Preservation Programs - Scholarships 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 I. 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. II. 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. III. 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. IV. The education of worthy students in the form of grants or scholarships that are concentrated in the area of historic preservation and restoration.