The G. Rollie White Wildlife Techniques Scholarship was established by the G. R. White Trust in 2021. The purpose of this scholarship is to provide scholarships to students in the Department of Natural Resources Management who are enrolled in the Wildlife Techniques class at the Llano River Field Station at Texas Tech Center at Junction.

George Rollie White (1875 - 1965) was a Brady, Texas rancher and banker. Rollie came to McCulloch County, Texas with his parents in a covered wagon in 1875. He and his three brothers, William Norton (Billy) White (1879 - 1965), Charles Thomas (Charlie) White (1883 - 1961), and John Edward (Johnny) White (1885 - 1941); and, his two sisters May White Wall (1877 - 1961) and Laura Lee White Wulff (1889 - 1977) all resided in McCulloch County and all worked together in supporting the family's ranching and other commercial interests.

Rollie was a long-standing advocate of Texas A&M University serving as Chairman of the Board of Regents and as a member of the Board of Regents from 1926 - 1955. The G. Rollie White Coliseum is named after him.

Rollie White and Victoria Bingham White (1877 - 1965) had no children and on his death a portion of his estate was used to set up the G. R. White Trust. Under the provisions of his will, 17.65 percent of the income from the trust goes to a scholarship fund for A&M students. The remainder of the income is administered by a selection committee currently composed of Bart Wulff of Brady and Dallas, Clay Jones of Brady (a Texas Tech graduate) and Joe T. Lenamon of Fort Worth. Donald R. Smith, Vice President of J. P. Morgan Chase Bank in Fort Worth serves as the administrative officer for the Trust and assists the selection committee in its duties. From 1989 to 2006, the late John W. Jones (a Texas Tech graduate) was a member of the selection committee. Mr. Jones served on the Texas Tech Board of Regents from 1997 to 2003 and was instrumental in setting up this endowment.

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Contact

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

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

Shelbey Havens
shelbey.havens@ttu.edu
Assistant Director of Development
806.834.1108