Scholarships, Awards and Prizes
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Endowed Scholarships
(These permanent endowed scholarships will live in perpetuity at the College. The current minimum level to endow a scholarship is $25,000.)
Jay R. Anders ’79, MD and Susan L. Pratt ’80, PhD Endowed Scholarship for Computer Science
Helen F. Armstrong Scholarship
Elliott & Ocee Arnold Memorial Scholarship
Wally Baptist Memorial Scholarship
Merrill Barlow Scholarship in Business & Finance
Suzanne Barr Scholarship
James H. Bartlett & James D. Bartlett Memorial Scholarship
June Taylor Beard ’79 Endowed Scholarship
William & Shirleanne Butts Batson Scholarship
Vincent Beggs Scholarship
John E. & Margaret Tomlin Bellatti Sophomore Year Scholarship
John E. & Margaret Tomlin Bellatti Junior Year Scholarship
John E. & Margaret Tomlin Bellatti Senior Year Scholarship
Ruth Melville Bellatti Music Honor Scholarship
Walter R. & Ruth M. Bellatti Memorial Scholarship
Paul G. Benignus Scholarship
Lawrence & Ruth Bienert Scholarship
Ernst Chester “Chet” Bone, M.D. Scholarship
The Ken Bradbury ’71 Foundation Endowed Scholarship
Robert & June Brand Endowed Scholarship
Joe Brooks Scholarship
Dr. James Lambert & Lillian Deatherage Bunch Scholarship
Callahan-Bustos Family Endowed Scholarship
Carlos Campbell Scholarship
Eloise Rinne Canfield Scholarship
Roger A. Chapman Memorial Scholarship
Chipman Family Scholarship
Allen B. & Esther Chrisman Scholarship
Robert Clark Memorial Scholarship
Class of 1939 Scholarship
Class of 1971 Endowed Scholarship
H. Dean Cochran Scholarship
Vera Arrietta Conard Scholarship
Dawn Wallarab Conn Memorial Scholarship
Calvin E. & Leila H. Corey Scholarship
Lew & Mary Cummings Scholarship
Eldon & Edythe Curtright Scholarship
Damsgaard-Carlson Debate & Forensics Scholarship
Abbie Young Danner Scholarship
Davee Foundation Scholarship
Dr. Fred E. Deatherage Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Ellana Eldred Dinsmore Scholarship
Elma Shipe Savage Dixson Scholarship
James R. Duewer & Edward Tor Duewer Memorial Scholarship
Duncan Veterans Scholarship
Del ’72 & Lisa Dunham Family Scholarship
Vasil Eftimoff Scholarship
Meta D. Eilers Scholarship
Donald R. Eldred Scholarship for Leadership in Campus Life
F. Osborne Elliott - Elliott State Bank Memorial Scholarship
George Elmer Elliott Memorial Scholarship in Mathematics
Friedrich Engelbach, M.D. Memorial Scholarship
Thelma Beane Erickson Scholarship
President Barbara A. Farley Scholarship
W.A. Fay & Robert A. Fay Communications Scholarship
William L. Fay Memorial Scholarship
Congressman Paul Findley Endowed Scholarship Fund in Leadership and Service
Fisherkeller Pine Scholarship
Coach Vergil Fletcher ’38 & Violet Fletcher Endowed Scholarship
Franson-Appell Scholarship
Frech Family Scholarship
Arthur Joy French & Marian Deatherage French Scholarship
Clarence A. & Mildred Gamble Scholarship
Wilma Leslie Garnett Scholarship in English Literature
Ivan & Gladys Garrison Scholarship
Gillham-Buchanan Funeral Home Scholarship
Wilmith C. Gillham Scholarship
Raymond L. Gillmore II Memorial Scholarship
Norman J. & Virginia Marsh Gore Education Scholarship
Theresa Norton Greco ’85 Gamma Delta Scholarship
Dr. James & Cathy Green Scholarship
Lucille S. Green Scholarship
Helen Walton Hackett
Scholarship in History & International Studies
Ruth Eastin Hagan Memorial Scholarship
Ray A. 1913 & Blanche Perry Hartman Scholarship
Dr. Robert R. & Beatrice H. Hartman Scholarship
Jack Hartong Scholarship
Steve & Diane Hartong Scholarship
John “J.T.” Hayes Memorial Scholarship
Hedrick-Tavender Endowed Scholarship
Leo F. & Lorraine O. Heneghan Scholarship
Alice May Henry ’52 Endowed Scholarship
Merv & Helen Henry Memorial Scholarship
