Scholarship and Loan Funds
Alumni, friends, churches, foundations and other organizations generously provide a major portion of the funds available for financial assistance to Alma College students. In addition to the following named endowed scholarships, $1 million in assistance is also provided by generous patrons through the Alma Fund.
Endowed Scholarships
Assigned by Student Financial Assistance Office
Assigned scholarships help support the merit-based awards of the College. Students are notified if awarded assigned scholarships.
- Jean Fox Abruzzino '78 Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Ethelyn Adams '27 Endowed Scholarship
- Theil K. Alexander Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Alma College Physical Plant Endowed Scholarship
- Alumni Legacy Endowed Scholarship
- George Easton Amendt '25 Endowed Music Scholarship
- John R. '33 and Kathryn Berry Anderson '33 Endowed Scholarship
- William G. Anderson '59 Endowed Scholarship
- Kenneth T. and Nellie McKay Andison Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Adam E. Armstrong Educational Fund
- Frank G. Artinian Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Harold H. Baker Endowed Scholarship
- William J. and Hannah Baker Endowed Scholarship
- Barstow Endowed Scholarship
- Brian E. and Heidi L. Bartes Endowed Scholarship
- Battle Creek First Presbyterian Church Endowed Scholarship
- Ceo E. Bauer Endowed Scholarship
- William Baxter '77 Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Thelma Potter Beam '26 and W. Allen Beam '25 Endowed Scholarship
- Dr. Verne C. Bechill Endowed Sociology Scholarship
- Flora Beck Endowed Scholarship
- Florence M. Becker Endowed Scholarship
- Helen M. Beyer Endowed Scholarship
- Arnold R. and Marjorie Bjork/James and Kim Cornetet Endowed Scholarship
- Carl W. Bonbright Endowed Scholarship
- Harry J. and Iva E. Bond Scholarship
- Bowen Family Endowed Scholarship
- Reid and Ruby Brazell Endowed Scholarship
- Barker H. Brown '32 Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Robert L. Brown '35 Endowed Scholarship
- Vernon J. Brown Endowed Scholarship
- William Elbert, Class of 1904, and Carolyn Hastings Brown, Class of 1905, Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Wanzer Hull Brunelle Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Garth M. and Jewel G. Bryan Endowed Scholarship
- Mildred M. Bushouse Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Elizabeth H. Caldwell Endowed Scholarship
- Lynn Ann Wight Cambron Endowed Scholarship
- Genevieve Carlson and Paul E. Guider '43 Endowed Scholarship
- Celtic Cross Presbyterian Church Endowed Scholarship
- Andrea Chaney, Class of 1990, Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Margaret McPherson Clark Endowed Scholarship
- Class of 1962 Endowed Scholarship
- Cleland-Horne Endowed Scholarship
- Colina Family Endowed Scholarship
- Franklin and Lulu Cook Endowed Scholarship
- Grant L. Cook Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Craig-Jewell Endowed Scholarship
- Cara Cresswell Endowed Honor Scholarship
- Gilbert A. and Eleanor H. Currie Endowed Scholarship
- Daily Family Pre-Medical Award
- Don E. Davis '35 Memorial Endowed Music Scholarship
- A. Dale Dawson and Helen Dawson Jacob '39 Endowed Scholarship
- James '36 and Jane Allen Day '36 Endowed Scholarship
- Trudeau DesJardins Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Dillon Family Scholarship
- Draper Family Endowed Scholarship
- E. V. Erickson Endowed Scholarship
- Herbert Estes '34 Endowed Scholarship
- William W. Fenchuk Scholarship
- First Presbyterian Church of Bay City-Ambrose Wight Endowed Scholarship
- First Presbyterian Church of Jackson Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- First Presbyterian Church of Lansing-Benjamin R. Leyrer '34 Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- First Presbyterian Church of Paw Paw Endowed Scholarship
- First Presbyterian Church of Rosebush Endowed Scholarship
- Charles K. Ford Endowed Scholarship
- David C. Ford '70 Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Forest Avenue Presbyterian Church Endowed Scholarship
- Samuel H. and Louise L. Forrer Endowed Scholarship
- Foss-Weenink Endowed Scholarship
- Harold C. Freundt and Gladys L. Freundt Endowed Scholarship
