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Stanley Merjan City College of New York Civil Engineering Scholarship

Established in 2010 with the generous donations of founding corporate and individual sponsors, the scholarship is named for Stanley Merjan, an inspiration and mentor to young engineers throughout the construction industry. Merjan made a substantial personal contribution to kick off this endowed fund.

David Coleman, with Underpinning and Foundation Skanska, led the CCNY scholarship drive to raise an endowment of $200,000 for the fund in order to provide undergraduate civil engineering students with scholarships. This endowment goal was met on November 2014. Scholarships are awarded annually from the earnings of the fund at a total of $15,000 per year. Recipients must demonstrate a financial need and demonstrate an interest in the deep foundation industry via civil or geotechnical engineering. Annually the student recipients are recognized at the DFI Educational Trust Annual Gala Dinner held in November in the New York/New Jersey area.

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Eligibility & Requirements

The scholarship is exclusively for individuals at City College of New York. Applications are made directly to the college, and the college selects the recipients.

Stanley Merjan (1928-2019)

Stanley Merjan, P.E., earned his BCE from CCNY in 1948 and spent most of his career with Underpinning and Foundation Skanska involved with pile foundations and construction. Starting as a construction superintendent in 1955, his duties evolved over the years holding the position of general superintendent, chief engineer and eventually executive vice president for operations. Merjan was involved in a number of high profile building projects involving pile foundations including the new Yankee Stadium, JFK Airport Air Train, Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, NJ.

Merjan was a charter member of DFI and served on its Board of Trustees. In 2001, he was the recipient of the DFI Distinguished Service Award. He held 12 U.S. patents for high capacity driven piles. In 1992 he was named ORT’s New York City Engineer of the Year. Additionally he was inducted into the Academy of Geo-Professionals as a Diplomate, Geotechnical Engineering (D.GE).

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Stanley Merjan, P.E.

Founding Donors

Cornerstone

  • Underpinning & Foundation Skanska

Supporters

  • Bermingham Foundation Solutions
  • The Bernardo Family
  • Jack Dougherty and John Dougherty
  • Equipment Corporation of America
  • Lally Pipe & Tub, Division of LB Industries
  • The Laquila Group Inc.
  • Peckar & Abramson, P.C.
  • Trinity Products
  • Urkkada Technology Ltd.

General Donors

  • American Equipment & Fabricating Corp.

  • Bermingham Foundation Solutions

  • Bittner-Shen Consulting Engineers Inc.

  • Andrew J. Burns (CCNY Class of 1996)

  • Jason Blinn

  • Florian Bauer

  • Center Rock Inc.

  • David B. Coleman

  • George R. Compton III

  • Construct Marketing

  • John Cubala

  • Zoran Curanovic

  • Alfredas Daugiala

  • DFT Consultants

  • Empire Concrete

  • Melvin I. Esrig

  • Maria Alina and Alexander Filotti

  • Mason J. Ford

  • Halmar International

  • Fabio Liscidini

  • Anthony Loreto

  • Julius (Buddy) McIntosh

  • Barbara Merjan

  • Moretrench American Corporation

  • John O’Rourke

  • Alfranio Prado

  • Karyne P. Raymond

  • Jim and Anne Reilly

  • Robert Remler

  • Russell Scheedie

  • Lloyd Scott

  • Richard D. Short, DFI Educational Trust Chairman (2006-2010)

  • Skyline Steel

  • Steven M. Hain Co., Inc.

  • Gene Swindell

  • Tom Trochalides Jr.

  • Michael S. Tuculescu

  • Ulliman Schutte Construction, LLC

  • M. Byrl and Frances M. Williams

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