Stephen T. Kugle Scholarship Fund established for Region X students

Students in Region X will be the beneficiaries of the Stephen T. Kugle Scholarship Fund, which his family recently established in his memory.

Kugle was on the faculty of the University of Texas at Arlington, where he served as student section advisor. After leaving the university, he was a senior engineering specialist with Siemens in Arlington. He joined ASME as a student member in 1982.

He earned his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Texas at Arlington. He died in June 1999 at the age of 53.

Mitchell and Janis Kugle, and Katherine Kugle Williamson and Lance Williamson contributed a total of $40,000 to establish the fund.

Stephen T. Kugle

 

 

In explaining why they established the award, the Kugle family wrote, "We are making this donation to your organization because we feel this is what Stephen would have done if his life had not been shortened with cancer. Stephen repeatedly said that the only reason a university should exist is for the betterment of its students. We believe that ASME, through its student sections, provides a nurturing environment for the betterment of future engineers and is an ideal organization to administer future scholarships from this fund."

The earnings from the endowment will be used for an annual award, to be given to ASME student members in Region X who are juniors or seniors.

"During Stephen's many years of service as assistant vice president of education in Region X, he greatly improved student participation in the Student Design Contest and the Regional Student Conference," said Roy Breaux, past Region X vice president and Governor-Elect, adding that Kugle also improved the Region's Student Leadership Seminars.

"Stephen was dedicated to helping students," Breaux said. "ASME will miss his dedication to the profession."

For more information on memorial gifts, contact David Soukup, executive director of the ASME Foundation, at soukupd@asme.org.

 

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