Dawson and Marie met in fourth grade in Dodgeville, WI. They graduated from Dodgeville High School in 1948. After graduating from high school, Dawson worked for a distribution company 55 hours a week for $32.00 a week. Marie worked in a newspaper office. Dawson then...

The Barbara Fletcher Legacy Scholarship was made possible due to the generosity of Dr. Kent Fletcher and his children in honor of their late wife and mother, Barbara. Barbara was a long-time Platteville resident who is remembered as a person who enjoyed her family,...

In memoriam of Dr. Jesse Reinstein, his wife Fern, and his children created this scholarship to help future generations of chemistry students and ensure UW-Platteville students find the same passion for chemistry as Jesse had. Dr. Jesse Reinstein committed his life...

The Mark and Janice Lee Family established this scholarship to celebrate the important role the University of Wisconsin-Platteville has played in their family. Mark and Janice met at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, then the Wisconsin State University at...

Robert and Elaine Carns created the Nina Carns Agronomy Scholarship in loving memory of their daughter Nina Lee Carns who passed away in 2023. Nina Carns graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville with a double major in Soil and Crop Science and Business...

Roger M. Cohee had an extensive career in Agri-business after graduating from UW-Platteville. He worked in corporate sales and sales management, involving 15 years of plant food production and marketing, 6 years in livestock feed storage equipment marketing, and 16...

Steve Becker taught accounting at UW-Platteville from 1973 to 2006. He taught and advised thousands of students, many of whom went on to very successful careers in the accounting industry and have received university awards. Steve established the New Freshmen...

Jill graduated from Platteville Platteville High School and continued her education by graduating from UW-Platteville with a Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education and Health and obtaining her Master’s degree from UW-Whitewater. On April 7, 1984, she was united in...

Arthur “Art” Masbruch grew up in Platteville, Wis, attended the Platteville Mining School and received his three-year Mining Certificate in 1949. His sister Esther McReynolds received her Elementary Education Certificate from Platteville State Teachers College in...

Beatrice A. Niblock was born on November 1949 in Clinton, Iowa, she was delivered as a born educator. She was the daughter of Earl and Helen (Botkin) Niblock and graduated from Maquoketa High School in 1968. In 1972, she graduated form the University of...

Karen M. (Johnson) Schilling was born on January 4,1942, in Negaunee, Michigan. She married William F. Schilling on June 16,1962, in Peoria Illinois. She graduated from Richwood High School, where she was valedictorian. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in...

Loving son, adoring brother, man of strong Christian faith, compassionate friend, youth role model, musician, self-proclaimed “nerd”, Renaissance man, and builder. He unexpectedly passed away on April 6, 2024, from diabetes-related complications. Ethan was born on...

James R. and Mary L. Cooley each graduated from Bloomington (WI) High School, which is now part of the consolidated River Ridge School District. They were ardent supporters of education. A testament to this is the fact that all five boys raised on the couples’...

A longtime friend of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Melville ‘Mel’ Cohee is one of the early conservationists in Wisconsin and the United States. Mel assisted the University of Wisconsin-Platteville in developing its Soil and Water Conservation Society...

Tori Erickson, and her husband Jon, established the Sheila A. Nelson Scholarship for Returning Adult Students in honor of Tori’s mother. Sheila A. Nelson graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville in 1968 with a degree in Elementary Education. Sheila...