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High-caliber students competing in classes enhance the education and professional growth of all engineering students. Engineering alumnus Harry Sager and his wife, Anne, challenged the College's faculty to find ways to attract more top freshmen to the College. The result is the Academic Excellence Scholarship Fund. The Fund's goal is to increase the number of National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists/finalists recruited to the College by offering nationally competitive, four-year scholarships.
Harold and Bonnie Jane Kester stepped forward and supported the college's efforts to raise an endowed fund to support the recruitment of the best engineering students.
Wayman(BS/Civil '47) and Eugenia Wing initiated this scholarship to honor staff member Susan McCormack, citing her "dedication, enormous energy, and efficient manner" in working with the students and alumni of the College of Engineering.
Susan has been in the Dean's Office since 1988, active in nearly every college activity that involves, in her words, "my kids." Beginning with the pre-college Discovery Days, the JETS/TEAMS high school competition, and as coordinator of the Engineering Summer Program, she is one of the first contacts prospective students and their parents have with the College. She considers students to be "family," and it is with great pride that she reads them across the stage the day they graduate.
As a student puts it, "Susan McCormack has been, without a doubt, the single most influential and helpful person in my university experience. Despite her amazing workload, she has always sacrificed herself for anything and everything I have needed, without a hint of hesitation. She truly is the one who has made my education possible. Every engineering student I know feels the same; Susan is family."
In another major aspect of her job, Susan has edited the College quarterly, Foresight, since 1991. Anyone who follows the College through this publication will agree that she does an excellent job of keeping alumni and friends informed of the College's news. By interviewing older alums of the College for special articles, Susan has made a new set of friends who she happily adds to her "family."
Contributions to this scholarship have been made, and will continue to be made, by friends, faculty, staff, and alumni.
The Max and Ernestine Murray Memorial Scholarship was set up by the children of Max and Ernestine to recognize their lives and contributions. Max was born in 1915 in Powell, Wyoming on an irrigation farm in the District. He graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1938 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. His life was filled with many adventures. He joined the Wright Aeronautical Corporation and served as technical representative in WWII with the Army Air Corps in North Africa. In 1960, he joined North American Aviation and was involved in the development of propulsion systems for the famous NASA Apollo Program. Later he worked on the Air Force B-1 bomber and on the space shuttle main engines. His fascination with space exploration influenced those of us around him. Max also loved history, travel, and antique cars. He was a product of the famous Professor H.T. Person and the other fine faculty members of UW. Max never forgot where he came from and he had an endless love of Wyoming and the West.
Ernestine Murray was born in Walnut Shade, Missouri, in what is known as the Ozarks. After graduation from high school she ran a successful business in the Southern Missouri resort area. During WWII she moved to Wichita, Kansas, worked for Boeing in production of the B-29 aircraft, and met Max after the war. They had two sons, Scott and Stephen. Her activities included Red Cross chairman for Madison County, Alabama, Salvation Army Women<92>s Auxiliary, Junior Welfare League, and the Art Museum Guild. She was a great homemaker, entertainer, and tireless contributor to the community.
They hope this scholarship will help provide opportunities for young men and women. And, they hope, through this education, their lives will be fulfilling as were those of Max and Ernestine.
The funds for these scholarships are provided each year by the alumni and friends of the College of Engineering. Gifts to the College's general scholarship fund as well as a portion of annual fund gifts pledged during the student phonathon are used to support this scholarship.
ACEC of Wyoming is a voluntary, non-profit organization established to promote ethical practices in engineering and surveying, to advance the profession's prestige and usefulness to public health, safety and welfare, and to promote the continued professional development of its members. To meet these goals ACEC of Wyoming has established a scholarship for engineering students at UW.
Paul S. Bechtel graduated from UW with a degree in civil engineering in 1939 and entered the U.S. Army Air Corps flight training program. He served in the Pacific during WWII as a fighter pilot and commander and continued his distinguished military career through the Korean Conflict. He went on to the Air Force Research and Development Command and to head a NORAD Team for the Air Force's SAGE Air Defense. Following his retirement from the military in 1963, he worked in Boeing's rocket program. Paul passed away in Melbourne, Florida, where his widow, Lois, still resides. In 1991 the Paul S. Bechtel Survey Classroom was dedicated to recognize his commitment to engineering programs and the H.T. Person Endowment. A long time supporter of the College of Engineering, Col. Paul Bechtel funded this scholarship endowment to assist students to prepare for a career in environmental engineering.
