Endowments and Awards
School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
A. William Hajjar and Anne Bortz Hajjar Memorial Scholarship
Established by Mark Hajjar, Holly Hajjar Lorah (’70
B.A. Art History), and Hanya Hajjar Gore to honor their mother,
Ann Bortz Hajjar, and their father, the late William Hajjar,
a professor and senior design critic in the Department of
Architecture from 1946 to 65. Consideration will be given
to full-time third-year undergraduates majoring in architecture.
A.I.A.
Henry Adams Medal
Established by the American Institute of Architects
and the American Architectural Foundation (A.I.A./A.A.F.)
Scholarship Program to recognize the top-ranking graduating
students of the Department of Architecture. Criteria for top-ranking
status has been determined to be the graduating student with
the highest overall University grade-point average.
A.I.A.
Henry Adams Runner-up Certificate
Established by A.I.A./A.A.F. scholarship program
to recognize the second-ranking graduating students of the
Department of Architecture. Criteria for second top-rating
status is to be the graduating student with the second-highest
overall University grade-point average.
Alma
Heinz and August Louis Pohland Graduate Fellowship in the
School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Established by Joseph V. and Suzanne Pohland Paterno
(’62 B.A. Arts and Letters) to honor Mrs. Paterno’s
parents and to recognize graduate students enrolled in the
School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Consideration
will be given to full-time graduate students exhibiting academic
excellence who have been admitted to Penn State as candidates
for a graduate degree within the School of Architecture and
Landscape Architecture.
Alma
Heinz and August Louis Pohland Scholarship in the School of
Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Established by Joseph V. and Suzanne Pohland Paterno
(’62 B.A. Arts and Letters) to honor Mrs. Paterno’s
parents and to recognize undergraduate students enrolled or
planning to enroll in the School of Architecture and Landscape
Architecture. Consideration will be given to full-time undergraduate
students who have achieved superior academic records or who
manifest promise of outstanding academic success.
Alpha
Rho Chi Medal
Established by Alpha Rho Chi, National Coed Professional
Fraternity for Architecture and the Allied Arts, to encourage
professional leadership by rewarding student accomplishment,
to promote the ideals of professional service by acknowledging
distinctive individual contributions to school life, and to
stimulate professional merit by commending qualities in the
student that do not necessarily pertain to scholarship. Consideration
will be given to graduating students of the Department of
Architecture.
Bachelor
of Architecture Fellowship
One traveling fellowship to a United States citizen
who will graduate from an accredited undergraduate professional
degree program.
Charles Thorp Scholarship in the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
In memory of Charles S. Thorp by Robert E. Fenza ('80 B.Ph. Inter-College) and friends to recognize undergraduate students majoring in either Architecture or Landscape Architecture in the College of Arts and Architecture at The Pennsylvania State University that demonstrates an exceptional interest in both departments by actively enrolling in classes in both majors beyond the respective requirements of each curriculum, and by partipating in other joint programs and competitions.
Corbelletti
Design Competition
Established in memory of Raniero Corbelletti, architecture
department head, 1968 to 1988. Consideration will be given
to second- through fifth-year students of the Department of
Architecture who participate in the design panel competition
during the first week of the fall semester.
Cubellis Scholarship
Established by Cubellis Associates, Inc. to provide recognition and financial assistance to outstanding full-time second, third, fourth, or fifth year students majoring in Architecture in the College of Arts and Architecture or majoring in Architectural Engineering in the College of Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University who have a demonstrated need for funds to meet their necessary college expenses, who have achieved superior academic records, and whose ethnic, cultural and or national background contribute to the diversity of the student body.
Ewing
Cole Cherry Endowed Awards in Architecture and Architectural
Engineering
Established by the firm of Ewing Cole Cherry in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Consideration will be given to all full-time
fourth-year students who are enrolled in the Department of
Architecture, College of Arts and Architecture, and third-year
students in the Department of Architectural Engineering in
the College of Engineering. For the Department of Architecture,
first preference shall be given to the student with the highest
grade-point average in the structural and design courses.
Faculty
Letters of Commendation
Established by Penn State’s Department of Architecture
to recognize students who have established excellent service
to the department and show outstanding professionalism.
Fifth-Year
Design Excellence Award
Established by Penn State’s Department of Architecture
to recognize the fifth-year student with the highest grade-point
average in all required studios and visual communications.
Consideration will be given to fifth-year thesis design students
with a completed thesis design project.
Fifth-Year
Thesis Faculty Award in Architecture
Established by Penn State’s Department of Architecture
to recognize the architecture faculty’s top choice of
design thesis project. Consideration will be given to fifth-year
thesis design students with a completed thesis design project.
