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Show SONS OF UTAH SMELTER WORKERS WIN SCHOLARSHIPS United states ymelting Kenn-. ing and Mining company inaugurated inaugu-rated a plan in June. 1939 of granting grant-ing scholarships at the University ol Utah to sons of its Utah employees. em-ployees. Purpose of the scholarship program pro-gram is to give recognition to employees em-ployees for long and loyal service, to offer a college education to sons of such employees who might not otherwise have the opportunity to enter the University and to stimulate stimu-late an interest among young people peo-ple in communities surrounding the company's operations Tn engineering as a profession. At first two scholarships were offered. The Downie Davidson Muir, Jr., scholarship for study in mining and geology was named for the late Vice President in Charge of Western Operations. The Walter Wal-ter Hazen Eardley scholarship for study in non-ferrous metallurgy was named for the late Manager of the Midvale Plant. These two scholarships have been offered each year since 1939 and have been available to sons of day-wage workers work-ers who have been continuously employed for five years or more at the company's operations in Utah or to sons of such workers whose services with the company were continuous for 10 years or more at one or more of its operations in Utah and were terminated by death or retirement within the 10-year period prior to the current award. Applicants must have been graduated grad-uated from an accredited high school or its equivalent. Their scholastic record in high school must be of an acceptable standard and in addition they are required to pass various tests as prescribed by the University of Utah scholarship scholar-ship committee. All scholarships carry an annual stipend of J400.00 for a four-year University course. The students are given an opporun-ity opporun-ity to work at one of the company's plants during summer vacations. An additional scholarship was announced an-nounced In March, 1941 in memory of the late E. A. Hamilton, former General Manager of Mines of the company. This scholarship is governed gov-erned by the same rules and requirements re-quirements as the others and carries car-ries an equal annual stipend. Eligible Eligi-ble for this scholarship are the sons of United States Smeltinpr Refining and Mining company salaried employees em-ployees whose salary range falls within a stipulated maximum. Sons of former salaried employees whose services with the company were continuous for ten years or more at one of its Utah operations and were terminated by death or retirement retire-ment within the ten-year period prior to the current award, and whose salary range came within the stipulated maximum are also eligible. In 1939 three scholarships were awarded. Melvin Joseph Belich, son of Joseph B. Belich, an employee em-ployee of the Midvale plant for 20 years, received the Walter Hazen Eardley scholarship. He was a graduate of the Jordan High School in 1938. The D. D. Muir, Jr. scholarship was won by Alvin LeRoy Peterson, a graduate of Granite High School ,in 1938, son of George P. Peterson, who was mine carpenter at the U. S. Mine for 16 years. Alvin left his studies at the University during 1942 to join the Army Air Corps. Conway W. Nielsen was given a special metallurgy award for his Jordan High School scholastic record. rec-ord. His father, Niels Nielsen, had worked 36 years at Midvale Plant in various capacities. The 1940 award for the D. D. Muir, Jr. scholarship was given to Eugene Willard Pearson, also a Jordan High School graduate, whose father, Milo W. Pearson, had been employed 14 years in the Midvale Mid-vale plant unloading department. No applicant qualified for the 1940 Walter Hazen Eardley scholarship. scholar-ship. The 1941 D. D. Muir, Jr. scholarship scholar-ship was awarded to Joe Tibolla, Jr., a Bingham High School graduate grad-uate in 1940, whose father had been mine blacksmith at Lark for over 10 years. Joe G. Uzelac, Jr., a Murray High School graduate in 1941, whose father had been employed at Midvale Mid-vale Plant for 17 years, was award-, ed the Walter Haen Eardley scholarship schol-arship In 1941. The Edward Alexander Hamilton scholarship was awarded to Reid E. Jensen, a Murray High School graduate of 1940, whose father, Neils Jensen, had worked at the Midvale smelter for 36 years aa a chemist. Two scholarships were awarded in 1492. The Edward Alexander Hamilton scholarship was awarded to John W. Anderson, Jr., a Bingham High School graduate, whose father was a shift boss at the U. S. Mine for over 9 years. The W a It e r Hazen Eardley scholarship was awarded to George Arnold Last, a Jordan High School graduate, son of George W. Last, Midvale flotation mill foreman for 7 years. There was no qualified applicant tor the D. D. Muir, Jr. scholarship in 1942. |
