Cornerstone Endowments
We are grateful to the many donors whose gifts provide continuing support through permanent endowments that provide an annual income stream. This support enables the college’s leadership to strategically advance engineering education at the University of Tennessee. More than 350 active endowments with a combined market value exceeding $109 million fuel the college’s student scholarships, fellowships, faculty awards, professorships, chairs, and other programs of excellence.
$109m
Total Market Value
357
Active Endowments
Endowments
Updated as of 5/24/2022
College-Level
- Allen and Hoshall, Inc., Engineering Faculty Award Endowment
- Allen and Hoshall, Inc., Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Ray V. & Lakshmi Arimilli Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Mechanical Engineering
- Associated Construction Women Scholarship Endowment
- Clara Beene Lauderback Ayers Memorial and James L. Ayers, Jr. Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- B&W Y-12 Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Barge Design Solutions, Inc. Scholarship Endowment
- Peter (Pete) Barile, Sr. Design Competition Scholarship Award Endowment
- Dr. Leslie A. Benmark Scholarship Endowment
- Richard Edward Bireley Quasi-Endowment
- Blalock, Kennedy, Pierce Analog Electronics Professorship Endowment
- James M. Boring , Jr. and Syble E. Boring Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Kenneth E. Boring Co-Operative Civil Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Herschel C. and Louise Runnion Brand Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Dr. J. Don Brock Engineering Endowment
- Moses E. and Mayme Brooks Distinguished Professor Award Endowment
- Brown Stove Works, Inc. Free Enterprise Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Fred D. Brown, Jr. Minority Endowment
- Trey Brown Family Endowed Engineering Scholarship
- Dr. Edwin G. Burdette Endowed Professorship
- Willard and Joye Cagle Endowed Scholarship
- Angela Y. Cannon Engineering Endowed Scholarship
- John F. Chafin Memorial Scholarship Quasi Endowment
- Diane Cherne Endowed Scholarship
- Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Chopra Memorial Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Hugo Colditz Scholarship Endowment
- Malcolm H. Colditz Scholarship Endowment
- John and Billie Collier Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Fred Collis Engineering Scholarship Quasi-Endowment
- Robert M. and Evelyn Condra Scholarship Quasi-Endowment
- Robert M. Condra Engineering Endowment
- Robert M. Condra Professorship
- Dr. James C. Conklin Endowed Faculty Fellowship for Mechanical Engineering
- Dr. Harold T. Conner, Jr. Endowed Scholarship
- Judith E. and Joseph C. Cook, Jr. Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Cook-Eversole Endowed Faculty Fund in Engineering
- Michael R. and Cynthia B. Corn Scholarship Endowment
- Allan Rice Cox Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
- Bennett M. Croswell Endowed Scholarship
- CTI Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering Endowment
- Guilford Dudley Cummings, Jr. Scholarship Quasi-Endowment
- Jeff W. and Janet P. Davis Endowed Engineering Faculty Fund
- Wayne T. Davis Endowed Dean’s Chair in Engineering
- Charles H. Dean, Jr. Scholarship Endowment in Engineering
- Michael D. Dodd Engineering Endowed Scholarship
- Jack Dongarra Endowed Professorship in High-Performance Computing
- Nathan W. Dougherty Recognition Endowment Fund
- Dan Doulet Endowed Faculty Award
- Herbert G. and Lilian C. Duggan Scholarship Endowment Fund
- Eastland Family Scholarship Endowment Fund
- Edwards Director of Integrated Design Endowment
- Thomas R. and Elaine S. Edwards Engage Program Endowment
- Robert Blanton Ellenburg Endowed Scholarship
- Engage Enrichment Endowment
- Engineering Diversity Excellence Endowment
- Engineering Faculty Development Award Quasi-Endowment
- Engineering Honors Program Endowment
- Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Wendy and Mike Evans Endowed Scholarship
- Bill & Jenny Eversole Integrated Business & Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Ferguson Endowed Faculty Fellow in Chemical Engineering
- Charles Edward Ferris Engineering Endowment
