Gutenberg Level Endowments
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Endowment Balance $100,000 – $249,999
Johannes Gutenberg, German printer and pioneer, conceived the idea for movable type and brought together the technologies of paper, oil-based ink, and the screw-press to print books. He is sometimes identified as the first European to print with hand-set type cast in molds. Detailed records of Gutenberg’s life and work are scant; his name does not appear on any of the works attributed to him. He was born around the year 1400, probably in Mainz, and trained as a goldsmith.
In 1438 Gutenberg entered into a partnership with Andreas Dritzehn to conduct experiments in printing. Gutenberg used hand-set type cast in molds to print multiple copies of manuscripts. The series of bibles attributed to Gutenberg were printed in approximately 1454 in Mainz, Germany. The invention of movable-type printing facilitated an easier exchange of ideas throughout Europe and helped spread the ideas of the Renaissance.
- The Suttle-Straus/John Berthelsen Scholarship
- Gilbert and Jean Bassett
Gravure Education Foundation - The William Krueger Scholarship
- The Zeb and Winnifred Green Scholarship
- Melvin Pfaelzer/Ink Systems
- The Henry Wurst, Inc. Scholarship
- International Prepress Association/ Robert Swan Scholarship
- Heidelberg USA Corporation Scholarship
- Flint Ink Scholarship
- Westvaco Corporation Scholarship
- Brian Gill/EPET
- The Edward McSweeney Memorial Scholarship
- Stanley Freimuth Scholarship/FUJIFILM USA, Inc
- The Elverda Zunk Memorial Scholarship
- The John (Jack) Kronenberg Memorial Scholarship
- The Bernard Taymans Memorial Scholarship
- Graphic Arts Alliance Scholarship
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