Tau Beta Pi Awards 38 Scholarships  

Tau Beta Pi's Fellowship Board announces the selection of 38 Tau Beta Pi Scholars from 314 applicants for undergraduate study during the 2002-2003 academic year. Each winner will receive a cash award of $2,000 for his or her senior year of engineering study. All Tau Beta Pi Scholarships are awarded on the competitive basis of high scholarship, campus leadership and service, and promise of future contributions to the engineering profession. All scholars are members of Tau Beta Pi.

Ten of the winners are studying mechanical engineering, eight chemical engineering, five electrical engineering, three civil engineering, three industrial engineering, two biomedical engineering, two environmental engineering, and the others are studying computer science, and civil/environmental, mechanical/aerospace, computer, and bioengineering.

All scholarships this year are named for members and corporations. The Nagel Scholarship is given in honor of former Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus R.H. Nagel. Named Editor of THE BENT in 1942, he became Secretary-Treasurer and Editor in 1947 and served until October 1982 when he was named Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus. Mr. Nagel died in 1997 at the age of 79.

The Dodson Scholarship is sponsored by Charles R. Dodson, MD B '30, who made a generous gift to the Association in 1998. Placed in the C.R. Dodson Scholarship/Fellowship Fund, its investment earnings will support the program in perpetuity.

The Tau Beta Pi-Soderberg Scholarship, awarded for the fourth consecutive year, commemorates Elsa and Peter Soderberg, CT A '68.

The Stabile Scholarship is named for Vincent A. Stabile, NY L '40, whose gift made to the Association in 1999 will permanently endow this award.

The Record Scholarships, awarded for the first time last year, are sponsored by Leroy E. Record, KS A '29, whose bequest in 2001 funded the Record Scholarship Fund to provide earnings to support awards in perpetuity.

Ruth M. and Cleveland L. Campbell, IA A '47, made a gift in 2001 to sponsor the first Campbell Scholarship.

The Beans Scholarship is named for Dr. E. William Beans, OH G '53, who was instrumental in establishing the Scholarship Program in 1998.

The Benard Scholarship is named for John Benard, MO B '34, who left a bequest to the Society in 2001. The Orr Scholarship is named for Allen Orr, TX B '50, who left a bequest to the Society in 2002.

The remaining two scholarships are sponsored by corporations. The Alabama Power Foundation, Inc., made a gift in 1995 which is now sufficient to endow an Alabama Power Scholarship, which was awarded for the third time this year. The Fluor Scholarship, awarded for the second time, is sponsored by a gift from the Fluor Foundation.