1925 Society

1925 is a very important year for Colorado Mesa University; the year of our founding.

The signficant role endowments play in supporting students cannot be overstated. The 1925 Society celebrates those who with foresight and generosity establish endowed funds of $25,000 or greater. Endowed funds provide permanent, self-perpetuating scholarship and improved educational opportunities. These wisely invested funds generate earnings supporting the founding donor's area of passion for generations of students to come.

Endowments over $1,000,000

Brownson Memorial Leadership Scholarship
_{Established 1984}
David M. Gardner Memorial Scholarship
_{Established 1993}
Jim and Sharen Branscome Endowed Fund
_{Established 2024}
Josephine Roessler-Prinster Scholarship
_{Established 1989}

_{Montrose Permanent Endowment Fund
Established 2023}Wayne N. and Julie E. Aspinall Foundation Endowment
_{Established 2024}

Endowments over $500,000

Beckley/Weaver Scholarship
_{Established 1997}
Brownson MSI Endowment
_{Established 2020}
Bus Bergman Baseball Scholarship
_{Established 2004}
Campbell Rogers General Scholarship
_{Established 2012}
Carolyn D. Love Scholarship Fund
_{Established 2014}
Davis My Future Pathways Fund - Endowment
_{Established 2020}
Dean-Roush Scholarship
_{Established 2014}
Doyle E. Burns Scholarship
_{Established 2012}
Forrest Nelson Endowed Geology Fund
_{Established 2018}
Meyer Family Endowment
_{Established 2013}
Opal Snowder (Suzi) Boyd Memorial Fund

_{Established 1984}

Endowments over $250,000

Albert J. and Marion T. Merlino Scholarship
_{Established 2017}
Bill and Peggy Foster Endowed Scholarship Fund
_{Established 2006}
Bruce and Louise Dixson Scholarship
_{Established 1985}

Continuing Unexpected Connections/MSI Endowment

_{Established 2019}

Cornelison Memorial/CMU Tech General

_{Established 2012}

Dan Brant Jr. Memorial Scholarship

_{Established 1994}

Dieter Sander Engineering Endowed Scholarship

_{Established 2011}
Dixson B.A.S. in Business Administration Endowed Scholarship
_{Established 2000}

Don MacKendrick History Scholarship

_{Established 1994}

Dr. Ruth Maurer Flute Program Endowment

_{Established 2018}

Dwight and Carolyn Tope Endowed Scholarship

_{Established 2018}
Emerson Family Nursing Scholarship Fund
_{Established 2008}
Football Alumni Endowment
_{Established 2014}
Gean F. Lipson Trust Endowed Scholarship Fund
_{Established 2010}
GJ Kiwanis Club Orville & Francis Boge Football Scholarship
_{Established 2022}

Inez Hulting Petersen Memorial Scholarship
_{Established 2001}
International Student Program Endowed Scholarship
_{Established 2014}
Mary Rait/Mary Jewell Willsea Endowed Grants Fund
_{Established 2006}
Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado Endowment
_{Established 2017}
Richard E. Tope Memorial Scholarship
_{Established 1996}
Shear Family Energy Management/Landman Program Endowed Scholarship
_{Established 2017}
Slavens Endowed Fund
_{Established 1994}
Stanley E and Ruth M T Johnson Family Endowed Scholarship
_{Established 2010}
Tilman and Pat Bishop Endowed Scholarship
_{Established 1994}
Western Colorado Energy Scholar Endowment
_{Established 2013}
William H. Love Engineering Endowment

_{Established 2018}

Endowments over $100,000

Alvin Lee Marts Memorial MSI Scholarship

Anthony Lopez Memorial Scholarship

Bacon Family Foundation Foreign Student Scholarship

Baines/Riede Memorial Scholarship

Barbara L. Brown Endowed Scholarship

Barry A. Bishop Endowed Scholarship

Bechtel Family Scholarship

Blanche Buescher Business Endowed Scholarship Fund

Blaney-Maluy Family Scholarship

Bou-Matar Family Endowed Scholarship

Cheri Livingston Memorial Scholarship

Chet Enstrom Memorial Scholarship

CMU Alumni Association Scholarship

Cullen R. Brown Endowed Scholarship

Dixson Scholar/Mentor Award

Doug Sortor Endowed Football Scholarship

Dr. Dorr Burns Computer Science Scholarship

Dr. Robert "Bob" Beede Endowed Scholarship

Elliott Family, Carter & Lena Elliott Scholarship

Eric "The Hawk" Hawkins Men's Basketball Endowed Scholarship

Ernest D. Buescher Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Eva Cheek Memorial Scholarship