- Charles Edward Ferris Engineering Endowment
- Finner Family Engineering Quasi-Endowment
- Finner Family Scholarship Endowment
- Fisher Family Faculty Development Endowment in Engineering
- Thaddeus, Isabelle and Frances C. Fitzpatrick Endowed Scholarship
- Larry A. Fleming Memorial Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Larry and Alex Flood Endowed Scholarship
- Weston Fulton Professorship in Engineering Endowment
- Dr. Jerry B. Fussell & Donald K. Lorenzo Endowed Scholarship
- Walter Welch Gentry Memorial Scholarship Quasi-Endowment
- Gibson Endowed Chair in Engineering
- Gibson Endowed Professorship
- Randall and Janice Gibson Engineering Endowment
- Gonzalez Family Engineering Global Initiatives Endowment
- Henry C. Goodrich Endowment
- Armour T. Granger Memorial Professorship Endowment
- Ronald F. Green Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Kimberly Scheibe Greene Endowed Engineering Scholarship
- Ken Hackett Scholarship Endowment
- Henry A. Haenseler Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- John D. Harper Scholarship Endowment
- Heath Endowed Faculty Fellowship in Business & Engineering (COE)
- Heath Endowment for the Integrated Business and Engineering Program in the Tickle College of Engineering
- Jerry and Kay Henry Endowed Professorship in the College of Engineering
- Robert L. Henry, Jr. and Velma LeBow Henry Scholarship Endowment
- Denise A. Hoffman Faculty Excellence Endowment
- J. Elmer Housley Scholarship Endowment Fund
- David V. and Hortense G. Howard Memorial Scholarship Endowment
- George Wesley Howard Memorial Scholarship Endowment
- Ina B. Howard Memorial Scholarship Endowment
- Isaac B. Howard Memorial Scholarship Endowment
- James Dunn Howard Memorial Scholarship Endowment
- James L. Howard Scholarship Endowment
- Janie Howard Memorial Scholarship Endowment
- Roy & Hazel Hudson Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Hughes Hall Memorial Scholarship Endowment
- Raymond and Mimi Hurd Endowed Scholarship
- Morton B. Icove Memorial Fund for Engage
- Michael James Memorial Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Johnson Family Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Jane and Bob Johnson Scholarship Endowment
- West Crawford Jordan, Jr. Scholarship Endowment
- Helen I. Jubin Memorial Engineering Fellowship Quasi-Endowment
- Min H. & Yu-Fan Kao Innovation & Collaborative Studio Endowment
- Min H. Kao Electrical and Computer Engineering Professorship Endowment
- Min H. Kao Electrical and Computer Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Keesecker Family Scholarship Endowment
- Roy G. Kerr Scholarship/Fellowship Endowment
- Gerald and Linda King Faculty Support Endowment
- Dr. Kenneth E. Kirby Endowed Faculty Award
- Robert B. Lewis III College of Engineering Diversity Excellence Endowment
- Willis Lincoln Engineering Quasi-Endowment
- Colonel Samuel H. Lockett Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Loebbaka Excellence Endowment
- Magnavox Professorship in Engineering Endowment
- Robert John Mandzak Endowed Student Competitions Endowment
- Martin Company Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- MathWorks Endowed Professorship in Scientific Computing
- David M. and Cheryl S. Maxwell Scholarship Endowment
- Samuel R. & Misty Duncan Mayes Scholarship Endowment
- Robert Lee and Sarah Nell Mays Endowed Engineering Scholarship
- Thomas Stewart McCorkle Family Endowed Faculty Award
- Jack and Dorothy McKamey Endowed Professorship in Engineering
- Jack and Dorothy McKamey Scholarship Endowment in Engineering
- James and Sändra McKinley Engineering Honors Program Endowment
- Jim and Sändra McKinley Engage Program Endowment
- Amy & Kevin Millslagle Engineering Endowment
- Billy J. and Sylvia F. Moore Engineering Endowment
- Ron and Jessica Morris Endowed International Travel Fund
- Ron and Jessica Morris Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Millard L. Myers Scholarship Endowment
- National Society of Black Engineers Endowment
- Len B. and Nancy Lois Neubert Scholarship Endowment
- Hang Thithu Nguyen and David R. Regenold UT Pledge Scholarship Endowment
- Randall K. Nutt Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Ronald Nutt Family Scholarship Endowment
