SME Education Foundation

Since 1979, the SME Education Foundation has been one of the leading non-profits dedicated to the advancement of manufacturing education.

In September, the SME Education Foundation received a finalist award from Automation Alley for having the “Best Education Program of the Year.” The award honored the Foundation for its dedication to the advancement of grades K-16 manufacturing education – specifically for the Gateway Academy program and providing more then $29 million to youth programs, scholarships and awards.

E. Wayne Kay Scholarship

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History

E. Wayne Kay and his wife, Beulah, lived the American dream. They both attended Iowa State University and came to Detroit in the early 1940s, where they created and managed a successful chrome-plating business.

Wayne Kay was deeply committed to SME. He served as chair of Detroit Chapter 1 in 1945 and helped organize Macomb Chapter 142. Upon her death in 1991, Beulah Kay's living trust instructed the trustee of her estate to pay the SME Education Foundation $1.6 million to establish an endowed scholarship fund in memory of her late husband, E.

Wayne Kay. It is the single largest gift received by the SME Foundation to date.

Criteria

A. Scholarship applicants must be full-time undergraduate students enrolled in a degree program in manufacturing engineering, technology, or a closely related field in the United States or Canada.

B. Scholarship applicants must possess an overall minimum grade point average of (GPA) of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.

C. The scholarship can be used only as a credit toward books, fees, or tuition.