Willamette University professors and administrators often make deep, positive impacts on the lives of their students in ways those students never forget, even long after graduation. As alumni, many seek to return the favor — and help future generations of students — by honoring their favorite professor with scholarships in their name.
Willamette’s list of named scholarships is long. With your help, we can build these established funds up to today’s endowment level of $50,000. With a $50,000 base, each scholarship’s minimum annual award would be $2,500. Donations large or small will help our named scholarships reach the $50,000 level. Possibilities abound to add to existing funds that honor someone who might have also been your favorite person on campus.
Below is a list of named scholarships. For further information on these scholarships or how to donate, contact Mari Sue Johnson at 503-370-6740 or mjohnson@willamette.edu.
| Scholarship Name |
School |
Fund Value |
Restrictions |
| Elizabeth Baker & Lavina Wheeler Scholarship |
CLA |
48,061.81 |
Community service |
| Suresht Bald Scholarship |
AGSM |
13,063.69 |
International student |
| Annie M. Barrett Scholarship |
CLA |
8,159.01 |
Junior, female student |
| Howard C. & Mae C. Belton Scholarship |
CLA |
48,923.10 |
Unrestricted |
| Michael J. Bergquist Scholarship |
CLA |
29,371.39 |
Politics Major |
| Board of Visitors Scholarship |
LAW |
29,221.83 |
Unrestricted |
| Edith Findley Brydon Music Scholarship |
CLA |
8,097.12 |
Music student, piano preference |
| Lural Burggraf Scholarship |
CLA |
12,011.58 |
Music student |
| Helen Purvine Burnett Scholarship |
CLA |
22,321.23 |
Politics major |
| Ellen Chamberlain & Julia Schultz Scholarship |
CLA |
40,944.60 |
Music student |
| Claude Chandler & Martin Grefnes Scholarship |
CLA |
13,729.00 |
Pre-Med students |
| Class of 1948 Scholarship |
CLA |
24,038.64 |
Unrestricted |
| Class of 1949 Scholarship |
CLA |
29,691.15 |
Unrestricted |
| Class of 1957 Scholarship |
CLA |
12,295.24 |
Unrestricted |
| Class of 1960 Scholarship |
CLA |
39,067.31 |
Unrestricted |
| Class of 1966 Scholarship |
CLA |
44,962.21 |
Financial need |
| Covert Family Music Scholarship (Catherine Covert) |
CLA |
42,270.05 |
Music education major |
| Isaac N. Cromwell Scholarship |
CLA |
8,705.69 |
Unrestricted |
| Mary L. Denton Scholarship |
CLA |
8,411.72 |
Music student, piano preference |
| Paul H. Doney Prize |
CLA |
8,159.01 |
Rhetoric/Speech/Forensics student |
| Erickson Family Scholarship (Prof. Mary Erickson) |
CLA |
28,484.32 |
Unrestricted |
| Foot Fund (Christopher Foot) |
CLA |
9,690.75 |
Physical Chemistry student |
| Mabel H. Fraer Scholarship |
CLA |
32,156.39 |
Female student with financial need |
| Richard K. Frederick Scholarship |
CLA |
26,916.47 |
Music major |
| M. Clare Geddes Memorial Scholarship |
CLA |
30,619.48 |
Humanities major |
| Hines-Burgoon Scholarship |
CLA |
33,641.72 |
Religious thesis prize |
| Jerry E. Hudson Book Fund |
CLA |
29,536.43 |
Financial need, for text-book purchases |
| Dr. Norman A. Huffman Scholarship |
CLA |
25,039.18 |
Religious studies major |
| Esther Wright Huffman Scholarship |
CLA |
24,796.78 |
Art major |
| Jesse M. & Alice Rose Jones Scholarship |
CLA |
18,128.26 |
Music education major |
| Malcolm & Helen K. Jones Scholarship |
CLA |
11,604.15 |
Unrestricted |
| Jory-Hafferkamp Prize in Mathematics (Professors Jory & Hafferkamp) |
CLA |
31,960.41 |
Math major |
| Cleve Keas Scholarship |
CLA |
45,560.47 |
Unrestricted |
| Richard E. Kerr Memorial Scholarship |
CLA |
20,191.22 |
Pre-med student |
| Law Scholarship |
LAW |
17,107.10 |
Unrestricted |
| William Chalmers & Minnie E. W. Lawrence Scholarship |
CLA |
48,061.81 |
Community service |
| Litchfield Family Scholarship (Frances & Kenneth) |
CLA |
49,139.71 |
Unrestricted |
| Roy Lockenour Award |
LAW |
44,920.95 |