Cynthia Knapp Cowles Henske Scholarship
Helen Patterson Hinde Scholarship
Eric R. & Harry F. Hofmann Memorial Scholarship in Accounting
Barbara D. Pierson Holderby Memorial Scholarship
Russell D. Hubbert Memorial Scholarship
Dr. H. Gary Hudson Scholarship
Hunt Family Endowed Scholarship
Neva Reid Hurley Memorial Scholarship
Illinois College Theatre Patrons Scholarship
Edwin and Florence Ivemeyer Endowed Fund
Jacksonville Savings Bank Scholarship
Paul Calvin Jewsbury Scholarship
Dr. Keach Johnson Memorial Scholarship
Margaret Foley Johnson Scholarship
Richard A. Johnson Scholarship
Norman P. Jones Scholarship
Fredrick J. & Alice Jephson Kirkman Scholarship
Martha Richey Knisley Memorial Scholarship
John Albert Knoeppel Scholarship
Donald E. Kolmer Scholarship
Marjorie E. Krone ’42 Scholarship in Biology
John P. and Doris J. Kurtock Endowed Scholarship
Ted C. ’41 and Joan M. Larson Endowed Scholarship
Dr. Richard Spaulding Leever Scholarship
Levi, Ray and Shoup Inc. Scholarship
Roscoe G. Linder Concert Band Scholarship
Roscoe G. Linder Scholarship in Business
Roscoe G. Linder Scholarship in Education
Roscoe G. Linder Scholarship in English
Alta Linnenburger Scholarship
Robert & Ann Lindquist Endowed Scholarship for Business Majors
Elmer J. & Mary F. Lukeman Scholarship
Darryl Mayhew ’73 Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Harry W. & Dorothy Malm Scholarship
The Reverend Canon Dr. William N. Malottke Scholarship
Samuel F. Mangieri Sr. Scholarship
Dr. Arlyn C. Marks Memorial Scholarship
John W. Marsh ’52 Endowed Scholarship
Richard L. Martin ’64 Endowed Scholarship
Margaret McFarland Scholarship
Brown Ervin McIlvaine Memorial Scholarship
Robert McMahan ’65 Memorial Scholarship
James A. Meeks Memorial Scholarship
Adam Mefford Scholarship
Marilyn Hurley Merris Memorial Scholarship
Robert D. Merris Scholarship
Vivian Villiger & Edwin F. Meyer Scholarship
Earle B. Miller Scholarship in Mathematics
Vera & Howard Million Scholarship
Judge Richard Mills Scholarship
Elizabeth Huss Mills ’77 Endowed Scholarship
Steven R. Mills ’77 Endowed Scholarship
Dr. Loren D. Moehn Scholarship in Biology
Benjamin M. & Sue Mae Montee Distinguished Service Scholarship
Bob Moore ’78 Endowed Scholarship for Pre-Medicine
Ensley Moore Scholarship
Mina Dill Morris Scholarship
Mr. & Mrs. Fred J. Muntman Memorial Scholarship
Tom ’49 and Vivian Mussatto Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Ruby R. Nattress Scholarship
Doris Mengden Newbery Scholarship
John G. Newbery Scholarship
Martin & Jeanne Newman Scholarship
Conrad Noll Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Mae Herndon Noll Endowed Scholarship
Dr. Frank B. Norbury Scholarship
Hugh & Isabel Cully Norfleet Scholarship
Northminster Presbyterian Church Scholarship
Helen Nortrup & June Doyle Scholarship
LaVerne Noyes Scholarship
Stephen & Maggie Oetgen Scholarship
Mary Capps & Samuel N. Osborne Memorial Scholarship
Louise Blimling Pacotti Scholarship
Fred J. Pannwitt Scholarship
Albert & Helen Canatsey Pearce Scholarship
Katherine “Kay” Pigott Scholarship
Sam & Mildred Pinson Endowed Scholarship
Thelma Bacon Pinson Scholarship
Christian J. Porter Memorial Scholarship
Potter-Bennyhoff Scholarship
Louis Petefish Prather Scholarship
Curt “Rudy” Pradelt ’66 Endowed Scholarship
George & Cora Price Scholarship
Dr. William T. Query Jr. & Mr. William T. Query Sr. Memorial Scholarship
Clarence & Mary Ellen Quintal Scholarship
Jeanne Rantz Rammelkamp Scholarship
Mary Lee Coultas Ransdell & Charles D. Ransdell Memorial Scholarship
Robert Q. Randall ’67 Endowed Scholarship
Frank R. Rantz Scholarship
Robert & Loreene Ray Music Scholarship
Ina Rea Memorial Scholarship
Marcia Ann Reardon Scholarship
F. Gordon Reiners Memorial Scholarship
