Tau Beta Pi Awards $468,000 to 234 Scholars

[List of Scholars]

The Fellowship Board of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society, announces the selection of 234 Tau Beta Pi Scholars from 428 applicants for undergraduate study during the 2009-10 academic year. This represents the largest amount 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.

Of the winners, 47 are studying mechanical engineering, 36 chemical engineering, 32 civil engineering, 24 electrical engineering, 13 biomedical engineering, 13 industrial engineering, ten bioengineering, ten computer engineering, five electrical & computer engineering, four aerospace engineering, three each petroleum engineering, engineering physics, materials science & engineering, and general engineering, two each are studying architectural engineering, biochemical engineering, and nuclear engineering. The others are studying various areas of engineering and combinations of engineering and science.

All of this year's scholarships are named for members or corporations. The Nagel Scholarships are given in honor of former Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus R.H. Nagel, P.E., NY D '39.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 Record Scholarships , awarded for the first time in 2001, commemorate Leroy E. Record, KS A '29 , whose generous bequest will provide earnings to support awards in perpetuity.

The Stabile Scholarships are named for Vincent A. Stabile, NY L '40 , whose gifts to the Association, along with gifts from the Vincent A. Stabile Foundation, will permanently endow scholarships.

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.

Ruth M. and Cleveland L. Campbell, P.E., IA A '47 , made gifts to permanently endow the Campbell Scholarship . Elsa and Peter H. Soderberg, CT A '68, sponsor the Tau Beta Pi– Soderberg Scholarships , awarded for the eleventh consecutive year.

The Scribner Scholarships are named for A. Clayton Scribner, NY G '29, whose bequest to the Association in 2003 permanently endows the awards. The Winkler Scholarships are named for Albert H. Winkler, AZ B '75, who left a bequest to the Society in 2004. The Mentor Scholarship is given in admiration of the 1926-46 automobile industry by James P. Tarwater, MO B '51.

In 2005, Henry M. Alford, MS A '27, left a bequest to the Association sufficient to endow permanently the Alford Scholarship. The Althouse Scholarship commemorates Ernest E. Althouse, PA A '26, who left a bequest in 2006.

The Anonymous Scholarship is named for a generous donor who made a gift in 2006 to fund 10 awards; and the Bose Foundation made a gift in 2008 to sponsor the third Bose Scholarship .

A 2007 bequest from the estate of Dr. Richard A. Curtis, OH A '64 , permanently endows the Curtis Scholarship. The Bechtel and the Schlinger Scholarships are named for the 2008 Distinguished Alumni, Stephen D. Bechtel Jr., P.E., IN A '46 , and Dr. Warren G. Schlinger, CA B '44.

The Kolff van Oosterwijk Scholarship is named for H. L. J. Kolff van Oosterwijk, CA A '50 , who left a bequest to Tau Beta Pi in 2008. The Liggett Scholarship is named for John A. Liggett, MI A '43 , who left a bequest to the Society in 2008.

The Shimp Scholarship is named for Joseph W. Shimp Jr., PA Z '40 , by his sons, Steven, OH G '73 , Dave, and Rob. Awarded for the first time, the Spirit of Apollo Scholarship is given by a donor to honor the legacy of the U.S. NASA Apollo program. The Stechmeyer Scholarship is named for John P. Stechmeyer, OH E '48 , who left a bequest to Tau Beta Pi in 2008.

Corporations sponsor the remaining scholarships. The Alabama Power Foundation, Inc. made a gift in 1995, which is now sufficient to endow an Alabama Power Scholarship , awarded for the ninth time this year. The Fluor Scholarship , also awarded for the ninth time, is funded by a gift from the Fluor Foundation. Awarded for the second time, the GEICO Scholarships are sponsored by GEICO.