By Claudia Loucks
Geneseo Current
Zander Ulam, third from left, is the recipient of a $500 scholarship from the Geneseo Woman’s Club in honor of the late Patti McNaught. Also, in the photo are, from left, Tiffany Stees, president of the Geneseo Woman’s Club; Robin McNaught Henson, Ulam, and Meredith McNaught.
Ulam is graduate of Geneseo High School and will be a senior at Augustana College in Rock Island where he is majoring in instrumental music education.
The late Patti McNaught was a 50+-year member of the Geneseo Woman’s Club. She was involved with music in Geneseo from 1969 until her death in 2022. She taught elementary music at Millikin Elementary School, accompanied the junior high and middle school choirs, taught piano lessons for more than 40 years, and accompanied many students for solo and ensemble contests.
