MSU Scholarships | Robert L. Decker and Benjamin Muns Friendship Memorial Scholarship Endowment 26-2027

Robert L. Decker and Benjamin Muns Friendship Memorial Scholarship Endowment

The Robert L. Decker and Benjamin Muns Friendship Memorial Scholarship is awarded in memory and recognition of two Ford Motor Company executives who worked together and, as friends, died together in a small airplane crash in June, 1990. The two men were committed to increasing the productivity of the workforce while enriching the quality of the workplace environment. This scholarship was created through an endowment offered by the wives of Robert and Benjamin to facilitate the continuance for the zest for life, concern for others, and ideals and goals held by the two. It provides graduate study opportunities and recognizes potential contributions of graduate students with disabilities.

The Robert L. Decker and Benjamin Muns Friendship Memorial Scholarship is awarded in the spring to a qualified student with a disability enrolled in a graduate degree program at Michigan State University for the following fall, spring or summer semester. Winners are selected by review of applicant achievement in a variety of areas including: academics, quality of references, clear definition of goals, pre-professional achievements including demonstrated leadership skills, demonstrated financial need, and quality and coherence of written essays. Recipients are encouraged to recognize this program as an investment in opportunity and are in turn challenged to invest in others by contributing as a donor to this program as they achieve success in a professional career. Award size is based on endowment performance and total number of recipients each year.