University of Michigan Alumni Club of Saginaw Scholarship

The University of Michigan has the largest organization collegiate alumni body in the United States with over 324,000 graduates and 195 alumni clubs.   The Saginaw Alumni Club is one of the oldest U-M alumni organizations in the country dating back to its formation in the early 1920s. The Saginaw club first began its tradition

United Advisory Scholarship Commission Scholarship – William and Cordula Freese Scholarship

The William and Cordula Freese Scholarship was created in 1982 to assist students with visual or physical handicaps. William Freese, who was visually handicapped, and his wife Cordula, created a living trust to assist handicapped students obtain a college education.           

United Advisory Scholarship Commission Scholarship – Saginaw High School Alumni Memorial Scholarship

The Saginaw High School Alumni Memorial Scholarship was established in 1945 to memorialize the 60 alumni who were killed in World War II. Through donations from alumni and local business and industrial firms, $50,000 was raised the scholarship was endowed. The first $1,000 award was presented in 1946 to George Leo.    

United Advisory Scholarship Commission – Nellie I. Kerry and Paul Sutherland Scholarship

In 1967, a memorial fund was created in memory of Nellie I. Kerry and Paul Sutherland. This scholarship is available to any student residing in the Saginaw Public School District and graduating from a Saginaw Public School.  

United Advisory Scholarship Commission Scholarship – Louise Eaton Buck Art Scholarship

  Louise Eaton Buck was a great lover of art and the beautiful. She always strove to inspire that love in others and to awaken in them a deeper interest in the adornments of life and their surroundings and it was her wish to render material assistance to those who were striving to acquire greater

United Advisory Scholarship Commission Scholarship – Fred R. Strutz Family Memorial Scholarship

  When Frederick R. Strutz passed away in 1970, he left instructions in his will that a scholarship fund be created in memory of his family, which included his late wife Anna and his son Edwin E. Strutz who passed away in 1976. This scholarship is available to any male student graduating from a Saginaw

United Advisory Scholarship Commission Scholarship – Fred A. Ittner Scholarship

When Fred A. Ittner passed away in California in November, 1979, his wife Lydia created a scholarship fund in his memory in 1980. This scholarship will be awarded to graduating seniors from Arthur Hill High School pursuing a degree in Business Administration.     

United Advisory Scholarship Commission Scholarship – Elbert Curtiss Fisher and Margaret Nienstedt Fisher

When Margaret Fisher passed away in New York in 1965, she left instructions in her will that a scholarship fund was to be created in the name of her parents. Margaret’s mother, Margaret Nienstedt Fisher, was the daughter of Saginaw “pioneers” and her father was a Mechanical Engineer and a member of the Board of

United Advisory Scholarship Commission Scholarship – E.C.Fisher Scholarship

  In 1926, Margaret Fisher established a scholarship with the United Advisory Scholarship Commission in 1926 in the name of her late husband, E.C.Fisher, a former member of the Saginaw Board of Education. Mr. Fisher received a Mechanical Engineering degree from Cornell University. To honor Mr. Fisher’s great interest in engineering, this scholarship will assist

United Advisory Scholarship Commission Scholarship – Donald R. McGee Memorial Scholarship

Donald R. McGee was Saginaw’s first and most famous aviator. Donald built his own plane in 1915 and taught himself to fly after reading up on what was then available about aviation. His first plane had wings made of spruce ribs and cotton cloth and the landing gear was a set of bicycle wheels protected