Scholarships, Awards and Prizes 2025-26
Endowed Scholarships | Direct Scholarships | Faculty Awards | Student Awards and Prizes
Endowed Scholarships
(These permanent endowed scholarships will live in perpetuity at the College. The current minimum level to endow a scholarship is $25,000.)
Abbie Young Danner Endowed Scholarship
Adam, Olivia, Myah and Brandon Mefford Family Endowed Scholarship
Albert and Helen Canatsey Pearce Endowed Scholarship
Alice May Henry ’52 Endowed Scholarship
Allen B. and Esther Chrisman Endowed Scholarship
Alma W. and Charles N. Wright Endowed Scholarship
Alta Linnenburger Endowed Scholarship
Armond and Minnie Sherman Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Arthur Joy French and Marian Deatherage French Endowed Scholarship
Barbara D. Pierson Holder by Memorial Scholarship
Barbara Heintz Albach Scholarship
Benjamin M. and Sue Mae Montee Distinguished Service Scholarship
Bernice Strubinger Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Bill Sampias ’81 Endowed Scholarship
Bob Moore ’78 Endowed Scholarship for Pre-Medicine
Brown Ervin McIlvaine Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Buel H. Wilson and Pearl P. Wilson Endowed Scholarship
Callahan-Bustos Family Endowed Scholarship
Calvin E. and Leila H. Corey Endowed Scholarship
Carlos Campbell Endowed Scholarship
Charles Rammelkamp Honors Endowed Scholarship
Chipman Family Endowed Scholarship
Christian J. Porter Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Clarence & Mary Ellen Quintal Endowed Scholarship
Clarence & Mildred Gamble Endowed Scholarship
Class of 1939 Endowed Scholarship
Class of 1971 50th Celebration Endowed Scholarship
Coach Vergil Fletcher ’38 & Violet Fletcher Endowed Scholarship
Cole & Kuhn Families Endowed Scholarship
Cole Yates Rowe Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Congressman Paul Findley Endowed Scholarship Fund in Leadership and Service
Conrad Noll Jr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Curt “Rudy” Pradelt ‘66 Endowed Scholarship
Cynthia Knapp Henske Endowed Scholarship
Damsgaard-Carlson Debate and Forensics Endowed Scholarship
Darryl Mayhew ’73 Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Davee Foundation Scholarship Fund
Dawn Wallarab Conn Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Del ’72 and Lisa Dunham Family Endowed Scholarship
Diane Berthoux Shelton ’63 Endowed Scholarship
Dola Robinson & Charles McPike Helping Hand
Donald C. Rikli Law Endowed Scholarship
Donald Dean Dalton Scholarship for Excellence
in Physics, Engineering, Computer Science and Math
Donald E. Kolmer Scholarship
Donald Eldred Endowed Scholarship for
Leadership in Campus Life
Doris Mengden Newbery Endowed Scholarship
Dorothy and Harry Malm Endowed Scholarship
Dr. Arlyn C. Marks Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Frank Barnes Norbury Endowed Scholarship
Dr. Fred E. Deatherage Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Dr. H. Gary Hudson Scholarship
Dr. James Lambert and Lillian Deatherage Bunch Endowed Scholarship
Dr. Jim and Cathy Green Endowed Scholarship
Dr. Keach Johnson Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Dr. Loren D. Moehn Endowed Scholarship in Biology
Dr. Richard Spaulding Leever Endowed Scholarship
Dr. Robert R. & Beatrice H. Hartman Scholarship
Dr. William. T. Query, Jr. and Mr. William T. Query, Sr. Endowed Scholarship
Duncan-Veterans Endowed Scholarship
E.C & Louise K. Bone Endowed Scholarship
E.C. Bone, M.D. Endowed Scholarship
Earle B. Miller Endowed Scholarship in Mathematics
Edwin & Florence Ivemeyer Endowed Fund
Eldon and Edythe Curtright Endowed Scholarship
Eli B. and Harriet B. Williams Memorial Scholarship
Elizabeth Huss Mills ’77 Endowed Scholarship
Ellana Eldred Dinsmore Endowed Scholarship
Elliott & Ocee Arnold Endowed Scholarship
Elma Shipe Savage Dixson Endowed Scholarship
Elmer J. and Mary F. Lukeman Endowed Scholarship
Eloise Rinne Canfield Endowed Scholarship
Elzie L. Weber Endowed Scholarship
Ensley Moore Endowed Scholarship
Eric R. and Harry F. Hofmann Memorial Endowed Scholarship
F. Gordon Reiners Memorial Endowed Scholarship
