Gene F. and Jayne M. Shrum Scholarship

Gene F. and Jayne M. Shrum Scholarship

Dr. Shrum was born in Zanesville, Ohio in 1914 and married his wife Jayne McCreery in 1944. He was a graduate of South High School in Youngstown, Ohio, later earning his bachelor’s degree from Ohio University and his Doctor in Dental Surgery from the Ohio State University. He was a dentist for more than 40 years in Canfield. He passed on his love for dentistry to his daughter, Dee Dee Shrum Wacksman, who later became a dental hygienist. This scholarship was created to support students in the dental hygiene program.

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