Austin Scholarship Program Records 1928-1994

Worthy, James C

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James Carson Worthy, businessman, professor, and public servant, was born January 8, 1910 in Midland, Texas. After growing up in the southern Chicago suburb of Glenwood, Illinois, Worthy entered Northwestern University's College of Liberal Arts in 1929 as an Austin Scholar. Worthy was a member of the first class to receive this prestigious four-year scholarship, awarded to students exhibiting excellence in “scholarship, leadership, character, and health.” In 1931, Worthy was admitte...

Austin, Frederick Carleton, 1853-1931

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J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management

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In 1956, the School of Commerce changed its name to the School of Business, and the graduate division assumed the name the Graduate School of Business Administration. The undergraduate program was discontinued in 1966. In 1969, the graduate program changed its name to the Graduate School of Management; and in 1979 it became the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management. From the guide to the Minutes of the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management Faculty Meetings, 19...

F.C. Austin scholarships

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Businessman Frederick C. Austin (1853-1932) organized the Chicago-based F.C. Austin Manufacturing Company, and was the originator of the first all-steel reversible road machine. In 1927, inspired in part by the generous contributions to Northwestern made by his close friends William Dyche and James Patten, Austin began to discuss his ideas about training young men for business leadership with the university’s president Walter Dill Scott. Austin felt that the business community would...