SDHS Scholarship
From Class of 1960
Honors IRMA RISTY (1918-2005)

 
One of the most frequently-mentioned teachers at our 50th Reunion was Irma Risty.  Mrs. Risty taught math at San Diego High School from 1955 to 1960.  She was an engineer at Consolidated Aircraft during WWII.  After the war, she joined the San Diego City Schools and taught mathematics at Kearney, San Diego, and Point Loma high schools, where she coached a long run of champion math teams.
 
Irma Risty is remembered as an excellent teacher, whose effective instruction enabled her students to develop reasoning skills that have benefited them throughout their lives.  In honor of this remarkable teacher, an Irma Risty Scholarship has been established by several classmates as a gift from the San Diego High School Class of 1960.  This $2000 annual award will go to an SDHS senior planning to pursue a career in mathematics or engineering at a 4-year college or university.
 
Through the generosity of an anonymous donor, any additional contributions to this scholarship fund will be matched.  Checks should be made out to "San Diego High School Foundation, Inc." with "Irma Risty Scholarship Fund" written on the memo line and mailed to :
     Daryl Ferguson, Scholarship Chair
     San Diego High School Foundation, Inc.
     P.O. Box 86504
     San Diego CA 92138-6504
 
 

Watch this web page for
information about the first
Irma Risty Scholarship recipient
in June 2011