AREMA Educational Foundation and AREMA Scholarships
The AREMA Educational Foundation is a tax-exempt, charitable organization established by the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association (AREMA) to promote educational activities related to railway engineering. The Foundation provides scholarships to engineering students who are specializing in the railway industry and supports other educational and training endeavors that help to ensure the future of the profession.
Contributions
Contributions to the Foundation are tax deductible as charitable contributions from U.S. taxpayers to the extent allowed by law. The Foundation is also able to accept corporate contributions, gifts and bequests.
AREMA would like to thank the following donors for their extraordinary endowment contributions to the AREMA Educational Foundation. These contributions will allow the Foundation to award annual scholarships in perpetuity.
"The AREMA Educational Foundation will help today's best students choose railway engineering disciplines, thus ensuring that our industry remains on the cutting edge
of professionalism." David C. Kelly
Chief Engineer, CN (Retired)
AREMA President 1999-2000
"In trusting the Railway Engineering industry to today's best and brightest students, we must give them the opportunity, through education, to develop the same values and love of the railroad as we have been given. The AREMA Educational Foundation will help accomplish this." Charley Chambers
Vice President, Hanson & Wilson
AREMA Education & Training Committee
"This Foundation will help
us bridge our past and build our future into a new millennium."
Richard M. Bennett
Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University
of Tennessee
For more information call
Stacy Spaulding at 301.459.3200, ext. 706,
or send an email message.
