DFI Educational Trust Short Named Trustee Emeritus Dick Short Dick Short, former chair of the DFI Educa- tional Trust, was appointed as a trustee emeritus of the DFI Educational Trust Board of Trustees. This non-voting category o f t rus t e e s wa s recently created by the Trust board to honor former chairpersons and board members and provide a means for these individuals to continue participating by sharing their wisdom, experience and advice with the board. Short was a founding member of the DFI Educational Trust and served as its first chairman, from the organization’s inception in 2006 until 2010. He continued to serve as a trustee until his retirement from the board in 2012. Short has been a tireless worker in support of the Trust’s growth as well as a dedicated advocate for engineering students. Last year he retired as a faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was the advisor of DFI’s student chapter. Trustees Attend Scholarship Ceremonies On April 5, Trustee Rudy Frizzi represented the DFI Educational Trust at a scholarship awards ceremony held by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. At the event, three students received scholarship awards totaling $12,500 from the Trust’s Charles J. Berkel Memorial Scholarship Fund. Trustee Tracy Brettmann attended the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering scholarship ceremony on May 2, where $12,500 in awards, also from the Berkel Fund, was distributed among eight engi- neering students. The DFI Educational Trust’s Charles J. Berkel Memorial Scholarship Fund awards $50,000 in scholarships annually to deserving civil engineering students at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, University of Houston, University of California, Berkeley and Auburn University. The fund was formerly known as the “Berkel & Company Contractors, Inc. Scholarship Fund” and was renamed the “Charles J. Berkel Memorial Scholarship Fund” at the request of the Berkel company after the death of Charles Berkel in November 2013. John O’Malley Scholarship Fund Receives Donation Pledge The Trust received a written pledge from Equipment Corporation of America for a $25,000 donation to the John O’Malley Scholarship Fund. The John O’Malley University of Illinois students Kelly Samara and Javan Samp with Trustee Rudy Frizzi Upcoming DFI Trust Fundraising Events August 7 The Ben C. Gerwick Award for Innovation in the Design and Construction of Marine Foundations in conjunction with the Marine Foundations Seminar, Westchester Marriott, Tarrytown, NY August 14 DFI Educational Trust and ACE Mentor Program of New Jersey 4th Annual Golf Outing, Royce Brook Country Club in Hillsborough, NJ October 23 Awards Reception/Dinner at DFI’s 39th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, GA October 27 DFI Educational Trust CA Golf Outing at Castlewood Country Club, Pleasanton, CA November 6 Annual Gala Fundraising Dinner to benefit DFI Educational Trust Stanley Merjan CCNY Civil Engineering Scholarship, Liberty House, Jersey City, NJ Trustee Tracy Brettmann with University of Houston student Nicholas Leschke Check for details at www.dfitrust.org DEEP FOUNDATIONS • JULY/AUG 2014 • 47 David Coleman, Chair [email protected] Scholarship, established in 2013 with a $100,000 pledge from Case Foundation Company, will award scholarships to students enrolled full time in an undergraduate or graduate civil engineering program at any accredited college or university in the U.S.
