Health Career Fields:
         Masonic relationship is not required. The recipient must intend to enter the field
 
of
         health care. Health care includes (but is not limited to) nursing, physical or occupational therapy,
 
radiology,
         anesthesiology, etc. 
 
Sherwood and Evelyn Kresin: Masonic relationship is not
         required. This scholarship has an exception
 
for the “undergraduate only” restriction. The recipient
         may be in an undergraduate or a graduate course
 
of study. There is no restriction regarding the recipient’s
         course of study. 
 
Robert B. Perkins: Masonic relationship is required. The
         applicant must have a father, grandfather,
 
brother, or uncle who is (or was, if deceased) a member in good
         standing of an Illinois Scottish Rite
 
Valley. There is no restriction regarding the recipient’s course of study. 
 
Louis
         L. Williams: Masonic relationship is required. The applicant must have a father, grandfather,
 
brother,
         or uncle who is (or was, if deceased) a member in good standing of an Illinois Scottish Rite
 
Valley. The applicant must attend
         Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois. There is no
 
restriction regarding the recipient’s
         course of study. 
 
Abbott Scholarship: Named for Leon M. Abbott, Sovereign
         Grand Commander (1921-1932). The
 
applicant must be a member of or directly related (bloodline or by legal means)
         to a Scottish Rite Mason 
in the Northern Masonic
         Jurisdiction. Also eligible are members of youth organizations sponsored 
by the Masonic Fraternity in the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction.  The
         recipient must be either an undergraduate or 
graduate student
         attending an accredited college or university for the upcoming academic year. While all other 
scholarships require a B average, The Abbott has a minimum GPA of 2.75 on a 4.0
         grade scale.