UPDATE July 2001: To conserve space, the format of the original report was modified. Addresses listed in original report have been deleted but other text remains the same.

THE PAN AMERICAN ROUND TABLES OF TEXAS
AND
THE FLORENCE TERRY GRISWOLD SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
1947-1992

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Chronological Outline of the Scholarship Chairmen, the Progress of the Program and the Scholarship Recipients
2. The Scholarship Recipients Listed by their Academic Fields as shown in their Applications
3. The Scholarship Recipients Listed in Alphabetical Sequence of the Names of the Nations Involved
4. The Scholarship Recipients listed by their Texas University Affiliation

THE PAN AMERICAN ROUND TABLES OF TEXAS
AND
THE FLORENCE TERRY GRISWOLD SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
1947-1992

INTRODUCTION

The tasks of the Pan American Round Tables of Texas Scholarship Committees in the early years of the Scholarship Program were to build up the Scholarship Fund to make it possible to provide grants of a sufficient size to be attractive and to work out the guidelines for the qualifications and procedures for the Scholarship awards. At the moment, Summer 1992, we have at hand no verified information on the methods originally used to raise money for the Scholarship, nor on the guidelines for qualifications and procedures, nor the dollar amount of the Scholarship. (See FTG Scholarship History.) Future Scholarship Committees might wish to pursue this.

What we do know is that the first Florence Terry Griswold Scholarship was awarded 1959-60, to Sylvia Mirea Valencia Gutierrez of Santiago, Chile, who attended UT Austin. She was also the awardee the following year, 1960-61.

The Scholarship or Scholarships (if funds were available) were to be awarded to a woman candidate (or candidates) who was a citizen of a Pan American country, other than the United States, to use the money to attend a Texas state-supported college or university, and who planned to return to her native country to put her training to use there. Since 1986, monies to fund the scholarship were to come from assessment from each Texas Table of $1.00 per member per year, memorials and other gifts, and from the earnings of the Endowment Fund established that year.

The property and business of the Pan American Round Table Florence Terry Griswold Scholarship Fund is managed by the Board of Trustees composed of the State Director, the State Treasurer, the First Associate Director, the Immediate Past State Director, and the Chairman of the Scholarship Committee.

The Scholarship Committee is composed of three members: a Chairman, elected by the delegates to the State Convention and two members appointed by the State Director. Their responsibility is to screen and select candidates for scholarships and present their choices to the Trustees for their approval.

Since the inception of the Scholarship program, 46 Scholarship awards to students from Central and South America have been made. During a brief period (1985-1988) there were a few instances of second and even third Scholarship I awards. Since its inception in 1986, there have been 9 Scholarship II awards to Texas scholars.

The reader may get an overview of the Program from the Summary on the next page of the Analyses that follow the main Chronological Outline of this brochure.

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The following is a Summary of the Analyses that follow the Chronological Outline.

ACADEMIC FIELDS OF THE RECIPIENTS OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS AND THEIR FREQUENCY WERE:

NOTE: Several of the recipients indicated more than one field of study/research.

Anthropology (4), Archaeology (1), Bilingual Education (2), Biology (2), Business (2), Chemistry (1), Child Development (1), Communications (2), Comparative Education (1), Computer Science (1), Cultures of Guatemala and Mexico (1), Data Processing and Analysis (1.), Dietetics (1), Economic Development (1), Economics (1), Educational Psychology (1), Ethnic Studies (1), Finance (1), Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences (1), Government (1), History (2), Interior Design (1), (International Business (2), Latin American Studies (43), Latin American History (1), Marketing(l), Microbiology (I.), Portuguese (1), Public Health Policies (1), Rehabilitation Counseling Education (1), School Psychology (1), Social Anthropology (2), Sociology (1), Sociology of Fishing (1), Spanish (1), Spanish Language (1), Spanish Language Certification (1), Special Education (1), and Women's Studies (1).

