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College of Engineering (Sherrill)

College of Engineering (Sherrill)

The Joseph H and Mary Sherrill Endowed Scholarship was established on December 11, 1998, by Mr. Sherrill. He was an alumnus of NC State (1932), holding a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.

College of Engineering (Smith)

College of Engineering (Smith)

The Clarence M. Smith Endowed Scholarship was established on October 12, 1995 from the Estate of Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith graduated from NC State in 1933 with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and spent his entire career with the Hewlett-Packard Company.

College of Engineering (Smith Jr.)

College of Engineering (Smith Jr.)

The Ronald E Smith, Jr. Scholarship was established on June 14, 1983. Dr. Ronald Ellis Smith, Sr. created this scholarship in memory of his son, Ronald E Smith, Jr., who was killed in a motorcycle accident while he was a student at NC State.

College of Engineering (Spencer)

College of Engineering (Spencer)

Virginia Daniel Spencer established this scholarship in honor of her husband, Sidney White Spencer, a 1933 graduate of the College of Engineering.

College of Engineering (Stinson)

College of Engineering (Stinson)

The Katherine Stinson Scholarship Endowment was established on February 22, 1984. Ms. Stinson was the first female graduate of the College of Engineering at NC State, graduating in 1941 with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. She was initially denied and...

College of Engineering (Thomas)

College of Engineering (Thomas)

The Richard Greenwood Thomas Engineering Scholarship Endowment was established in December 19, 1994. It was created by Alice Taylor Thomas in memory of her husband, Mr. Thomas. Mr. Thomas was an alumnus of NC State, graduating in 1936 with a bachelor’s degree in...

College of Engineering (Thompson)

College of Engineering (Thompson)

The James Wayne and Mozelle Rose Thompson Memorial Scholarship was established on May 10, 2003. Mr. Billy Rose created this scholarship in memory of his brother-in-law and sister, James Wayne and Mozelle Rose Thompson. Mr. Billy Rose is an alumnus of NC State. He...

College of Engineering (W.S. Johnson)

College of Engineering (W.S. Johnson)

The William S. Johnson Endowed Scholarship was established in 2009 in memory of the class of 1942 Aeronautical Engineers.

Colonel Bert Kemp and Ms. Karin N. Linthicum

Colonel Bert Kemp and Ms. Karin N. Linthicum

The Kemp Family Endowed Scholarship was established by retired Colonel Bert Kemp and Ms. Karin N. Linthicum. Although Colonel Kemp only attended NC State for one year in the forestry program, he has a strong love for the Wolfpack. He received his BS in accounting...

Colonel Henry Kendall

Colonel Henry Kendall

Katherine Kerr Kendall established, through her estate, an endowed scholarship in loving memory of her husband, Colonel Henry E. Kendall a member of the Class of 1926. The scholarship will be available to students in any curriculum and NC State and will be based on...

Colonel William H. Breeze

Colonel William H. Breeze

Col. Breeze was a long-time member of the NC Agricultural Foundation Investment Committee, a 1942 NC State University graduate, and a farmer in Rougemont, NC. He and his wife gave this award to benefit students from Orange County, NC enrolled in a traditional...

Cook Medical, Inc.

Cook Medical, Inc.

This scholarship is in memory of William S. “Bill” Gibbons, Jr. He was born in Goldsboro, NC and was Vice President of Engineering at Cook Medical in Bloomington, IN. His family was his life and everything he did was in support of them. Bill was the consummate...

Coutcher ROTC Scholarship

Coutcher ROTC Scholarship

Tim Hughes and Gail Coutcher Hughes were both the first in their immediate families to graduate from college, and they are ardent believers in the power of education to transform lives. They also believe that philanthropy is a strategy to create legacies. The Dan and...

Craig Wardlaw

Craig Wardlaw

I graduated from Christ School in 1962 and established this scholarship in memory of David Page Harris, Sr. who served as Headmaster of Christ School from 1927-1967.

Craig W. Joyner, Jr.

Craig W. Joyner, Jr.

