The Parten Foundation Endowed Scholarship in Agricultural and Applied Economics Memorial
Endowed Scholarship
The Parten Foundation Scholarship Endowment in Agricultural and Applied Economics
was established by the Parten Foundation in 2010. The scholarship is awarded to undergraduate
students of all classifications, majoring in Agricultural and Applied Economics who
show a financial need and have a minimum 3.2 GPA.
The Parten Foundation was created by Mr. Austin Parten. Austin graduated from the
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at Texas Tech University in 2005.
He continued on to receive his MBA from Texas Tech in 2007. Upon graduation, he became
the Vice-President of Parten Operating, Inc., an oil and gas leasing company out of
Houston, TX.
He is married to Faith Parten and they have two children, Paige and Rhett.
