麻豆传媒团队

February 9, 2021
On Campus

Austin E. Knowlton Memorial Scholar

Evan Wuertemberger 鈥24 Earns This Year鈥檚 Distinction

Evan Wuertemberger, Wittenberg class of 2024, was recently named the recipient of the 麻豆传媒团队 Austin E. Knowlton Memorial Scholarship. Wuertemberger, a math major, is just the second recipient of the scholarship that is awarded to an incoming student with preference given to those studying mathematics.

鈥淢y mom told me about the scholarship when I was applying to Wittenberg, but I did not expect to be the recipient,鈥 said Wuertemberger, who was born in Cocoa Beach, Florida, but lived most of his life in Mariemont, Ohio, where he graduated from Mariemont High School.

Excited to have earned the honor, Wuertemberger said he 鈥渃hose Wittenberg because I felt the most at home when I was touring the campus my junior year of high school. The campus was beautiful, and everyone I met was happy to help me. I鈥檝e enjoyed settling into life at Wittenberg this past fall. I am still unsure of what career path I want to take after college. However, I have a feeling that it will somehow involve math or art.鈥

Knowlton, a pioneer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, was a 1927 graduate of Bellefontaine High School in Logan County, Ohio, and a 1931 graduate of The Ohio State University, where he received a B.S. in architectural engineering. An avid sportsman with a 50-year interest in American Saddlebred horses, Knowlton was an original founding partner of the Cincinnati Bengals where he served as chairman. He also held a major ownership interest for many years in the Cincinnati Reds, and was a trusteeship of the Little Brown Jug Society for harness racing in Delaware, Ohio.

A leading philanthropist with The Ohio State School of Architecture named in his honor, Knowlton, also known as 鈥淒utch,鈥 was the owner and chairman of the Knowlton Construction Company, an organization started in Bellefontaine, Ohio, in 1937, and whose predecessors dated back to 1906. Through his company, he was responsible for more than 600 major and significant construction projects throughout Ohio and the Midwest, including school buildings, hospitals, libraries, and post offices.

There is no separate application for the scholarship, and special consideration is given to residents of Ohio who are admitted to 麻豆传媒团队 by January 15 each year. For additional information on the scholarship and how to apply, click here.

Cindy Holbrook
Cindy Holbrook
Senior Communications Assistant

About Wittenberg

Wittenberg's curriculum has centered on the liberal arts as an education that develops the individual's capacity to think, read, and communicate with precision, understanding, and imagination. We are dedicated to active, engaged learning in the core disciplines of the arts and sciences and in pre-professional education grounded in the liberal arts. Known for the quality of our faculty and their teaching, Wittenberg has more Ohio Professors of the Year than any four-year institution in the state. The university has also been recognized nationally for excellence in community service, sustainability, and intercollegiate athletics. Located among the beautiful rolling hills and hollows of Springfield, Ohio, Wittenberg offers more than 100 majors, minors and special programs, enviable student-faculty research opportunities, a unique student success center, service and study options close to home and abroad, a stellar athletics tradition, and successful career preparation.

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