2009 UIC GEORGE KRAMBLES SCHOLARSHIPS ANNOUNCED
The 2009 UIC George Krambles Transportation Scholarship Award Program will award three scholarships totaling $2,000. The program, which began in 2006, has been endowed by the George Krambles Transportation Scholarship Fund and is housed at the Urban Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs. Submissions must be made by September 15, 2009.
George Krambles, former Executive Director of the Chicago Transit Authority, served the region's transit system for 43 years beginning with the Chicago Rapid Transit Company in 1937 as a student engineer. He graduated from the Electric Railroad Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1936 and was a good friend and supporter of UIC's Urban Transportation Center. He was inducted into the American Public Transit Association Hall of Fame and is one of the most noted public transit officials of all time. George retired from the CTA in 1980 and passed away in 1999 leaving in place a magnificent legacy of achievement and friendship. The purpose of the scholarship program is to encourage students to choose careers in public transit, railroading or transportation operations or planning.
Three scholarship awards will be made: one $1,000 award and two $500 awards. In order to qualify, a student must be enrolled in the graduate program at the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs studying transportation or a graduate student Research Assistant at the Urban Transportation Center as of Fall Semester, 2009. Students must submit a transcript showing GPA, a paper on a transportation topic and a statement of interest in transportation as a career. The transportation paper can be a paper submitted as a class requirement. Further information can be obtained from Joe DiJohn at (312) 996-1458 or at joedi@uic.edu