The Knowlton's Dairy Dean's Scholar Scholarship Endowment was established by Mrs. Lloyd Knowlton and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Knowlton of San Antonio, TX in 1986. These scholarships are available to students who qualify for a Dean's Scholar Silver Award. The recipient should preferably be a dairy industry/food technology major but open to all majors in the Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources. Preference is given to students from South Texas.

Jim Knowlton graduated from Texas Tech University in 1960 with a Bachelor of Science in Animal Production and took over operation of the Knowlton Dairy. Jim Knowlton's grandfather Ed Knowlton, whose father was a trail driver named Rufus Knowlton, founded the Knowlton creamery in 1908 with twenty cows he had bought on credit. At the time Jim started, there were 100 head of cattle and sixty milkers, a number which he increased to 600 head of cattle with 300 in the milking herd by 1966. Lloyd Knowlton, Jim's father, also worked for the family business and owned much of the land Jim leased in order to increase the size of the operation.

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Knowlton have two sons- James L. Knowlton, Jr., who graduated from Texas Tech University in 1986 with two bachelor's degrees, Mechanized Agriculture and Agricultural Engineering, and Todd Knowlton, who graduated from Texas Tech University in 1991 with a degree in Computer Science.

To support this scholarship, please visit the Knowlton's Dairy Dean's Scholar Endowed Scholarship gift page.

Contact

Alex Yack
Alex.Yack@ttu.edu
Senior Director of Development
806.742.2802

Matt Williams
matt.williams@ttu.edu
Associate Director of Development
806.742.2802

Tanner Rex
tanner.rex@ttu.edu
Assistant Director of Development
806.742.2802