Upcoming Events for Scholar Alumni
| Tour the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia | Thursday, July 10, 2008 | 6:30 PM | 601 New Hampshire Avenue, Washington, DC |
| Book discussion: Class Matters | Saturday, August 9, 2008 | 1:30 PM | Teaism, Penn Quarter, 400 8th Street NW Washington, DC |
| Day of Service at Martha's Table | Aug 16, 2008 | 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. | Martha's table Soup Kitchen, Washington, D.C. |
| Scholar Alumni Reunion 2009 | Friday, April 24 & Saturday, April 25, 2009 | TBD | University Park |
If you have questions about any of the events above or would like to register, please call the SHC Advancement Office at 814-865-4258. Thank you!
Alumni News
Alumnus Extends Legacy to Schreyer Honors College Through Trustee Scholarship
July 19, 2007
Arthur Beier, a 1938 Penn State graduate, made no secret that he found visiting his alma mater to be one of the closest things to heaven on earth.
“Penn State was my dad’s true love,” said his daughter, Amy Barnes, a Gaithersburg, Md., resident and a 1977 graduate of the University’s Smeal College of Business. “I think football had a lot to do with it. He once said when he walked back into that stadium, he felt like he was back in college again.”
Beier died in June at the age of 91. He made his last trip to State College in April to attend the Blue-White game and the Schreyer Honors College’s first-ever Scholars reunion. While the honors college was established nearly 60 years after Beier graduated from Penn State, his affection for and support of the program ran deep. Earlier this year, Beier established the Anna Belle and Arthur R. Beier Trustee Scholarship, the third scholarship funded by Beier to assist students enrolled in the honors college. [more info.]
New Scholarship Initiative Will Boost Schreyer Honors College
June 4, 2007
Penn State's Society of Distinguished Alumni has announced plans to raise $400,000 for a Trustee Scholarship endowment to assist students in the Schreyer Honors College who have financial need. The society's executive board members have already committed $100,000, and honors college namesakes William and Joan Schreyer have made $150,000 available in one-to-one matching funds, according to Distinguished Alumna Margaret Preska, board president. The Society of Distinguished Alumni is composed of recipients of the Distinguished Alumni awards, the highest honor the University can bestow on its graduates. [more info.]
Alumni Create Three Scholarship Funds in Schreyer Honors College
June 1, 2007
Alumni from Penn State's Schreyer Honors College have endowed three new scholarship funds for students in that college with gift commitments totaling $250,000.
Richard and Ann Marie Whitney of Manhattan Beach, Calif., gave $100,000 to create a Trustee Scholarship that will bear their names. Ronald J. and Pratima Singh Gatehouse of State College committed $150,000 for two scholarships to be named in honor of their parents, J. Ronald and Patricia L. Gatehouse, and Ram and Shanti Singh.
"These scholarships are the first to be endowed in our college by alumni who were themselves enrolled in the honors programs while they were Penn State students," said Schreyer Honors College Dean Chris Brady. "The gifts were made in the same spirit of philanthropy upon which our college was founded, and we look forward to the creation of additional alumni-endowed scholarships as our college matures and its graduates take positions of leadership in society."
The Richard and Ann Marie Whitney Trustee Scholarship is part of the University's ongoing Trustee Scholarship program designed to keep a Penn State education accessible to all qualified students, regardless of their financial means. The University matches 5 percent of each gift annually and combines these funds with the annual spendable income from the endowment to effectively double the support available to students.
Richard Whitney graduated from Penn State in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in accounting and subsequently earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is the founder of Whitney Capital, a private equity investment firm that makes investments in middle-market companies, primarily in the health-care industry.
The Gatehouse and the Singh scholarships will be merit-based awards, helping to attract the most academically promising students to the Schreyer Honors College.
Ron Gatehouse holds bachelor's (1994) and master's (1998) degrees from Penn State in chemical engineering. He is a co-founder of, and partner in, Copper Beech Townhome Communities, which develops, constructs, finances, owns and operates residential rental properties nationwide.
Pratima Singh Gatehouse earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Penn State in 1996. She is a partner and project manager with Nittany Biodiesel, which manufactures biodiesel fuel from waste oils and waste animal fats. She also is a project manager for Mixing & Mass Transfer Technologies, a supplier of state-of-the-art fluid mixing systems and mass transfer systems.
(Via Penn State Live.)