F. Osborne Elliott-Elliott State Bank Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Fisherkeller Pine Scholarship
Frances McReynolds Smith Endowed Scholarship
Frank & Mabel Vasey, Charles & Eva Alice
Barnett Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Frank R. Rantz Endowed Scholarship
Franson-Appell Endowed Scholarship
Frech Family Scholarship
Fred J. Pannwitt Endowed Scholarship
Fredrick J. Kirkman ’31 and Alice Jephson Kirkman ’31 Endowed Scholarship
Friedrich Engelbach, M.D. Memorial Endowed Scholarship
George and Cora Price Endowed Scholarship
George Elmer Elliott ’39 Memorial in
Mathematics Endowed Scholarship
George H. Norris, Jr. ’48 Endowed Scholarship
Gillham-Buchanan Funeral Home Endowed Scholarship
Goldsborough Endowed Scholarship
Gregory M. Tobin ’82 Endowed Scholarship
Gregory S. Schoneweis Memorial Endowed Scholarship
H. Dean Cochran Endowed Scholarship
Harry William Skinner Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Harvey and Audrey Scott II Endowed Scholarship
Hedrick-Tavender Endowed Scholarship
Helen E. Richards Endowed Scholarship
Helen F. Armstrong Endowed Scholarship
Helen Patterson Hinde Endowed Scholarship
Helen Walton Hackett Endowed Scholarship in
History and International Studies
Helena Rubinstein Endowed Scholarship
Homer G. Rieken Endowed Scholarship
Howard & Pearl Selcke and Bill & Sandy Selcke Gussner Endowed Scholarship
Howard and Vera Million Endowed Scholarship
Hugh and Isabel Cully Norfleet Endowed Scholarship
Hunt Family Endowed Scholarship
IC Theatre Patrons Scholarship
Illinois College General Endowed Scholarship
Ina Rea Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Ivan and Gladys Garrison Endowed Scholarship
J. Merle and Ruth Kilton Wade Endowed Scholarship
Jack Hartong Scholarship
Jacksonville Savings Bank Endowed Scholarship
Jacob F. Tomlin Memorial Endowed Scholarship
James A. Meeks Memorial Endowed Scholarship
James H. Bartlett and James D. Bartlett Memorial Endowed Scholarship
James R. Duewer and Edward T. Duewer Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Jay R. Anders ’79, MD and Susan L. Pratt ’80,
PhD Endowed Scholarship for Computer Science
Jeanne Rantz Rammelkamp ’40 and Theodore Capps Rammelkamp ’40 Endowed Scholarship
Jessie Lee Koeppel Endowed Scholarship
Jim Spradlin ’82 Endowed Scholarship
Joan Tate Rikli Education Scholarship
Joe Brooks Endowed Scholarship
Joe Patterson Smith Memorial Endowed Scholarship
John “J.T.” Hayes Memorial Scholarship
John Albert Knoeppel Endowed Scholarship
John and Ann Hoke Chapman Endowed Scholarship
John E. and Margaret Tomlin Bellatti Junior Year Endowed Scholarship
John E. and Margaret Tomlin Bellatti Senior Year Endowed Scholarship
John E. and Margaret Tomlin Bellatti Sophomore Year Endowed Scholarship
John G. Newbery Endowed Scholarship
John P. & Doris J. Kurtock Endowed Scholarship
John W. Marsh ’52 Endowed Scholarship
Judge Richard Mills Endowed Scholarship
Julie A. Kurtock Endowment for Faculty Travel in Memory of John P. and Doris J. Kurtock
June Brand Endowed Scholarship
Katherine “Kay” Pigott Endowed Scholarship
Ken Bradbury Foundation Endowed Scholarship
LaRue Van Meter Endowed Scholarship
LaVerne Noyes Scholarship
Lawrence and Ruth Bienert Endowed Scholarship
Leo F. and Lorraine O. Heneghan Endowed Scholarship
Levi, Ray and Shoup, Inc. Endowed Student Scholarship
Lew and Mary Cummings Endowed Scholarship
Loren K Hutchinson, Jr. ’68 Endowed Scholarship
Louis Petefish Prather Endowed Scholarship
Louise Blimling Pacotti Endowed Scholarship
Louise Boring Wood Endowed Scholarship
Lt. Charles William Sanders ’65 Endowed Scholarship
Lucille S. Green Endowed Scholarship
Lyle G. and Margaret Scheider Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Mae Herndon Noll Endowed Scholarship
Marcia Ann Reardon Endowed Scholarship
Margaret Foley Johnson Endowed Scholarship
Margaret McFarland Endowed Scholarship Fund
Marilyn Haynes Mann ’74 Scholarship in English
Marilyn Hurley Merris ’64 Endowed Scholarship
Marilyn Johnson Hassenger Endowed Scholarship for High Artistic Achievement
Marjorie E. Krone ’42 Endowed Scholarship in Biology
Marjorie Yeck Satterthwaite Scholarship
