Tau Beta Pi Awards 69 Scholarships  

Tau Beta Pi’s Fellowship Board announces the selection of 69 Tau Beta Pi Scholars from 180 applicants for undergraduate study during the 2005-06 academic year. This represents the largest number of scholarships awarded in one year since the program was established in 1998. 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 criteria of high scholarship, campus leadership and service, and promise of future contributions to the engineering profession. All scholars are members of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society.

The 2005-06 Tau Beta Pi Scholars are introduced on the following list.

Of the winners,16 are studying electrical engineering,12 civil engineering, nine chemical engineering, eight mechanical engineering, seven biomedical engineering, and three each are studying aerospace engineering and computer engineering. The others are studying various areas of engineering and combinations of engineering and science.

All scholarships this year are named for members or corporations. The Nagel Scholarships are 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 Scholarships are 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. Mr. Dodson passed away in 2003 at the age of 96.

The Tau Beta Pi–Soderberg Scholarship, awarded for the seventh consecutive year, is sponsored by 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 in 2001, are sponsored by Leroy E. Record, KS A ’29, whose generous bequest will provide earnings to support awards in perpetuity.

Ruth M. and Cleveland L. Campbell, P.E.,IA A ’47, sponsored a matching gift in 2003 and made an additional gift in 2004 to provide the Campbell Scholarships.

The Mentor Scholarship is given in honor of “Te Ram Bi Ta Zo,” who influenced James P. Tarwater, MO B ’51. The Winkler Scholarships are named for Albert H. Winkler, AZ B '75, who left a bequest to the Society in 2004. The Scribner Scholarships are named for A. Clayton Scribner, NY G ’29, whose gift to the Association in 2003 permanently endows this award.

The 2004 Distinguished Alumnus Scholarship is named for Jill S. Tietjen, P.E., VA A '76, who was recognized at the 2004 Convention.

The remaining three 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 fifth time. The Fluor Scholarship, also awarded for the fifth time, is sponsored by a gift from the Fluor Foundation. General Motors made a gift in 2004 to sponsor the third General Motors Scholarship.