Becker Electrical Industry Scholarship
Background:
The Electric League is an association of northwest electrical equipment supply companies, electric utilities, electrical contractors, electrical and electric system consultants, and electrical inspection authorities, who, as part of their objectives created the Electrical Industry Scholarship Foundation (EISF). The EISF was founded in December of 1983 by the D. W. Close Company, Beryl Ash, the Electric League, Will Lutgen, North Coast Electric, Paul Perko; Puget Sound Power and Light Company, Art Collin; Seattle City Light, Mac McDonald; the Square D Company, Frank Lane; Sparling & Associates, Tom Leonidas; and Veca Electric, David Pavey. The EISF was created to provide educational grants to a student enrolled in accredited Electrical education programs in the form of a scholarship to the student has completed their sophomore year and whose intended careers are in the power engineering field. The EISF utilizes the Seattle Foundation to manage the fund and to make distributions to the WSU Foundation for this scholarship.
After Dick Becker passed in April of 2013, the scholarship was renamed at the request of the Electric League of the Pacific Northwest as the Richard “Dick” Becker Scholarship in his honor. This fund was named in recognition of Dick’s work in the electrical industry, his participation in the Electric League, and in particular, his work on behalf of this scholarship.
Purpose:
Scholarships to be given to students majoring in Electrical Engineering according to the following criteria:
- Preference is given to residents of Washington state.
- Preference is given to undergraduate students studying energy or power systems engineering.
- Recipients must be certified or able to certify in the Electrical Engineering program.
- Recipients must a US Citizen or lawful permanent US resident.
- Awards are renewable once on the condition that all the above criteria continue to be met.
Amount:
$500 to $1,000