This scholarship is named after the engineering and land-surveying firm of Bellamy and Sons, Engineers, that was founded in 1913 in Laramie. The senior Bellamy, Charles, was a charter member of the Boston Scientific Society before he moved to Wyoming and became the world's first Registered Professional Engineer in 1907. His sons Benjamin and Fulton, grandson John and great grandsons John II and William all earned a BS in Engineering from the University of Wyoming and became Licensed Professional Engineers. Their undergraduate experience provided a very good background for John to earn a PhM from the University of Wisconsin and a PhD from the University of Chicago, for John II to earn an MS and PhD from the University of Arizona, and for William to earn an MS and a PhD from Colorado State University.
The initial endowment of this scholarship was donated by Civil Engineering Professor Emeritus John Bellamy and his wife Jo to help provide future students the opportunity to study engineering at the University of Wyoming.
This scholarship was endowed with a bequest from Willamena E. Bellamy. She established the scholarship to honor her husband, Fulton D. Bellamy, who received a degree in civil engineering from UW. Prior to World War II he worked with Bellamy and Sons in Laramie and was an assistant state engineer. During the War he was an instructor in the Department of Civil Engineering. Following the War he became an airport engineer with the FAA in Kansas City. He went on to become the Midwest District Airport Engineer in charge of all airport construction in the area, including the construction of O'Hare Airport in Chicago. Fulton Bellamy was the uncle of retired professor of civil engineering, Dr. John Bellamy, and the son of the first U.S. registered professional engineer, Mr. Charles Bellamy.
Loren "Clark" Bishop was born in 1885 near Fort Fetterman in the Wyoming Territory. He was licensed as a Wyoming land surveyor in 1907 under the first Engineer and Land Surveyor Registration law passed in the U.S. In addition to a private surveying practice, he held City Engineer and Water Superintendent posts for 30 years before becoming the Wyoming State Engineer. He served in that post from 1939 to 1956, the longest tenure of any state engineer. During that time he served on every major water commission and was involved in negotiating most of Wyoming's interstate contracts. In 1952, an Honorary Doctor of Law degree was bestowed on Mr. Bishop by the University of Wyoming in recognition of his long and distinguished service to the state of Wyoming. Mr. Bishop's family and friends established this scholarship to honor the many and diverse accomplishments of this uncommon man.
Herbert H. Bush was a native of Sheridan, WY, and a long time supporter of the College of Engineering. He graduated from UW in 1942 with a general engineering degree and a petroleum option. His academic achievement at UW was recognized by Sigma Tau when he was selected as the 1938-39 Outstanding Freshman, and his name is inscribed on the Pyramid and Rail display at the front entrance of the engineering building. During WW II he served as a U.S. Air Force pilot. Following the war he went on to earn additional degrees in chemical engineering and business management at the University of Colorado. Herbert Bush was employed by Texaco in 1948 and worked for the company for 36 years, specializing in drilling management. Memorial gifts from family and friends were used to establish the Herbert H. Bush Memorial Scholarship. His widow, Mary Susan Bush, has provided the funds to permanently endow the scholarship, "In grateful appreciation for a good and lasting education in engineering."
Gertrude Chamberlain of Lusk, WY, established an endowed scholarship in memory of her husband, Roy Chamberlain. This scholarship is awarded to students majoring in business and engineering. Mrs. Chamberlain requested that a student's character, high ideals, ambitions and interest in the private enterprise philosophy be considered when selecting the recipient of the Chamberlain Scholarship.
The Cheyenne Engineers Club selects a student who is a graduate of a Cheyenne high school. In order to receive this scholarship the recipient must have completed one year of the engineering curriculum at either the University of Wyoming or a Wyoming community college.
Long-time supporters of the University of Wyoming and the College of Engineering, LeGrand and Juanita Christofferson provided the College with two endowed trusts which can be used for scholarships, student and faculty development, and instructional equipment.
David H. and Mary M. (Payne) Crum graduated from UW in 1967; Dave in electrical engineering and Mary in education. They appreciate the foundation for success that the University of Wyoming offered them and three generations of the Crum and Payne families.
