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American Crooks Scholarship

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When I was informed of the possibility to compete for this scholarship I was unsure what to talk about. I’m seventeen and I just graduated from Mount Pleasant Community High School. I currently live in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. This next year I plan to go to the University of Iowa and study Accounting. I have been accepted into the Tippie College of Business as a First Generation Student. I am honored to be a part of the Crooks family name. My parents are James and Kelly Crooks and my sister is Jordan Crooks. My father, James, and my uncle Dave are the sons of my grandfather, David Crooks and my grandmother Maralee Marreel Crooks. My grandfather is the son of Robert Ray Crooks and Eva Mae Rudebeck Crooks. My Great Grandfather had eighteen brothers …show more content…

He joined the armed forces when he was eighteen. After he left the army he met back up with my mom and they soon dated again. He married my mother Kelly Crooks on July 31st, 1993. They then had me on August 6th, 1999. Subsequently, they had my sister on November 12th, 2004. Unfortunately my dad suffered a fall causing a disk and a half to break. This was due to strains he had suffered in his back over the years. The doctors told him he would never walk again, in other words that he would be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. However, he proved them wrong as he after six months was able to use crutches. Then after a year of physical therapy and sheer determination he moved from crutches to a cane and braces on his legs. Nowadays despite having partial paralysis in his legs he can walk with little problem and he only uses his cane to balance himself as he walks long distances. When I look at my dad I see a man that has overcame his unfortunate circumstances in his life and has excelled into someone greater. He is someone who I look at and I admire as he shows what hard work and a good drive lead to with the right circumstances. Robert Crooks was born September 19, 1919, near Ionia. He married Eva Mae Rudebeck on January 17, 1940. The couple initially lived in Gladbrook where he lived as a farmer. The couple then moved to Charles City where he worked on the Illinois Central Railroad for four

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