Scholarship
A recent perception survey found that one of the greatest areas of concern for students of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is a lack of available scholarships. Creating an endowed scholarship allows our institution to attract the finest students, many of whom might not otherwise be able to afford to nurture their talents without the benefit of financial assistance. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic merit, but also may consider financial need and other factors, if the donor chooses. For example, one may wish to establish a scholarship specifically for students in a particular field of study. Scholarships may be structured as a one-time award or designed to assist students over the entire course of a multi-year degree plan, provided the students meet certain eligibility and academic standards. Scholarships may be named for the donor or to honor any individual the donor chooses.
For questions or comments, contact:
Ty Sponberg
- Senior Gift Assurance Officer
- (713) 500-3210
- e-mail: Edward.Sponberg@uth.tmc.edu
Below is the current list of endowed scholarships:
| Scholarship Name | School | Endowment Established |
|---|---|---|
| Alliance of the Texas Dental Association Endowed Memorial Scholarship Fund | School of Dentistry | 3/1/2007 |
| Andrew Sowell -Wade Huggins Endowed Scholarship for Cancer Biology | Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences | 8/12/1993 |
| Annie Richardson Norris and Edward Pershing Norris, Sr. Endowed Scholarship in Nursing | School of Nursing | 5/16/2008 |
| Antje Wuelfrath Gee and Harry Gee, Jr. Family Legacy Award | Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences | 7/24/2008 |
| Barbara L. Kennedy Memorial Scholarship | Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences | 7/10/2008 |
| Ben Love PARTNERS Scholarship | School of Nursing | 9/8/2005 |
| Bernard Saltzberg Research Scholarship Fund | Medical School | 12/6/1990 |
| Bryant Boutwell, Dr.P.H. and John P. McGovern, M.D. Medical Student Scholarship Fund | Medical School | 9/16/1999 |
| Carolyn and Matt Khourie Endowed Scholarship in Nutrition | School of Public Health | 7/10/2008 |
| Catherine E. and A. G. McNeese, Jr. Medical Student Scholarship Fund | Medical School | 6/6/1991 |
| Catherine Tyrrell Campbell Scholarship in Public Health | School of Public Health | 5/1/2008 |
| Carus Dental Scholarship Fund | School of Dentistry | 7/24/2008 |
| Charles and Rosemary Conlon Scholarship Fund | Medical School | 11/27/2002 |
| Charles and Sybil Nolan Oncology Nursing Endowed Scholarship | School of Nursing | 10/19/1998 |
| Cheves M. Smythe, M.D. Scholarship | Medical School | 2/3/2012 |
| Christopher and Courtney Sarofim Endowed Scholarship | Medical School | 5/24/2007 |
| City Federation of Women’s Clubs Endowed Scholarship in the Biomedical Sciences | Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences | 11/2/2004 |
| Collins Hill, Jr. Memorial Scholarship in Cardiology | Medical School | 9/26/2002 |
| Daniel C. Kamas, DDS Endowed Scholarship Fund | School of Dentistry | 2/14/1991 |
| Daniel H. Lam Scholarship | Medical School | 1/14/2000 |
| David and Eula Wintermann Scholarship | Component-Wide | 8/31/2009 |
| Dawn M. Gross Memorial Scholarship Fund | School of Nursing | 3/29/1996 |
| Dean Ornish, MD Endowed Scholarship | School of Nursing | 2/13/1992 |
| Dean’s Endowed Scholarship Fund | Medical School | 3/17/2003 |
| Deborah Frances Soderstrom Memorial Scholarship Fund | Medical School | 6/12/1981 |
| Dee S. and Patricia Osborne Endowed Scholarship in the Neurosciences | Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences | 4/23/2001 |
| Denton A. Cooley, MD Transformation and Hope Scholarship | Component-Wide | 5/11/2010 |
| Doris Simon Student Fund | Medical School | 8/12/1993 |
| Dottie and Max Goodloe Endowed Scholarship | Medical School | 8/31/2006 |
| Dr. David W. Martin Memorial Scholarship | School of Public Health | 5/9/2007 |
| Dr. Donald Charles Kroeger Student Research Scholarship | School of Dentistry | 2/9/2000 |
| Dr. Edgar H. Boelsche Scholarship | School of Dentistry | 11/14/2003 |
