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
• 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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