First-Year
Design Excellence Award, Second-Year Design Excellence Award,
Third-Year Design Excellence Award, Fourth-Year Design Excellence
Award
Established by Penn State’s Department of Architecture
to recognize first-, second-, third- and fourth-year design
students who consistently exhibit excellence in the two semesters
of the design studios within a given year.
Foreman
Architects Engineers Study Abroad Scholarship
To provide recognition to full-time third-year undergraduate
students who will participate in a study abroad program during
a semester in their fourth year and that have shown outstanding
design capabilities and superior graphic talent, and have
demonstrated a willingness and ability to help others.
Gregory J. and Terri E. Scott Annual Program Support Fund for the Department of Architecture, College of Arts and Architecture
Established by Terri E. and Gregory J. Scott ('73 B.Arch.) to provide program support for the Department of Architecture in the College of Arts and Architecture at The Pennsylvania State University.
J.
Henry and Minnie Hitz Memorial Endowment in Architecture
Presented by J. Henry Hitz (’28 B.S. Arch.
Engineering) and his wife, Minnie Hitz, to provide program
support for the architecture study abroad program and for
school projects emphasizing creative design solutions.
Jamil
E. Faridy Architectural Scholarship
Established by the firm of Faridy Veisz Fraytak P.C.
Architects to honor business partner, Jamil E. Faridy (’61
B.A. Applied Art) upon his retirement. To provide recognition
to outstanding undergraduate students enrolled or planning
to enroll in the Department of Architecture.
Kurt
Kristian Stenman Award
Established by family and friends in memory of the
late Kurt Stenman to honor and recognize outstanding academic
achievement by full-time second-year undergraduate students
in the Department of Architecture who have excelled in first-year
design and visual communications studio course work. Preference
will be given to Schreyer Honors College students and/or students
who have graduated from South Western School District, Hanover,
Pennsylvania.
LDA–L.D.
Astorino Companies Endowment for the School of Architecture
and Landscape Architecture
Established by the firm of LDA–L.D. Astorino
Companies and Louis D. Astorino (’69 B.S. Arch.) to
support the international study abroad program and projects
emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches bringing together
the expertise of different professions including architecture,
landscape architecture and/or engineering.
Leonard
S. Fiore Inc. Scholarship
Established by Leonard S. Fiore, Inc., to recognize
full-time undergraduate students who are currently enrolled
or are planning to enroll in the Department of Architecture
who have achieved above-average grades or manifested promise
of academic success.
Neil H. Porterfield Endowment for the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA)
Established to honor Neil H. Porterfield, former Dean of the College of Arts and Architecture, to support projects that emphasize interdisciplinary approaches that are related to further development of studies related to architecture and landscape architecture fields by facilitating an integrated SALA visiting practitioner/field trip program.
Paul
M. Kossman Senior Design Award in Architecture
Established by Paul Kossman (’49 B.S. Arch.
Engineering), Kossman Development Corporation, and his wife,
Agnes Kossman, to provide support for lectureships and student
awards to fifth-year thesis design students with a completed
thesis design project.
Paul
M. Kossman Thesis Design Award Runner-Up and Honorable Mentions
Established by Paul Kossman (’49 B.S. Arch.
Engineering), Kossman Development Corporation, and his wife,
Agnes Kossman, to provide support for lectureships and student
awards to fifth-year thesis design students with the second-best
thesis design project.
Richard
L. Grube Memorial Scholarship Endowment in Architecture
Established by the late Richard L. Grube, retired associate professor of Architecture at the Pennsylvania State University, to allow undergraduates to travel in a foreign land to view sights and experience architecture as part of the official Department of Architecture internal study-broad program.
Skidmore,
Owings and Merrill Foundation Traveling Fellowship Awards
Established to recognize the need to assist young
architects in broadening their education, with consideration
given to each candidate that is a United States citizen and
either attending or recently graduated from an accredited
architectural school.
Summitville
Tile Fund
Established in memory of the late Frederick Hursh
Johnson (’11 B.S. Sanitary Engineering), founder of
Summitville Tile Inc. and the Summitville Face Brick Company,
to provide funds for annual field or inspection trips, design
problem prizes, visiting professors, and other such expenses
as may be related to enhancing the professional activities
of students enrolled in the architecture curriculum.
Timothy P. Hartung Undergraduate Award in the Department of Architecture
Established by Timothy P. Hartung (’73 B.S. Architecture) to recognize a fourth or fifth year student with academic excellence majoring in architecture in the College of Arts and Architecture at The Pennsylvania State University.