Knox College offers scholarships to recognize the talents and achievements of students applying for admission to the College. Scholarships are available to U.S. citizens or permanent residents and may have specific application, audition, or submission requirements as indicated below. Contact the Office of Admission for detailed information and a full description of application procedures.

Academic Scholarships
Students who distinguish themselves through their academic achievements deserve special recognition and encouragement. Academic scholarships recognize first-year students who have excelled in challenging college preparatory courses and demonstrate through their applications, essays, personal interviews, and recommendations a strong sense of integrity, eagerness for learning, and high academic promise.

The Lincoln Scholarship is the highest recognition given to first-year students. Recipients receive scholarships up to $15,000 per year. Lincoln Scholars are among the very brightest students in the country, typically ranking among the top students of their secondary school classes. Hermann Muelder Scholarships and Ellen Browning Scripps Scholarships are awarded to first-year students who have excelled in a rigorous course of study. Muelder and Scripps Scholars receive annual awards up to $10,000 and $7,500, respectively. Scholarships must be applied toward the cost of tuition and are renewable each year as long as students remain in good academic standing.

All first-year students who apply for admission to the College prior to February 1 are considered for academic scholarships. Awards are made on the basis of the application for admission and an admission interview.

A separate application is not required. Complete instructions for applying for admission can be found in the Knox College Application for Admission.

National Merit Scholarships
Knox College sponsors National Merit Scholarships of $1,000 to $2,000 per year for students who are selected by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as National Merit Finalists. Candidates must complete a Knox Application for Admission by February 1 and indicate Knox as their first-choice college to the National Merit Scholarship Corporation before April 1.

Students who achieve Finalist or Semi-finalist standing in the National Merit Scholarship program are automatically eligible to receive a Knox scholarship, provided they have not been awarded another Knox academic scholarship. Finalists are eligible for an award up to $15,000 and Semi-finalists can receive up to $10,000.

National Achievement and National Hispanic Scholarships
Students who achieve Finalist or Semi-finalist standing in the National Achievement Scholarship program, or who are designated as National Hispanic Scholars or National Hispanic Scholar Honorable Mentions, are automatically eligible to receive a Knox scholarship, provided they have not been awarded another Knox academic scholarship. National Achievement Finalists and National Hispanic Scholars are eligible for up to $15,000 annually, and Semi-finalists and Honorable Mentions can receive up to $10,000 per year.

Visual and Performing Arts Scholarships
First-year students with special talents in music, theatre, dance, and visual art may receive renewable scholarships up to $3,500 per year. Applicants are evaluated on the basis of an on-campus audition or portfolio presentation, academic record, and any other evidence of special ability. Portfolios should be presented or auditions completed by December 1 for students applying for admission under the Early Action option or by February 1 for Regular Decision candidates. Complete guidelines for auditions and portfolios can be obtained from the Office of Admission or at www.knox.edu/scholarships.

Knox Writers' Scholarship
First-year students who are talented writers may receive renewable scholarships up to $3,500 annually. Writers should submit a manuscript in one or more of the following categories to be evaluated by our English faculty: poetry, fiction, playwriting, non-fiction, or critical writing. Portfolios should be submitted with the application for admission by December 1 for students applying under the Early Action option or by February 1 for Regular Decision candidates. Complete guidelines for portfolio submissions can be obtained from the Office of Admission or at www.knox.edu/scholarships.

Social Concerns Scholarships
First-year students who demonstrate extensive participation and leadership in social action or community service may receive Social Concerns Scholarships in amounts up to $3,500 per year. To apply, students should submit a 1-2 page statement describing their activities and a letter of recommendation from a person with knowledge of those activities. Submissions should be mailed with the application for admission by December 1 for students applying under the Early Action option or by February 1 for Regular Decision candidates.

Rothwell Stephens Scholarship in Mathematics
A scholarship of $4,000 per year is awarded by the Knox mathematics department to a first-year student who indicates an interest in pursuing mathematics. Applicants must complete a mathematics examination by February 1, preferably on campus. Scholars are selected on the basis of the examination and the application for admission.

Chicago Scholarships
Chicago Scholarships are awarded to students graduating in the top 20% of their classes from high schools in the City of Chicago. Students are eligible for a scholarship up to $10,000 per year, provided that they have not been awarded another Knox academic scholarship. Scholars are selected on the basis of the application for admission.

John Huston Finley Scholarships
John Huston Finley Scholarships up to $1,500 per year are awarded to first-year students living in the greater metropolitan New York area. Selection is based on the application for admission.

Colorado Alumni Scholarships
Colorado Alumni Scholarships up to $1,500 per year are awarded to highly qualified first-year students from Colorado on the basis of the application for admission and an interview by the Colorado Alumni Club scholarship committee in early March.

Transfer Student Scholarships
Knox awards scholarships up to $10,000 per year to transfer students based on outstanding academic achievements in the completion of an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree at a 2-year college. A minimum college gradepoint average of 3.5 is expected for consideration.