Martha Richey Knisley Memorial Endowed
Scholarship
Martin and Jeanne Newman Endowed Scholarship
Mary C. Stetson Music Endowed Scholarship
Mary Capps and Samuel N. Osborne Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Mary Lee Coultas Ransdell and Charles D. Ransdell Memorial Scholarship
Merrill Barlow Endowed Scholarship in Business and Finance
Merv and Helen Henry Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Meta D. Eilers Endowed Scholarship
Mike and Frances Zupsich Endowed Scholarship
Mina Dill Morris Endowed Scholarship
Mr. & Mrs. Fred J. Muntman Memorial Scholarship
Neva Reid Hurley Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Nicholas ’01 & Aubrey Lynn Challis Cray ’03 Endowed Scholarship
Nicholas “Nic” Soer Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Norman J. Gore Outstanding Teacher Endowed Scholarship
Norman P. Jones Endowed Scholarship
Northminster Presbyterian Church Endowed Scholarship
Oliver Bliss and Margarethe Kespohl Williams Endowed Scholarship
Paul C. Verticchio Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Paul Calvin Jewsbury Endowed Scholarship
Paul G. Benignus Endowed Scholarship
Paul L. and Florence A. Pratt Endowed Scholarship
Pauline Telford Endowed Scholarship
Phebe G. Strawn Agricultural Scholarship
Potter-Bennyhoff Endowed Scholarship
President Barbara A. Farley Endowed Scholarship
Ralph Cooke Endowed Scholarship
Ray A. 1913 & Blanche Perry Hartman Scholarship
Ray and Irene Steinheimer Endowed Scholarship
Raymond L. Gillmore II Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Richard A. Johnson Endowed Scholarship
Richard L. Martin ’64 Endowed Scholarship
Richard L. Pratt Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Robert ’65 and Ann Lindquist Endowed Scholarship for Business Majors
Robert “Bob” G. Schuster Endowed Scholarship
Robert & Helen Miller Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Robert A. Hermann Endowed Scholarship
Robert and Loreene Ray Music Scholarship
Robert Brand Endowed Scholarship
Robert Clark Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Robert D. Merris Endowed Scholarship
Robert McMahan ’65 Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Robert Q. Randall ’67 Endowed Scholarship
Roger A. Chapman Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Roscoe G. Linder Scholarship in Business
Roscoe G. Linder Scholarship in Education
Roscoe G. Linder Scholarship in English
Rothsy & Mildred York Scholarship
Ruby R. Nattress Endowed Scholarship
Russell D. Hubbert Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Russell Family Endowed Scholarship
Russell R. Dunlap and Margaret Dunlap Endowed Scholarship
Ruth Eastin Hagan Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Ruth Melville Bellatti Honors Music Endowed Scholarship
Ruth Waggoner Endowed Scholarship for Women
Sam and Mildred Pinson Endowed Scholarship
Samuel F. Mangieri Sr. Endowed Scholarship
Sigma Phi Epsilon Leadership Scholarship
Stephen and Maggie Oetgen Endowed Scholarship
Steve & Diane Hartong Scholarship
Steven R. Mills ’77 Scholarship
Student Success Endowed Scholarship
Suzanne Barr Endowed Scholarship
T.F. and Katherine Shuman Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Ted C. ’41 and Joan M. Larson Endowed Scholarship
The Helen Nortrup and June Doyle Endowed Scholarship
The Honorable Judge Jerry Flynn ’70 & Luana
Meinders Flynn ’71 Endowed Scholarship
The Reverend Arthur B. Smith Memorial Scholarship
The Reverend Canon Dr. William N. Malottke Endowed Scholarship
Thelma Bacon Pinson Endowed Scholarship
Thelma Beane Erickson Endowed Scholarship
Theresa Norton Greco ’85 Gamma Delta Scholarship
Thomas J Schorle Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Tom ’49 & Vivian Mussatto Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Vasil Eftimoff Endowed Scholarship
Vera Arrietta Conard Endowed Scholarship
Vincent Beggs Endowed Scholarship
Virginia Wiehn Endowed Scholarship
Vivian Villiger and Edwin F. Meyer Endowed Scholarship
W.A. Fay & Robert A. Fay Communications Scholarship
