To conserve space, the format of the original report was modified. Addresses listed in original report have been deleted. All other text remains the same.
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.
The following is a Summary of the Analyses that follow the Chronological Outline.
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).
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).
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).
In this Biennium the Scholarship (now Scholarship I) raised from $800 to $1000.
Scholarship II was first awarded in this Biennium.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Obviously, there were many universities on the list which were not involved in the Pan American Round Tables of' Texas Florence Terry Griswold Scholarships.
"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).
Pan American Round Tables of Texas Scholarships were awarded to students attending the following institutions, which were listed by the Coordinating Board.
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.