Launched in 2014, the Austin E. Knowlton Memorial Scholarship supports a student from Ohio with up to $18,000 in financial aid over four years. Preference is given to students who are interested in majoring in mathematics or a related field. Students who receive the Knowlton Scholarship their first year will have the scholarship renewed in subsequent years provided they demonstrate sufficient academic progress.
To apply to Kenyon and be considered for the Austin E. Knowlton Memorial Scholarship, please get in touch.
Important Application Dates
- Regular Decision Application Due: Jan. 15
- Notification of Decision: mid-March
- Applicants Response Due: May 1
About Austin E. Knowlton
Austin E. “Dutch” Knowlton was the owner and chairman of the Knowlton Construction Company, an organization started in Bellefontaine, Ohio, in 1937 and whose predecessors dated back to 1906. Knowlton, through his company, was responsible for over 600 major and significant construction projects in Ohio and the Midwest, including school buildings, hospitals, libraries and post offices.
Knowlton was a 1927 graduate of Bellefontaine High School and of The Ohio State University, class of 1931, where he received a Bachelor of Science in architectural engineering. He became an avid sportsman with a 50-year interest in saddle-bred horses, an original founding partnership of the Cincinnati Bengals where he served as chairman, a major ownership interest for many years in the Cincinnati Reds, and a trusteeship of the Little Brown Jug Society for harness racing in Delaware, Ohio.
Knowlton also was a leading philanthropist with the Ohio State School of Architecture named in his honor.
Lowell House
104 College Drive
Kenyon College
Gambier, Ohio 43022
Lowell House
104 College Drive
Kenyon College
Gambier, Ohio 43022