Helen R. Richards Scholarship
Homer G. Rieken Scholarship
Donald C. Rikli Law Scholarship
Joan Tate Rikli Education Scholarship
Cole Yates Rowe Memorial Scholarship
Helena Rubinstein Foundation Scholarship
Russell Family Endowed Scholarship
Lt. Charles William Sanders Scholarship
Marjorie Yeck Satterthwaite Scholarship
Lyle G. & Margaret Scheider Memorial Scholarship
Gregory S. Schoneweis Memorial Scholarship
Warren Sokolis ’62 and Janet Gee-Sokolis Endowed Scholarship
Robert “Bob” G. Schuster Scholarship
Harvey & Audrey Scott Scholarship
Howard & Pearle Selcke and Bill & Sandy Gussner Endowed Scholarship
Thomas J Schorle Memorial Endowed Scholarship
The Diane Berthoux Shelton ’63 Endowed Scholarship
Armond & Minnie Sherman Memorial Scholarship
Theodore F. & Katherene Shuman Scholarship
Sigma Phi Epsilon Leadership Scholarship
Harry William Skinner Memorial Scholarship
The Rev. Arthur B. Smith Memorial Scholarship
Frances McReynolds Smith Scholarship
Joe Patterson Smith Memorial Scholarship
Nicholas “Nic” Soer Memorial Scholarship
Jim Spradlin ’82 Endowed Scholarship
Ray & Irene Steinheimer Scholarship
Mary C. Stetson Music Scholarship
Phebe G. Strawn Agricultural Scholarship
Bernice Strubinger Memorial Scholarship in Education
Student Success Endowed Scholarship
Jacob F. Tomlin Memorial Scholarship
Frank & Mabel Vasey and Charles & Eva Alice Barnett Memorial Scholarship
Paul C. Verticchio Memorial Scholarship
J. Merle & Ruth Kilton Wade Scholarship
Ruth Waggoner Scholarship for Women
Elzie L. Weber Scholarship
Virginia Wiehn Scholarship
Eli B. & Harriett B. Williams Memorial Scholarship
Oliver Bliss & Margarethe Kespohl Williams Scholarship
Buel H. & Pearl P. Wilson Scholarship
Louise Boring Wood Scholarship
Alma W. & Charles N. Wright Scholarship
Rothsy & Mildred York Scholarship
Mike & Frances Zupsich Scholarship
Antrop-Colón Family Scholarship
Rose & Henry Arroll Scholarship
Gerry L. Beard ’78 Scholarship
Allen ’50 and Roberta Crosby Scholarship
Lloyd P. Dudley Speech Scholarship
Neal & Dianna Hart Scholarship
Haxhinasto International Student Scholarship
Illinois College Alumni Association Legacy Scholarship
Kiwanis Club Scholarship
Ladies Education Society Scholarship
M. Bradley Meier Scholarship
Mellinger Educational Foundation Scholarship
Elizabeth Huss Mills Scholarship
Steven R. Mills Scholarship
Monticello College Foundation Scholarship for Women
Muslim Student Scholarship Fund
National Presbyterian College Scholarship
Palestinian Scholarship
Robert F. Sibert Memorial Scholarship
Joe Patterson Smith Scholarship
Malcolm F. Stewart Scholarship
Clifford Thaxton Scholarship
UPS Scholarship
Leona Stanford Vollintine Charitable Trust Scholarship
Robert W. & Mary L. Williams Scholarship
AWARDS AND PRIZES
Harry Joy Dunbaugh Distinguished Professor Award
Alice H. Engelbach Peace Studies Enrichment Award
Alice Margaret Engelbach Asian Studies Award
Don P. Filson Faculty Fund
Charles E. Frank Faculty Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching
Richard T. Fry Faculty Collaboration Award
Arthur E. Hallerberg Memorial Award for Faculty Development in Mathematics
Ernest G. Hildner Jr. Faculty Enrichment Award
C. Reed Parker Faculty Award
Dean Carole Ann Ryan Faculty Award
Malcolm F. Stewart Faculty Award for Intercultural Education
Barbara Heintz Albach Memorial Award
John G. Anderson Award in Theatre
Miguel & Carmen Arce Student Award
Vithal Ayyagari Science Award
Dean H. Baldwin Scholar Athlete Award
Theron Baldwin Service Award
Robert M. Bellatti International Studies Award
Walter Bellatti Honor Scholar Award
Ginevra Thomas Blackburn Prize in French
Maria Luisa Bombal Award in Spanish
Bright Beginnings Child Care Center, Inc. Award
Ronald “Ron” F. Burchett ’56 Student Alumni Association Award
