
Estate of Gerry B. Bearden
The Paul D. & Gerry Bearden Endowed Scholarship was established in 2013. This scholarship is awarded to a full-time student pursing a bachelor degree.

Estate of Miss May Jones
The May Jones Scholarship was established in 1980 by Miss May Jones through a bequest from her estate to the Tarleton Alumni Association. The scholarship is awarded to a student pursuing a degree in Mathematics. Miss Jones was an Associate Professor of mathematics...

Estate of Mr. and Mrs. James "Mack" Foust
The James & Erma Foust Endowed Scholarship was established in January 2003 from the estate of Mr. and Mrs. James “Mack” Foust. The scholarship benefits deserving students of academic excellence in mathematics, engineering, or the natural sciences. Mr. Foust was a...

Estate of Mrs. Betty J. Freeman
The Harold and Betty Freeman Scholarship was established in 2004. This scholarship was a gift from the estate of Mrs. Betty J. Freeman. Both graduates of Tarleton, Harold was a member of the Tarleton class of 1948, and Betty a member of the class of 1949. This...

Estate of Mrs. Grace Lyon
The Grace Lyon/Dr. Pepper Endowed Scholarship was established in 1992. This scholarship was created through a gift from the estate of Mrs. Grace Lyon. Grace Prim Lyon was a pioneer in the soft drink industry. She inherited the Dublin Dr. Pepper Bottling Company in...

Estate of Roberta Clay
The Roberta Clay Journalism Scholarship was established in 1974. The scholarship is awarded to a student interested in journalism and has shown superior ability/performance in campus publications.

Estate of Roscoe Maker
The Roscoe and Halcie Maker Endowed Scholarship was established in 2004. This scholarship was designed to assist students from Bosque County or Hico High School. A well-known resident of the Cross Timbers region, Mr. Maker established a flying school in the 1930s in...

Family and Friends of Dr. Joe W. Autry
The Joe W. Autry Scholarship in Agriculture was established in 2000 in honor of the 1938 Tarleton graduate, former teacher and Vice President Emeritus. The scholarship is awarded to a student majoring in Agriculture.

Family and Friends of H.H. Hassler, Jr.
The H.H. Hassler Memorial Scholarship was established in June of 1989. This scholarship was created as a memorial by family and friends of H.H. Hassler. H.H. Hassler, Jr. was a great lover of horses. Growing up in Stephenville, he lived during a time when horses...

Family Members of Major Clay
The Major William Clay, Jr. Memorial Scholarship was established in 1962. Major Clay’s plane was gunned down in 1944 during a bomb raid over Yap Island in the Pacific. This scholarship is awarded to a graduates of Stephenville High School.

Family of Barbara Jeanne Adams
The Barbara Jeanne Adams Endowed Scholarship was established in 2007 in her memory. Mrs. Adams’ teaching career spanned 40 years, teaching elementary school through high school in addition to teaching music at all levels in Texas and Florida. The scholarship is...

Family of Bret Hull
The Bret Hull Scholarship was created in 2021in memory of Bret Everett Hull. Bret was born July 19, 1968 in Forth Worth, Texas and was a proud graduate of Tarleton State University and a long time Jack County Rancher. He was a member of the Meat Judging Team while...

Family of Dr. Eugene Jody Howell
The E.J. Howeel Scholarship was established in 1999 by the family of Dr. Eugene Jody Howell to honor his many years of service to Tarleton State University. Dr. Howell served as President of the University from 1945 to 1966. The scholarship is awarded to deserving...

Family of Emma Mae Garrett and Evelyn Andrews Garrett
The Emma Mae Garrett & Evelyn Andrews Garrett Human Sciences Scholarship was established by family members in 1985 as a memorial tribute to their mother, wife, and sister-in-law. It was established for deserving Junior and Senior Human Science majors who live in...

Family of Larry Janca Kahlbau
The Larry Janca Kahlbau Memorial Scholarship was established in 1997 by the family of Mr. Kahlbau. Mr. Kahlbau graduated from Tarleton in 1982. The scholarship is awarded to a Business Administration major.

