Current Endowments
With respect to current endowments, there are numerous such agreements in place, for which we are so very thankful! Each agreement is subject to the same protocol, that the University Financial Aid Team of the University adheres to – where recipients are assured to have met the unique criteria in any given agreement, and in those cases where indicated, where financial need is deemed to be present. While we welcome new endowments from you, particularly where you want to honor someone dear to you, there might be an existing agreement that might meet your criteria – where you could simply add to it. A list of our existing agreements are listed here to follow.
Campaign | General | Professorship | School of Arts and Sciences | School of Aviation and Aeronautical Science | School of Business | School of Education | School of Engineering and Engineering Technology | School of Engineering and Engineering Technology and School of Business | School of Nursing | School of Psychology & Counseling | School of Theology and Vocation
Campaign Initiatives
Center for Academic Ministry Training Endowment
Center for Counseling and Student Wellness Endowment Fund
Christian Scholars Endowed Scholarship
The Center for Faith, Science, and Technology Endowment
General
Barry Elhert/Jonathan Bladel Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Benson Family Endowed Fund for International Students
Betty Kielhorn KZX Endowed Scholarship
Betty Lu Nickell Scholarship
Bill Kielhorn Endowed Scholarship
Billy W. Spain Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Bruce Jr. McMillan LEAP Endowed Scholarship
Carl and Helen Diebold Endowed Scholarship
Carl and Margaret Estes Endowed Scholarship
Carol A. Knaub Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Charles H. and Gwendola Free Endowed Scholarship
Charles Oscar Brose Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Clarence & Velma Swanson Endowed Scholarship
Dale & Marsha Lunsford Endowed Scholarship
Dale and Judith Anderson Scholarship Endowment
Dave and Rene Erickson Endowed International Travel Assistance Fund
Dean Allen C. Tyler Endowed Scholarship
Dell & Barbara Messner Endowed Scholarship
Don & Helen Rosell Endowed Scholarship
Don Kegarise Scholarship Endowment
Donald & Helen Barnett Endowed Scholarship
Dr. Paul Kubricht (Alpha Omega) Endowed Scholarship
East Texas Honors Scholarship Endowment
Edward J. & Mary L. Meyer Endowed Scholarship
Eugene and Jewel Long Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Eureka Foundation Endowed Scholarship
Ewing Weeks & Guy Lena Kester Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Ferguson Families Endowed Scholarship
Forester Family Endowed Scholarship
Fred Schwabenland Endowed Scholarship
Frieda, Hilda, & Dorothy Speer Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Fritsch Endowed Scholarship
Gilbert & Elise Marietta Endowed Scholarship
Glen and Rae Moore Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Harris A. & Helen H. Robinson Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Harry A. Kersey Scholarship Endowment
Harry T. Hardwick Scholarship Endowment
Home School Students Endowed Scholarship
Howard Gene Hardy Scholarship Endowment
John & Barbara McGee Endowed Scholarship
John & Sunny Solheim Endowed Scholarship
John R. and Dorothy Morley Endowed Scholarship
Legacy Scholar Endowed Scholarship
LETU Alumni Association Endowed Sponsorship
Lynch Family Endowed Scholarship
Marjorie C. Wright Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Martha & Henrietta Chalenor Endowed Scholarship
Mary K. Shimp Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Paul & Carolyn Montgomery Endowed Scholarship
Paul E. and Jacqueline B. Glaske Endowed Scholarship
President Emeritus Alvin O. and Samantha B. Austin Endowed Scholarship
Raymond and Marry Farrar Delta Sigma Psi Endowed Scholarship
Rhonda Brock Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Robert M. McBurney Endowed Scholarship
Robert W. and Betty R. Hudson Endowed Scholarship
Ross Family Endowed Scholarship
Sidney and Anna Lee Allen Student Abroad Endowed Travel Assistance Fund
The Anne & Jim Hugman Endowed Scholarship
The Bill Franklin Endowed Scholarship
The Britian Memorial Kiwanis Scholarship Endowment
The Chrisitan Scholars Endowed Scholarship
The Helping Hands Endowed Scholarship
The Huff Family Endowed Scholarship
The J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation Endowed Scholarship
The Paul and Martha Crump Endowed Scholarship
Thomas Robert (Bob) Moss Memorial Scholarship
U.S. Moser Endowed Scholarship
Waskowiak Family Matthew 633 Endowed Scholarship
Wayne & Nancy Trull Endowed Scholarship
Wayne Duncan Memorial Scholarship Endowment
William & Ann Killian Endowed Scholarship
William R. & Rebecca S. McDowell Endowed Scholarship
William R. (Bill) Killian Memorial Kiwanis Endowed Scholarship
William W. and Esther E. Andrews Scholarship Endowment
