by the Real Estate Licensing Board in honor and memory of Mr. Schweidler who served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Board from 1960 until 1975.
The North Carolina Real Estate Educational Foundation, Inc. administers the scholarship which is awarded to the student who attains the highest scholastic average in the first session of Course B of the REALTORS' Institute, and consists of the tuition fee for Course C of the Institute. Mrs. Older and Mrs. Thomasson recorded identical grades in attaining the highest scholastic average in Course B; therefore, they were each awarded scholarships recognizing their outstanding individual achievements.
Mrs. Older is a 1966 graduate of Duke University. She obtained her real estate salesman license in 1981 and is associated with Chesson REALTORS in Durham. Mrs. Older is also very involved with Triangle Hospice which provides home care and a support system for patients and their families coping with terminal illness.
Mrs. Thomasson is a graduate of Flora MacDonald College. She has been a licensed real estate broker since 1978 and is associated with Merrill Lynch Realty/Townsend Co. in Charlotte. She and her husband John are active in the First Presbyterian Church in Mooresville and they have four daughters-two in high school and two at Western Carolina University.
The Real Estate Licensing Board and the Real Estate Educational Foundation congratulate Mrs. Older and Mrs. Thomasson and extend to them their best wishes for continued success and achievement in the real estate field.