As the stock market performed at a dismal rate during the 2000-2001 period, the money available for Auxiliary Scholarships was considerably less than what was available the past two years.

This academic year, we were able to award only 17 scholarships of $2,000 each for a total amount of $34,000. Still, that is a considerable sum. The distribution, which was decided during ASME's Summer Annual Meeting, was done as follows:

Six undergraduate scholarships: one Berna Lou Cartwright and five Sylvia Farny.

Six Marjorie Roy Rothemel Scholarships for master's degrees.

One Elisabeth M. and Winchell M. Parsons Scholarship for a doctoral degree.

Four Rice-Cullimore Scholarships, which go to non-U.S. students seeking to do graduate work in the United States.

In total for the 2000-2001 academic year, nearly 25 percent of the $34,000 in scholarship money was given to non-U.S. students. Although many of the Auxiliary's scholarships are restricted to U.S. citizens, the Rice-Cullimore Scholarship is available only to non-U.S. students.

— Ella Baldwin-Viereck
Auxiliary publicity chair

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