Professorship
Kielhorn Chair of Welding & Materials Joining Engineering Fund
Omer Blodgett Endowed Chair of Welding and Materials Joining Engineering
School of Arts and Sciences
Eugene K. and Eugenie H. Currie Scholarship Endowment
Natural Science Professional Development Endowed Scholarship
The Dr. Larry Arnold Anderson Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Dr. Richard E. Johnson Endowed Scholarship
Sharon A. Myers Premedical Studies Endowed Scholarship
The Lindstrom Family Endowed Scholarship
School of Aviation and Aeronautical Science
Christopher Becker Endowed Scholarship
Dorothy and Bob Nielson Endowed Scholarship
Dr. Byron F. Cook III Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Ed E. Sizemore Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Fly For Him Endowed Scholarship
Fred K. and Daisy J. Dinger Endowed Scholarship
Gordon W. Roesink Memorial Endowed Scholarship
James 1 Endowed Scholarship
Ken & Cherry Moore Endowed Scholarship
LeTourneau Aviation Alumni Association Scholarship Endowment
LETU Aviation Alumni Association Endowed Scholarship
Martin W. and Isabelle E. Dahl Endowed Scholarship
McDonough Working Flight Student Endowed Scholarship
Moyer MK Aviation Endowed Scholarship
Patrick Michael Couch High Flight Foundation Endowed Scholarship
Paul B. Crow and Frances M. Crow Endowed Fund for Professional Pilot Flight Training Expenses
Paul B. Crow and Frances M. Crow Tuition Scholarship Program
Richard Korman Endowed Scholarship
Ruth & Spencer Overholser Endowed Scholarship
The John and Linda Price Endowed Scholarship
The Thomas Jacob Hefner Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Thomas Robert Whitfield Endowed Aviation Scholarship
Wayne Huyett Memorial Endowed Scholarship Endowment
Joe and Paula Nowiczewski Endowed Fund for Missionary Aviation
School of Business
Ken Branch Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Michael Wayne Merritt, Jr. Endowed Scholarship
The Brookshire's Super 1 Foods Endowed Scholarship
The Colombia Energy Scholarship for Students in Business
Wilson Wayne Jackman Endowed Scholarship
Service-of-Leadership Endowed Scholarship
School of Education
Bud and Betty Otis Endowed Scholarship
Chris and Rebecca Booth Endowed Scholarship
School of Engineering and Engineering Technology
Donald C. and Helen A. Barnett Endowed Scholarship
Andrew D. Wolgemuth Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Bill Kielhorn Endowed Scholarship-Welding
Bud & Brenda McGuire Endowed Scholarship
Cecil B. Greer Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Charles and Margie Kemp Endowed Scholarship
Daniel and Betty Moon Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Donald and Ethel Clawson Scholarship Endowment
Donald R. Petry Endowed Scholarship
Dr. R. William (Bill) and Agnes (Igglis) Graff Endowed Scholarship
Dr. Robert H. (Bob) and Ruth M. Ralston Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Electrical Engineering Endowed Scholarship
Ethan Hunter Cippele Endowed Scholarship
H. Steven Myers Biomedical Engineering Endowed Scholarship
Hugh Taylor Renalds Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Jack B. Friedman Endowed Scholarship
James David Rosser Endowed Scholarship
Keith Leonhardt Endowed Scholarship
Kermit A Seales Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Kielhorn Chair of Welding
Loren Leman, P.E. Endowed Scholarship
Mark Phillip Huseby Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Married Adventure Endowed Scholarship
Nadine Corporation Scholarship
R.W. Spottswood Endowed Scholarship
Robert Bama & Sandra Shepherd Welding/Materials Joining Endowed Scholarship
Robert Allan Brown Endowed Scholarship
Robert Allen & Mary Buford Jones Endowed Scholarship
Robert W. & Barbara A. Walker Endowed Scholarship
Scott N. Bowen Memorial Endowed Scholarship
The Gary and Beverly Ware Endowed Scholarship
The Larry and Connie Ethridge Scholarship
The McLennan Memorial Scholarship
The Rita and Ron Courson Endowed Scholarship
The Tucker Family Endowed Scholarship
Thomas J. Landon Endowed Scholarship Fund in Materials Joining
Vertech Endowed Scholarship
Wolverine/Buckeye Biology & Biomedical Engineering Endowed Scholarship
School of Engineering and Engineering Technology and School of Business
Howard A. Crosby Sr. Endowed Scholarship
Matthew and Madison Fontaine Endowed Scholarship
School of Nursing
Frank and Jill Chaney Endowed Scholarship
Hearts for the Gospel Endowed Scholarship
The Sidney and Anna Lee Allen Endowed Nursing Scholarship
The Skilled Hands, Servant Heart Nursing Endowed Scholarship
School of Psychology & Counseling
The Gary and Kathy Harris Endowed Scholarship
School of Theology and Vocation
Phil Goldblatt Memorial Scholarship Endowed Scholarship
The Biblical Studies - Christian Ministries Scholarship Fund
Melody Moriah Elizebeth Morgan Endowed Scholarship
“Estate and Legacy Planning” – Does it Really Matter?
