FAYETTEVILLE -- A $50,000 gift from a Tennessee couple is helping to establish a scholarship fund for electrical engineering students at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
The Wittmer Family Endowed Scholarship in Electrical Engineering will be awarded based on both financial need and merit, according to UA.
"I wouldn't have had the career I had without the university," said Leon Wittmer in a statement released by UA. "It gave me good memories and the opportunity for a great education."
The gift from Wittmer and his wife, Mary, will be matched by another $50,000 from the Medtronic Foundation. Leon Wittmer, who earned bachelor's and master's degrees from UA, worked for nearly 34 years with the medical technology company Medtronic.
Metro on 08/22/2017