Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
One
Grant
$19,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The Lillian Moller Gilbreth Memorial Scholarship was established by the Society’s Board of Trustees in 1958. It honors a woman often called the “First Lady of Engineering.” She inspired many young ladies in engineering with delightful stories, charm, fortitude and forward thinking.
Dr. Gilbreth (1878-1972) was born in Oakland, California. She was the second of ten children. She attended Oakland High School graduating in 1896. She graduated from the University of California in 1900 and earned a Ph.D. from Brown University in 1915. She has 22 honorary degrees from schools as Princeton, Brown and Michigan.
Dr. Gilbreth, an honorary SWE member, was familiar to the public as the wife and mother in the books and movies Cheaper by the Dozen (she was the mother of 12 children) and Belles on Their Toes. She married Frank Bunker Gilbreth in 1904 and collaborated with him as pioneers in the field of time and motion studies. Lillian Gilbreth combined the perspectives of an engineer, a psychologist, a wife, and a mother; she helped industrial engineers see the importance of the psychological dimensions of work. She became the first American engineer ever to create a synthesis of psychology and scientific management.
Applicable programmes
Benefits
The scholarship is worth $19,000.
Eligibility
- The scholarship is renewable for 1 year for a junior in the engineering field continuing into senior undergraduate studies.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Multiple disciplines
Locations
United States
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Not specified