Ron & Glenn Birtwistle Memorial Scholarships
These scholarships were established in 1984 in memory of Ron and Glenn Birtwistle by their father, Don Birtwistle. Don is a former FEF Board member and President Lifetime Patron. He was one of the founders of Great Lakes Castings Corporation, and after 47 years, retired in 1992.
| 2024 | Zaida Ross (UAB) & James Votava (Georgia Southern) |
| 2022 | Serena Haddad (Cal Poly-Pomona) & Bryce Scholze (Pittsburg State) |
| 2021 | Joseph Mader (Pittsburg State) & Mary McCoy (Northern Iowa) |
| 2020 | Kyle Schick - Northern Iowa |
| 2019 | Lauren Landreth - UAB |
| 2018 | Taite Gallagher - Northern Iowa |
| 2017 | Frances Cherry - Tennessee Tech |
| 2016 | Alex Roach - Alabama-Tuscaloosa |
| 2015 | Christopher Carpenter (Western Michigan) & Kelly McCool (Alabama-Birmingham) |
| 2014 | Sebastian Redclay (Penn State) & Michael Grams (Texas State) |
| 2013 | Mary Cartier (Wisconsin-Platteville) & Joshua McLennan (Pittsburg State) |
| 2012 | Steven Brown (Pittsburg State) & Mary Seals (Virginia Tech) |
| 2011 | Graham Smith (Tennessee Tech) & Blake Whitley (Alabama) |
| 2010 | Paul Lynch (Penn State) & Jeremy Faulkender (Pittsburg State) |
| 2009 | Rachel Abrahams (Penn State) & Alex Anderson (Central Washington) |
| 2008 | Wael Deabes (Tennessee Tech) & Robert Wheeler (Mohawk College) |
| 2007 | David Poerschke (Case Western Reserve) & Lisa Shiwarski (Penn State) |
| 2006 | Jonathan Erman (Pittsburg State) & Jeremy Mowry (Mississippi) |
| 2005 | Nicholas Hutchinson (Cal Poly-Pomona) & Sarah Weigle (Tri-State University) |
| 2004 | Gregory Schaefer (Wisconsin-Milwaukee) & Scott Schudalla (Wisconsin-Milwaukee) |
| 2003 | Shawn Forfitt (Univ. of Windsor) & Dann Mayfield (Pittsburg State) |
| 2002 | Craig Murray (Mohawk College) & Brian Orf (Wisconsin-Madison) |
| 2001 | Elizabeth Coleman (University of Alabama) & Brian Hartbarger (Tennessee Tech) |
| 2000 | James Golomski (Pittsburg State) & Helen Ule (University of Windsor) |
| 1999 | Marlon Gates (Kent State) & Craig Roberts (Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo) |
| 1998 | Brad Jud (Michigan Tech) & Mark Sweany (Michigan Tech) |
| 1997 | Brian Began (Case Western Reserve) & William Pool (Texas State) |
| 1996 | Brad Ohlrich (Michigan Tech) & Ryan Wildman (University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
| 1995 | Ron Yarbrough (Texas State) & Greg Monson (University of Wisconsin-Platteville) |
| 1994 | Gerald Thiel (University of Northern Iowa) & Brian Schweinhagen (Kent State) |
| 1993 | Mark Hayley (Western Michigan University) & Scott Terry (Michigan Tech) |
| 1992 | Teresa Browning (Purdue-Indianapolis) & Thomas Cunningham (Univ. of Pittsburgh) |
| 1991 | Jonathan Host (Michigan Tech) & Salvatore Mutone (Penn State) |
| 1990 | Greg Faubert (Michigan Tech) & Cheryl Christenson (University of Michigan) |
| 1989 | Scott Murto (Michigan Tech) & Michael Welp (Purdue-Indianapolis) |
| 1988 | William Wasierski (Erie Community College) & Charles Blazina (Cal State-Chico) |
| 1987 | Paul Bartelt (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison) & Timothy Deakin (Erie Community College) |
| 1986 | David Trumble (University of Michigan) & Timothy Hajduk (Erie Community College) |
| 1985 | Mark Schneider (Erie Community College) & Robert Roberts (University of Cincinnati) |
| 1984 | Mark Schneider (Erie Community College) |