- Louis C. Friedrich '41 Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Jon R. Gamble, Class of 1996, Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Gerish Family Endowed Scholarship
- Rollin M. Gerstacker Endowed Scholarship
- Dean M. and Jean W. Gettemy Endowed Scholarship
- Julie J. '72 and Robert S. '70 Gigliotti Endowed Scholarship
- Meda Graham Educational Trust Fund
- Grand Rapids Westminster Presbyterian Church Endowed Scholarship
- Rita and R. Lorimer Grant '28 Endowed Scholarship
- Dr. C. A. Gray Endowed Scholarship
- Fred and Sarah Greer Endowed Scholarship
- Martha Hale Endowed Scholarship
- Joy Olney Hamann '36 Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Alden W. Hanson Endowed Scholarship
- Chester R. '38 and Marian E. Hardt Endowed Scholarship
- Hartig Family Endowed Scholarship
- Robert F. Hastings Memorial Scholarship
- Sheldon G. Hayes Endowed Scholarship
- Mildred E. Helfer Endowed Scholarship
- Heritage Scholarship Endowed Fund
- Karen Crimmins Herron Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Richard '59 and JoAnne Heuschele '60 Endowed Scholarship
- David B. Hirtzel '78 Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Stanley J. and Myrtle E. Hocking Endowed Scholarship
- Ruth Hooper Endowed Scholarship
- David R. and Patricia Sweeney Hubbard Endowed Scholarship
- Lelah H. Hubbell Endowed Scholarship
- Edna Pence Huthwaite Endowed Scholarship
- Ellory and Ruth Ingersoll Memorial Music Scholarship
- Edna V. Jacobson Endowed Scholarship
- Marjorie Jarvis Endowed Art Scholarship
- Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church of Detroit Endowed Scholarship
- James R. and Anita H. Jenkins Endowed Scholarship
- Arnold W. and Evelyn M. Jeruzal Endowed Scholarship
- Matilda N. Johnson Endowed Scholarship
- Sara MacLeod and Weston T. Johnson Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Louanna Baker Jones '12 Endowed Scholarship
- JSJ Corporation Endowed Scholarship in memory of B. P. Sherwood, Alvin E. Jacobson and Paul A. Johnson
- Gunda S. Kaiser Outstanding Junior and Senior Spanish Major Endowed Scholarship
- Jolene M. Kanary, Class of 1991, Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Ronald O. Kapp Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Jane H. and Bethel B. Kelley Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Kelso-Battle Memorial Scholarship
- William L. King '58 Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Durward E. Kinyon Endowed Scholarship
- Kirk in the Hills Endowed Scholarship
- Grace L. Kurkowsky Endowed Scholarship
- Carol Dengler Lacey Endowed Scholarship
- Ellen Laman '23 Endowed Scholarship
- Harry M. Landis Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- John B. and Iva M. Landon Endowed Scholarship
- Hilma S. and J. Wesley Lee Endowed Scholarship
- Harriet Ralph Leonard Endowed Scholarship
- Michael and Frances Leonard Endowed Scholarship
- Melvin Lievense and Carlie G. Lievense Endowed Scholarship
- Alfred Baker Lindley '41 Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Marlys Gascho Lipe '79 Endowed Scholarship
- Helmuth B. and Marie Lueth Endowed Scholarship
- Caro Ann '70 and Kurt Mabbitt '69 Endowed Scholarship
- Delbert M. '30 and Rita M. MacGregor Endowed Scholarship
- Malcolm Endowed Scholarship
- Malpass Fund Endowed Scholarship
- Eric Matthews Endowed Music Scholarship
- Blanche Bahlke Maxwell '42 Endowed Scholarship
- Harlan R. and Marie Diehl McCall '57 Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Thomas McClelland Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- John McCormack Endowed Scholarship
- Dr. Alfred G. McCuaig '42 Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Charles S. and Marion F. McIntyre Endowed Scholarship
- Fred R. McNabb Endowed Scholarship
- Norma A. Messecar Meltzer '24 Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Martha K. Merkley Endowed Scholarship
- Helen and Stephen Meyer Endowed Scholarship
- Francis L. and Helen M. Michaels Endowed Scholarship
- Michaels Family Endowed Scholarship
- Milham Endowed Scholarship
- James E. Mitchell, Class of 1893, Endowed Scholarship
- John S. Morgan Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- C. M. Muilenburg Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Myhrum-Wilson-Trainor Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Neeland-McFarland Endowed Scholarship
- Antje Popp Newhagen Endowed Scholarship
