Siddiqui Awarded Dr. Laseter Scholarship

Poplar Bluff High School senior Zain Siddiqui was awarded the $1,000 Michael D. Laseter Memorial Scholarship, which is limited to a senior planning to major in the medical field. Siddiqui, 18, has been accepted into the pre-med program at Washington University in St. Louis.

Dr. Laseter was a physician specializing in internal medicine at Kneibert Clinic for over 20 years. After retiring from medicine in 1994, he taught physiology at PBHS on a voluntary basis for five years. Since 2008, the memorial scholarship in his name has been awarded to a student each year.

Cutline: Presenting Zain Siddiqui (second from right) with his scholarship on Wednesday, April 22, are (from left) Poplar Bluff Public School Foundation Vice-President Emily Hogg, Donna and Isaac Laseter, and PBHS Principal Mike Kiehne.

Presenting Zain Siddiqui (second from right) with his scholarship on Wednesday, April 22, are (from left) Poplar Bluff Public School Foundation Vice-President Emily Hogg, Donna and Isaac Laseter, and PBHS Principal Mike Kiehne.