The 2024 Walter Stark Scholar Award is accepting applications to award up to $6,000 to eligible first-year students and sophomores. The deadline to apply is March 31. For more information, click the application link or contact Senior Associate Director for Donor Relations Nichole Wozniak at nicholes@udel.edu
Award Background
Walter Stark was an accomplished attorney who had a distinguished career with the federal government, at the Departments of Defense and Housing and Urban Development, and later in the private sector, at companies including Emerson Electric, ESCO Electronics, and Hazeltine. His primary connection to the University of Delaware was through his son, Leonard P. Stark ’91 ’91M. Len was the University’s first Rhodes Scholar in 30 years and is currently a United States District Judge for the District of Delaware, having been appointed by President Obama in 2010. Among Walter Stark’s generous contributions to UD was the establishment, with his wife Linda Lewin Stark, of the Lewis Lewin Stark Memorial Scholarship, in memory of his and Linda’s parents. In 2003, when Walter Stark passed away at age 59, his friends and associates created the Walter Stark Scholar Award in his memory.
Award Criteria
The award is presented annually to one or more University of Delaware freshmen or sophomores in any major, including University Studies, who meets each of the following criteria:
1) Delaware resident
2) first in his/her immediate family to attend a four-year college or university
3) demonstrated financial need
4) in good academic standing by current University policy (i.e. not on probation).
The Office of Student Financial Services will verify application responses. Qualified applications will be provided to the selection committee, who will make the final recipient(s) selection.
2024 Application – Due March 31, 2024
