The Robert B.D. Hartman
Endowed Scholarship
In February 2017, your class leadership reviewed how the annual draw from our Student Enrichment Fund (SEF) was being used and decided that a portion of our SEF should be explicitly re-purposed to provide an endowed scholarship in perpetuity named for Honorary Classmate Mr. Robert B.D. ("Bob") Hartman.
To date, these are the awards that have been made (with links to additional background and information for each individual awardee):
2017-2018: Benjamin Mathews, 1st Classman, Company B
2018-2019: Cade Heinold, 2nd Classman, Company A
2019-2020: Cade Heinold, 1st Classman, Company A (Continuing Award)
2020-2021: Matthew Bice, 3rd Classman, Company C
2021-2022: Matthew Bice, 2nd Classman, Company C (Continuing Award)
2022-2023: Matthew Bice, 1st Classman, Company C (Continuing Award)
2023-2024: Parker Prater, 4th Classman, Battery A
Background and Details
Here is the Amendment to the SEF MOU agreeing to move funds from the SEF to the Hartman Scholarship Fund, and here is the MOU establishing the Hartman Scholarship.
Below are the letters from your Class President and Gifts Chair with more details.
The Resolution
At our Class Meeting on Saturday, May 20, 2017 during our 55th Reunion at Culver, Bob was presented with a Resolution to commemorate the establishment of the scholarship. Here is an image of the signed and framed resolution, which was hung on wall of Bob's room until his passing.
Click on the image for a higher resolution PDF of the Resolution -- framed and unframed.
