Tom Zbyszewski Memorial Scholarship

Tom Zbyszewski Memorial Scholarship

Tom Zbyszewski, a life-long resident of the Methow Valley, graduated from Liberty Bell High School in 2013, and was a recipient of a Methow Valley Education Foundation scholarship.  He was a student at Whitman College, majoring in physics.

He spent his summers as a wildland firefighter with the US Forest Service on the Methow Valley Ranger District.  On August 19, 2015, Tom and two of his crew members, Andrew Zajac and Richard Wheeler, were killed while fighting the Twisp River Fire.

Through generous donations from people from all over the country made in Tom’s name, the Methow Valley Education Foundation established the Tom Zbyszewski Memorial Scholarship.

Tom would be so honored to know that, through this scholarship, he is helping students follow their dreams.