Trexler Scholarships, 1953 - 1960

File — Box: D-08

Identifier: D:084

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Series: This series includes materials relating to Admissions, budget, Career Planning and Placement, Dean of College/Faculty/Students, Development Office/development drives, estates/wills/bequests, Financial Aid, tuition, grants, Muhlenberg's libraries, Public Relations, Ministerium Appeals, Memorial Funds, Multicultural Life, Public Relations, Registrar, and scholarships.

Includes booklets, newspaper clippings, promotional and marketing materials, correspondence, statistical reports, letter heads, emails, published papers, newsletters, legal papers, photos, matriculation book, and postcards.

Dates

1953 - 1960

Creator

Muhlenberg College (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research, with only a few very limited restrictions; access by appointment.

Extent

From the Collection: 50 Linear Feet (The bulk of the printed material (previously the vertical files) is contained in flip-top document cases. Textiles, memorabilia, and other realia is stored in appropriate lidded boxes.)

Additional Description

Gen. Harry C. Trexler Prize Scholarship ($1,000) established 1953; Trexler Foundation establishes annual $500 prize for pre-theology student; Trexler grants ($285) awarded to 9 students 1954 and 1957; Trexler Foundation Grant for pre-theology student award to Richard Truchses 1955; $400 recipients Feb 1960: Roger N. Goodling, Richard Hafer, Richard W. Horn, Robert Lee Miller, Pritt Rebane, David Warluft, George Weckman; $400 recipients Sept 1960: Gary A. Anthony, Edward K. Carta, Roger N. Goodling, Richard Hafer, Richard W. Horn, Matthew M. John, Ronald K. Wolf; $350 recipients Sept 1958: Harold Baer, Richard Hafer, G. Kenneth Herb, Frederick Pillmeier, Pritt Reband, David Warluft, George Weckman; $500 commencement winner Henry Williams; D:741 Senior pre-theological students eligible for Trexler Prize -1956: Joseph Donchez, Richard Miller, William L. Quay, Richard Schlegel