Phi Theta Kappa Scholarships up to $10,000 per year are awarded to students who have completed an AA or AS and have been elected member of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honorary society for community colleges.

For Information

For more information about scholarships, visit www.knox.edu/scholarships or contact the Office of Admission at:

Office of Admission
Knox College
2 East South Street
Galesburg, Illinois 61401-4999

Telephone: 800-678-KNOX (toll free in U.S.) or 309-341-7100
Fax: 309-341-7070
E-mail: admission@knox.edu
Web: www.knox.edu/admission

Sources of Scholarship Funds

The income from endowed scholarship funds and regular annual gifts is awarded each year to Knox students in accordance with the wishes of the donors. Knox gratefully acknowledges the sources of these funds, which are either given by or in honor of the following individuals and organizations.

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Nancy Todd Ackerman
Edmund D. Adcock
Lois Baldwin Aigner
Allensworth Fund
David A. & Sara Jane Allensworth
W. Rolland & Frances Mason Allensworth
Robert Reed Allison
Alpha Delta Epsilon
B. F. & Ella F. Arnold
Ezra Dean Arnold
Associated Colleges of Illinois
Ralph M. & Dorsey Davisson Atterbury
Cyrus M. Avery
Madge G. Bailey & George W. Bailey
Edgar A. Bancroft Memorial
May Barr Prize
Watson P. Bartlett
Gladys G. Bayne
Alfred W. Bays
Beard-Lewis
William R. Beattie
Bender Scholarship in Art
Bertram W. Bennett
Mary Elizabeth Bennett Memorial
William F. Bentley
Eric Martin Berg Memorial
James P. Berry
Beta Triton
Clarence E. Bogren
Elery T. Boynton Memorial
Cleaveland F. Bridgman Memorial
Edwin W. & Mary Elizabeth Hand Bright
Helen J. Brown Memorial
William C. Brown
Lily M. & Henry J. Budde
Savina Karl Burkhalter
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
Tressler W. Callihan
Paul W. Calvert Memorial
Stuart McAlpine Campbell
Dwight B. & Sara Hammond Carithers
James W. & Gertrude L. Carney
Clark Ezra & Grace Mills Carr
Carrie Belle Carroll
Louise Lay Caverno
Robert A. & Claire Goodsill Chandler
Raymond A. & Lois S. Charles
William J. Charles
Ruth Montgomery Cherrill
Paul V. Church
Class of 1908
Class of 1909
Class of 1910
Class of 1911
Class of 1912
Class of 1956
Schuyler M. Coe Memorial
Sam & Bernice Scharfenberg Coffman
John H. Converse
Louise Cooley
James S. Copley Foundation
Susan Clisbee Countryman
Sherman Cox & Louise Montgomery Cox
Marcus C. Craft
Robert J. Crawford
Mary Allensworth Creighton
Hubert M. & Georgette Curry
Kenneth & Ruth Dunbar Davee
Thomas J. Dean-W.B. Dean Fund
Dick Family Foundation
Edward R. & Harriet Stone Drake
J. Burke Elliot
Ellsworth-Wesner Fund
Ennis Endowment
Fred Ewing
Faculty Fund
Sterling Ferguson
Clyde A. Finley
John H. Finley
Lois Carlin Fisher
Alta B. Fox
Oscar & Emma Fredrickson
Galesburg Beer Distributors Assn.
Galesburg Rotary
Galesburg Sunrise Rotary
Galesburg Scholarship Fund
Galesburg High School
Irving G. & Evelyn Garcelon
Manie E. Garwood
Marshall Curtis Goodsill & Effie Lockwood Goodsill
Max & Rita Goodsill
Roger F. & Mildred Rife Goodwin
Harry T. & Leone Goulding
Matthew R. Grawey
Hall/Lombard Memorial
Dr. Herschel H. Halladay
Adolph P. Hamblin, Sr. & Adolph P. Hamblin, Jr.
Lehan H. & Dorothy P. Hamlin
Calvin Hammond
Franz S. Harshbarger '17
Robert R. & Marion Lindsten Hawkinson
Paul B. Headland Memorial
William Randolph Hearst
Edmond Heren
Mabel Heren Scholarship in Mathematics
Bernhard Philip Heubner & Inez Goodsill Heubner
Etta W. Hibbard
Hieronymus Family
Lucy M. Higgins
Higgins Missionary
Hinman Fund
William L. Hippsley
William L. Honnold
Walter E. Hoover
Eloise Howland Memorial
Milton C. Hult Memorial
Edward N. Hurley
John Theron Illick, Jr. & Warren C. Illick
Jennie Ingersoll Memorial
Roy C. Ingersoll
