Tau Beta Pi’s Fellowship Board
has selected 35 young engineering
graduates from 215 applicants for graduate fellowships in 2000-2001. Fifteen of this
year’s winners will receive cash stipends of $10,000 for their advanced
study; the
others do not need financial aid from Tau Beta Pi. More than $3,480,000 in stipends
will have been given by the society when this 67th group of scholars completes its
graduate work. All Tau Beta Pi Fellowships are awarded on the competitive basis of
high scholarship, campus leadership and service, and promise of future contributions to
the engineering profession. All fellows are members of Tau Beta Pi and may do their
graduate work at any institution they choose.
Ten of the winners will study mechanical engineering, seven chemical engineering, four
electrical engineering three structural engineering two biomedical engineering, two
aerospace engineering, and others have chosen to study law, applied mathematics,
computer
science, and civil, nuclear, environmental, and solar engineering.
Tau Beta Pi is the National
Engineering Honor Society, founded at Lehigh University in 1885. It has
collegiate chapters at 220 engineering colleges in the United
States and active alumnus chapters in 14 cities. It has initiated more than
435,000 members in its 115-year history and is the world’s largest
engineering society.
Given for the 15th time, the Centennial Fellowship honors
the Society’s most
outstanding fellow.
The Charles H. Spencer Fellowship is
given for the 45th time. Named for Tau Beta Pi’s national president
in 1936-47, it is awarded to that winner whose contributions to his or
her collegiate chapter are judged
worthy of commendation.
The Harold M. King Fellowship,
awarded for the 39th time, honors the 1954-58 President of Tau Beta Pi and is given to
that winner whose participation in his or her technical society is judged worthy of
special mention.
Four Tau Beta Pi-James Fife Fellowships
are presented in memory of the father of the late member William Fife, CA
A ’21.
The Tau Beta Pi-Sigma Tau award,
given for the 27th time, perpetuates the name of Sigma Tau, national engineering
honor society founded at the University of Nebraska in 1904 and merged into
Tau Beta Pi in
1974. It also commemorates Sigma Tau’s former national president and
secretary-treasurer, Clarel B. Mapes.
The Donald A. Stark Fellowship is
supported by a gift from a charitable trust named for the man who contributed much to
progress in the fluid-power industry.
The Edward H. Williams Jr. Fellowship
honors the founder of Tau Beta Pi and is given to a winner who plans to earn a doctoral
degree and become a professional engineering teacher, as was Dr. Williams. It is awarded
for the 21st time.
The Walter E. Deuchler Sr. Fellowship,
IL A ’10, presented for the 21st time, is given to a winner whose work is to
be in civil, urban, or environmental engineering.
The Tau Beta Pi-Maddox Fellowship,
awarded for the fifth time, is named in honor of Arthur Maddox, OK A ’30, who
bequeathed a significant gift to the Society.
The Matthews Fellowship is
awarded in honor of R.C. "Red" Matthews, IL A ’02, who served as
Secretary and Secretary-Treasurer in 1905-47 and as Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus in
1947-78. The Nagel Fellowship is given to honor Robert H. Nagel, NY
D ’39,
for his service as Editor and Secretary-Treasurer during 1942-82 and as
Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus in 1982-97.
The GE Fellowship is given for the
first time to recognize the generosity and strong support received from GE employees
through their participation in the GE Fund matching gift program.
These awards bring the total to 1,049 fellowships granted since the program was
inaugurated in 1929. The 2000-2001 Tau Beta Pi Fellows are introduced on the following
list.
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