Traute Gleeson Memorial Endowed Scholarship

The Traute Gleeson Endowed Scholarship will provide scholarship support to students pursuing a German-focused program at SDSU.

To apply for this scholarship, submit a General Application.

If you do not meet all of these requirements in a given term, you may lose your scholarship eligibility and your scholarship may be canceled.

Requirements:

• Undergraduate students are not required to be enrolled full-time.
• Recipients must have financial need, as determined by the SDSU Financial Aid Office.
• Applicants must file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or the California Dream Act Application by the scholarship opportunity’s deadline for financial need to be determined.
• Recipients must be pursuing one of the following:
  o German (minor)
  o German (major)
  o German with Emphasis in German Studies (major)
  o International Business – German & Western Europe (major)

Donor Profile:

In 1966, Traute Gleeson joined Lufthansa airlines as a flight attendant. Her airline career swerved off course a year later when she met Gene Gleeson (’71), who was serving in the U.S. Army at Armed Forces Radio in Frankfurt. They married in Germany in 1969 and moved to San Diego so Gene could finish his studies in history at San Diego State University. Gene worked in TV news, while Traute continued to work in the travel industry, eventually owning her own agency. The couple traveled the world and Traute was a true global citizen. Her legacy will continue through the Traute Gleeson Memorial Scholarship for German and European Studies, which was established in her honor to support students pursuing a German-focused program at SDSU.