Dave was raised in Newcastle. After graduation he was recruited by Culter-Hammer, Inc, an electrical equipment manufacturer, headquarted in Milwaukee, WI. In 1971, he co-founded Control Equipment Corporation in Denver, CO. The company was an industrial control systems design and fabrication company. In 1976 Dave and Mary returned to Wyoming and founded Crum Electric Supply Co., Inc. The company is a distributor of electrical parts and equipment, headquartered Casper with ten branch warehouses in Wyoming, South Dakota, Colorado, and Idaho. Dave served on the UW Foundation Board of Directors and as its Chairman in 2001-2. He received UW's Distinguished Alumni Award in 1999. Dave is a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity.
Mary was raised in Laramie. She first taught elementary school at Fort Carson, CO, followed by Golden, CO, and Casper, WY. Mary has served as Secretary/Treasurer for Crum Electric Supply, Inc. since its inception. She served on the UW Art Museum Board of Directors. Mary is a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority.
After F.E. "Tut" Ellis graduated from UW in 1955 with a degree in general engineering (petroleum option), he was employed by Continental Oil Company (Conoco) as a Trainee Engineer. "Tut" retired from Conoco in 1988, after almost 34 years of service during which he held numerous engineering and management positions. He was executive vice president of international exploration and production at the time he retired. Diane (ex '56) and Tut moved 22 times during his career. Even though they roamed the world, Tut and Diane still consider Wyoming home. Tut credits his success to the training he received at UW. Through the Ellis Family Foundation, they and their family now want to help others get started in the greatest career of all, engineering.
Sam D. Hakes entered UW as a freshman following service in the Korean Conflict. While at UW he earned both BS and MS in electrical engineering. He went on to the University of Iowa for a Ph.D. and returned to UW to join the electrical engineering faculty. He served a s Department of Electrical Engineering Head from 1969 to 1975. In 1975 he was appointed Dean of UW's College of Engineering and wisely guided the College during exciting times and difficult years (1975 - 1996). He watched the student body grow, supervised the addition to the engineering building, challenged the faculty to new levels of teaching and research excellence, allocated College funding through oil booms and busts, and always treated students, faculty and staff with respect, fairness and friendship. As Dean of the College for 21 years, his career was dedicated to providing students with the opportunity to excel in an exceptional learning environment. To recognize his years of service and to honor his career and life, his colleagues established this endowed scholarship. Many alumni, faculty, staff, friends and members of his family generously contributed to this scholarship endowment.
Ralph W. Holland is remembered by his family and friends for many reasons, none more prominent than his entrepreneurial spirit and strong work ethic. In 1916 at the age of 19, Ralph boarded a train in Lebanon, Kansas, bound for the University of Wyoming. As a mechanical engineering student, Ralph began working at the Enterprise Cleaners, which he purchased two years later, to earn enough money to pay his way through school. During his lifetime, Ralph invented several cleaning machines, and the largest commercial laundry in the Rocky Mountain region. Elsie M. Holland established this endowed scholarship to honor the memory of her late husband.
Kyle Johnson was a 20-yr. old junior in civil engineering when a tragic accident caused by a drunk driver took his life on Sept. 16, 2001. Seven fellow members of the UW cross-country team were also killed.
Kyle came to UW in the fall of 1999 on a Trustees' Superior Scholarship, which was earned with his perfect 4.0 grade point average and high ACT scores at Riverton High School. The quiet, shy young man continued his record of academic excellence at UW, attaining membership in the national engineering honor society, Tau Beta Pi. His instructors and peers knew that Kyle had the makings of a truly exceptional engineer.
Ranked as one of UW's top five cross-country athletes, Kyle was also an extraordinary role model, embodying the quiet strength, determination, and discipline inherent in top cross-country runners. He was a joy to his coach and teammates and a familiar sight in Laramie, with his trademark, unruly hair bouncing along as he did training runs through the community.
The Kyle Johnson Memorial Scholarship has been created by his loving parents, Denise and Richard Johnson; sister, Deidra; brother, Eric; and sister-in-law, Nicole. It is their wish to assist outstanding engineering students, preferably distance runners, in their UW careers.
