David Hovey, FAIA: How a successful career in architecture has come full circle with the Pullman Foundation

Even as a child growing up in a tiny New Zealand town, David Hovey (Illinois Institute of Technology ‘67) knew he wanted to become an architect. “There were about 900 people in my hometown, and 100 students in my grade school,” he recalls. “One day, during a parent-teacher conference, the headmaster told my parents that […]

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Julissa Garcia: To be educated is to have the best opportunities

For Julissa Garcia, her family home is more than just the house where she was raised. It’s a symbol of who she is, what she has accomplished, and who she knows she will become. Julissa’s parents grew up in a small farm village in Mexico where they raised livestock and grew agave. Their belief in […]

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Peter Stang: His journey as a refugee to earning the US’s highest scientific award

When the Peter Stange arrived in Chicago as a refugee, he had little money and struggled with English. Peter exceled academically in high school, earning him a Pullman Foundation Scholarship to attend DePaul University. Now, Dr. Stang is a pioneer of organic chemistry research, earning him the United States National Medal of Science in 2010. […]

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Renowned Scientist Thanks Scholarship Foundation with Surprise $50,000 Gift

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.92″ background_layout=”light”] From a Refugee Camp in Europe to the National Academy of Sciences and Interstellar Space May 21, 2018, Chicago, IL –Dr. George Gloeckler, renowned physicist, member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a distinguished professor emeritus of the University of Maryland, surprised the audience at the 5th annual Pullman […]

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Rich In Origin and In Possibilities: Gundega Korsts, Beloit College

A few years ago, I started getting mailings from the Foundation. I congratulate those who thought of calling on past scholars for present support. It is such a joy to see the new classes of scholars. At times, they feel like my siblings, at other times like my children or grandchildren: family, regardless. Those mailings […]

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