Top student in Professional Responsibility course |
| Wallace H. Long, Jr. Scholarship |
CLA |
24,337.77 |
Music student, voice preference |
| Henry McLauchlan Scholarship |
CLA |
21,624.98 |
Pre-nursing student |
| Meier & Frank Scholarship |
CLA |
48,943.73 |
Unrestricted |
| Donald G. Metcalf Scholarship |
CLA |
29,608.63 |
Financial need |
| Cecil Monk Memorial Scholarship |
CLA |
36,106.96 |
Biology major |
| Ferne & Brooks Moore Scholarship |
CLA |
21,279.43 |
Financial need |
| Olympic Scholarship |
CLA |
46,983.91 |
Student from Clallam of Jefferson Co. Washington |
| Operation Midpoint Scholarship |
CLA |
22,898.86 |
Unrestricted |
| Parkinson-Lofgren Scholarship (Mary Parkinson & Mary Lofgren) |
CLA |
27,586.93 |
Student in ministry |
| Morton & Jessie Peck Scholarship |
CLA |
43,409.84 |
Biology major |
| Harry F. & Z. Irene Pemberton Scholarship |
CLA |
8,231.21 |
Religious studies major |
| Dorothy A. Perkins Prize |
CLA |
22,666.77 |
Music major |
| Peterson Family Scholarship (Timothy Peterson) |
CLA |
22,481.11 |
Chemistry major |
| Elizabeth Powell Memorial Scholarship |
CLA |
20,356.26 |
Student from Corvallis High School |
| Charles R. Randall Scholarship |
CLA |
22,455.32 |
Student in ministry from Eastern WA |
| Sue Rauch Scholarship |
CLA |
44,957.06 |
SAT score of 1300 or above |
| Katie Redmond Memorial Scholarship |
CLA |
47,530.60 |
Involved in leadership at Alpha Chi Omega |
| Nellie L. Roberts Scholarship |
CLA |
48,061.81 |
Community service |
| Leta O. Roehl Scholarship |
CLA |
34,100.73 |
German or instrumental music major |
| Cora & Fredrick Rose Scholarship |
CLA |
5,332.75 |
Music major |
| James V. Scariot Jr. Memorial Scholarship |
MAT |
39,010.57 |
Unrestricted |
| Sara Bingay Schultz Scholarship |
CLA |
29,974.81 |
Unrestricted |
| Schwind Family Scholarship (Elsie & Adam) |
CLA |
23,130.94 |
Music major |
| Wilson Henry Scott Scholarship |
CLA |
19,938.51 |
Unrestricted |
| Theodore E. D. Shay Scholarship |
CLA |
39,593.36 |
Highest GPA of senior economics majors |
| Vickie Stratton Simpson Scholarship |
CLA |
3,290.42 |
Interest in women's rights & health |
| Marie C. Smith Scholarship |
CLA |
28,308.97 |
Unrestricted |
| Robert F. Smith Scholarship |
CLA |
40,516.53 |
Student from Harney County |
| Bruce Spaulding Memorial Scholarship |
LAW |
33,394.17 |
Top student in Trial Advocacy course |
| Laban A. Steeves Scholarship |
CLA |
47,262.41 |
Unrestricted |
| Ed Stillings Memorial Scholarship |
CLA |
45,385.12 |
Unrestricted |
| Governor Robert W. Straub Scholarship |
AGSM |
29,144.47 |
Unrestricted |
| Robert Straumfjord Scholarship |
CLA |
36,344.20 |
Math or science major |
| Glenn & Dorothy Summers Scholarship |
CLA |
20,175.75 |
Humanities or science major |
| Muriel Steeves Tate Scholarship |
CLA |
46,839.51 |
Unrestricted |
| Michael Ann Thomas Scholarship |
CLA |
17,911.65 |
Unrestricted |
| Clorinda Risley Topping Scholarship |
CLA |
14,368.52 |
Music student, voice preference |
| Frank A. Turner Award |
LAW |
6,137.31 |
Law student with highest GPA |
| Rex A. Turner Prize |
CLA |
6,116.68 |
Involved in debate |
| Isaac Van Winkle Scholarship |
LAW |
47,963.82 |
Third-year law student |
| Glenn C. Wade Scholarship |
CLA |
40,789.88 |
Music student, piano preference |
| Nancy K. Detering Waechter Scholarship |
CLA |
12,733.62 |
Science major, SCRP participant |
| Daphine B. Walker Scholarship |
CLA |
34,353.44 |
Unrestricted |
| Helena W. Wallace Scholarship |
CLA |
8,690.22 |
Music student |
| Nancy Black Wallace Scholarship |
CLA |
24,471.86 |
Music student |
| Willamette University Half Century Scholarship |
CLA |
5,281.18 |
Unrestricted |
| Col. Percy Willis Prize |
CLA |
7,039.85 |
Community service |
| Ivan A. Wood Memorial Scholarship |
CLA |
29,490.01 |
Economics major |
| William W. Youngson Scholarship |
CLA |
42,605.28 |
Religious Studies major, interest in ministry |
