Linda L. Mast and Dr. John A. Patterson Endowed Scholarship

Linda Mast and John Patterson, as active community members in La Crosse, are interested in the on-going improvement of dental health professionals as dental hygienists and dental assistants. Linda Mast was a Vice President at Western from 1988 until her retirement in 2003. Her husband, John Patterson, has been an orthodontist in La Crosse since 1978, and numerous Western graduates have been employed in his office at Gundersen Lutheran. Linda and John appreciate the work of the Western dental faculty members in educating the graduates who have helped provide the best possible dental health care in La Crosse.