- Daniel S. Nichelson, Class of 1999, Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Niles First Presbyterian Church Endowed Scholarship
- Stephen R. and Norma Nisbet Endowed Scholarship
- Jonathan W. Nugent, Class of 2003, Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Robert C. Nunn '32 Endowed Scholarship
- Esther A. Oldt '26 Endowed Scholarship
- Calvin F. and Rosemary B. Opperthauser Endowed Scholarship
- Mary Jansen Opra, Class of 1988, Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Outer Drive United Presbyterian Church of Detroit Endowed Scholarship
- Charles H. and Elizabeth C. Patterson Endowed Scholarship
- Jeanette L. Patterson Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Edward H. Pence and Jessie Archer Pence Endowed Scholarship
- Fred R. Perry, Class of 1897, Endowed Scholarship
- Irene B. Phelan Endowed Scholarship
- Joann Wilson Piermattei '51 Endowed Music Scholarship
- Margaret T. and Fraser E. Pomeroy Endowed Scholarship
- Lee '56 and Sally Souders Posey '56 Endowed Scholarship
- Sheila Huxley Potter '32 and Dr. Howard A. Potter Jr. '32 Endowed Scholarship
- Bernice Ireland Powels '16 and William Louis Ireland Endowed Scholarship
- Gordon J. and Alma M. Ramsay Endowed Scholarship
- Charles J. and Augusta Rayner Endowed Scholarship
- Reader's Digest Endowed Scholarship
- Reader's Digest Foundation Endowed Scholarship
- Harper Reed Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Emma O. Reed Endowed Scholarship
- The Robins Scholarship
- Culbertson W. Ross Endowed Scholarship
- May Mitchell Royal Endowed Scholarship
- Arthur L. Russell '41 Endowed Scholarship for Political Science
- Arthur L. Russell '41 Endowed Scholarship for Biology and Music
- Eva E. and William L. Ruttledge Endowed Scholarship
- Sawvel-Hoffmeyer Endowed Scholarship
- Scholl Family Endowed Scholarship
- Shirley Drury Schweinsberg Endowed Scholarship
- Josephine Seeley Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Thelma T. Seifert Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Thomas Sharpe Endowed Scholarship
- Dr. George Patrick Shaw and Dr. Robert Arthur Willits '53 Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Dr. John H. Shroyer '25 and Clarissa Vreeland Shroyer '25 Endowed Scholarship
- Sidebotham-White Endowed Scholarship
- Roberta Welch Sims '63 Endowed Scholarship
- Charles E. '39 and Alice Bronson Skinner '38 Endowed Scholarship
- Catherine A. and Frank J. Sladen Endowed Scholarship
- Carra Jones Smith Endowed Scholarship
- Dr. Michael J. J. Smith Endowed Scholarship
- Nellie Snow Smith Endowed Scholarship
- Rhea Stinson Smith '25 Endowed Scholarship
- Carl J. and Elvira R. Snyder Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Frederick J. Soule Endowed Scholarship
- Anne '42 and Herbert Spendlove '41 Endowed Scholarship
- Stafford Endowed Scholarship
- John Marvin and Marguerite L. Stapleton Endowed Scholarship
- Edward C. and Hazel L. Stephenson Scholarship
- William Marshall and Mildred (Midge) Ann Strait Endowed Scholarship
- Ernest G. Sullivan Vocal Music Endowed Scholarship
- Dorothy B. Swanson Endowed Scholarship
- Robert D. Swanson Endowed Scholarship
- Roberta B. Swanson Pre-Medical Endowed Scholarship
- Pamela M. Temple '78 and Marjorie A. Brown Memorial Award and Scholarship
- Susan Thomas Endowed Scholarship
- Thompson-Carless Endowed Scholarship
- Samuel Thorndike Memorial Endowed Music Scholarship
- Louis Toller Memorial Physics Award
- Emmet and Frances Tracy Endowed Scholarship
- Glenn F. Turnbull Endowed Scholarship
- Urban Minority Endowed Scholarship
- Helen and Duane Van Duzen Endowed Scholarship
- Villard-Wolf Endowed Scholarship
- Louis E. and Margaret C. Ward Endowed Scholarship
- Bernard B. Waske Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Craig Weaver Endowed Scholarship
- Mary Louise Westcott Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Dr. and Mrs. Rex A. Wilcox Endowed Scholarship
- Clarence L. Williams '22 Endowed Scholarship
- Edna Campbell Williams Endowed Scholarship
- Russell H. and Fromilda Y. Wilson '23 Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Russell Allen Woodruff '64 Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Restricted Scholarships
These scholarships include specific criteria and are awarded to students in addition to merit awards. Contact Admissions or Student Financial Assistance office for information.