Foltz Family Scholarship Endowment

Gary L. Zancanelli Jr. Endowed Scholarship

Goffredi Memorial Scholarship

Grand Junction Rotary Club Endowed Scholarship

Greer, Lapham, and Roth UTEC Scholarship

Helen Krey Scholarship

Howard E. Scott Maverick Scholarship

Jeffrey Alan Basinger Leadership Scholarship

Jennifer DeCasper Endowed Scholarship

Joseph and Delia Prinster Family Scholarship

Kevin Wagner Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund

Knudson Family Endowed Scholarship

Krey Special Purpose Scholarship Fund

Kristopher B. Buescher Memorial Scholarship

Lathrop Scholarship

LeRoy Bacon Memorial Scholarship

Lew Goodhart Memorial Scholarship Endowment

Lisa and Tim Foster Scholarship

Louis Buescher Memorial Scholarship

Loyd and Cordelia Files Memorial Scholarship

Lucero Family Endowed Scholarship

MacEvoy Family Endowed Scholarship

Margaret Goodhue-Altrusa Scholarship Endowment

Marty and Larry Jones Memorial Scholarship

Mary Elizabeth (McDonald) Dolan Scholarship

Maverick Innovation Center Opportunity Fund

McGinnis Family Scholarship

Merle and Thelma Lanning Scholarship

Milton W. "Red" Crawford Tennis Scholarship

Moss Fairley Wagler Scholarship

Murray Swindell Endowment

Norbert Braeuer, MD, Endowed Scholarship

ProSpace Interiors Endowed Scholarship

Rex Howell Memorial Fund

Richard F. Gilmore Sr. DDS Endowed Scholarship Fund

Robert and Cynthia Cutter Scholarship

Rodeo Endowed Scholarship

Rusty Crick Womens Volleyball Scholarship

Victor Wagler Scholarship

Sally and Jared Martinez Scholarship

Sodexo Student Leadership and Service Recognition Award

Stephen Smith Women In Landman/Energy Management Endowed Scholarship

Steven J. Rekemeyer Scholarship

Ted and Maxine Albers Scholarship

Velva Carnes MSI Scholarship

Viola and Linden Moberly Scholarship

Warren Winiarski Viticulture and Enology Institute

Western Colorado Contractors Association (WCCA) Scholarship

William and Mai Robinson Lecture Fund

WSCOGA Chevron Energy Scholar Award

Endowments over $25,000

Alan H. Oldland Endowed Scholarship

Alvie Reddin Memorial Scholarship

Andy Smith Memorial Scholarship

Ann J Sanders Shopbell Dance Scholarship

Arbaney Family Endowed Scholarship

B & B Electric Scholarship

Barry Michrina Memorial Scholarship

Bauerle Family Endowed Scholarship

Beryl and Dominic Carrica Endowed Scholarship

Biggs-Zollner Faculty Enrichment Grant

Bighorn Consulting Engineers Endowed Scholarship

Bob and Jane Quimby Memorial Basketball Scholarship

Bruce and Frances Crowell Scholarship

Bud Francis Scholarship

Butch and Pam Fischer Scholarship

Carl and Betty Wahlberg Partners Scholarship

Carolyn Burger Memorial Endowed Scholarship

CAS-GJ Doug Van Etten Endowed Scholarship

Catherine Smith Thorpe Scholarship

Celeste Colgan Study Abroad Scholarship

Chris and Connie Jouflas Family Foundation Scholarship

Clara Boss Steele Scholarship

CMU Emeriti/Retired Staff Scholarship

Co/Wy Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Endowed Scho

Colorado Water Officials Association Division 5 Scholarship

Connie McIntire-Altrusa Scholarship Endowment

Copeland Family Endowed Scholarship

Craig and Joanna Little Scholarship

Cutter Endowed Aviation Scholarship

Dick and Gaylene Thompson Endowment Fund

Don Meyers Art Scholarship

Donna H. Crouch Memorial Scholarship

Dr. Henry H. and Margaret Zeigel Fund

Dr. Kit Neacy Scholarship Fund

Dr. Richard Ballard Endowed Scholarship

Dr. Russ Walker Memorial Environmental Science Endowed Schol

Eileen Nagatomo Townsend Memorial Scholarship

Erskine-Peyton Family Scholarship

Esther Herr Memorial Scholarship

Ethel Mae Moor Applied Music Fund

FirstBank of Colorado Scholarship

Foster Alumni Mentors - Sylvia Aynn Richards Memorial Schola

Freda T. Roof & Yngve Hanson Memorial Scholarship