- Office of Professional Practice Service Scholarship Quasi-Endowment
- J. Darrek Offutt Engineering Science Endowed Scholarship
- Terry B. and Robert L. Olberding Endowed Scholarship
- Jill Blackwelder Parker Scholarship Endowment
- Steve Parker Endowed Scholarship
- William L. and Frances R. Patterson Scholarship Endowment
- Dr. Fred N. Peebles Engineering Endowment
- Walter S. Pelton Endowed Engineering Scholarship
- Joseph R. Penland Memorial Scholarship Endowment
- Leonard Garfield Penland Chair in Engineering
- Herbert Pinchefsky Veteran Scholarship Endowment
- James Pippin Pre-College Program Endowment
- James B. Porter, Jr. Scholarship Endowment
- Charles P. Postelle Distinguished Professorship in Nuclear Engineering
- Powell Alumni Engineering Scholarship Endowment Fund
- Dr. John Prados Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Endowed Professorship
- John W. Prados Endowed Chemical Engineering Co-Op Scholarship
- Pullen Family Endowed Fellowship in Chemical Engineering
- R.N. Lyon Engineering Endowment
- John E. and Mary Poitevent Redwine Memorial Endowment
- Regenold-Nguyen Diversity Program Scholarship Endowment
- Allie Mae Howard Robinson Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Fred Mason Roddy Professorship in Biomedical Engineering Endowment
- Romer International Experiences Endowment
- Richard Rosenberg Endowed Professorship in Mechanical Engineering
- David Russell Family Endowed Scholarship
- Robert A. & Beryl F. Sadler Tau Beta Pi Quasi-Endowment
- Scott / Gichner Family Scholarship Endowment
- Larry and Yoshiko Shell Endowed Global Initiative Scholarship
- Thomas I. and Kathryn A. Shelton Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Mr. and Mrs. E.D. Shipley Engineering Scholarship Quasi-Endowment
- Tony & Lynda Shipley Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Charles Francis Shultz Scholarship Endowment
- Sirang Scholarship Endowment
- Frank C. Smartt Quasi-Endowment
- Wade and Mary Smith Scholarship Endowment
- William T. Snyder Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Southern Company Endowed Faculty Fellow
- Frank H. Speckhart Engineering Graduate Award Endowment
- Andrew W. Spickard Family Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Jerry E. Stoneking Memorial Engineering Scholarship Quasi-Endowment
- George B. Strawbridge Endowed Engineering Scholarship
- Benjamin & Kristin Strength Endowed Scholarship
- Susan E. Stutz-McDonald Endowed Scholarship
- John H. and Donna G. Taylor Scholarship Endowment
- James A. Tevepaugh, Jr. and Carol Whitt Tevepaugh Endowed Engineering Scholarship
- John Tummins Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- UCOR Outstanding Nuclear Engineering Endowed Faculty Award
- Tucker-Jones Engineers Endowed Engineering Scholarship
- James F. Utley Endowed Scholarship
- Spears P. Vavalides Endowed Scholarship
- Anthony L. Vest Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Royal D. Watts, Jr. Scholarship Endowment
- Charles Weaver Engineering and Band Scholarship Endowment
- Charles & Julie Wharton Engineering Faculty Award Endowment
- David F. White Scholarship Endowment
- William B. Wilson Scholarship Endowment
- Lynda Wimberly Student Endowment
- J. H. Winstead, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Endowment
- Arthur Brownlow Wood Endowment
- Tom and Melanie Wood Mentoring Endowment
- Tom and Melanie Wood Scholarship Endowment
- Zeanah Engineering Excellence Endowment
- Jessie Rogers Zeanah Faculty Fellowship Endowment
- Steven J. & Teresa M. Zinkle Faculty Support Endowment for Nuclear Engineering
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
- Donald C. Bogue Engineering Endowment
- Chemical Engineering Scholarship Quasi-Endowment
- Carl and Patsy Cruse Endowed Scholarship
- Dennis and Connie Denihan Scholarship Endowment
- Eastman Endowed Fellowship
- Kenneth M. Elliott Chemical Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Dr. & Mrs. Warren L. Franz Endowed Engineering Scholarship
- Homer Johnson Scholarship Endowment
- John M. Kennerly Engineering Scholarship/Fellowship Endowment
- Prados Educational Effectiveness Endowment
- John & Linda Shoemaker Endowed Scholarship for Engineering
- Burton B. Simcox Chemical Engineering Scholarship Quasi-Endowment
