Ted Kennedy Jr. Scholarship
 Ted Kennedy Jr. Endowment was established in 2002 to honor the professional life of Mr. Ted Kennedy Jr. Ted and his father, Ted Kennedy Sr.
Born in 1920 in Saginaw, Michigan, Ted attended the University of Michigan, where he played football and was President of the Engineering Class of 1942. Trained as an aeronautical engineer, Ted served in the Navy during World War II and then earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School.Ted and his father, Ted Kennedy, Sr., founded the Trenton Corporation in 1949 to manufacture anti-corrosion products. He was granted 17 patents, authored several papers, and served on several committees. A true innova-tor, Ted was a driving force behind many new products and processes in the anticorrosion field, including:
• Over-the-ditch micro-wax and wrappers
• Hot-applied micro-wax and wrappers for joint coating and reconditioning
• Wax tapes for below-ground and above-ground pipe
• Casing filler materials, equipment and installation procedures.
In a career that spanned fifty years, Ted saw the role of the corrosion engineer evolve from someone who had relatively little training (because there was not much known about corrosion) into that of a highly trained professional. He was proud to have played a part in that evolution, and he was continually supportive of corrosion education programs.In 1992 the Appalachian Underground Corrosion Short Course (AUCSC) gave Ted the Colonel George C.Cox Outstanding Award in recognition of his many contributions to the corrosion industry.In memory of Ted, in appreciation of what the people associated with the AUCSC meant to him, and in recognition of the value he placed on corrosion education, Ted’s family established a scholarship in his honor as part of the AUCSC scholarship program within the Corrosion Department at Kilgore College in Texas.
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Nahum Tate scholarship
 This scholarship established in 2000 honors Nahum Allen Tate, PE, who was a charter member of the Kilgore College Corrosion Advisory Board and was employed by Sun Pipeline Company for 36 years in Corrosion Control. Nahum was instrumental in the formation of the Kilgore College Corrosion Technology program, the first such degree program in the U.S. Nahum served as President, Vice-president, and Committee Chairman through the years and often assisted in promoting the Corrosion Technology Program. In 1989 Nahum received special honors in Washington D.C. when the Corrosion Advisory Board was recognized for outstanding leadership in “Strengthening the National Vocational-Technical Education Programs”.
 Other Scholarships
Include funds donated by the NACE International Foundation, individual NACE sections across the U.S., the Texarkana SSPC, and various corporations including Kinder Morgan, Phillips Chevron, BP Amoco, Robroy Industries, and several individuals.
Corrosion students are allowed to apply for these scholarships on the first month of the Fall and Spring semester. Applications are distributed the first week of class. The number of scholarships awarded depends upon the available funds each semester.
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Don't let a lack of funds stop you from pursuing a career in Corrosion Technology. We have several scholarships to help you out. These scholarships are for Corrosion Technology majors who attend Kilgore College. 