Wally Baptist Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Walter R. and Ruth M. Bellatti Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Warren Sokolis ’62 & Janet Gee-Sokolis Endowed Scholarship
William A. Fay Memorial Endowed Scholarship
William and Shirleanne Butts Batson Endowed Scholarship
William E. and Jean Campbell Wilton Endowed Scholarship
William L. Fay Memorial Endowed Scholarship
William L. Hood Endowed Scholarship
William N. Clark Endowed Scholarship
Wilma Leslie Garnett Endowed Scholarship
Wilmith C. Gillham Endowed Scholarship
Zane and Stella Zaber Endowed Scholarship
Direct Scholarships
ACI - UPS Scholarship
ACI Emergency Financial Assistance
ACI General Scholarship
ACI-Montgomery Ward Scholarship
Allen ’50 and Roberta Crosby Scholarship
Antrop-Colón Family Scholarship
Cayden Mahr Scholarship in Agribusiness
Class of 1974 Scholarship
Clifford Thaxton Scholarship
Dola Robinson & Charles McPike Helping Hand
Eugene W. and Lois Ann Schultz Scholarship
Gerry L. Beard ’78 Scholarship
Gerry L. Beard ’78 Scholarship in Agribusiness
Guilmartin Scholarship
Haxhinasto International Student Scholarship
Hinck VanTuyle Teacher Education Scholarship
Illinois College Alumni Association Legacy Scholarship
Joe Patterson Smith Scholarship
June Taylor Beard ’79 Scholarship
Kevin Lister Annual Scholarship
Kiwanis Club Scholarship
Ladies Education Society Scholarship
Leona Stanford Vollintine Charitable Trust Scholarship
Lincoln-Douglas Scholars
Lloyd P. Dudley Speech Scholarship
M. Bradley Meier Scholarship
Malcolm F. Stewart Scholarship
Mellinger Educational Foundation Scholarship
Monticello College Foundation Scholarship for Women
Muslim Student Scholarship Fund
National Presbyterian College Scholarship Palestinian Scholarship
Neal & Dianna Hart Scholarship
Robert F. Sibert Memorial Scholarship
Rose & Henry Arroll Scholarship
AWARDS AND PRIZES
Alice H. Engelbach Peace Studies Enrichment Award
Alice Margaret Engelbach Asian Studies Award
Arthur E. Hallerberg Memorial Award for Faculty Development in Mathematics
Charles E. Frank Faculty Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching
Dean Carole Ann Ryan Faculty Award
Don P. Filson Faculty Fund
Ernest G. Hildner Jr. Faculty Enrichment Award
Harry Joy Dunbaugh Distinguished Professor Award
Malcolm F. Stewart Faculty Award for Intercultural Education
Richard T. Fry Faculty Collaboration Award
C. Reed Parker Faculty Award
Alice H. Engelbach Peace Asian Studies Award
Arthur C. Hart Prize in Chemistry
Bright Beginnings Child Care Center Award
Carlea Melissa Steinmacher Wiedner Travel Award
Carlson-Damsgaard Family Award in Art
Charlotte E. Hart Prize in Mathematics
David S. Watson History Award
Diana Dawdy Chesley Award in Technical Theatre
Dr. Thomas L. Smith Teacher Education Memorial Award
Edith Rammelkamp & F. Osborne Elliott Junior Year Abroad Award
Edith Rammelkamp Elliott Memorial Award in Modern Language
Elaine Chapman Biology Faculty-Student Research
Elizabeth Caine Art Award
Frances Frisch Student Travel Award
Fred C. Kirkman History Award
Gerald and Dorothy Staley Senior Award in Theatre
Gerald A. Lucas Prize in Biological Science
George W. Horton Sr. Prize in Physics
Ginevra Thomas Blackburn Prize in French
Gordon Seator Foreign Travel Award
H. L. Caldwell Prize in Physics
Helen Conlee Curtis Prize in English
John G. Anderson Award in Theatre
John H. McNaughton Prize in Accounting
Lincoln Academy Student Laureate
Louis F. Meek Prize in Psychology
Lucas Memorial Science Award
Mabel Kampert Koss Memorial Award in Humanities
Martha Behr-Miller & William R. Miller Award for Foreign Study
Martha E. Church Award for Excellence
Mary Ruth Mundinger Memorial Award
Mary Wade Seybold Prize in English
Miguel & Carmen Arce Student Award
Nancy Watters Widmaier Award
Rammelkamp Honor Scholar Award
Richard McGeath Honor Award in Psychology
Robert M. Bellatti International Studies Award
Robert M. Thrall Mathematics Prize
Ruth L. Fosnaugh Award
Sokolis Prize in Comparative Religions
Sokolis Prize in Ecological Consciousness
Thomas Smith Prize in Mathematics
Ts’ing-Hi Tong Computer Science Award
William Jennings Bryan Award in Political Science
Willis DeRyke Prize in Biology
Wilburn Art Award
