The Corre Family
This gift is made in honor of the 80th birthday of the late Dr. Alan D. Corre, who served as professor of Hebrew Studies at UW-Milwaukee from 1963 to 1993. His many scholarly articles and reviews on subjects such as Hebrew linguistics, Judeo-Arabic language and...
The Don Walker Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Milwaukee Press Club Endowment
This scholarship honors the legacy of Donald L. Walker, an alumnus of UWM and Marquette University. He was an editor and reporter for the Milwaukee Journal and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and a founding member of the Milwaukee Newspaper Guild. Over nearly four...
The Estate of Alice Siu-Fun Leung
Alice Siu-Fun Leung earned a BS Degree with a major in Mathematics from UWM in January, 1973.
The Estate of Dr. James J. Magnino, M.D.
Dr. James J. Magnino was a family practitioner in the Kenosha area who received his Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology from UWM. Despite relocating to other areas of the Midwest, Dr. Magnino remained connected to UWM.
The Estate of Frances A. Ross
This estate gift was given in support of the discipline and Department of Anthropology at UWM.
The Estate of Gertrude Eichstaedt
Gertrude Eichstaedt received her BA from the University of Chicago and her MA from UWM, where she served as an Assistant Dean in the College of Letters & Science for many years until her retirement in 1988. Those who had the privilege to work with Gertrude knew her...
The Estate of Hilda Becher
Hilda Becher was passionate about all languages and believed in the value of being multilingual.
The Estate of Jan and Thomas Montiegel
Jan Montiegel graduated from UWM in 1965 with a BA in Sociology, and Tom was a graduate of Marquette University.
The Estate of Louise J. Kordus
The late Louise Kordus graduated from UWM in 1963 with a bachelors degree in journalism.
The Estate of Marcelena Lemanski
Marcelena Lemanski received her Masters In Social Work from UWM in 1953. Marcelena was a dedicated social worker who was the Probation Supervisor for Children’s Court in Milwaukee for many years. She lived to be 101 years old and gave the majority of her estate to...
The Estate of Meta Steinfort
Meta Mary Steinfort was a Professor of Spanish at the Milwaukee Extension of the University of Wisconsin, one of the predecessor institutions of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She also served as chair of the department and was an active member of the...
The Estate of Roxy and Bud Heyse
Bud and Roxy Heyse were integral members of the Greater Milwaukee community and believed in giving back with their time and resources. Together they traveled the world, collecting passports stamps and memories, from China to Africa, Paris to Dubai. Bud was the former...
The Family of James M. Martin
The James M. Martin Memorial Scholarship Fund was initially created in 1992, following the death of a beloved and outstanding professor of physics at UWM. With this gift, the family of Professor Martin seeks to create a perpetual memorial to him. Professor Martin...
The former WTMJ, Inc.
The Fulbright Commission in Ireland
The Ireland-US Commission on Educational Exchange, or Fulbright Commission in Ireland, supports study and research at higher education, cultural and related institutions in the United States. The Fulbright Programme was established in 1957 and is the only official...
The late Christine and George Sosnovsky
Professor George Sosnovsky was born in 1920 in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was a Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee from 1967 to 2018. George received his PhD from the University of Innsbruck in 1948, where he met his wife...
The late Clifford H. Mortimer
Clifford Mortimer was born in Whitechurch, a village in Somerset County in the southwest part of England. He grew up in the Quaker faith and attended Quaker schools until his attendance at Manchester University from which he graduated in 1932. He then went to Berlin...
The late Dr. Bruce Fetter
This scholarship is awarded in the name of Leah Fetter, a bright and dedicated former French student at UWM.
The late Dr. Goodwin Berquist
The late Dr. Goodwin Berquist (Goodie) earned his Doctor of Philosophy from Penn State University in 1958 and spent his career as a speech communication educator and professor, including nine years of service to UWM as an assistant professor and later department chair.
The late Dr. Jeffrey R. Hayes
This fund was created by Jeffrey R. Hayes (1946-2012), professor of art history and director of the master’s degree program in liberal studies at UWM. Hayes received his BA in history from Wake Forest University in 1967, earned a master of liberal arts in the history...
The late Dr. Melvin H. Miller
Dr. Melvin Miller (1921-2010) was an inaugural member of the faculty at UWM and taught for more than 30 years. He was a proud veteran, serving as a signal officer of the USS Essex.
The late Florence Saloutos and Friends and Family of Theodore Saloutos
Theodore Saloutos (1910-1980) graduated in 1933 from Milwaukee State Teachers College, UWM’s predecessor. After receiving his PhD in History at UW-Madison, he went on to become a distinguished historian in the areas of US immigration and agricultural history. In...
The late George and Sylvia Laikin
George and Sylvia Laikin were active members of the Milwaukee community with a particular passion for educational issues and issues in the Jewish community. George worked briefly in Washington DC in the tax division of the Department of Justice before returning to...
The late Gregory Mursky
Dr. Gregory Mursky was a professor in the Department of Geosciences at UWM for 32 years beginning in 1964. He focused his research on mineralogy, petrology, geochemistry, and the geology of the planets and our moon. He was department chair twice and played a key role...
The late Kay Brown and Family and Friends of A.T. Brown
Andrew Theodore Brown (1924-1983) served as a History Professor at UWM from 1964 until his untimely death in 1983. He specialized in American Constitutional and Urban History. In 1987, Katherine (Kay) Brown, the widow of Andrew Theodore (Ted) Brown made a gift to...
The late Leo and Luella Walter
This scholarship was created by the late Leo and Leulla Walter to honor the memory of their daughter Nadine who graduated from UWM with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Art History in 1985 and a masters in Library and Information Science in 1989.
The late Margaret Anthony
James D. Anthony, a graduate of the University of Michigan, joined UWM in 1954 as professor of zoology. In addition to teaching and research in parasitology, Dr. Anthony chaired the Zoology Department for three years and was involved in the Medical Technology...
The late Mary Layde and the Layde family
The Durward C. Layde Memorial Scholarship was created by the late Mary Layde, spouse of Dr. Durward Layde, and continues to be funded by members of the Layde family. Dr. Layde taught Chemistry at UWM beginning with UW Extension in 1939 through his retirement.
The Late Morris and Miriam Marden and family
Dr. Morris Marden (1905-1991) was a Distinguished Professor Emerita of Mathematics and is generally considered to have been the founder of the Mathematics Department at UWM as a research department, and he is the person most responsible for the beginning of graduate...
The late Pat Ritzenthaler
Mrs. Robert Ritzenthaler established the Dr. Robert Ritzenthaler Memorial Scholarship to honor her husband’s legacy. Robert Ritzenthaler was born in Milwaukee in 1911. He grew up in Wisconsin and obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from the University of...