Denver Businessman establishes endowment fund at CSU-Pueblo
 
Pueblo- A Denver businessman has established the Robert K. Spratlen Scholarship Endowment Fund at Colorado State University – Pueblo thanks to a $130,000 gift to the CSU-Pueblo Foundation.

Spratlen, a retired concrete business owner, has asked that the gift be used to offer scholarships that provide at least one-half of the annual tuition and fees for a full-time CSU-Pueblo student. To be eligible for the scholarship, a person must be a full-time student at the University in good academic standing. The scholarship is renewable for up to four years with the intent that students finish his or her degree within four years.

Spratlen’s connection to CSU-Pueblo goes back nearly three decades to his days as a student at the University. He and members of his family also have been connected with other significant benefactors of the University, including Robert H. Rawlings. His relationship with Rawlings was one of the factors in his decision to make this most recent gift.

“This gift will provide from two to four new scholarships for our most worthy students at Colorado State University – Pueblo,” said President Ronald Applbaum. “It is Mr. Spratlen and donors like him who ensure that a college education will remain affordable to our students.”


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