San Antonio Conservation Society Foundation Scholarship
Please contact the Society at 224-6163 for information.
Definition
A scholarship or fellowship is awarded to advance the education or training of a
qualified applicant.
San Antonio Conservation Society Foundation Scholarships Honoring Brooks Martin,
FAIA
Annually, the San Antonio Conservation Society provides funding for two scholarships
in the amount of $2,500 each through a program administered by the Texas Architectural
Foundation. Scholarship recipients are architecture students studying in an accredited
architecture program at universities in Texas, and are selected by the trustees
of the Texas Architectural Foundation. Students apply through their architecture
departments.
Eleanor Freeborn Bennett Educational Fund
Purpose
The Board of Directors of the San Antonio Conservation Society Foundation has established
the Eleanor Freeborn Bennett Educational Fund in memory of Eleanor Freeborn Bennett,
who served as president of the Society from 1953 to 1955.
The intent of the Fund is to further support the goals of the Foundation, particularly
in the area of educating others about the importance of preservation.
Eleanor Bennett’s husband, Maj. Gen. John M. Bennett, and their children, Eleanor
Marlow, Carolyn Wood, Davis Bennett and John Bennett, have endowed the Fund to perpetuate
Eleanor’s ideals.
Applications in the following areas will be considered
- The education of specified individuals and/or non-profit groups through participation
in various seminars, conferences and internships which would distribute and discern
relevant information in the field of preservation and restoration as pertinent to
the Foundation’s purpose, i.e., American Preservation Technologist.
- The education of artisans, craftsmen, tradesmen or apprentices in unique or near-extinct
skills which would be of use and benefit in preservation and restoration, i.e.,
fresco stabilization, Rome Center apprenticeship, adobe brickmaking.
- The sponsorship of seminars, publications, training, research, documentation or
visual arts to further the goals of preservation or to create a catalyst for the
better understanding of preservation and restoration through education.
- The education of worthy students in the form of grants or scholarships that are
concentrated in the area of historic preservation and restoration.