Thomas F. Ellerbe Scholarship
Pictured above: 2011 Finalists left to right, BACK: *Wale Falade (arch), *Joshua Quinnell (eng), Kurtis McIntire (eng), Laurie McGinley (arch); FRONT: Allison Verdoorn (arch), *Stacey Hanley (arch), Jillian Decoursey (arch), Elizabeth Turner (arch) (*indicates recipient)
2011 Thomas F. Ellerbe Scholarship Finalists and Recipients
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Thomas F. Ellerbe (TFE) scholarship. The TFE Scholarship Foundation was initially funded by the Ellerbe Associates, Inc. firm in 1981 to honor Tom Ellerbe, 88 years old at the time, for his ongoing generosity of personally giving full year scholarships to worthy University of Minnesota and Notre Dame architectural students. The TFE scholarship includes engineering students from time to time. To date there have been 13 engineering and 44 architectural recipients receiving a total of $120,000 in awards.
This year’s award celebration was held at the Ellerbe Becket, an AECOM company, office on Tuesday evening February 22. There were six architectural and two engineering finalists representing excellence in their student careers at the U of M. The basic assessment criteria for judging the architectural portfolios was: rigor of design, general creativity, clarity of presentation, and range of challenges explored. Through a juried process, Wale Falade and Stacey Hanley were both chosen to be architectural scholarship recipients. The basic assessment criteria for judging the engineering submissions was: general creativity in scientific breakthrough thinking and research that has the potential to positively impact the sustainability of the built environment. Through that process, Joshua Quinnell was chosen to be the engineering scholarship recipient.
This year's scholarship was enhanced by a special grant of $1,200 from AIA National Component Matching Grant Program. The Thomas F. Ellerbe Scholarship is administered by the Minnesota Architectural Foundation.
Pictured above are all seven finalists: back row, left to right: James Thompson, Gregory Schwartz, Benjamin Delwiche, Bradley Zielinski and front row, left to right: Amber Sausen, Khanh Nguyen, Alison Markowitz-Chan
2010 Thomas F. Ellerbe Scholarship Recipients
The Minnesota Architectural Foundation’s Thomas F. Ellerbe Scholarship named Khanh Nguyen and Alison Markowitz-Chan as the two award winners for 2010. They each received a $2,500 cash award and a wall plaque for having their portfolios judged the best according to assessment criteria that included: rigor of design, general creativity, clarity of presentation and range of challenges explored.
Historical List of Thomas F. Ellerbe Scholarship Recipients (updated 3/10/11)