Eino Edwin Rautio immigrated to America with his family as a three-year-old boy during WWI. His family was fleeing the Bubonic plague and the Russian invasion. When he was in 7th grade, he was forced to leave school to work as a farm laborer in order to support his family. He later became a certified ham radio operator, despite limited resources. In the middle of the Great Depression, he creatively built his own radios from scavenged parts. His son, James Rautio, followed in his father’s footsteps and became a certified ham radio operator. With guidance from his father and teachers and coaches at Tioga Central High School, he later created a successful broadcast company. James established the Eino Edwin Rautio Memorial Scholarship Fund in honor of his father to provide scholarship awards to graduating seniors of Tioga Central High School.
Requirements
Applicants must be graduating from Tioga Central High School, have financial need, and demonstrate strong and intrinsic motivation outside of regular school curriculum in area(s) that require skills in the fields of engineering, science, math, and technology.
There is a preference for students in good academic standing, that rank in the top 25% of their class, and that have completed college math prep (four years of math, including, at a minimum, algebra, trigonometry, and, if possible, some calculus). Award recipient must be planning to attend a 2- or 4- year college, full-time in the field of engineering, science, math, or technology.
Application must include letters of recommendation from one or two of the applicants’ math or science faculty that speak to the applicants’ ability, enthusiasm, and integrity, and a short essay supporting applicants’ motivation for the fields above, including a description of any life challenges they overcame to realize these personal achievements. Three scholarships can be awarded and are renewable up to four years, pending the recipients be enrolled full-time and provide proof of enrollment.
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