Paul A. Elfers Omega Scholarships
Six $2,250 scholarships awarded through the generosity of Paul Elfers, a charter member of Omega chapter at the University of Wisconsin. One of the six awards is reserved for an outstanding chapter treasurer. Application due April 1.

Phi Kappa Tau Endowed Scholarships
Thanks to the generosity of Phi Kappa Tau benefactors through the years, nine named endowed scholarships exist (see below for details), each currently making $1,000 annual awards. Brief biographies of the endowed scholarship benefactors are included in the application packet. Applicants must be initiated members returning to school the next year as an undergraduate or graduate student. Application due April 1.

Parents Fund Scholarships
Two or more $1,000 scholarships awarded through the generosity of parents; at least one to an undergraduate student and one to a graduate student. Application due April 1.

Heidi Kahle Memorial Scholarship
One restricted $1,000 scholarship awarded to a chapter member from Nebraska Wesleyan, Iowa State or the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Candidates must be pre-med or pursuing a degree in an academic field related to medicine and healthcare. Application due April 1.

Gregory D. Hollen Scholarship
One $1,000 scholarship is awarded through the generosity of Past National President Gregory D. Hollen, Maryland '75.

Thomas C. Cunningham Memorial Scholarship 
One $1,500 scholarship is awarded to a current or former staff member who is enrolled in a graduate-level program. 

Joshua Berman Memorial Scholarship
Endowed by Bob Plumleigh, Southern California '47, and his wife, Betty, in memorial of Shelley, Southern California '05, and Sarah Berman's son. Long-time friends of the Bermans, the Plumleighs were instrumental in recruiting Shelley into the Phi Kappa Tau family in 2005, and subsequently established the scholarship in Joshua's memory. Joshua died of cancer in September 1977 at the age of 13. One $1,000 scholarship is awarded to an undergraduate who has volunteered at a Hole in the Wall Camp.

Scholastic Honor Society Rebates
Honor society initiation fee reimbursement is offered to members who are inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa and/or Phi Kappa Phi academic honor societies.

Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute Scholarships
Scholarships are available to members who attend UIFI. Application due April 1.

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Phi Kappa Tau Endowed Scholarships 

The nine named scholarships offered by the Foundation are made possible by the following men:

J. Oliver Amos, Miami ’28—Former chairman of the board of directors for Amos Press, publisher of The Sidney (Ohio) Daily News and the world’s largest collectors’ publications—Coin World and Linn’s Stamp News. He also served as chairman of the Miami University Board of Trustees. A recipient of the Fraternity’s Borradaile Alumnus Award, brother Amos entered Chapter Eternal in June 1997.

Jack L. Anson, Colgate ’47—Former executive director of the National Interfraternity Conference, Anson served Phi Kappa Tau for 22 years, including service as executive director, Laurel editor, and campaign director for the Foundation’s Campaign for Phi Kappa Tau in the mid-80s. He is one of four Phi Taus to receive the NIC’s prestigious Gold Medal Award. At the time of his death in 1990, he was serving as National Vice President and a member of the National Council.

Rea Andrew Axline, UC Berkeley ’24—Prior to his death, Axline owned New York City-based Metalizing Engineering Company. He was only in the Resident Council six months and never returned to the chapter, but his belief in the principles of Phi Kappa Tau continue with the scholarship that carries his name and that of his wife, Lela.

Ewing T. Boles, Centre ’14—Former president, chairman and CEO of the Ohio Company, a prominent investment firm, Boles was a founder of the Phi Kappa Tau Foundation in 1945, serving as its chairman until his death in 1992. Boles’ contributions to the Fraternity and Foundation during his lifetime, monetarily and otherwise, and even in death through his estate will not likely be surpassed. He received the Gold Medal Award of the NIC and was named honorary founder of our Fraternity in 1983.

E. Thomas Boles Jr., M.D., William & Mary ’39—A graduate of Harvard Medical School, Dr. Boles is the former chief of pediatric surgery at Children’s Hospital and director of pediatric surgery at The Ohio State University’s College of Medicine. He is a past president of the American Pediatric Association, a member of the International Society of Surgery, and the author or co-author of more than 75 medical monographs.
 
Paul A. Elfers, Wisconsin-Madison ’24—Elfers retired from Fisher Controls, Inc. in Marshalltown, Iowa. As an executive, his interests included farming, citrus groves and apparel manufacturing. A chemical engineer by education and training, Elfers not only created the Foundation scholarship that bears his name but also endowed the Elfers Omega Scholarships in the early 1980s. Elfers entered Chapter Eternal in 1995.
 
John Franklin S. McMullan, Delaware ’56—McMullan served as an officer of the Graduate Council and House Corporation of Alpha Gamma chapter. McMullan received the Phi Award at the 1972 National Convention. An accountant by profession, his devotion to Phi Kappa Tau was evident in the bequest establishing this scholarship. McMullan entered Chapter Eternal in 1982.

Harold H. Short, Colorado State ’36—Short was a retired chairman of the board of Flatiron Industries, a major Colorado construction company. He is a past National President of the Fraternity and a past vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Short entered Chapter Eternal in 2007.

Ernest H. Volwiler, Miami ’12—Volwiler was a retired chairman of the board and CEO of Abbott Laboratories. A chemist by training, Volwiler was co-inventor of Pentothal and Nembutal and helped to develop antihistamines, sulfa drugs and penicillin. He was a member of the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame.

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