| Dr. Heyl G. Tebo Endowed Scholarship Fund | School of Dentistry | 11/4/1992 |
| Dr. Lawrence E. Lamb Scholarship Fund | School of Public Health | 10/10/1985 |
| Dr. M. Stewart West Memorial Scholarship in Biometry | School of Public Health | 9/17/1997 |
| Dr. Oddis Calvin Turner Endowed Scholarship in Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences | School of Public Health | 2/5/2008 |
| Ed and Myrtle Stinnett Scholarship | School of Nursing | 1/7/1997 |
| Elaine Elizabeth Barbiere Scholarship | School of Nursing | 8/29/2008 |
| Erbert William "Danny" D'Anton, D.D.S. Memorial Scholarship Endowment | School of Dentistry | 3/21/2007 |
| Ernst Knobil Endowed Scholarship | Medical School | 5/30/2005 |
| Eugene H. Vaughan Endowed Scholarship | Component-Wide | 5/11/2010 |
| Fadine Jackson Roquemore Endowed Scholarship in the Biomedical Sciences | Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences | 1/18/2013 |
| Florence and Harold Smith Memorial Scholarship | School of Nursing | 8/12/2002 |
| Floyd L. Haar, MD Scholarship Fund | Campus-Wide | 5/11/1995 |
| Foster-Vance Dental Scholarship | School of Dentistry | 1/22/2009 |
| Frederick C. Elliot/Severin Knutson/Rupert Estel Hall Dental Student Scholarship Fund | School of Dentistry | 4/12/2001 |
| Frederick C. Elliot/Severin Knutson/Rupert Estel Hall Dental Student Scholarship Fund (Quasi) | School of Dentistry | 2/8/2001 |
| Gigli Family Scholarship | Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences | 2/5/2008 |
| G. Roger Florky Memorial Scholarship Fund | School of Public Health | 12/1/1994 |
| Georgia F. Castro Endowed Scholarship | Campus-Wide | 9/8/2005 |
| Gian Luigi Giannotti Endowed Memorial Scholarship in Rheumatology | Medical School | 7/11/1997 |
| Giuseppe Colasurdo, MD Endowed Scholarship Fund | Medical School | 1/14/2013 |
| Guy and Alisa McDaniels Memorial Scholarship Fund in Oncology and Infectious Disease | School of Public Health | 10/12/1998 |
| Harvin Family Endowed Student Scholarship | Medical School | 9/15/2010 |
| Helen Jimenez Dichoso, RN Endowed Scholarship | School of Nursing | 2/12/1997 |
| Helene Fuld Health Trust Scholarship Fund for Baccalaureate Nursing Students | School of Nursing | 3/12/2004 |
| Helmuth and Mary Fuchs and James R. Waterston Endowed Scholarship | Campus-Wide | 8/29/2003 |
| Hershal Bradshaw Memorial Scholarship | School of Nursing | 11/11/2009 |
| Hitoshi Nikaidoh, M.D., Scholarship for Humanism in Medicine | Medical School | 11/2/2004 |
| Holman Taylor, Sr, MD & Holman Taylor, Jr, MD Scholarship Fund in Dermatology | Medical School | 12/8/1972 |
| Honorable Bob and Elyse Lanier Endowed Scholarship | Medical School | 5/24/2007 |
| Houston Sigma Kappa Foundation Endowed Scholarship | School of Nursing | 7/11/1997 |
| Investing in Student Futures Endowment Fund | Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences | 3/30/2007 |
| Iola B. and James R. Ballinger, DDS Scholarship in General Dentistry | School of Dentistry | 10/22/2007 |
| J. Fred Annegers Memorial Scholarship Fund | School of Public Health | 6/21/2000 |
| J.W. Andrassy Endowed Scholarship | Medical School | 1/21/2009 |
| Jacqueline T. Hecht Founding Director Scholarship | Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences | 4/19/2010 |
| James A. Baker III Transformation and Hope Scholarship | Component-Wide | 5/11/2010 |
| James H. "Red" Duke, Jr., M.D. Endowed Scholarship | Medical School | 6/23/2006 |
| Jo Ellen Reed-Gilstrap, R.N. Scholarship Fund | School of Nursing | 6/12/2002 |
| Joe T. Nelson Memorial Scholarship Fund | Medical School | 4/7/1982 |
| John McDonald, M.D. and Joan Bergstrom, M.D. Endowed Dean’s Scholarship | Medical School | 4/20/2009 |
| John C. Ribble, MD Endowed Scholarship Fund | Medical School | 10/24/1995 |
| John C. Ribble, MD Endowed Scholarship Fund (Quasi) | Medical School | 8/10/1995 |
| John D. Lee, D.D.S. Scholarship | School of Dentistry | 8/30/2010 |
| John S. Dunn, Sr. Nursing Scholars' Program | School of Nursing | 9/11/2000 |
| Joseph C. and Selenia E. Valley Memorial Scholarship in Geriatric Nursing | School of Nursing | 8/10/2009 |
| Joseph T. Ainsworth, MD Country Doctor Endowed Scholarship | Medical School | 4/1/1993 |