This scholarship was established by Empire Laboratories in memory of Vern Johnston. It is to be awarded to a meritorious student in the College of Engineering
In 1992 John Kemmerer, Jr., gave the University of Wyoming $500,000 to establish a scholarship endowment that would provide sufficient income to cover one full undergraduate scholarship per class to students from Kemmerer and Cokeville, WY. At the time, Mr. Kemmerer said, "Our former operations in and around Kemmerer contributed materially to the financial success of my family, and it is with a feeling of gratitude to our former employees and residents of the area that I would like to establish this scholarship program." The recipients of the Kemmerer scholarships can be enrolled in any college at UW, and the College of Engineering is pleased to recognize engineering students when they are recipients of this fine scholarship.
Jim and Linda King are natives of Oregon and graduates of Oregon State University. Jim has a degree in chemical engineering, and Linda received a degree in education. Wyoming has been their home for more than 25 years. They have raised their family in Riverton, where they own Bonneville Transloaders, Inc., a company that transports soda ash. The Kings generously established this scholarship to assist a promising student with the financial burden of obtaining an education. This scholarship is awarded to a student who demonstrates academic ability and a level of pragmatism that will allow the student to complete an engineering degree and become a productive engineer.
Mrs. Earl Lloyd of Cheyenne, WY, established this endowed scholarship in memory of her husband, Earl Lloyd.
This scholarship endowment was provided by George Fancher (Civil Engineering '42) and Harold Kester (Civil Engineering '41), owners and officers of Loveland Ready Mix Concrete, Inc., and longtime supporters of the College of Engineering. Their company, Eagle Construction, was involved in construction projects throughout the Rocky Mountain region, and they purchased Loveland Ready Mix in 1955 because there were no other ready mix firms in the area. These gentlemen believe that their engineering education at UW had a positive and profound impact on their lives and that funding scholarships provides them an opportunity to help future generations of students. They also hope that those students who receive scholarships will at some point in their lives be willing to assist the next generation of engineering students with scholarship support. The scholarship was endowed in 1994, and in 1995 a second gift doubled the endowment.
Thaddeus W. Mermel was born in Chicago and received a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois in 1930. Upon graduation he came to the Washington, D.C., area and was employed by the Interstate Commerce Commission. In 1933, he transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation engineering center in Denver, CO, where he participated as engineer-designer in the design of Hoover Dam, Grand Coulee Dam, Shasta Dam, Hungry Horse Dam and several other major dam projects. With Large Dams as his career focus, he served as chairman of the Committee on the World Registry of Dams for the International Commission of Large Dams. Additional research specialties included high-voltage underground cable, rights of way for utility services, and advanced tunneling methods.
In 1973, retiring as the assistant to the commissioner for scientific affairs, he was awarded the Department of Interior's Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Service. Subsequently, the University of Wyoming's College of Engineering accepted his professional papers and records of his career with the Bureau for their archive and future study.
In memory of his strong commitment to the profession of Engineering and his dedication to formal education as the best means for self-advancement, Mr. Mermel's family has established the "T.W. Mermel Engineering Scholarship Fund" at the College of Engineering at the University of Wyoming.
David L. Hamilton, President of Natural Gas Processing Company, graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1970, with a B.S. degree in chemical engineering. In 1974, with $5,000 and a lot of determination, Mr. Hamilton returned to Wyoming and started Natural Gas Processing Company. Today, Natural Gas Processing Company is one of the largest independent oil and gas companies in the Rocky Mountain Region and is owner of two natural gas utilities.
With the rising cost of higher education, Mr. Hamilton understands the need for financial assistance for deserving students. He also remembers working eight-hour night shifts to put himself through college. With the rewards that he has gained from his degree, he provides an opportunity for a deserving student in engineering.
A 1938 graduate in mechanical engineering, Chuck Newcomb followed a path that led across the country from his birthplace in Cheyenne. After a honeymoon in Yellowstone Park with the bride he met at Sulliven's Boarding House in Laramie, the young engineer worked in the oil fields in Casper, Kansas, and Pennsylvania. War came and ordinance work called him to Utah, New York, and then Connecticut. At war's end, he continued designing weapons for Remington Arms but now sporting firearms; not army destroyers. In the Pittsburgh area Chuck developed alloys in the infant titanium industry, which led to steel. He was finally able to return his family to their beloved Rocky Mountains. After flirting with various specialty steel products, he ultimately designed the rail mill at CF&I in Pueblo, Colorado. Upon retiring in 1979, "Cherokee Chuck" and his sidekick, Lola, 4-wheeled throughout the Rockies where this long-time firearms expert shot every bit of his game with a camera.