THE NATIONS INVOLVED IN THE ACADEMIC EXCHANGES WERE:

Argentina (1), Bolivia (3), Brazil (5), Chile (5), Colombia (1), Ecuador (1), El Salvador (1), Honduras (1), Mexico (6), Nicaragua (1), Panama (5), Peru (4), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Uruguay (1), Venezuela (2).

Brazil (2), Guatemala (2), Mexico (2), Peru (2).

THE TEXAS UNIVERSITY (PUBLIC AND PRIVATE) AFFILIATIONS OF THE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS WERE:

Texas A & I University (1), Texas A & M University (2), Texas Women's University (2), The University of Texas at Arlington (1), The University of Texas at Austin (22), The University of Texas at El Paso (3), The University of Texas Pan American (2), University of Houston (3), Navarro Junior College (2).

Corpus Christi State University (1), Stephen F. Austin State University (1), Texas A & M University (1), The University of Texas at Austin (4), The University of Texas Pan American (1), arid Texas Christian University (1).

CHRONOLOGICAL OUTLINE OF THE SCHOLARSHIP CHAIRMEN, PROGRESS OF THE PROGRAM AND THE SCHOLARSHIP Recipients
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1947-1949
and
1949-1951 Chairman, Mrs. Walter Nolte - San Antonio

1951-1953
and
1953-1955 Chairman, Mrs. Claude Nobles - San Antonio

1955-1957
and
1957-1959 Chairman, Mrs. Clyde Clack - Dallas II

1959-1961 Chairman, Mrs. Joe Neal - Austin

1961-1963 Chairman, Elva Kalb Dumas - Houston

1963-1965 Chairman, Mrs. Ben Vaughn - Corpus Christi (died)
Chairman Mrs. Ben Ivey - Corpus Christi (took her place)

1965-1967 Chairman, Mrs. Orville Cox, McAllen + (deceased as of 1992)

1967-1969 Chairman, Mrs. Harry Jarrett - Dallas

1969-1971 Chairman, Mrs. M. V. Mowlam - Corsicana

In this Biennium the Scholarship (now Scholarship I) raised from $800 to $1000.

1971-1973 Chairman, Mrs. J. Page Kemp - El Paso

1973-1975 Chairman, Mrs. Charles Harris - Fort Worth

1975-1977 Chairman Mrs. Jack Tarter - Waco

1977-1979 Chairman Mrs. Charles Stipe - Bryan

1979-1981 Chairman, Mrs. A. V. Peterson (Dorothy), Rio Grande City

1981-1983 Chairman, Mrs. James Dibrell (Katherine), Houston

Scholarship II created at the Brownsville Convention 1983

1983-1985 Chairman, Mrs. Virginia B. Garrett (in Brownsville at that time, currently Houston)

1985-1987 Chairman, Mrs. Melba Dawson, Corpus Christi

Scholarship II was first awarded in this Biennium.

November 20, 1985 Pan American Round Table of Corpus Christi transfers $4,000.00 to the Pan American Round Tables of Texas to be administered by PARTT as a separate endowment fund; additional contributions may be accepted by the fund; income from the fund ''shall be added to income of the Florence Terry Griswold Fund for scholarships.''

UT Austin tuition charges skyrocket, but law allows "leveraging" for a brief period to permit foreign students to complete their degrees. This accounts for multiple awards of $200.00 each from PARTT FTG Scholarships during this time.

At Laredo Board Meeting, the name of the Scholarship is changed from "Florence Terry Griswold Scholarship" to "Pan American Round Tables of Texas Florence Terry Griswold Scholarship.''

The first award of Scholarship II, designed for a native of USA who is a Texas resident is awarded for 1986-1987 academic year. The new designation of the Scholarship for a native of one of the other Pan American nations is "Scholarship I.''
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1987-1989 Chairman, Mrs. Henry Hall (Louise), Beeville

1988 Summer Scholarship II Recipient
Irma Cantu (teacher)
Corpus Christi State U
to obtain Spanish certification

1989-1991 term, Chairman, Mrs. George R. Lipe, Brownsville (resigned October 1989)

In this Biennium, at the 1990 Board Meeting, the amount of Scholarship I was raised from $1,000 to $1,500; and of Scholarship II, from $800 to $1,000.

