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Roger and Carol Bassett Fire Protection Scholarship

Roger and Carol Bassett are pleased to announce that they have established the Roger and Carol Bassett Fire Protection Scholarship at Purdue University and are funding the scholarship.  The FM Global Foundation is providing matching funds.  The first scholarship is for a junior or senior student studying mechanical engineering at Purdue University and who is interested in entering the field of fire protection engineering.

For the student to be considered for the scholarship they must show an interest in the field of fire protection by completing research or a project related to the field or getting an intern job in the field.

The new president of Purdue, France Cordova, has written Roger congratulating him on setting up this scholarship program.

Roger is a 1959 graduate of Purdue University in Mechanical Engineering and is a Fellow in the Society of Fire Protection Engineers.  Roger retired from FM Global.

It is Roger’s desire to expand the scholarship program to other schools at Purdue University as additional funds become available.  Anyone may contribute to the scholarship fund by sending the funds directly to Purdue University at the following address:

Dick and Sandy Dauch Alumni Center
403 West Wood Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2007.

The donation should be noted to be credited to the Roger and Carol Bassett Fire Protection Scholarship.  It requires a minimum of $20,000 for each scholarship.

The University is looking for future intern jobs for summer work and coop work to assist these students.  Direct contact regarding intern jobs should be made to Jerry Mathews at (765) 494-5702 or jmathew@ecn.purdue.edu/ME