Sam W. Marshall Scholarship (SM6179)

Sam W. Marshall was a believer in education. Receiving his BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana Polytechnical Institute in 1956, he began working for Alcoa Aluminum Company in Rockdale, Texas. Serving at various Alcoa operations sites in Texas, Indiana and Washington, he assisted those with educational needs by tutoring engineering students and co-op students, working with adult learners completing their GED, and was instrumental in helping to establish the Washington State University branch campus in Vancouver, Washington. This branch of WSU focused on a master’s degree in Engineering Management and to demonstrate his commitment to higher education, he accepted the encouragement and challenge by the university committee to enroll in the master’s program himself. At the age of 62, he received his Master of Science in Engineering Management degree from WSU. At the age of 73 following a brief illness, he died of pancreatic cancer. He is survived by his son, Dr. Gregg Marshall, Chair and Professor at Texas State, and his daughter, Melissa M. Smith, a former art department chair at a fine arts high school in Hartford, Connecticut now residing in Santa Fe, NM.

Sam W. Marshall Respiratory Care Scholarship Requirements:

• Registered in the RC Program and in good standing
• Overall GPA of 3.25
• TXST GPA of 3.25
• Completed at least 18 hours at Texas State
• Financial need based

Amount Available: $500 scholarship for summer tuition for juniors. *Senior awards will cover the costs of NBRC Board Exams.