- Cass Technical High School Scholarship
- Dow Chemical Company Foundation Scholarship
- First Presbyterian Church of Dearborn Scholarship
- First Presbyterian Church of Monroe Scholarship
- First Presbyterian Church of Mt. Clemens Scholarship
- Guernsey Chemistry Scholarship
- International Student Scholarship
- Linder Sociology Award
- Metro Detroit Business Roundtable Scholarship
- Midland Alumni Scholarships
- Olofsson Family Scholarship
- St. Andrews Society of Detroit Scholarship
- Traverse City Presbyterian Church Seminary Scholarship
- David and Frances Treat Scholarship
- The John S. and Claire Wilson Volk '34 Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Loan Funds
Loans are available on a short- or long-term basis through the following named loan funds and the generosity of their donors. The funds help support low interest loans to students who demonstrate financial need; loans are available through the financial aid award process.
- Nelson W. Abernethy Memorial Loan Fund
- Alma College Student Loan Fund
- F.J. Barrett Foundation Loan Fund
- Bishop Class of Flint First Presbyterian Church Student Loan Fund
- Gilbert A. Currie Student Loan Fund
- Katherine Dennis Memorial Student Loan Fund
- Dorotha and Mario Epina Student Loan Fund
- Ida B. Fink Student Trust Fund
- Harold and Wilma Good Foundation Loan Fund
- Clarence R. Goodrich '15 Loan Fund
- Stanley A. Graves '10 Memorial Loan Fund
- Marguerite Howe Memorial Loan Fund
- Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Hubbell Loan Fund
- Janis Joynt Memorial Loan Fund
- Lois Fraker MacDonald Loan Fund
- Celia Manwaring Loan Fund
- Barbara Marnock Rotary Loan Fund
- Catherine McIntosh-Anna Robinson Loan Fund
- Oscar D. Morrill Loan Fund
- Paul Louis Reed Loan Fund
- Robert Benjamin Shaver Loan Fund
- Sidebotham-White Student Loan Fund
- D.C. Smalley Memorial Fund
- Dr. C. J. Strosacker Memorial Loan Fund
- Tammy Taylor '80 Student Loan Fund
- Larry D. Thompson '76 Memorial Loan Fund
- Louis E. and Margaret C. Ward Loan Fund
- Westminster Women's Association of Detroit Loan Fund
- Richard D. Whittier Memorial Loan Fund
- Dr. and Mrs. Rex A. Wilcox Pre-Medical Loan Fund
- Jack L. Williams '32 Memorial Student Loan Fund
- Women's Association of Kalamazoo Loan Fund
Endowed Program Funds
- The special funds listed below have been endowed by generous benefactors for a specific purpose or project at Alma College.
- Collin Alexander Talent Award in Physics
- Collin H. Alexander '37 Physics Professorship
- William R. Angell Endowed Professorship in Biological Sciences
- Barlow Endowment for Faculty Awards
- Biology Student Research Fund
- Communication Studies Endowment Fund
- Charles A. Dana Professorships
- Elma C. and Wesley C. Dykstra Professorship
- Arlan L. Edgar Biology Research Fund
- Faculty Development Fund
- George Gazmararian Endowed Global Experience Program Scholarship
- Gerstacker Science Endowment
- Dr. James H. Hudson '24 Memorial Fund
- Kinney First Amendment Scholarship
- Ellen Baker Lindley Memorial Lectureship
- Elizabeth Becker Miner Memorial Fund
- Betty E. Morris Endowment for Ballet
- Eugene Hamilton Pattison Writing Award
- Revels-Roe Family Endowment Fund
- Richard Roeper Endowed Lecture Series
- Reid-Knox Endowed Chair of American History
- Arthur L. Russell '41 Endowed Political Science Professorship
- Stephanie and Fred G. Secrest Performing Arts Professorship
- Service Learning House Fund
- Dr. Michael J. J. Smith Endowed History Professorship
- Student Summer Research Scholarship
- Joseph '31 and Kathryn Boyd Taylor '30 Golden Thistle Awards Program
- Rex and Mae Teeters Fellowship
- Towsley Professorship
- Katherine Ardis Ux Literature Fund
- Dr. and Mrs. Elmore C. VonderHeide Fund
- Joseph and Catherine Walser Global Service Scholarship
- Donald J. Yehle Endowed Internship