Alumni of the Plastics Engineering Department have been extremely generous over the years in providing donations for our various scholarship and endowment funds. Your gifts help us provide our current and future students with the opportunity to succeed in life just as alumni before you did while you were a student. Gifts in any amount are sincerely appreciated by both the faculty and the scholarship recipients. 

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Plastics Engineering Endowed Funds for Scholarships and Laboratory Support

As a donor, you can specify which fund your gift should go to. Most of these Endowment Funds generate one or more scholarships for Plastics Engineering students every year. Several Endowed Funds provide support for the laboratories. Gifts are tax deductible and will be acknowledged by UMass Lowell. Be sure to include a notation on any checks sent to the department indicating to which fund you are donating.

  • Acquarulo Family Fund 
  • Scott Adams Memorial Fund 
  • Autodesk-Moldflow Fund 
  • Barry Family Fund 
  • S.J. Chen Memorial Fund 
  • Aldo Crugnola Fund 
  • Dandeneau Family Fund 
  • Day Family Fund 
  • Rudolph Deanin Memorial Fund 
  • Stephen Burke Driscoll Fund 
  • Russell W. Ehlers Memorial Fund 
  • Freudenberg-NOK Fund 
  • Eamonn P. Hobbs Fund 
  • Richard Hoeske Fund 
  • Students of India Fund 
  • IWCS Cable Symposium Fund 
  • Michael Johnston Fund 
  • Eastman Kodak Fund 
  • Jen Shibou Lai Memorial Fund 
  • Lee Plastics Fund 
  • Lawrence Lin Taiwan Student Fund 
  • Malloy-Grossman-Davis NH Student Fund 
  • McDonough Family Fund 
  • Mead Family Fund 
  • Moldex 3D Fund 
  • New England Keyboard Fund 
  • Raymond Normandin Memorial Fund 
  • Nypro Fund 
  • Margo Oge Fund 
  • Stephen Orroth Fund 
  • David Pernick Plastics Fund 
  • Barry W. Perry Fund 
  • Pi Lambda Fraternity Fund 
  • PL '80 Fund 
  • Plastics Engineering Faculty Fund 
  • Plastics Engineering Alumni Fund 
  • John E. Quinn Fund 
  • Andy Routsis Fund 
  • Mark and Elisia Saab Family Fund 
  • Nick Schott Fund 
  • Sterilite Fund 
  • Amad and Alexa Tayebi Fund 
  • Henry E. Thomas Memorial Fund 
  • Visteon Fund 
  • Findlen Family Fund
  • Leistritz Fund 
  • Plastics Pioneers Association Fund 
  • Robert F. and Arlene Davis Fund 
  • St. Cyr Family Fund 
  • Charpentier Family Fund 
  • Ruth Dubey/Gail Sheehy Fund 
  • Amber L. Zapatka Scholarship Fund 
  • Brian Hurley '75 Memorial Fund
  • Dennis Patrick Doughty '94 Memorial Fund
  • Dr. William Bannister Scholarship
  • Injectronics Fund
  • IPA '80 - Indian Plastics Alumni of the '80s Fund
  • John and Louise Haley Creativity and Entrepreneurial Fund
  • PL '76 Fund
  • Stephen Johnston Fund
  • Foster Corporation Endowed Scholarship Fund

Create an Endowed Scholarship Fund

Individuals, groups or corporations can create an Endowed Scholarship Fund with a gift of $25,000 or more. These endowed scholarship funds help the Plastics Engineering Department provide support for students in financial need and reward students for academic accomplishments. Learn more about creating a scholarship.

Plastics Engineering Scholarship Fund

The Plastics Engineering Department also has a general Departmental Scholarship Fund for unspecified scholarship donations. It is important to note that any funds donated to the department do stay in the department. Thank you again for your continued support, and please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions.