The ​Archie Williams Scholarship

Archie Williams was a teacher at Drake for 21 years until his retirement at age 72. His love of teaching and helping students is legendary. As a young man, Archie represented the United States in the 1936 Berlin Olympics and won gold and silver medals in track and field. Archie graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in mechanical engineering and then went on to earn his private pilot license before becoming an instructor at the Tuskegee Institute. He then attended the Air Force Institute of Technology where he earned a BS in engineering sciences. Archie joined the US Air Force as a pilot, retiring in 1964 after 22 years of service.​

2023 Recipient: Sean Neal

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Past Scholarship Recipients

Year	Recipient Name
1994	Matt Barrall
1995	Grant Perrizo
1996	Jennifer LaPlante
1997	Cathy Fong
1998	Alana Kenmore
1999	Hillary Thomas
2000	Tim Adams
2001	Parker Sims
2002	Vince Caboara
2003	Elliot Brian
2004	Daley Cort
2005	Molly Howard
2006	Karli Cowman
2007	Amelia Torres
2008	Patrick Moore
2009	Elyse Baldock
2010	Michael Beuttler
2011	Jesse Lee
2012	Nor Bouzraa
2013	Tonantzyn Beltran
2014	India Neville
2015	Sarah Millar
2016	Abigail Virgo
2017	Mark Steccone
2018	William Salaverry
2019	Brooke Simon
2020	Amanda Lipari Maxson
2021	Juan Pablo Izquierdo Riasco
2022	Evan Lee
2023	Sean Neal