The Tom Hanstrom Memorial Scholarship

The Tom Hanstrom Memorial Scholarship was created to remember Thomas D. Hanstrom Jr., who served as Executive Director of the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association (TOMA) from 1987 until his death in 1991, at the age of 43. Before coming to Fort Worth, he served as the Executive Director of the Indiana Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons in Indianapolis. Tom continuously encouraged students to educate themselves about the fundamental principles of osteopathic medicine because he was a firm believer in the wisdom of those principles. (Proverbs 8) The Hanstrom family (Joyce Hanstrom-Parlin, Christor (Stephanie) Hanstrom, Anna Hanstrom and Seth (Laura) Hanstrom) created the scholarship to honor a student demonstrating true dedication to Osteopathic principles and skill in the practice of Osteopathic manipulation.