1989-1991 term, new Chairman, Dr. Lillian Noyes (appointed October 1989), Edinburg

At March 1990 Board Meeting in Brownsville, Scholarship I raised to $1,600; Scholarship II, to $1,000.

In this Biennium, at the 1992 Board Meeting, the amount of Scholarship I was raised from $1,500 to $2000; and of Scholarship II from $1,000 to $1,500.

1993-1995 Chairman, To be elected at March Convention 1993

1995-1997 Chairman, To be elected at March Convention 1995

PAN AMERICAN ROUND TABLES OF TEXAS FLORENCE TERRY GRISWOLD SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS LISTED BY ACADEMIC FIELDS REPORTED IN APPLICATIONS
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Showing Years of Awards, Type of Scholarship, Name of Scholar, and Nation Involved

NOTE on name of Nation Involved: Where only the name of the nation is shown, this is the nation of citizenship of a Scholarship I Recipient who came to Texas to study.

Where the expression "to (name of nation)" is used, this is a Scholarship II Recipient who is a US Citizen resident of Texas who went to that nation to study.

NOTE on Academic Fields: In most cases, the Scholars reported more than one academic field, so there is no one-to-one relationship between the number of fields and the number of Scholarship Recipients.

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Notes: According to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Institutions of Higher Education in Texas as of 1989-90 designated "Public Universities" included 37 Institutions of these some are in the five "Public Senior University Systems. " The five (5) Systems are listed below and have been numbered. The appropriate number follows the name of each institution to indicate the system that includes it.

(Note: Not all the awards were made to students in "Public Universities" as so interpreted. These are listed at the end.)

Obviously, there were many universities on the list which were not involved in the Pan American Round Tables of' Texas Florence Terry Griswold Scholarships.

Texas Senior University Systems

1. Lamar University System
2. Texas A&M System
3. Texas State University System
4. The University of Texas System
5. University of Houston System

"FU" in an entry showing an award of a Scholarship indicates that the field of study of the Scholarship recipient is unknown to Pan American Round Tables of Texas at this time.

"I" after the academic Year/semester, in the entry, identifies a Recipient of Scholarship I (for a student from Central/South America).

"II" identifies a Recipient of Scholarship II (for a USA citizen resident in Texas).

SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS LISTED BY THEIR PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES

Angelo State University (3)

Corpus Christi State University (2)
88 Sum-II - Cantu (teacher)-to obtain Spanish certification

East Texas State University

East Texas State University at Texarkana

Lamar University at Beaumont (1)

Lamar University at Orange (1)

Lamar University at Port Arthur (1)

Laredo State University (2)

Midwestern State University Prairie View A & M University (2)

Sam Houston State University (3)

Southwest Texas State University (3)

Stephen F. Austin State University
86 sum-II - Onyshko - to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico - Spanish/Bilingual Education/English as a Second Language

Sul Ross State University (3)

Uvalde Study Center (3)

Tarleton State University (2)

Texas A & I University (2)
63-64-I Lucas - Argentina - FU
64-65-I Lucas - Argentina - FU

Texas A & M University (2)
75-76-I Frick - Uruguay - FU
77-78-I Martinez - Mexico - FU
78-79-I Martinez - Mexico - FU
92 Summer - II Pomeroy - to Lake Chapala, Mexico - Fisheries and Wildlife/Sociology of Fishing

Texas A & M University at Galveston (2)

Texas Southern University

Texas Tech University Texas Woman's University
67-68-I Navarette - Ecuador - FU
68-69-I Navarette - Ecuador - FU
74-75-I Garcia - Panama - FU

