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Scholarship Funds

People and businesses create scholarship funds and dictate criteria for the recipients such as financial need, field of study and/or academic merit. Click here to review selection criteria and applications for scholarships. Scholarship Funds under our management include:

Harry Brown Scholarship Fund
The Harry Brown Scholarship(s) are presented annually to one or more student(s) who have graduated or are about to graduate from Titusville High School and will be matriculating or enrolling in an accredited four-year college in a program leading to a bachelor’s degree.

Ross R. and Shirley A. Casella Scholarship Fund

The Ross R. and Shirley A. Casella Scholarship(s) are presented annually to one or more student(s) who have graduated from Titusville Area School District (Titusville, Pennsylvania). Dover/New Philadelphia (Ohio) High School, or St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School, (New Philadelphia, Ohio) and will be matriculating or enrolling in an accredited four-year college.

Cochranton Business and Professional Women’s Scholarship Fund
The Cochranton Business and Professional Women’s Scholarship(s) are presented annually to one or more student(s) who are residents of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, who have graduated or are about to graduate from Cochranton High School and will be matriculating or enrolling in an accredited four-year college in a program leading to a bachelor’s degree.

Cochranton High School Class of '55 Scholarship Fund
The Cochranton High School Class of ’55 Scholarship Fund was established by members of the first class to attend Cochranton High School on the occasion of their 50^th graduation anniversary. The scholarship is presented annually to an outstanding Cochranton High School graduating senior who has excelled in a specific field such as academics, the arts, athletics, community service or music. Applicants must be a resident of Crawford County, Pennsylvania enrolling in an accredited two- or four-year college.

Clara H. and Robert M. Davidson Scholarship Fund
The Clara H. and Robert M. Davidson Scholarship(s) are presented annually to one or more student(s) who have graduated or are about to graduate from Titusville High School and will be matriculating or enrolling in an accredited four-year college in a program leading to a bachelor’s degree.

Ruby Marsh Eldred Scholarship Fund
The Ruby Marsh Eldred Scholarships are presented annually to students who have been residents of the central or western sections of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, for at least one year, who plan to enroll in a regionally accredited four-year college or accredited two-year junior or community college, and who rank in the top quarter of his or her secondary school graduation class. The scholarship is granted with the expectation that it may be awarded four times over a period not to exceed five consecutive years. Renewal is based on continued financial need and the total college record.

Richard T. Gill Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Richard T. Gill Memorial Scholarship was established in honor of Richard T. (Dick) Gill. It is presented annually to a graduating senior from Cochranton Junior Senior High School who is matriculating or enrolling in an accredited trade/technical school, two-year community college or four-year college/university.

Greenleaf Scholarship Program
The Greenleaf Scholarship Program presents annual scholarships to an employee(s) or dependent(s) of an employee of Greenleaf Corporation.

Orville and Louise Huber Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Orville and Louise Huber Memorial Scholarship is presented annually to a member of Littles Corners United Methodist Church who will be matriculating or enrolling in an accredited trade/technical school, two-year/community college, or four-year college/university in a program leading to a certificate, associate’s or bachelor’s degree. Contact the Foundation for an application.

Elias W. and Mae Hasbrouck Hummer Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Elias W. and Mae Hasbrouck Hummer Memorial Scholarship(s) are presented annually to one or more student(s) who have graduated or are about to graduate from Titusville High School and will be matriculating or enrolling in an accredited four-year college in a program leading to a bachelor’s degree. Preference is given to those affiliated with Bethel United Methodist Church, Titusville.

Evelyn and Chalmer Jordan Scholarship Fund
The Evelyn and Chalmer Jordan Scholarships are presented annually to select graduating seniors residing within a two-mile radius of Saegertown Borough or attending Saegertown Junior Senior High School who will be matriculating or enrolling in an accredited college/university.

Friend and Bernice Kerr Scholarship Fund
The Friend and Bernice Kerr Scholarship(s) are presented annually to one or more student(s) who have graduated or are about to graduate from Titusville High School and will be matriculating or enrolling in an accredited four-year college in a program leading to a bachelor’s degree.

Cpl. Timothy J. Lauer

Cpl. Timothy J. Lauer Scholarship Fund
The Cpl. Timothy J. Lauer Scholarship was established in 2007 as a memorial. Cpl. Lauer, was killed in Baghdad, Iraq on October 14, 2006 during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was twenty-five years old. Lauer served with Company C, 1st Battalion, 67^th Armor Regiment, 2^nd Brigade, 4^th Infantry Division out of Fort Hood, Texas. Commendations, awarded posthumously, included the Bronze Star and Purple Heart and a promotion to the rank of Corporal. He graduated from Cochranton Junior Senior High School in 2000.