His legacy lives in his desire to make education accessible to all students. He once delivered ice to earn the $50 annual tuition to the University; he now leaves a substantial endowment to encourage others to prepare for the future and to live a full life. He loved his work, and his education served him well.
This scholarship was established by his daughter, Gale Richardson, in loving memory of the finest role model she could ever imagine.
Created by his son and daughter-in-law Ronald A. and Teresa Noble, daughter and son-in-law Robin and Rick Frahm, daughter and son-in-law Katherine and John Colosimo, and wife Stella Noble, the Ronald Noble, Jr. Memorial Engineering Scholarship was set up to grant scholarship assistance to students enrolled in engineering programs. Ronald Noble, Jr. was awarded an engineering scholarship to UW in 1955 but was not able to attend the University.
His dream was to attend UW and because he wasnt able his family wanted to set up this scholarship in his name with hopes that it could help someone in his situation fulfill their dream. Preference for this scholarship will be given to Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado students entering UW.
A. B. and Marian S. Nuss left a large bequest to the University of Wyoming. This endowment provides scholarships to students with the ability and aptitude to successfully complete a degree in engineering. For many years this scholarship endowment has enabled engineering students to complete their degrees.
Kynric Pell attended the University of Florida and earned his bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. degrees in aerospace engineering. From 1971 until his retirement in 1999, Kyn progressed through the academic ranks, becoming Department Head of Mechanical Engineering in 1989 and Dean in 1996. His research interests initially included fluid mechanics and heat transfer, especially as they relate to heat pipes. In 1985 he initiated research in computer-aided design and manufacturing in support of IBM and the U.S. Navy.
While Dean, he established a College National Advisory Board, worked with the department heads and associate deans to accomplish a successful accreditation review, implemented a college-wide Senior Design Symposium, helped a committee establish a College of Engineering Hall of Fame, and worked with the Director of Development to increase the College endowment fund by $6 million, all of which will assist faculty and students to deal with the challenges of the 21st Century.
To recognize his years of service and to honor his career at the University of Wyoming College of Engineering his colleagues have established an endowed scholarship in Kyn's honor.
H.T. Person served the University of Wyoming from 1929 to 1968 as professor, Department Head, Dean of the College, and as UW's 16th President. Beloved and respected by all who knew him, this endowed scholarship fund was established by his friends and colleagues to honor his memory and his lifelong contributions to engineering. More recently the alumni of the College have established the H.T. Person Endowment which has funded the H.T. Person Chair in Engineering.
Mrs. Betty Phillips, the widow of General Samuel Phillips, provided this scholarship endowment. General Phillips died in 1990, following what may have been the most distinguished military career of any UW alumnus. He received a B.S. in electrical engineering from UW in 1942 and served in World War II. After twenty years of service with distinction in Europe and the U.S., he was assigned in 1964 to NASA as Apollo Manned Lunar Landing Program Director. In 1972 he became director of the National Security Agency and chief of the Central Security Service. General Phillips was named a UW Distinguished Alum in 1962 and received a UW Honorary Doctor of Law degree in 1963. The College of Engineering is proud to have a scholarship that honors the career and life of this outstanding man.
In 1905, at the age of 12, Whitey Pursel arrived in the state of Wyoming from Nebraska. Two years later he started to work in the "dirt moving business." A few years later he formed a partnership with Bill Sharrock, the Sharrock and Pursel Construction Company. The firm was awarded the first Federal Aid Highway project in Wyoming, building a portion of the road out of Lusk, WY, to Goshen County. Pursel's career included work for the Bureau of Reclamation, two defense contracts in WW II to improve and expand the Casper and Cheyenne airports, construction of the road to Devil's Tower, and strip mining in the Gas Hills. His family describes him as the original "self-made man". In her trust, his wife, Margaret, established a scholarship in the College to honor Harold Morris Pursel and to aid students interested in studying engineering.
Louie W. See, a Wyoming native, received a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Wyoming in 1955. After graduation he accepted a position with the Bureau of Reclamation his first project was work on the Glendo Dam. During his civil engineering career Louie was employed by the Bureau of Reclamation, Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Navy. After retiring from the Navy, he worked on a variety of projects in Guam. Sigrid See, also a Wyoming native and talented puppeteer, established this scholarship to assist the students in the College of Engineering.