Think about this: early in the life of Israel we see the Lord repeatedly reminding them about the importance of passing on to “their children and their children’s children” God’s testimony of faithfulness (Deuteronomy 4:9 and following). God went on to tell the children of Israel that He wasn't’t talking directly with their children, but rather with them – because “their eyes had seen” all that the Lord had done (Deuteronomy 11:2-7).
Estate planning, when done with intentionality and by including a narrative of one’s life, can be an incredible means of motivating future generations. Further empowering such planning with
Watch for our next installment where we will purpose to unpack …
- what estate and legacy planning is
- why it’s important
- what it looks like
and most importantly,
- how it can be a compelling motivation for succeeding generations when it is empowered with an integrated level of charitable gift planning
As always, if we can be of service to you in this area, or for any questions you may have, please do not hesitate to email us at leavealegacy@letufoundation.org or call us toll-free at 903-500-2972 and ask for Tom Bevan.
And always a proper disclaimer: When considering what we might point to by way of a benefit to you in any given situation, always assure to consult your legal and tax advisor for what qualifies as the actual tax treatment of that scenario in your unique situation.
Scholarships play a major role in the lives of LETU students. More than 90% of the student body receives financial assistance from scholarships, grants, and loans. But with graduating seniors incurring significant financial debt, it is our goal to lessen the burden and increase our scholarship aid. Endowed scholarships play a vital role in decreasing the debt burden on students.
Why do LETU alumni and friends choose to establish Endowed Scholarship Funds?
- To perpetuate the memory or legacy of a loved one;
- To honor positive role models who have significantly influenced others;
- To invest in today's students who will influence every workplace and every nation for Christ tomorrow.
Endowed Scholarships provide significant impact:
- Equip leaders for tomorrow today;
- Recruit and retain outstanding students seeking the hands-on, Christ-centered education that has for decades been the strength of LETU;
- Recognize and reward outstanding performance by students with demonstrated financial need.
Endowed professorships, chairs, programs and schools are also available. Call 903.233.3833 to establish your endowment today.
Many companies will match their employees' charitable gifts. Some will even match the donations of retirees or employees' spouses! You can make your money double or even triple and at the same time invest in students' lives.
If your company is eligible, request a matching gift form from your employer's Human Resources department. Complete, sign and send in the completed form with your gift- every time you give a gift! Inform your employer of your donation and give them LeTourneau University's mailing address (2100 S. Mobberly Ave. Longview, TX 75607) so they can make the match. We will do the rest.
Giving a cash gift isn't the only way you can support LeTourneau University students. All you have to do is sign up for all the programs below and then let your shopping do the donating. It's that easy! Your normal, everyday shopping will help the LETU Annual Fund provide scholarship aid to deserving students. Thank you!
Give by Shopping
You're going to buy things anyway, right? Here are some ways your purchase can benefit LeTourneau University.
Amazon Smile
Start your shopping at smile.amazon.com, choose LeTourneau University as your selected organization, and the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases.
Kroger
If you are a KrogerPlus member, Kroger's Community Rewards program donates a portion of your eligible purchases to the organization of your choice. Choose LETU! Visit https://www.kroger.com/topic/kroger-community-rewards-3 to enroll with your membership card and choose LeTourneau University (NPO# 84780). Don't forget to re-enroll each year to continue in the Community Rewards program.
Tom Thumb
Tom Thumb's Good Neighbor Program allows customers to direct donation dollars to a favorite church, school or other non-profit organization. Visit the courtesy booth at your local store to link your reward card to our account (use our Charity# 9090).
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