Family of Mrs. Josephine Donaldson
The Josephine Garrett Donaldson Memorial Scholarship was established in 2001 by the family of Mrs. Josephine Donaldson to honor her lifetime dedication to her family and friends. Mrs. Donaldson attended Tarleton from 1943 to 1945 majoring in Home Economics. The...

Family of Sue Carlson
The Sue Carlson Memorial Scholarship was established in May of 2004 by the family of Sue Carlson. This scholarship is awarded to a full-time student majoring in a medical related field from Erath or Bosque Counties. Serious consideration will be given to an applicant...

Family of Zeddie and Ruby Edgar
The Zeddie and Ruby Edgar Memorial Scholarship was established in 1993 by the Edgar family in memory of Mr. Edgar, who passed away in June 1993 at the age of 87. In his 43-year career at Tarleton, Mr. Edgar taught thousands of students in a wide variety of business...

First National Bank of Granbury
First National Bank of Granbury Endowed Scholarship was established in 2017. This scholarship is awarded to a student from Hood, Parker, Somervell, or Johnson Counties who is majoring in an area of business. in June of 2021, The First National Bank of Granbury Texan...

Flora Foust
The Flora Foust Graduate Scholarship established in 1982 by Mrs. Foust, who passed away in 1984. The scholarship honors graduate students who excel academically in the classroom.

Frances Allen
Frances Allen established the J.W. & A.E. Bright Endowed Scholarship in 1971 in memory of her parents.

Friends and Family of Brian Iley
The Brian K. Iley Endowed Memorial Scholarship was established in 2006 by the friends and family of Brian Iley. This scholarship serves as a memorial. Brian was a student of Nursing at Tarleton State University when he passed away in 2005. Brian was very involved...

Friends and Family of Bryan Bray
The Bryan Bray Memorial Scholarship was established in February of 2021, this scholarship was created to honor and memorialize the legacy of Bryan Bray and his commitment to the sport of Rodeo. This scholarship is awarded to a student who is eligible to compete for...

Friends and Family of Buddy Bills
The Buddy Bills Family Memorial Scholarship was established in 2017. This scholarship is awarded annually to a full time undergraduate who is a graduate of a high school in Erath, Comanche, Hamilton, Bosque, Somervell, Hood, Palo Pinto, or Eastland Counties.

Friends and Family of Cecil Ballow
The Cecil Ballow Memorial Endowed Scholarship was established in tribute to Coach Cecil Ballow. Coach Ballow led the Tarleton baseball team to runners-up title in the 1960 Junior College National Tournament, with many of his athletes earning All-American status at...

Friends and Family of C.H. Dawson and E.A. "Doc" Blanchard
The C.H. Dawson and E.A. “Doc” Blanchard scholarship Fund in Industrial Technology was established in 1987 as a memorial to C.H. Dawson and E. A. “Doc” Blanchard, who both served as faculty members. This scholarship is awarded to students majoring in Industrial...

Friends and Family of Dr. Cedars
Dr. Marie Meisel Cedars Memorial Scholarship was established in 2001. Dr. Cedars was a member of the faculty at Tarleton for many years as a French instruction and was an accomplished artist. Dr. Cedars’ group of twelve paintings based on the book “6 Days of...

Friends and Family of Dr. Glenda Anderson
The Glenda Anderson Memorial Endowed Scholarship was established in January 2000. Dr. Anderson was a devoted and caring faculty member in the Department of Computer Information Systems. Dr. Anderson began her employment at Tarleton in 1989.

Friends and Family of Dr. Randall Bowden
The Dr. Randall Bowden Memorial Scholarship was established in memory of Dr. Randall Bowden, and is awarded to a graduate student pursuing a M.Ed. in Educational Administration or an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership at Tarleton State University. This student must be a...

Friends and Family of Gary Wayne Brannon
The Gary Wayne Brannon Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a full-time undergraduate student of at least sophomore status, who is an initiated brother of Kappa Delta Rho fraternity. Recipient must have at least one year involvement with Zeta Beta and the local...