Loreta and Silvio Corsetti Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is established in memory of Loreta and Silvio Corsetti, the parents of Victor C. Corsetti. Silvio immigrated from Pacentro, Italy after World War II to Venezuela with his oldest son, Paul. He came to the United States in 1951 and in 1952 brought Loreta and five of his seven children to Illinois.
Victor Corsetti earned his bachelor's and master's degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he was mentored by both Dr. William Gamble and Dr. William Hall. Dr. Hall recommended that he stay for his master's degree, which Corsetti said was instrumental in his successful career. He also honors these two professors with this gift.
The scholarship is to be renewable for students studying structural engineering. Donor's second preference is that the scholarships be given to Italian Nationals from the Pacentro, Italy region and/or Italian American students from the state of Illinois.
The award is given in two equal payments: one during the Fall semester and one during the Spring semester.
Past recipients:
2024 Lucia Haymaker, Jack Marion
2023 Jack Marion, Matthew Ross
2022 Ryan Croce, Dominic Pontrelli
2021 Ryan Croce, Salvatore Penachio
2020 Salvatore Penachio
2019 Daniel Gentile
2018 Melissa Bayer
2017 Gloria Frank, Katie Garibaldi
2016 Gloria Frank, Alexandra Zack
2015 Michael Valentino
2011 Kaitlyn L. Fleming