The late Mrs. Lois K. Simpson established this endowed scholarship in memory of her husband, Clyde Vincent Simpson. Mr. Simpson graduated from the University of Wyoming with a degree in engineering in 1910. Mrs. Simpson requested that the student receiving the scholarship should demonstrate effort and ambition worthy of encouragement.
This endowed scholarship was established to recognize members of the College of Engineering Hall of Fame and is awarded to an engineering student on the basis of leadership, creativity and scholarship. The initial endowment was provided by Helen and Jim Smith, along with additional contributions by their family and the family and friends of Hall of Fame members. Jim was Professor of Agricultural Engineering for 12 years. He was active in teaching and conducted research on the environmental impacts of disturbed lands. Helen and Jim participated in international programs in India, Pakistan (Afghanistan), Egypt, Mexico, Germany, and Italy, and in 1987-88 Jim was a Fellow at the University of Nairobi (Kenya).
Jack graduated in General Engineering (Petroleum Option) in 1957. He started his career with Fred Goodstein's Trigood Oil Co. in Casper, Wyoming, as a drilling and completion engineer. He then joined his father in the Oil Well Fishing Tool business in Casper, Wyoming. After the sale of their company, Jack worked for the Fluor Corporation throughout the United States, Caribbean, and South America in construction management of refinery and petro chemical projects. In 1972, the family returned to the United States and entered a new career in the ready mix concrete and aggregate production business in Western Colorado. They sold their business in 1997 and retired spending their time raising registered Black Angus cattle and participating in various local and state activities.
Thelma earned her B.S. degree in Business Administration at the University of Wyoming in 1956. She was the former secretary for the Mechanical Engineering Department under the late Eric Lindahl during 1956-57 and handled all of the scheduling of job interviews for the Dean of the College of Engineering, the late H. T. Person.
The Starners and their daughters Vicki and Shari with their husbands reside in Delta, Colorado.
The late Paul Stock was one of the last great independent oil men. His career began as a 15-year-old roughneck and ended as one of Texaco's largest individual stock holders. For many years, the Paul Stock Foundation has generously supported the programs and students of the University of Wyoming by providing scholarships to students studying in each of UW's seven colleges. The Stock Foundation, which is headquartered in Cody, also funds scholarships to students attending some of Wyoming's community colleges. In addition, the Stock Foundation provided the cornerstone funding for the H. T. Person Endowment for the College of Engineering. To honor Paul Stock's memory and commitment to higher education, the petroleum engineering's fluids lab was named the Paul Stock Drilling Fluids Laboratory.
The Tau Beta Pi Association was founded in 1885 to mark in a fitting manner those who have conferred honor upon their Alma Mater by distinguished scholarship and exemplary character as students in engineering, or by their attainments as alumni in the field of engineering, and to foster a spirit of liberal culture in engineering colleges. Through the National Tau Beta Pi Office and the College of Engineering and Applied Science, Tau Beta Pi is able to offer three scholarships - one for the outstanding sophomore, one for the outstanding junior, and one for the oustanding Tau Beta Pi member.
Horace Titus graduated in 1926 with a degree in civil engineering. He remained active in the field and remained in contact with the engineering department until his death. Alberta Gould Titus, his widow, established this scholarship in his honor and memory.
The UW Trustee's Superior Scholarships are UW's most prestigious scholarships. These scholarships are state funded and provide the students with tuition, fees, room and board for four years as long as a 3.0 cumulative GPA is maintained. The scholarships are awarded to the top 25 students graduating from Wyoming high schools each year and are designed to encourage Wyoming's best and brightest students to attend the University of Wyoming. Students are nominated by their high school, and final selections are made by a committee of UW faculty members.
This scholarship endowment was originally established by Joe and Arlene Watt when they gave 150 head of cattle valued at $30,000 to establish engineering scholarships in honor of H.T. Person. The Watts recently gifted the College of Engineering with an additional $200,000 to be used for scholarships, again in honor of H.T. Person. In addition to their recent contribution to the College of Engineering, Mr. and Mrs. Watt provided $200,000 in scholarship funding to the Colleges of Business and Agriculture, as well as $400,000 to the American Heritage Center, which proudly bears their name. Mr. Watt's role as one of Wyoming's leading cattlemen began in a log cabin on his family's homestead near Moorecroft, WY. Joe and Arlene went on to own one of Wyoming's largest cattle ranches, the Triangle T. Service and support have been the hallmarks of the Watts' long association with the University of Wyoming. In addition to their generous gifts, Joe Watt served for six years on the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees, serving as president of the board in 1967, and nine years on the UW Foundation Board.