William Jennings Bryan Prize in Government
Elizabeth Caine Art Award
H.L. Caldwell Prize in Physics
Damsgaard Family Award in Art
Elaine Chapman Biology Faculty-Student Research
Diana Dawdy Chesley Award in Technical Theatre
Martha E. Church Award for Excellence
George William Curry International BreakAway Award
Helen Conlee Curtis Prize in English
Donald Dean Dalton Prize for Excellence in Astronomy
Willis DeRyke Prize in Biology
Karen E. Dean Experiential Learning Award to Advance Justice and Understanding
William J. Downer Athletic Award for Men
Edith Rammelkamp Elliott Memorial Award in Modern Language
Edith Rammelkamp & F. Osborne Elliott Junior Year Abroad Award
Alice H. Engelbach Peace Studies Enrichment Award
Alice Margaret Engelbach Asian Studies Award
Kevin Ford Senior Basketball Trophy
Ruth L. Fosnaugh Award
Charles & Dorothy Frank Travel Award
Frances Frisch Student Travel Award
Nancy Givens Literary Award
John Goldsborough Award
Helen Grandcolas Foreign Travel Award
Gertrude Hahn Travel Award
Gertrude Hahn Vice President’s Award
Martin Hahn Critic’s Award
H.H. Hall Prize in Oration
Arthur C. Hart Prize in Chemistry
Charlotte E. Hart Prize in Mathematics
Marilyn Johnson Hassenger Award for High Artistic Achievement
Leo F. & Lorraine O. Heneghan Chemistry Prize
Hildner Free Throw Award
Bill ’66 & Vicki Hood Global Citizen Award
Doris B. Hopper Athletic Award for Women
Edward P. Hopper Award in Sociology
George W. Horton Sr. Prize in Physics
Fred Hoskins Christian Influence Award
William Ireland Prize in Philosophy
David A. Jackson Award
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peacemaker Award
Fred C. Kirkman History Award
Mabel Kampert Koss Memorial Award in Humanities
Lincoln Academy Scholar Award
Gerald A. Lucas Prize in Biological Science
Lucas Memorial Science Award
Jewell A. Mann Memorial Award for Service in Gerontology
Richard McGeath Honor Award in Psychology
John H. McNaughton Prize in Accounting
Louis F. Meek Prize in Psychology
Eleanor O. Miller Award in Psychology
Martha Behr-Miller & William R.
Miller Award for Foreign Study
Mary Ruth Mundinger Memorial Award
Tom Mussatto Memorial Award
Conrad Noll III Football Award
Phi Alpha Endowed Program Fund
Pokora Prize for Academic Achievement
Paul L. & Florence A. Pratt Award in French
Richard Pratt Memorial Award
Rammelkamp Honor Scholar Award
Teddy Rammelkamp Award for the Rambler
Trish Reynolds International Studies Honor Award
Dola Robinson and Charles McPike ’60 Endowed Helping Hand Award
Steven F. Ross BreakAway Travel Award
Carole Ann Ryan Fine Arts Prize
Dennis J. Ryan Memorial Award in Theatre
William D. Sanders Trophies in Oratory
Howard E. Schuchmann Award in Public Affairs
Gordon Seator Foreign Travel Award
Mary Wade Seybold Prize in English
E. Dwight Smith Prize in Debate
Malcolm Smith Travel Award
Thomas Smith Prize in English
Thomas Smith Prize in Mathematics
Thomas Smith Prize in Speech
Dr. Thomas L. Smith Teacher
Education Memorial Award
Sokolis Prize in Comparative Religions
Sokolis Prize in Ecological Consciousness
Gerald & Dorothy Staley Senior Award in Theatre
Dr. Malcolm F. & Mrs. Mary Flo Stewart Student Research Fund
Julian Monson Sturtevant Campus Leadership & Service Award
Robert M. Thrall Mathematics Prize
Ts’ing-Hi Tong Computer Science Award
Frayn & Clifton Utley Foreign Studies Award
Paul F. Watkins Journalism Prize
David S. Watson History Award
Emory Whipple Literary Award
Nancy Watters Widmaier Award
Robert C. Widmaier & Nicholas J. Capo Academic Achievement Award
Carlea Melissa Steinmacher Wiedner Travel Award
Wilburn Art Award
George Gridley Wood Prize in Freshman Debate
Valery Stull Zellmer ’74 and David Zellmer Study Abroad Endowed Award