Eugene B. Jr. & Julie Ingmand
Elna Jeffries Besançon Scholarship
Frank J. Jirka, Jr.
Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation
Lloyd L. Johnson Memorial
Vinton C. Johnson
Vivion A. & Emily Seymour Johnson
Floyd & Edna Jones
William & Ida Carson Karnes
William A. Kasley
Ruth P. Kentzler
Harold K. & Helen O. Kester
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Frances W. Kinkead
Harley Knosher
Knox College WWII Fund
Len A. & Mary C. Kuchen
Philip H. & Dorothy A. Lass
Richard Austin Lawrence
Mrs. Richard Austin Lawrence
Barbara J. Lemke
Freda Mary Liggett Memorial
Flint Lindsay
Ernest & Lydia K. Lollar
Dolle Scott Lombard Memorial
Oliver O. & Josephine Ellison Loomis
Julian & Virginia Stearns Mack
Garnett Babbitt Martin 50-Year Club
Rick Mathers
C. H. Mathews
Eliza Sheldon Mathews
Mayall-Ettlinger Memorial
Louise G. and Robert M. Maynard
Joe U. & Lucille Dunn McBride
Frank L. McCabe
McCall-Lounsbury
George McCall
Henry McCall
Ida McCall
Rosa McCall
Rosa May McCall
Sara Miller McCall
Kellogg D. McClelland Educational Fund
Nelle H. McCool, Delta Delta Delta Alumnae Chapter
McKnight Trust
Archie J. McMaster
William A. McPhail & Sadie R. McPhail
Herman V. Meier
Edward Emmerich Mendius
Florence C. Merdian
Cora M. Meyer Memorial
Catherine Paine Middlebush Scholarship in English Literature
Frederick A. Middlebush Memorial
Robert K. Midkiff
Fred A. & Olive S. Miller
Mitsubishi Endowment
George Morel Memorial in Music
Samuel & Bessie Claudon Mosiman
Charles W. Mueller Memorial
Robert L. & Alice M. Murphy
Robert W. Murphy—Borg Warner
George L. Naught
Harry & Muriel Neave
Ira E. & Martha Campbell Neifert Memorial
Arthur O. Nelson
Tom, Dick & Harry Neumiller
Harold F. & Amy C. Nichols
Jeannette Paddock Nichols
Louis & Katherine H. Nielson
Lelah Tubbs Norman
Betsy North
LaVerne Noyes
Maureen Tanning Nyman
Florida Omeis
Anne Edgerton Ottoson
Carole Ottum Computer Science
Jay Larson Padgitt
Oak Park Panhellenic
Grace Parish
Ella Park
Robert E. & Elma M. Parke Memorial
Harry A. Parkin Memorial
Alvah Peterson Biology Fund
Harold F. Peterson
Wilbur F. Pillsbury
Lambert J. Pomeroy
Edmund C. Porter
Irvin L. Porter
Philip Sidney Post
Sylvia M. Prutsman Memorial
Frances Lafferty & Frederick B. Rabenstein
Henry Rasmussen, Jr.
Ravenswood Congregational Church
Reader's Digest Foundation
Helen L. Rearick
Marie O. Rearick
Marilyn Veith Roberts
Charles B. & Katherine P. Robison
Katherine Parkins Robison AAUW Scholarship
Will & Grace A. Robson
Frank W. & Clara M. Roskopf
Dale H. & Frances Hazen Rowe
St. Mary's School
Carl Sandburg-Lombard
Raymond A. & Bertha Collins Sapp Memorial
Clara Louise Walker Scott
Mary Scott
Charles W. Seymour
Lyman Kay Seymour
Bruce Stuart Shadbolt
Madame Effie Skinner
Eudora Slosson
Maude I. Smith
Jeremiah Galvan Smithwick
Rothwell Stephens
Ralph D. Stevenson
William & Eleanor Dodds Stevenson
Phyllis Stisser Memorial
Herbert R. Straight Memorial
Strasburger Scholarship
Jennie A. Swanson & Tony N. Swanson
Samuel J. Swanson & Clara Beacham Swanson
Robert Szold
Bertha Davis Taggart Memorial
Henry S. Taylor
Robert Cunningham Taylor, Jr. Memorial
John Winter Thompson & Mary Moon Thompson
Caroline McCollum Toothe
Stefano C. & Whitney Witt Viglietti
G. Louis Vitale
John G. Vivion
Condit Voorhees
Sonja Marakoff Wallace
Arthur C. Walton
Cloud '16, & Eugenia '14 Wampler
Anna M. Watson
Watts Family
Ben Hyde Weeks
Clara Latimer Wells Memorial
Vernon M. & Fanita Ferris Welsh
Dennis J. Whimpey
Walter W. & Maude O. Whipple Memorial
Dick Whitcomb
Joan Whitney Whitcomb
Mr. & Mrs. E. L. Whiteside
Willard/Clark Memorial
Robert F. & Eleanor R. Williams
Thomas W. Williams & Creston S. Klingman Scholarship
Marie C. Williamson
Maude Alice & Ernest J. Wood
Lee W. & Claire Salzberg Wright
Mark J. Yates Memorial