Gary Thompson Student Athlete Degree Completion Endowed Scho

George and Masuo Nagatomo Memorial Scholarship

Gerlach Music Scholarship

Gormley Memorial Scholarship

Gower, Morford, Oleskevich & Kansgen Foreign Languages Schol

Grand Junction New Car & Truck Dealers Association Scholarsh

Grand Valley Power MSI Endowed Scholarship

Harriet Slagowski Memorial & Victoria Noell Family Endowment

Hazel and Victor Garms Memorial Scholarship Fund

Heifner-Kennedy Family Energy Scholar Endowment

Hoolokahi Endowment (HPA)

Institute for Supply Management Scholarship

Jack, Wiley, and Calvin Gower History Scholarship

James Family Scholarship

Jo Ann Colosimo Click Scholarship

JoAnn Brown Endowed Scholarship

Joe Higgins Scholarship

John B. Wolf Scholarship

John E. Groneman Endowed Scholarship Fund

John Ludlam Endowed Scholarship

Jose Peer Memorial Scholarship

Josephine Moen Scholarship

Juanita and Bob Moston Endowed Scholarship

Julie Fredlund Science Scholarship Fund

Kelley and Nancy Burford Rodeo Scholarship

Kelley and Nancy Burford Tennis Scholarship

Lance Balding Clifton Community Fund

Landen Manning Jones Endowed Scholarship

Laura Brownson Ludlam Endowment

Liff Miller Nursing Scholarship

Locke Academic Scholarship Fund

Lonnie Shults Endowed Women's Basketball Scholarship

Lou Morton & Dale J. Hollingsworth Poli-Sci Scholarship

Madge Huffer Scholarship

Madsen Family MSI Endowment

Maggie G Robb Theatre Scholarship

Mai and William S. Robinson Scholarship

Mai Robinson English Scholarship

Mandy Rush Endowed Scholarship

Marion Fletcher Scholarship

Marjorie Sollenbarger Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Mark Garman Scholarship

Mark Zoppel Memorial Scholarship

Mary Ann Petersen Higley Endowed Scholarship

Mattie Smith Wagler Scholarship

Mesa County Medical Society Scholarship

Micah Dancy Endowed Music Scholarship

Michelle Benway Huggins Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Nathan B Carson Memorial Scholarship

Nora Reed Burleigh Endowed Scholarship

Phyllis E. Lucero Scholarship

Players and Friends of Coach Bob Cortese

Plumleigh Photojournalism Scholarship

Presbyterian Single Parent Scholarship

Prospace Interiors Women's Basketball Scholarship

ProSpace+ Interiors Men’s Wrestling Scholarship

Randall Capp Family Endowed Scholarship

Rarick Endowed Scholarship

RBC Dain Rauscher Scholarship

Richard and Muriel Saunders Family Endowed Scholarship

Richard D. Dayvault Endowed Memorial Scholarship

Richard G. Lyttle Scholarship

Rick Smith Memorial Scholarship

Ridgway Ryan Scholarship

Rosalie Jean Bertram Endowed Scholarship

Rudolf and Fannie Susman Scholarship

Ryan Teixeira Endowed Baseball Scholarship

S.N. Wagler Scholarship

Sander Family Endowed Scholarship

Sandra Hays Sells Memorial Endowed Scholarship

Sandy Bacon Memorial Scholarship

Science Associates Scholarship

Selma Wolk LPN Endowed Scholarship

Strnad Family Nursing Scholarship

T.R. Braithwaite Scholarship

Taylor D. Hickman Memorial Scholarship

Terry Wakefield-Kiwanis Endowed Music Scholarship

The Moore Family Scholarship

The Robert McConnell Endowed Scholarship in Memory of Edwin

Tom Mourey Annual Computer Science/Mathematics Award

Tuohig Family Endowed Nursing Scholarship

VFW Post and Auxiliary 3981 Memorial Scholarship

Vince and Maggie Farnsworth Endowed Scholarship

Walter White Endowed Football Scholarship

Warren Winiarski Viticulture and Enology Scholarship

Wells Fargo MSI Endowment

Wenzel-Miller Endowed Theatre Arts Scholarship

Western Colorado NAWIC Scholarship

Whitewater Building MSI Endowed Scholarship

Will Hays and Shawn Carstensen Endowed Scholarship

William Eli and Wanda Wray Putnam Scholarship

WSCOGA Energy Athlete Scholar Award

To learn how to join this special group
please contact Rick Adleman at [email protected] or 970-248-1871.