| Julius and Suzan Glickman Endowed Scholarship in Innovation | School of Public Health | 5/9/2012 |
| Kinnari M. Prajapati, DDS Scholarship Fund | School of Dentistry | 11/27/2007 |
| Lauren and Adam Strauss Endowed Scholarship | School of Public Health | 8/13/1992 |
| Laurence E. Baker Memorial Scholarship Fund | Medical School | 6/11/1987 |
| Lawrence Warren Maher, Jr. D.D.S. Memorial Scholarship | School of Dentistry | 3/30/2012 |
| Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship | Campus-Wide | 5/9/2007 |
| Leonard D. Ormsby, Medical Schools’ Endowment Fund | Medical School | 8/8/1985 |
| Leslie A. Chambers Endowed Scholarship | School of Public Health | 2/10/1994 |
| Linda Walker Winter Memorial Scholarship | School of Nursing | 6/4/2010 |
| Lu Ann Aday Scholarship in Management, Policy, and Community Health | School of Public Health | 1/9/2008 |
| Lucy Massenburg Scholarship Fund | Medical School | 12/7/1973 |
| Lynn Cutrer Angel Scholarship Fund | Medical School | 6/18/2012 |
| M.D. Anderson Matching Scholarship Fund | Medical School | 4/11/1985 |
| Marcus M. Key Scholarship in Occupational and Environmental Health | School of Public Health | 8/10/1995 |
| Margolis, Phipps & Wright Charitable Foundation Presidential Scholarship | Campus-Wide | 5/30/2005 |
| Marian Frutiger Endowed Scholarship in Gerontology Nursing | School of Nursing | 4/14/2003 |
| Marion Zetzman Memorial Scholarship Fund | School of Public Health | 2/5/2009 |
| Mary Ann (Sandy) Santleben Lunsford Student Externship in Cardiovascular Medicine | Medical School | 10/2/2002 |
| Medical School Student Scholarship Fund | Medical School | 12/5/1997 |
| Meg Davis Memorial Scholarship Fund | Medical School | 6/14/1990 |
| Mr. and Mrs. Ralph T. Hull Scholarship in Public Health | School of Public Health | 1/18/2005 |
| Nancy A. Akers Endowed Scholarship | School of Nursing | 10/5/2000 |
| Nancy Bergstrom Gerontological Nursing Scholarship Endowment | School of Nursing | 5/18/2006 |
| Organization of Parents and Friends Scholarship | Medical School | 8/29/2002 |
| Patti Jayne Ross Scholarship | Medical School | 8/29/2002 |
| People with AIDS International Public Health Scholarship | School of Public Health | 5/16/2007 |
| People with AIDS Public Health in the Americas Scholarship | School of Public Health | 5/16/2007 |
| Polly Sparks Turner, MPH, Dr PH Endowed Scholarship in Public Health | School of Public Health | 2/5/2008 |
| President James T. Willerson/Nancy Beamer Willerson Endowed Scholarship in the School of Dentistry | School of Dentistry | 6/29/2007 |
| President James T. Willerson/Nancy Beamer Willerson Endowed Scholarship in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences | Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences | 6/29/2007 |
| President James T. Willerson/Nancy Beamer Willerson Endowed Scholarship in the Medical School | Medical School | 6/29/2007 |
| President James T. Willerson/Nancy Beamer Willerson Endowed Scholarship in the School of Biomedical Informatics | School of Biomedical Informatics | 5/24/2007 |
| President James T. Willerson/Nancy Beamer Willerson Endowed Scholarship in the School of Nursing | School of Nursing | 6/29/2007 |
| President James T. Willerson/Nancy Beamer Willerson Endowed Scholarship in the School of Public Health | School of Public Health | 6/29/2007 |
| Rafaela Garcia Saqr Nursing Scholarship | School of Nursing | 11/11/2009 |
| Ralph S. O’Connor Endowed Scholarship | Medical School | 2/5/2009 |
| Raul G. Caffesse, D.D.S., M.S. Endowed Scholarship Fund | School of Dentistry | 12/5/1991 |
| Raymond Kenneth Morrow, D.D.S. and Yen Hoang Morrow Scholarship | School of Dentistry | 5/22/2012 |
| Reuel A. Stallones Memorial Scholarship Fund | School of Public Health | 10/8/1993 |
| Richard D. Remington Memorial Student Scholarship Fund | School of Public Health | 3/18/1996 |
| Richard K. Severs Endowed Scholarship Fund | School of Public Health | 2/10/1994 |
| Richard M. Grimes Scholarship in Public Health | School of Public Health | 10/5/2007 |
| Robert H. Bigelow Endowed Scholarship | School of Public Health | 2/25/2011 |
