Johns Hopkins Engineering School Receives $5 Million for Scholarship Fund
Johns Hopkins's Engineering School Receives $5 Million for Scholarship Fund
The G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University has received a $5 million gift from Baltimore contractor Willard Hackerman to endow a scholarship fund for graduates of the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute high school, the Baltimore Sun reports.
The gift, which will be used to establish the Hackerman Polytechnic Scholarships, will fund three four-year scholarships annually, for twenty-five years, for graduates of the high school, which focuses on math, science, and engineering. Hackerman, who is president and CEO of Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., and his wife, Lillian Patz Hackerman, have donated millions to Johns Hopkins, including $6 million to create a pavilion at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and $5 million for labs in the Bunting Blaustein Cancer Research Center.
"When you talk to him, [Mr. Hackerman] makes it very clear that he owes Poly a lot," said Polytechnic principal Barney J. Wilson, who graduated from the school in 1935. "Poly provides one thing...and that's hope. That's what Mr. Hackerman received when he was here. And a tremendous education. Together, those things boost self-esteem and allow you to do well in life.
“Alumnus Gives Gift to Poly Students.”
Johns Hopkins University Press Release
2/14/05.
Primary Subject: Higher Education
Secondary Subject(s): Education, Science/Technology
Location(s): Baltimore, Maryland
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