The University of Texas at Arlington (4)
73-74-I Carcele - Peru - FU

The University of Texas at Austin (4)
59-60-I Gutierrez - Chile - FU
60-61-I Guttierrez - Chile - FU
76-77-I Beltran - Chile - FU
81-82-I Fukumoto - Peru - Social Anthropology/Ethnic Studies
83-84-I Hernandez - Mexico - Educational Psychology/Child Development
84-85-I Meade - Venezuela - Marketing/International Business
86 fall-II Glaser - to Brazil - Sociology/History
85-86-I Chang - Panama - Dietetics
85-86-I Martinez - Venezuela - Computer Science/Data Processing and Analysis
85-86-I Melo - Brazil - Latin American Studies/Communications
85-86-I Alba R. Tovar-Balbin - Peru Latin American Studies/Public Health Policies
85-86-I Ana Tovar-Balbin - Peru - Latin American Studies/Anthropology
85-86-I Arios Colombia - Finance/International Business
85-86-I Kramer - Mexico - Interior Design/Business
86-87-I German-Palacios - Peru - FU
86-87-I De La Meuse - Chile - School Psychology
86-87-I Melo - Brazil - 2nd award, same fields
86-87-I Alba Tovar-Balbin - Peru - 2nd award, same fields
87-88-I Beltrao - Brazil - Communications
87-88-I Melo - Brazil - 3rd award, same fields
87-88-I Alba Tovar-Balbin - Peru - 3rd award, same fields
87 Spring-II Siracusa - to Peru - Latin American Studies: Government/Economics
88-89-I Cabarcos -Panama - Flu
88-89-I Tabora - Honduras - FU
88-89-I Palacios Quiros - Panama - FU
88-89-I Ungo - El Salvador - FU
88-89-I Velasquez-Andrade - Mexico - FU
88-89-I Gomes - Brazil - FU
88 Summer-II Woodward - to state of Acre, Brazil - Latin American Studies: Anthropology/Portuguese
91 Summer-II Burtner - to Guatemala -Latin American Studies/Social Anthropology
92-93-I Mastroleo - Rehabilitation Counseling Education/Special Education

The University of Texas at Dallas (4)

The University of Texas at El Paso (4)
71-73-I Catrileo - Chile - FU
72-73-I Claro - Bolivia - FU
80-81-I Akit - Trinidad/Tobago - Biology/Microbiology

The University of Texas Pan American (4)
79-80-I Cajina-Quesada -Nicaragua - Biology/Chemistry
(UTPA not in System at the time)
90 Summer-II Lovett -to Peru - History/Archaeology/Anthropology
90-91-I Kusanovic - Chile - Business/Economic Development

The University of Texas Pan American Brownsville (4)

The University of Texas of the Permian Basin (4)

The University of Texas at San Antonio (4)

The University of Texas at Tyler (4)

University of Houston
(In Archives Report "UT Houston"):
65-66-I Zarate-Perez - Panama - FU
66-67-I Zarate-Perez - Panama - FU
(In Archives Report "University of Houston"):
82-83-I Arias-Godinez - Mexico - Bilingual Education/Comparative Education
91-92-I Rivera Garza - Mexico - Latin American History

University of Houston Clear Lake

University of Houston Downtown

University of Houston Victoria

University of North Texas

West Texas State University

End of List of Public Universities

Pan American Round Tables of Texas Scholarships were awarded to students attending the following institutions, which were listed by the Coordinating Board.

Navarro Junior College (Listed As A Public Community College)
69-70-I Gloria Oporto - Bolivia - FU

Texas Christian University (Listed among the Independent Senior Colleges and Universities)
89 Summer-II Anne Key - to Guatemala for language study - Spanish Language/Guatemalan and Mexican Cultures

Caution: The Public Medical Schools and Health Science Centers are not included in the list above. To date, none of the Pan American Round Tables of Texas scholarship awards have involved these.
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