Tau Beta Pi Programs - Scholarships

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2008-09
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2007-08
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2005-06
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2003-04
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2002-03
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The Tau Beta Pi Association Scholarship Program was established in 1998 with five awards named in honor of former Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus R.H. Nagel. In six years, awards of $2,000 each have been made to 624 Scholars (identified at www.tbp.org) for their senior year of full-time engineering study.

During 1998-99, the Society received gifts totaling $200,000 from Charles R. Dodson, MD B '30. Investment earnings from the Dodson Scholarship/Fellowship Fund support awards intended particularly for members of Maryland Beta. In 1999 a gift of $40,000 was made by Vincent A. Stabile, NY L '40, to endow a Stabile Scholarship in perpetuity. The Stabile Fund was aided by gifts of $3,590,000 in 2007-08.

During 2000-02, trust assets of $4,358,000 were given by L.E. Record, KS A '29, to endow Record Scholarships in perpetuity. In 2003 a bequest of $135,000 from A.C. Scribner, NY G '29, endowed Scribner Scholarships. Alabama Power Foundation, Inc., made a gift of $25,000 in 1995 to endow awards, the first of which was given in 2000. In 2005 a bequest of $65,000 from H.M. Alford, MS A '27, endowed Alford Scholarships. In 2006 a bequest of $50,000 from E.E. Althouse, PA A '26, endowed Althouse Scholarships. In 2007 a bequest of $72, 760 from R.A. Curtis, OH A '64, endowed Curtis Scholarships. C.E. Banner, OH G '47, left $25,000 to the TB Scholarship Fund in 2008.

Since 1999, 11 awards named for Elsa and Peter Soderberg, CT A '68, were given. Ruth M. and Cleveland L. Campbell , IN A '47, donated 21 Campbell Scholarships since 2001. An Anonymous donor sponsored 10 awards beginning in 2007. Eight awards were named for Albert H. Winkler, AZ B '75, who bequeathed a gift in 2004. Five Mentor Scholarships were given by J.P. Tarwater, MO B '51, in admiration of the 1926-46 automobile industry.

Single awards named for Dr. J J. Jacobs, NY R '37; Dr. E.W. Beans, OH G '53; John Bernard, MO B '34; A.R. Orr, TX B '50; E.M. Honig, TX B '70; C.J. Utt, IN A '50; Mrs. H.A. Defries, NY G '50; Scott, OH B '49; JJ Quigley, PA Z '58; L.W. Donoghue, MA D '37; Louis Duenweg, IN B '36, (two); S.R. Schwaller, SD A '95; and A.P. Heymann, FL A '39, have been given.

Fluor has sponsored eight awards, GEICO seven, General Motors six, the Bose Foundation two, Duke Energy two, and Merck & Co. supported one.

Since 1996 Tau Beta Pi has participated in the scholarship program of the Society of Automotive Engineers--sponsoring a total of 65 Tau Beta Pi Scholarships of $1,000 each to entering engineering freshmen. During 1988-95, the Society awarded 24 Tau Beta Pi Scholarships of $1,000 each to first-year engineering students in a National Society of Professional Engineers program.
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