- Troy C. Trotter Distinguished Lectureship Endowment in Chemical Engineering
- Neal A. and Helen D. Waldrop Endowment
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Student Chapter Scholarship Endowment
- ASCE Excellence Endowment
- William W. Aydelott Memorial Scholarship Endowment
- Lawrence S. Barker, Jr. Scholarship Endowment
- Charles Bryan Blalock Memorial Scholarship Endowment
- Edwin G. and Patsy H. Burdette Graduate Fellowship Endowment in Structural Engineering
- John L. Callaway Civil Engineering Endowment
- Don and Linda Chambers Family Civil Engineering Endowed Scholarship
- Civil and Environmental Engineering Excellence Endowment
- Civil and Environmental Engineering Endowment
- Emmett W. and Lucille K. Dunn Memorial Scholarship Endowment
- W. Mark Geldmeier Endowed Scholarship
- Joan A. Giltner Engineering Endowed Scholarship
- Gary M. and Nan M. Given Scholarship Endowment
- Dr. David W. Goodpasture Endowed Faculty Award
- William and Patricia Grecco Scholarship Endowment
- Jack B. and Judy M. Humphreys Civil Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Institute of Geotechnology Endowment
- J. W. (Bill) Lonas/Tennessee Road Builders Association Scholarship Endowment
- Jim and Tricia Martin Endowed Scholarship
- Robert P. & Kelly D. Murphy Endowed Scholarship
- Norman H. Post Scholarship Endowment
- Elizabeth B. Pruitt and Glenn N. Pruitt Endowed Engineering Scholarship
- Racheff Environment Endowment – Pollution Impact
- Drs. Greg and Kay Reed Endowment
- Don and Lou Connelly Richardson Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Ross Bryan Associates, Inc. Endowed Fellowship for Graduate Studies in Structural Engineering
- Terry P. Scholes Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- John Milton Snoderly Civil Engineering Scholarship Endowment
Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
- Carol and Malcolm Bayless Scholarship Endowment in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Carol and Malcolm Bayless U.S. Military Veterans Scholarship Endowment
- Dr. Vaughn Blalock Graduate Award Endowment in Electrical Engineering
- Dr. Miljko and Sonja Bobrek Scholarship Endowment
- Robert E. Bodenheimer Fellowship Endowment
- Dr. Michael E. and Mrs. Jane N. Casey Electrical and Computer Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Computer Science Excellence Endowment
- Christopher James Connell Scholarship Endowment
- Grace O. Davis Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
- Michael and Meredith Dodd Silicon Valley Experience Endowment
- Electrical Engineering Focus on Excellence Endowment
- Electrical Engineering Scholarship/Fellowship Quasi-Endowment
- Ericsson-Harlan D. Mills Chair of Software Engineering Endowment
- Beta-Phi Chapter of Eta Kappa Nu Scholarship Endowment
- Ernest F. Felice Endowment
- Weston Miller Fulton Memorial Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Christopher J. and Michelle R. Gentry Scholarship Endowment in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Gonzalez Family EECS Professorship Endowment
- Gonzalez Family Endowment for the IEEE
- Gonzalez Family Faculty/Staff Awards Endowment
- S. T. Harris Scholarship Endowment
- Urban and Susan Hilger Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Huntsman Family Scholarship Endowment
- Dr. Eldredge Johnson and Mrs. Lynda Herndon Kennedy Endowed Scholarship/Fellowship
- Min H. Kao Electrical and Computer Engineering Enrichment Endowment
- Min H. Kao Electrical and Computer Engineering Fellowship Endowment
- Dr. Marion Charles Lane Endowed Scholarship
- Robert and Alliene Lay Electrical Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- W. O. Leffell Scholarship Fund
- Edgar Wyman McCall Endowed Scholarship in Electrical Engineering
- James W. McConnell ECE Excellence Endowment
- Harlan D. and Luella C. Mills Scholarship Endowment
- Billy J. and Sylvia F. Moore Scholarship Endowment
- Dibyendu (Dipu) and Anindita (Ann) Mukherjee Scholarship Endowment
- Leonard B. Murray, Jr. Endowment
- Erby Roy and Jean Bush Nankivell Endowed Electrical Engineering Scholarship
- Ronald Nutt Engineering Fellowship in Imaging Formation and Processing Endowment
- Dr. David O. and Joan G. Patterson Endowed Scholarship
- Richard and Mary Ann Peugeot Endowed Electrical Engineering Scholarship
