New turfgrass scholarship honors golf course superintendant Bob Mashburn
Tom Nevin (left), general manager of Hope Valley Country Club, along with Bob Mashburn's daughter, Tonya Mashburn, and mother, Zora Montgomery, join Dean Johnny Wynne in creating the scholarship.
Photo by Mark Dearmon
Members of Durham's Hope Valley Country Club and the family of Robert Lee (Bob) Mashburn Jr. gathered at the club March 29 to create the Bob Mashburn Turfgrass Scholarship Endowment in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, N.C. State University. It was established through an agreement signed by the club and representatives of the North Carolina Agricultural Foundation Inc.
The new endowment honors the life of Mashburn, who was golf course superintendent at Hope Valley, and will support students planning careers as golf course superintendents. It will provide scholarships for undergraduate or Agricultural Institute students enrolled in the College's turfgrass program.
Mashburn was a native of Pinehurst who grew up with a passion for golf courses and became the third-generation golf course superintendent in his family. He served 18 years as superintendent at Hope Valley.
- Terri Leith
The new endowment honors the life of Mashburn, who was golf course superintendent at Hope Valley, and will support students planning careers as golf course superintendents. It will provide scholarships for undergraduate or Agricultural Institute students enrolled in the College's turfgrass program.
Mashburn was a native of Pinehurst who grew up with a passion for golf courses and became the third-generation golf course superintendent in his family. He served 18 years as superintendent at Hope Valley.
- Terri Leith