Henry & Melinda Brown Endowment for Minority Chemical Engineers
The special thing about recognition as a MAC Scholar is that the award was directly given to me. It provided financial flexibility to pay for books, lab fees, and other expenses that come from being a student. — Carlos Prieto-Perez, two-time MAC Scholar and Process Engineer, Merck
The Henry T. and Melinda C. Brown Endowment for the Education of Underrepresented Minority Chemical Engineers is a global effort to promote greater inclusiveness in AIChE and the profession by providing an endowment to support, in perpetuity, the education and training of minority and underrepresented chemical engineers. The endowment’s goal is to fund up to 30 MAC Scholars annually. With your help, we will achieve that goal and open the doors of opportunity, year after year, for brilliant young minds.
The endowment supports the Doing a World of Good campaign priority, Attracting and Retaining the Best and the Brightest, to advance the chemical engineering profession for the future.
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To learn more about gifting inspiration to the next generation, please contact the Fundraising Committee via Natalie Krauser, Executive Director - AIChE Foundation.
All donors will be recognized as a Founding Member of the endowment.
MAC’s 2020 Scholars Share their Experience
This year’s deadline for the Minority Affairs Committee scholarships is fast approaching – July 15th. These prestigious scholarships are funded by the Foundation’s Henry T. and Melinda C. Brown Endowment for the Education of Underrepresented Minority Chemical Engineers.
Gerry Lessells Makes a Major Gift to Support the Henry T. Brown Endowment for ...
The AIChE Foundation had the honor of talking with Gerry Lessells, a pioneering driver and advocate for diversity, to learn more about what inspired his generous $50,000 matching gift to support the education of under-represented minority chemical engineers.