The Chalmer Van Horn Engineering CAD Technology Scholarship gives award preferences to full-time students who are enrolled in the engineering CAD technology associate-degree major, are prior recipients and are enrolled in the engineering design technology bachelor degree program.
Chalmer Van Horn is a 1958 graduate of the mechanical drafting program at Williamsport Technical Institute, a Penn College forerunner. He earned professional engineering status as defined by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. Van Horn started his teaching career at WTI in 1962. He also taught at Penn College forerunner Williamsport Area Community College before retiring from Penn College in 1991. He was recognized with the college’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 1984 and was granted faculty emeritus status in 1994.
“Chalmer has played a significant role in the history of the institution, teaching students enrolled in Williamsport Technical Institute, Williamsport Area Community College and Penn College,” said Robb Dietrich, executive director of the Penn College Foundation. “His legacy is already secure in the generations of students whose lives he impacted, but we are pleased that both his and his wife’s names will be forever part of the institution through these endowed scholarships. We are extremely grateful for Chalmer’s generosity.”
“Supporting these two scholarships is an opportunity for me to give back to Penn College for a fantastic education and a very rewarding teaching career,” Van Horn said. “This is also an appropriate way to remember Ruth Ann and her passion and commitment to the nursing profession. I continue to enjoy my involvement with the college by volunteering at open house events, attending reunions and meeting with my former students.”
Students interested in applying for these and the more than 200 scholarships administered by the Penn College Foundation may visit www.pct.edu/scholarships/ and complete the online application.
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