Local 810 - Local 875/ Hirsch Memorial Scholarship
Purpose
Scholarships for qualified children of Local 810 International Brotherhood of Teamsters or if none are available, scholarships to qualified South Brevard high school graduates. (GF000015)Description
The scholarship will be administered by the Office of Financial Aid. For members - must be a child from a current member or retired member of the Local 810, must have above-average to excellent high school academic records, and have been accepted to Florida Tech. Non-members - must be a graduate of a South Brevard High School; must have acquired a 3.5 GPA in high school; a score of 1000 or higher on SAT; and be in the top 15% of graduating class.
History
The fund was established in 1971 and endowed in 1981 by a local chapter of the Teamsters union in New York. The award recipient must be a child from a current member of the Local 810, must have above-average to excellent high school academic records, and have been accepted by Florida Tech. If none are qualified, a non-member child can qualify by having graduated from a South Brevard High School, having a 3.5 GPA in high school, a score of 1000 or higher on the SAT, and being in the top 15% in their graduating class. If the recipient is a child of a member of Local 810, they receive a full tuition scholarship otherwise for South Brevard graduates it is a partial tuition scholarship.
The Local 875 Pension Fund owned a building in Melbourne, Florida, the Flatiron Building in Melbourne’s downtown area. In 1971, the Local donated the building to Florida Tech. Florida Tech in turn sold the property. In acknowledgment of this gift, Florida Tech placed the down payment and subsequent monthly payments in a fund and proposed to offer fourteen tuition scholarships (one per year) to qualified children of Local 875 members. Apparently, there were no qualified applicants for some years, and the funds remained unused. In November 1979, counsel for the Local advised that it was the Local’s intention to donate to Florida Tech sufficient funds to convert the fourteen one-year scholarships to a single perpetual fund. In 1981, the scholarship award was endowed. The Local 975/Hirsch Memorial Scholarship Endowment was initially reserved for a student enrolled in the School of Science and Engineering but was later broadened to all majors. In 1998, Local 875 merged into Local 810 of the IBT.
