Scholarships Merit-based
Society of Women Engineers

Dorothy Lemke Howarth Memorial Scholarship

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Any
Disciplines
5000 USD
Grant
United States
Location
Not specified
Application deadline

About

For more than seven decades, SWE has given women engineers a unique place and voice within the engineering industry. Their organization is centered around a passion for our members’ success and continues to evolve with the challenges and opportunities reflected in today’s exciting engineering and technology specialties.

Overview

Scholarship type

Merit based

Number of scholarships to award

Multiple

Grant

$5,000

Scholarship coverage

  • tuition fee reduction

Description

Dorothy spent a lot of her life in Michigan, Iowa, India and Florida. She received a B.S. in Applied Mathematics (minor in Electrical Engineering) in 1976

Dorothy was Tool Designer for Beaver Tool and Engineering Co in Royal Oak, Michigan.  She spent a number of years in India when her husband who worked for Massey was transferred.  When they came back to Des Moines, IA and then retired to Florida. Both Dorothy and her husband were avid pilots.  She commented that in the early years she often went by “DLH” so gender was not an issue.  She liked to quote her Dad “Education is one thing you give to the next generation….what they do with it…you have nothing to say!”

Dorothy was a Charter Member of the Detroit Section of SWE. She remained a strong support and active participant in SWE the rest of her life.

Applicable programmes

Benefits

The scholarship is worth $5,000.

Eligibility

  • US citizenship required.
  • Must be in your Sophomore year.

 

Scholarship requirements

Disciplines

Any

Locations

United States

Nationality

American

Study experience required

High school

Age

Unknown

Application

Application deadline

Not specified
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