- J. Frank and Joan Uhl Pierce Engineering Endowment
- Dan & Mary Roberts Family Endowed Scholarship
- Leonard and Betty Shealy Scholarship Endowment Fund
- Carl W. Sohns Endowed Scholarship in Electrical Engineering
- Charles and Martha Sprankle Electrical Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Dr. David W. Straight Scholarship Quasi-Endowment
- Jamie and Richard Thomas Endowed Scholarship
- Robert Kenneth Vann Computer Science Endowment
- Fred Smith Vreeland Scholarship Endowment in Electrical Engineering
- Charles Weaver Memorial Scholarship Endowment
- Arthur F. Woods Scholarship Endowment
- Angela and Daniel Yochem Endowment
Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
- American Accessories International Endowed Scholarship
- Samuel & Mary Anne Beall Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Charles O. “Chad” Holliday, Jr. and Ann Blair Holliday Endowed Fellowship
- Industrial and Systems Engineering Endowment for Excellence
- Wallace Dwight Kessel Industrial Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Roy B. Martin Entrepreneurship Scholarship Quasi-Endowment
- Garney Scott Family Scholarship Endowment
- Spike Tickle STEM Endowed Engineering Fellowship
- Frederick Bickford Vreeland Scholarship Endowment in Industrial Engineering
Department of Materials Science & Engineering Endowments
- Bales Family Scholarship Endowment
- Shek and Tze-Wei Hong Materials Science Endowed Scholarship
- Homer Johnson Scholarship Endowment
- Dr. Carl D. Lundin Scholarship Endowment
- Dr. Ted S. Lundy Endowed Scholarship/Fellowship
- Materials Joining Engineering Scholarship/Fellowship Endowment
- Oliver Family Endowment
- Racheff Research Endowment in Metallurgy
- Racheff Scholarship and Fellowship Endowment in Metallurgy
- E. Eugene Stansbury Endowment in Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, & Biomedical Engineering
- Joel F. Bailey Scholarship Endowment
- Dr. James C. Conklin Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Department Head’s Award in Mechanical, Aerospace & Biomedical Engineering Endowment
- Engineering Science and Mechanics Enrichment Endowment
- Engineering Science and Mechanics Scholarship Endowment
- James A. Euler Memorial Graduate Student Endowment
- W. J. Fredebeil Endowed Scholarship
- Mark Godbold Endowed Scholarship
- Eunice Hinkle Biomedical Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Louis R. and Ann S. Hoffman Engineering Endowment
- William S. Johnston Class of 1962 Scholarship Quasi-Endowment
- Gerald Francis Kelley and Lorraine Angela Maher Kelley Endowment in Mechanical Engineering
- MABE Engineering Excellence Endowment
- Dr. Mohamed R. Mahfouz Endowed Scholarship/Fellowship
- Mechanical Engineering Anonymous Quasi-Endowment
- Mr. and Mrs. Herman H. Morris Mechanical Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Dr. & Mrs. Hui and Mabel Pih Memorial Engineering Fellowship Endowment
- Donald R. and Bettie J. Pitts Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Scholarship Endowment
- Dr. Thomas E. Shannon and Mrs. Patricia Shannon Endowed Graduate Fellowship
- L. Raymon and Elva D. Shobe Scholarship Endowment
- SSM Industries, Inc. Mechanical Engineering Endowment
- William G. Swann Mechanical Engineering Memorial Scholarship Endowment
- B. Ray Thompson Endowment
- Elmer Lee White Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Department of Nuclear Engineering
- Ralph C. and Ardona Boles, Jr. Nuclear Engineering Endowed Scholarship
- Hashemian Family Nuclear Engineering Undergraduate Research Endowment
- Tom and Marcia Magette Nuclear Endowed Fellowship
- George Meriwether Nuclear Engineering Fellowship Endowment
- Mihalczo Fellowship in Nuclear Engineering
- Laurence Miller Family Student Award Endowment
- Nuclear Engineering Excellence Endowment
- P. F. Pasqua Excellence in Nuclear Engineering Education Fund
- Perez Family Endowment
- Power Plant Dynamics Symposia Quasi-Endowment
- Taylor Family Departmental Discretionary Endowment
- UCOR Nuclear Deactivation and Decommissioning Scholarship Endowment
- Dr. Robert E. Uhrig Endowed Graduate Scholarship in Nuclear Engineering
- Upadhyaha Family Endowed Scholarship
- Dr. Mark Lane Williams Endowed Scholarship in Nuclear Engineering