UNDERGRAD - SCHOLARSHIPS - The Department of Family & Consumer Studies @ the University of Utah

Olpin-Ashton Trust and Fellowship This scholarship was endowed by Dr. Virginia Cutler and it honors A. Ray Olpin and Raymond J. Ashton, and is given to a student to help him/her prepare to be a leader in the field of Family and Consumer Studies.
	A. Ray Olpin Albert Ray Olpin was the president of the University of Utah from 1946 to 1964 and led the university during a period of enormous growth and progress. President Olpin graduated from Brigham Young University and received a Ph.D. in Physics from Columbia University . He then worked at Bell Laboratories where he conducted research that led to the first television broadcast. He directed research departments at Kendall Mills in North Carolina and at Ohio State University.
Under Olpin's presidency, university enrollment grew from 4,000 to 12,000 students, and the campus quadrupled in size. Many new programs were organized such as the School of Fine Arts and the Nursing School . The university awarded its first Ph.D. to James Sugihara in Chemistry. The football team defeated BYU in its first nationally televised game, and the university started its own television station, KUED. Many of the buildings on campus today were built under President Olpin's administration. President Olpin started a 10 year building program in which 30 buildings were completed, including the Milton Bennion Hall, the Merrill Engineering Building, and, of course, the A. Ray Olpin Union Building. President Olpin advocated the pursuit of knowledge. He stated, "No matter how much we learn, there is always more knowledge to be gained. In this connection I am reminded of a short poem that has been in my mind over the years. It reads as follows: I used to think I knew I knew. But now I must confess. The more I know I know I know I know I know the less." Raymond J. Ashton Raymond J. Ashton was a well-known Utah architect. During his career, Raymond designed many well-known buildings. These include the Field House on the University of Utah campus as well as the Field House on the Utah State University campus in Logan , Utah . In addition to the 2 field houses, Raymond developed the Utah State Penitentiary in Bluffdale , Utah and most notably, the Saltair Resort on the Great Salt Lake . After the original Saltair Resort burned to the ground on April 22, 1925, Raymond, the help of his brother-in-law, Raymond L. Evans, developed the second Saltair Resort on the same location with a similar design and feel as the original Saltair Resort.

Olpin-Ashton Trust and Fellowship
This scholarship was endowed by Dr. Virginia Cutler and it honors A. Ray Olpin and Raymond J. Ashton, and is given to a student to help him/her prepare to be a leader in the field of Family and Consumer Studies.

A. Ray Olpin
Albert Ray Olpin was the president of the University of Utah from 1946 to 1964 and led the university during a period of enormous growth and progress.

President Olpin graduated from Brigham Young University and received a Ph.D. in Physics from Columbia University . He then worked at Bell Laboratories where he conducted research that led to the first television broadcast. He directed research departments at Kendall Mills in North Carolina and at Ohio State University.

Under Olpin's presidency, university enrollment grew from 4,000 to 12,000 students, and the campus quadrupled in size. Many new programs were organized such as the School of Fine Arts and the Nursing School . The university awarded its first Ph.D. to James Sugihara in Chemistry. The football team defeated BYU in its first nationally televised game, and the university started its own television station, KUED.

Many of the buildings on campus today were built under President Olpin's administration. President Olpin started a 10 year building program in which 30 buildings were completed, including the Milton Bennion Hall, the Merrill Engineering Building, and, of course, the A. Ray Olpin Union Building.

President Olpin advocated the pursuit of knowledge. He stated, "No matter how much we learn, there is always more knowledge to be gained. In this connection I am reminded of a short poem that has been in my mind over the years. It reads as follows: I used to think I knew I knew. But now I must confess. The more I know I know I know I know I know the less."

Raymond J. Ashton
Raymond J. Ashton was a well-known Utah architect. During his career, Raymond designed many well-known buildings. These include the Field House on the University of Utah campus as well as the Field House on the Utah State University campus in Logan , Utah . In addition to the 2 field houses, Raymond developed the Utah State Penitentiary in Bluffdale , Utah and most notably, the Saltair Resort on the Great Salt Lake . After the original Saltair Resort burned to the ground on April 22, 1925, Raymond, the help of his brother-in-law, Raymond L. Evans, developed the second Saltair Resort on the same location with a similar design and feel as the original Saltair Resort.