Frank and Harriet Shrontz Establish Scholarship at UI College of Law
Tuesday, May 21 2002
May 21, 2002^BOISE – Boise native and retired CEO of The Boeing Company, Frank A. Shrontz and his wife, Harriet, have established the Frank A. Shrontz College of Law Scholarship Endowment at the University of Idaho with a gift of more than $125,000. Frank Shrontz completed law school at UI in 1954, earned an MBA at Harvard in 1958 and was a Sloan Fellow at Stanford. ^ “We are proud of our connection with Frank Shrontz,” said law Dean Jack Miller said. “His support is deeply appreciated by the members of our community. His gift signifies his faith in our college's future and his regard for our state and its people. The steps that he and Mrs. Shrontz are taking will pay dividends for Idaho students for many, many years to come." ^The scholarship is especially for students from diverse backgrounds and targets individuals who might not otherwise have the opportunity to pursue a legal education. The endowment will provide income to fund the cost of tuition and books, plus some living expenses for the student.^Frank Shrontz worked for The Boeing Company for 38 years. He also served from 1973 to 1977 as assistant secretary of the Air Force and assistant secretary of Defense. He was named president of The Boeing Company in 1985 and succeeded T.A. Wilson as CEO in 1988. As chairman and CEO of the world’s biggest and most successful commercial aerospace firm, he led the development of the Boeing 777 wide-body jetliner. Shrontz served as the company’s CEO for 10 years before retiring in 1996 and continued on as chairman until 1997. During his watch, Boeing repositioned itself for new opportunities in a changing and more competitive market. He is credited with reinventing Boeing into a new customer- and employee-focused enterprise. ^In addition to receiving a number of national and local honors, he served on former Gov. Booth Gardner’s Council on Education Reform and Funding; and chaired “Partnership for Learning” whose purpose is to inform Washington education stakeholders of the value of educational reform. In 1995, he served as Campaign Chair of the King County United Way. Harriett Shrontz has been active in the Seattle arts community, in addition to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Childhaven. ^He serves on the boards of Boise Cascade, 3M, Chevron and the Seattle Mariners baseball club. He also is part owner of the Mariners. Shrontz is a citizen regent emeritus on the Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents. He is a member of the University of Idaho Alumni Association Hall of Fame, was honored in 1998 with the UI College of Law’s Award of Legal Merit and was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in 1992. ^While he was a student, Frank was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and worked on the staff of the Argonaut newspaper. Frank and Harriett Shrontz are honorary chairs of the Steering Committee for The Campaign for Idaho and are both on the National Campaign Council. He serves on UI President Bob Hoover’s special advisory group and previously set up a named scholarship honoring his father, Thurlyn H. Shrontz, a charter member of the Idaho chapter of Beta Theta Pi. All three of Frank and Harriet’s sons attended UI. ^CONTACTS: UI law Dean Jack Miller, (208) 885-4977, jamiller@uidaho.edu; Chandra Ford, College of Law development director, University of Idaho Boise, (208) 364-4044; chandra@uidaho.edu; Katie Kerby, UIB, (208) 364-4030, kkerby@uidaho.edu; or Kathy Barnard, University Communications, (208) 885-6291, kbarnard@uidaho.edu^-30-^krb—5/21/02LAW==^
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