Milton S. Eisenhower Jr. Scholarship Endowed in 1990, this award honors a former IBM employee, who was also a K-State journalism graduate. Eisenhower was also a business manager for both the Kansas State Collegian and Royal Purple yearbook. Recipients of this scholarship must be outstanding students enrolled in the journalism curriculum who show promise to contribute to the Collegian and Royal Purple staffs and have proven financial need. This scholarship was established in 1989 by Erlanger, a 1943 journalism graduate who earned a Ph.D. and started a new career in her 60s. The recipient of this scholarship must be a graduate student who is motivated, responsible and able to demonstrate financial need.
Preference is given to students returning to school after professional work.
This award was established by friends and family of Ersham and was endowed in 1989. Fitzwater Journalism Scholarship This scholarship, endowed by Marlin Fitzwater, was established in 1995. Fitzwater, a 1965 K-State graduate, is a former Kansas State Collegian staff member and White House press secretary. He is the only press secretary to have served under two presidents. The Abilene, Kan., native spoke at more than 700 briefings on behalf of presidents Reagan and Bush.