In 2006, the Wyoming State Legislature established the Hathaway Scholarship Program designed to provide financial assistance to Wyoming students to attend college in the state of Wyoming. The Hathaway Scholarship Program provides two types of scholarship programs (merit and need-based) which can be used in conjunction with UW scholarships to help students reduce their cost of education.
William "Bill" and Mary Lou (Schott) Heink live on Merritt Island, Florida, where they have resided for 40 years. Bill, a native of California, came to Laramie in the late 50s to pursue a degree in electrical engineering, but also found Mary Lou, a Wyoming native born in Laramie and raised in Centennial and Cheyenne. After graduation in 1962, Bill pursued a lifelong career in the aerospace industry, launching rockets in both California and Florida. After many years with Rockwell/Boeing (the two companies merged in 1996), Bill retired in 2000 as the Boeing Site Director at the Kennedy Space Center, overseeing all Boeing Space Shuttle launch activities.
Bill and Mary Lou have three children (one of whom is a UW graduate), and eight grandchildren, all of whom live in Florida. Additionally, they hosted seven European Exchange Students for a year at a time in the 1980s, and consider all of them a part of their extended family. They currently have 13 European "grandchildren."
Bill was inducted into the UW Engineering Hall of Fame in 1999 and was honored with UW's Distinguished Alumni Award in 2000. He serves on the Engineering National Advisory Board. Mary Lou left UW before graduation to pursue the role of full time wife and mother and today serves on the UW Alumni Association Board of Directors.
The Sikora Engineering Scholarship Endowment was established to recognize the teaching skills of Dean H. T. Person and his faculty who instilled in their students the engineering principles and management practices so vitally important for the betterment of mankind. These principles emphasized the real meaning of "Strive On - The Control of Nature is Won Not Given." The H. T. Person legacy continues through countless engineers, renowned or not, who in their own ways have benefited society. The stipends are to provide assistance to deserving individuals regardless of their chosen engineering discipline. Orwill "Bill" Sikora (BS/Civil Engineering '52), Clare Kazmerchak Sikora (BS/Journalism '52), and a State of Wyoming Distinction Campaign matching grant provide the endowment for this scholarship.
The UW Peak Achievement Scholarships provide financial support to select students based on their cumulative high school GPA (4.0 scale) and composite ACT score. Peak awards may be available to homeschooled students and students who have taken the GED. Continued eligibility for the scholarship requires a minimum 2.5 cumulative UW GPA and successful completion of a full-time (12 or more credit hours) course load per semester, for a maximum of eight semesters.
The Roger G. Wing Scholarship was established in December 1997 by Wayman (BS/CE '47) and Eugenia Wing, a month after the tragic death of their beloved only son. Born in Bronxville, New York, in 1953, Roger was a graduate of Avon Old Farm School in Avon, Connecticut, and at the time of his death, managed a successful builder/developer company, Wing and Associates, in Bellevue, Washington.
The Wings have deep family ties in Evanston, WY, and Roger appreciated those family roots. He actively participated in administering the Wong Gin Wing Family Scholarship Trust through Uinta County School District #1. As a trustee, he annually helped select a deserving high school senior who wished to attend the University of Wyoming. Roger, who also had a home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, made a point to attend UW functions with his parents whenever possible. His boyish enthusiasm and obvious love for his parents won him many friends at the University.
As his only sister, Dr. Sandra Wing, said in a letter to friends "It was very sad to let him go, but we knew in our hearts that Roger, whose first love had always been river rafting, had chosen to start a new journey he is scouting a new river in a new frontier." His parents and friends have chosen to extend the frontiers of education in his memory.
Wayman Wing (Civil Engineering '47) is the oldest son of Wong Gin and Mah Shee Wing who immigrated to Evanston, WY, from China in 1918. He recalls the hardship and struggles that his parents endured, but also the values and commitment to education that his parents gave their six children. When they retired in 1968 to Berkeley, California, Mr. and Mrs. Wing left 40 years of memories and many friends in Evanston.
