DONATIONS
On Thursday evening May 17, 2011, Roy Pichardo (Chapter Chairman) and Bob Hanley (Chairman Contributions Committee) attended the Thirty Fifth Annual Excellence Awards Program for graduating seniors of H.I.S.D.’s High School for Engineering Professions. The Houston Chapter awarded $1,000 scholarships each to ten of the graduating students, to assist them with their freshman year expenses at colleges and universities. This is the tenth consecutive year of the Houston Chapter’s participation in this Awards Program. Our cumulative contribution of scholarship awards to graduating HSEP students totals $110,000.
API HOUSTON CONTRIBUTIONS EXCEED TWO MILLION DOLLARS
During the past 26 years, the Houston Chapter of the API has contributed more than 2.33 million USD to educational (93%) and charitable/civic (7%) activities. Cumulative contributions since 1985 to endowed scholarship programs at 5 public universities in the State of Texas offering Petroleum Engineering degrees ($286K each) total 1.43 million dollars. Contributions to Louisiana State University’s Craft and Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering non endowed scholarship program since 1998 for students enrolled in Petroleum Engineering total $75K USD. Contributions made to benefit middle school and high school students through the Science Engineering Fair of Houston since 1985 and H.I.S.D.’s High School for Engineering Professions since 1998 total $281K USD.
During that same period, the Chapter contributed $325K USD for educational activities for elementary level students and the general public through the Weiss Energy Hall at Houston’s Museum of Natural Science and the Offshore Energy Center’s “Ocean Star” offshore drilling rig museum in Galveston, Texas. An additional $53K USD was contributed to seminars for secondary level education teachers conducted by the Denver Earth Science Project of the Colorado School of Mines, and by NEED, the National Energy Education Development project.
Over the past five years, the chapter has donated $15,000 to MD Anderson for Mesothelioma Cancer Research in memory of Aileen M. Dillon and Lee M. Bourg. The chapter is committed to donating annually to this fund. We appreciate our sponsor's continued support in making these charitable donations possible year after year.
API - Houston Contributions 1986 -2011 |