The scholarship is presented annually to a student who is about to graduate from Cochranton Junior-Senior High School, has completed coursework at the Crawford County Area Vocational-Technical School and is matriculating or enrolling in an accredited trade/technical school, two-year community college or four-year college/university.

Angie Tartaglione Lewis and Paul Lewis Scholarship Fund

The Angie Tartaglione Lewis and Paul Lewis Scholarship is presented annually to a graduating senior from Cochranton Junior Senior High School or Meadville Area Senior High School who is matriculating or enrolling in an accredited four-year college/university in a program leading to an degree in music.

Meadville Medical Center Medical Staff Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Meadville Medical Center Medical Staff Memorial Scholarship is presented annually to a resident of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, who is matriculating or enrolled in an accredited medical, dental, osteopathic or podiatric school in a program leading to a degree of doctor of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy or podiatry.

Mark E. Mengel Scholarship Fund
The Mengel family established the Mark E. Mengel Scholarship Fund as a memorial in 2004. Scholarship(s) are presented annually to one or more graduating seniors from Meadville Area High School who achieve the highest GPA and the highest score on a standardized computer science test. Students must be matriculating or enrolling in an accredited four-year college in a program leading to a bachelor’s degree.

F. Gregg Ney Scholarship Fund
The F. Gregg Ney Scholarship was established in 1999 by Cochranton Health Services, Inc. to honor the dedicated service of Dr. F. Gregg Ney to the residents of Cochranton. It is presented annually to a graduating senior from Cochranton Junior Senior High School who is matriculating or enrolling in an accredited trade/technical school, two-year community college or four-year college/university in a health services field of study.

Mark E. Mengel

Sharp and Mary Proper Scholarship Fund
The Sharp and Mary Proper Scholarship(s) are presented annually to one or more student(s) who have graduated or are about to graduate from Titusville High School and will be matriculating or enrolling in an accredited four-year college in a program leading to a bachelor’s degree.

Lucille Runkel Nursing Scholarship Fund

The Lucille Runkel Nursing Scholarship is presented annually to a resident of Crawford County, Pennsylvania or Mercer County, Pennsylvania who wishes to become a Registered Nurse and are matriculating or enrolling in an accredited two-year community college or four-year college/university in a program leading to an associate degree in nursing or bachelor of science in nursing. Mary Lucille (Lucille) Runkel was born in Grove City, Pennsylvania. After working to earn money for tuition, she went to nursing school in New Castle, Pennsylvania. She spent more than fifty years working as a Registered Nurse in Greenville, Meadville, Kittaning, Mercer and Cochranton, Pennsylvania as well as at the Polk State School. Lucille also raised three children—all while working the night shift. She loved caring for people and devising creative ways to help them recover. She was curious, gentle, friendly, ambitious and determined.

Hetty Sherwin Scofield Scholarship Fund
The Hetty Sherwin Scofield Scholarships are presented annually to select graduating seniors who are residents of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, who plan to enroll in a regionally accredited, nonsectarian, two- or four-year college, and who rank in the top quarter of his or her secondary school graduation class.

Paul D. and Caroline S. Shafer Family Scholarship Fund
The Paul D. and Caroline S. Shafer Family Scholarship is presented annually to a select student who is matriculated or enrolled in an accredited theological school, divinity school, seminary or equivalent in a program leading to a master’s or doctoral degree. Preference is given to residents of Crawford County, Pennsylvania. The recipient may also be a graduate of a high school located in Crawford County, Pennsylvania or the child of a resident of Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

Gary M. Slezak Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Gary M. Slezak Memorial Scholarship(s) are presented annually to an employee(s) or dependent(s) of an employee of Heatrex, Inc.

Paul and Caroline Shafer

Melanie Ann Snyder Scholarship Fund
The Melanie Ann Snyder Scholarship(s) are presented annually to one or more student(s) who have graduated or are about to graduate from Titusville High School and will be matriculating or enrolling in an accredited four-year college in a program leading to a bachelor’s degree.

Ted Stake Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Ted Stake Memorial Scholarship is presented annually to a graduating senior from a high school in Crawford Central School District who is enrolling in a program leading to a degree in library science or education.

Thomas M. Watson Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Thomas M. Watson Memorial Scholarship is presented annually to a student who is a resident of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, who is matriculating or enrolled in an accredited medical, dental, osteopathic or podiatric school in a program leading to a degree of doctor of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy or podiatry.

Ted Stake