Russell E. Berthold Scholarships
Established 1986
Description:
The Gus Berthold Electric Company established this scholarship fund to honor Russell Berthold (BSEE '28) upon his retirement as chairman of the board. Mr. Berthold graduated from the University in 1928 with a degree in Electrical Engineering.
Requirements:
- The recipient must be a student in Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- The recipient must have demonstrated an interest in a career in Power Engineering.
- The award recipient must have demonstrated academic merit.
Selection Process:
Scholarship forms can be picked up in 335 EL. Selection of the award recipient shall be made by a committee in the Power Engineering Area, based on the application forms filled out by students. The committee makes most scholarship decisions in September.
Award:
The recipient(s) will be recognized during an annual Student Awards Banquet. All student recipients are featured on the second floor of the ECE Building's Student Honors Wall.
Past Recipients of the Award
| Year | Recipients |
|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | Soham Karanjikar, Patrick Fejkiel |
| 2018-2019 | Jacob Andrew Taylor, Tyler Matthew Rasmussen, Jiayuan Liu, Brian Edward Keegan, Ansel James Higgs, Cole Marshal Froelich, Siye Cen |
| 2017-2018 | Siye Cen, Brian Keegan, Gregg Lugo, Anika Manzo, Tyler Rasmussen, Erik Saathoff, Matthew Tyiran |
| 2016-2017 | Andreya Dart, Nicholas DeNardo, Anika Manzo, Patrick Tchassem Noukimi, Erik Saathoff, Jeffrey Weinberg, Jeffrey Zhu |
| 2015-2016 | Michael Bazzoli, Quan Chen, Alexander Moeller, Intae Moon, Haopeng Zhang, Susan Chen, Mark Hirsbrunner |
| 2014-2015 | Mark Hirsbrunner, Thomas Navidi, Jamie Padilla, Evan Richards, Samuel Utomi |
| 2013-2014 | Andri Teneqexhi, Sam Sagan, Evan Richards, Azamat Makhsudov, Jingyi Ma, David Lee, Benedict Foo |
| 2012-2013 | Zilin Dou, Yuchen Hughes, Jie Wang, Meng-Yu Wang, Jeff Wheeler, Lauren White, Chenyang Xu |
| 2011-2012 | Roy Bell, Ross Boe, Cindy Fok, Andrew Moruzi, Zachary Newell, Tyler Neyens, Zheming Zheng, Yujie Zhang |
| 2010-2011 | Matthew Artus, Gregory Insana, Joanna Kwak, Minku Lee, Richard Macino, Rebecca Marcotte, Scott Pilarczyk, Cheng Xu |
| 2009-2010 | Xiangyu Ding, Justin Hughes, Daniel Huss, James Kolodziej, Kevin Kroeger, Fredrick South, Ray Zumbahlen |
| 2008-2009 | Stanton Cady, Jonathan Ehlmann, Puneet Gupta, Justin Hughes, Syed Imaad, Anupam Jindal, Christopher Reeg, Norberto Rivera, Carl Westerby |
| 2007-2008 | Gregory Eakins, Andrew O’Connell, Nehal Shah, Kevin Toomey, Andrew Rivera, Craig Starr, Francisco Garcia, Michael Steele, Charles Murray |
| 2006-2007 | Thomas Comberiate, Sairaj Dhople, Francisco Garcia, Leonor Linares, Gregory Matlag, Megan Oswald, Joseph Puzey, Renata Revelo, Jonathan Sander |
| 2005-2006 | Scott Donahue, Brenda Fierro, Craig Harrison, Steven Judd, Leonor Linares, Heather Martin, Corey Paney, Sara Shahzad |
| 2004-2005 | Thomas Abram, Shong Chen, Louis Gray, Alan Hernandez, Greg Linder, Etay Luz, James Milsk, Richard Olivera, Edward Ryba |
| 2003-2004 | Brain Green, Dustin Kramer, Wei Lik Leong, Matthew Meinhart, David Savageau, Jeremiah Smith, Keith C. Thompson |
| 2002-2003 | Dane Barhoover, Luke M. Goss, Brett M. Nee, Solveigh Raske, Edward W. Sim, Rodney H. Yeu |
| 2001-2002 | Shaun Anders, Mary Cain, Steven J. Lapen, Sheila Ray, Adam Zook |
| 2000-2001 | Mary Cain, Natalie DiIorio, Justin Elkow, Kirk Price |
| 1999-2000 | Trevor Brightwell, Catherine Hardwicke, Robert Hasken, Christy Westendorf, Charles Wolfe |
| 1998-1999 | Darrell E. Micheli, Thomas G. Halverson, Raveen H. Rao |
| 1997-1998 | Robert Giles, Brandon J. Lipska, Anna C. Spaanem |
| 1996-1997 | Christopher P. Ewing, Kollin J. Patten |
| 1995-1996 | Michael Fogarty, Michael Palac |
| 1994-1995 | Stephen M. Heal, Susan S. Zhao |
| 1993-1994 | Robert Henson, Jonathan Litao, Caroline Marzinzik |
| 1992-1993 | Frank Borth, Scott Splater |
| 1991-1992 | Christopher Albert, Mark Laufenberg |
| 1990-1991 | Franklin D. Bristol, Kris R. Kozielek |
| 1989-1990 | Tim Erickson, Roy McCann |
| 1988-1989 | James E. Leight, Larry M. Magelitz, Jennifer Sterling |
| 1987-1988 | Thomas M. Weber |
| 1986-1987 | Frederick A. Kish, Jr. |