To honor his parents, Wayman C. Wing established this scholarship to encourage Evanston students to continue their education at UW. His firm, Wayman C. Wing Consulting Engineers, enjoys an international reputation for specialized construction, most notably for seismic design. In 1970 he was selected to receive the UW Distinguished Alumni Award, and in 1992 the Wayman C. and Eugenia Wing Civil Engineering Classroom was named in recognition of the Wings' commitment to engineering programs and the H.T. Person Endowment. The Evanston school district administers the scholarship and selects the high school senior who is the recipient of the Wing Family Scholarship.
The Richard E. and Judith T. Agee Engineering Endowment is used to support and enhance the educational experience of Native American students in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Wyoming. These funds may be used to support activities that include but are not limited directly to the recruitment and retention of Native American students.
Richard E. Agee obtained his B.S. in petroleum engineering at the University of Wyoming in 1965, and an M.S. in petroleum engineering, University of Wyoming in 1968. He founded and served as President of Oil Company Credit Union and was the Chairman of Board Jakarta International School. He is a registered Professional Engineer, State of Texas. He currently serves on both the colleges advisory board and the UW Foundation advisory board. Judith T. Agee obtained her B.A. in english at the University of Wyoming in 1965.
Questar Corporation is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, but had its beginnings in Rock Springs, WY. In recognition of this important involvement with Wyoming, Questar set aside 1,557 shares of its stock in 1989. The dividends from the stock fund scholarships in engineering and geology and University building projects.
Richard G. Wunder received a degree in electrical engineering from UW in 1969. He was employed by US WEST in Cheyenne as the manager of electrical protection until the time of his death in 1992. Before he died, Mr. Wunder and his wife, Sandra, established a living trust which will eventually leave a substantial part of their estate to this scholarship endowment. This endowed scholarship was funded with memorials from Mr. Wunder's family and friends. Mrs. Wunder continues to generously fund the scholarship. This scholarship honors the career and life of Richard G. Wunder and is intended to assist worthy young men and women in achieving their educational goals. The scholarship is awarded to juniors and seniors majoring in electrical engineering.
The Wyoming Engineering Society is an organization of engineers and surveyors from private practice, industry, government and academia throughout Wyoming. The 690 members enthusiastically support the College of Engineering in a variety of ways, including financial support for scholarships, as well as the annual WES Student Engineer of the Year Award. Most of the organization's financial expenditures are in support of the College of Engineering. The members of the Scholarship Committee interview the candidates and select the recipients.
This scholarship was established to promote the surveying profession and encourage students to pursue the academic requirements to become a Professional Land Surveyor.
Carl Oslund was born and raised in Cheyenne. In the 1930s he became a surveyor and was one of the early surveyors of the Yellowstone National Park road system. Mr. Oslund was a longtime member of the Wyoming Engineering Society and served as the society's president in 1965-66. Carl Oslund died in 1994, and his children, Pete and Penny Oslund, established this scholarship to recognize his career in engineering and his interest in education. The scholarship is administered by the Wyoming Engineering Society and the organization's Scholarship Committee selects a UW engineering student to receive the scholarship.
This scholarship fund was initially established with memorials to Dale Vandenburg, a past president of the Wyoming Engineering Society. Over the years other families of past presidents have requested that memorial gifts be given to this scholarship fund. Living past presidents of WES also contribute to the fund. The WES Scholarship Committee chooses the recipients.
This scholarship was established to promote the surveying profession and encourage students to pursue the academic requirements to become a Professional Land Surveyor. The WES Scholarship Committee selects the recipients.
The Wyoming Society of Professional Engineers consists of registered professional engineers throughout Wyoming. The Society is dedicated to the promotion and advancement of the profession of engineering as a social and an economic influence vital to the welfare of the community and of all mankind. The scholarship program has been established to assist a UW engineering student, and the recipient is chosen by the College of Engineering and approved by the WSPE Scholarship Committee. The recipient must be a junior, with a GPA of 3.5 or better, and a graduate of a Wyoming high school.
This group of professional engineers consists of city, county, industrial and consulting engineers in Sweetwater, Uinta, Lincoln, Sublette and Teton counties. Since the scholarship is supported by donations from chapter members, business and industry in these counties, the scholarship is limited to students from these counties. The scholarship is awarded to a junior or senior engineering student and is chosen by the WSPE Southwest Chapter scholarship committee.
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