I am a native of Northampton County, NC and want to assist those from my region of the state.

Curtiss-Wright Corporation

Curtiss-Wright Corporation

The Curtiss-Wright Centennial of Flight Scholarship was established in June 2003. This award was created to celebrate the roles of Glenn Curtiss and the Wright Brothers in the first powered flight on December 17, 1903. This scholarship was created by the...

Cynthia Tessien/William Tessien

Cynthia Tessien/William Tessien

This scholarship honors Cynthia’s father, Richard Evans, who graduated from NC State with a degree in Civil Engineering.

Danal A. Blessis / Artemis Blessis

Danal A. Blessis / Artemis Blessis

Originally the Civil Engineering Centennial Scholarship Fund established in 1986, the name was changed in 1987 in memory of George H. Blessis, PE. Mr. Blessis was a member of the NC State faculty since 1971 as a professor of Civil Engineering, and he was also a...

Dan and Barbara Measell

Dan and Barbara Measell

Dan Culp

Dan Culp

In retirement, I recognize the importance of obtaining an engineering degree. This field has provided many opportunities for me to give back to my Country in the world where we live, where every day engineers can use their education and experiences to contribute to...

Daniel and Pat Shouvlin

Daniel and Pat Shouvlin

The Shouvlin Family Endowed Scholarship was established in 1981 by the late Daniel and Pat Shouvlin.

Daniel J. and Julie A. Robison

Daniel J. and Julie A. Robison

The Daniel J. And Julie A. Robison Undergraduate Research Fund was established in 2012 by Dr. Daniel J. And Mrs. Julie A. Robison. When fully funded, the endowment will provide scholarship support for undergraduate students enrolled in forestry and environmental...

Darla Buchanan Scholarship- Anonymous Donor

Darla Buchanan Scholarship- Anonymous Donor

The donors are retired educators who know the power of the teacher to create safe, rigorous environments in which students can learn and thrive. They recalled, “Some years ago, our daughter shared with us Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History podcast, ‘Miss...

David and Mary Ashcraft

David and Mary Ashcraft

The Rector/Ashcraft Endowed Scholarship was established in 1988 by David and Mary Ashcraft to honor their parents. Mr. David Ashcraft had never toured a University, let alone heard of paper science and engineering, when an International Paper employee from his...

David B. Morgan Jr.

David B. Morgan Jr.

David Bradley Morgan Sr. founded Morgan Manufacturing Company, a furniture manufacturer that was located in Black Mountain, North Carolina. His son David B. Morgan Jr. established the David B. Morgan Sr. Scholarship Endowment and named it in honor of his father....

David B. Simpson, Jr.('81) and Michael M. Simpson ('82)

David B. Simpson, Jr.('81) and Michael M. Simpson ('82)

David B. Simpson, Jr.(‘81) and Michael M. Simpson (’82) earned Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering degrees from North Carolina State University. Upon graduation both of the Simpson brothers entered the work force acquiring positions at separate firms focusing on...

David Dove

David Dove

David W. Dove was awarded a BS in Aerospace Engineering from NC State in 1969 and later received a master’s degree from MIT in Aeronautics and Astronautics and a M.B.A. from Boston University. He was elected to the partnership of Harbridge House, a Boston-area...

David Fox

David Fox

The Jerry H. Fox Scholarship was established in 2013 by David Fox in memory of his father, Jerry H. Fox. Originally from Roxboro, North Carolina, Jerry Fox attended NC State on the Pat Brown Lumber Company scholarship and graduated from the College of Natural...

David Pearsall

David Pearsall

My father established the scholarship in 1993. He had grown up in the small town of Rocky Point, about 20 miles north of Wilmington, where his father had a general store. My father graduated from NC State in engineering in 1940. He became an aeronautical engineer in...

David Whitley/Karen Whitley

David Whitley/Karen Whitley

In June of 1990 as a junior in the Electrical Engineering program at NC State University, David Whitley unexpectedly lost his father to a heart attack while attending his summer session of school. What was once a struggle with only differential equations and Laplace...