| Roberta M. and Jean M. Worsham Endowed Scholarship | Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences | 8/21/2001 |
| Ronald B. Harrist Scholarship in Public Health | School of Public Health | 9/14/2011 |
| Ronald J. Lorimor Memorial Scholarship Fund in Behavioral Sciences | School of Public Health | 6/28/2000 |
| Ronald V. Glauser, D.D.S. Endowed Scholarship | School of Dentistry | 8/13/1992 |
| RoseAnn Waindel Endowed Memorial Scholarship for Emergency Care Nursing | School of Nursing | 3/29/1996 |
| Sam and Elizabeth Nixon Student Scholarship Fund | Medical School | 11/5/2004 |
| SBMI Scholarship Excellence Fund | School of Biomedical Informatics | 11/26/2012 |
| Schwinn Family Endowment | School of Dentistry | 3/28/2013 |
| Serafy Foundation Endowed Scholarship in Public Health | School of Public Health | 9/17/2009 |
| Sjoerd Steunebrink Scholarship Endowment | Campus-Wide | 1/12/1999 |
| Southeast Section of the T.W.P.C.A. Endowed Scholarship | School of Public Health | 8/13/1992 |
| Student InterCouncil Endowed Scholarship | Component-Wide | 5/23/2011 |
| Susan G. Sampson Endowed Memorial Scholarship Fund | School of Public Health | 8/12/1993 |
| Sylvan Rodriguez Foundation Scholarship in Honor of George Stancel, Ph.D. | GSBS | 1/6/2012 |
| T. Bradford Willis Scholarship in Pediatric Dentistry | School of Dentistry | 6/29/2007 |
| Tanya Kay Ostwald Memorial Scholarship Fund | School of Nursing | 02/17/2010 |
| Texas Graduate Nurses Association Scholarship and Loan Fund | School of Nursing | 4/3/1940 |
| The Anna C. Saunders Scholarship | School of Nursing | 4/5/2007 |
| The Betty Murphy Scholarship | Medical School | 2/9/2001 |
| The Classes of 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 AND 1977 25TH Reunion Scholarship Endowment | Medical School | 9/16/1999 |
| The Corina Diaz & Walter Bajsel Endowed Scholarship Fund | School of Dentistry | 10/24/1995 |
| The D. Jack Kilian Memorial Scholarship | School of Public Health | 12/8/1988 |
| The Dierks Surgical Scholarship Fund | Medical School | 12/5/1991 |
| The Dolan-Mullen Family Scholarship in Public Health Education/Health Promotion | School of Public Health | 1/28/2003 |
| The Dr. Frank L. Cole Scholarship | School of Nursing | 11/2/2006 |
| The Fondren Foundation Scholarship | Medical School | 4/11/2012 |
| The Hardin-Parents Organization Scholarship | Medical School | 2/9/1989 |
| The John E. Scanlon Memorial Scholarship | School of Public Health | 6/28/2004 |
| The Nunez, Esteban, Fuentes - NEF Diversity Endowment for Medical Students | Medical School | 8/10/1995 |
| The Patricia L. Starck Scholarship Endowment | School of Nursing | 4/18/2007 |
| The Rennie Makohon Lesem Endowed Scholarship in Nursing | School of Nursing | 8/9/1999 |
| The T. C. Hsu Memorial Scholarship | Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences | 8/29/2003 |
| The UTMSH Alumni Association Scholarship Fund | Medical School | 12/8/1988 |
| Thomas F. Burks Scholarship for Academic Merit | Component-wide | 8/29/2008 |
| UT Physicians Endowed Scholarship | Medical School | 9/18/2006 |
| UT School of Nursing – Houston PARTNERS Scholarship Fund | School of Nursing | 5/11/1995 |
| UTHealth Golf Tournament Scholarship | Campus-Wide | 11/30/1998 |
| UTHealth Student InterCouncil Scholarship | Campus-Wide | 8/9/1999 |
| UTHealth Student InterCouncil Scholarship (Quasi) | Campus-Wide | 5/15/2000 |
| Visiting Student Scholarship Endowment | Medical School | 4/20/2006 |
| Wei Yu Family Endowed Scholarship | Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences | 5/22/2012 |
| Wilhelmina Cullen Robertson Smith Scholarship | Medical School | 7/26/2010 |
| William D. and Helen L. Guynn Research and Scholarship Fund | Medical School | 6/6/1991 |
| William E. Pasteur, Jr. Memorial Scholarship in Neurology | Medical School | 9/22/1998 |
| William Randolph Hearst Endowed Nursing Scholarship | School of Nursing | 6/21/1996 |
| William Randolph Hearst Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Endowment | School of Nursing | 2/7/2002 |
| Women of Rotary Club of Houston University of Texas Dental Branch Student Scholarship and Assistance Fund | School of Dentistry | 6/11/1987 |
Date Modified: 7/25/2012
