2008 Woodie Awards
Scholarship created in honor of Widdicombe
Sheeraz Hyder
Issue date: 2/9/07 Section: Campus News
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To commemorate the longtime commitment of service to the Stevens Institute of Technology by Richard P. Widdicombe, recently retired Director of the Samuel C. Williams Library, friends and alumni have chosen to create a scholarship in his honor. The Richard P. Widdicombe Endowed Scholarship will be awarded to a student "because of demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit and for his/her desire and intention to use his/her Stevens education to pursue new and innovative solutions to real world problems." To allow time for growth of the fund, which has approximately $180,000 in its possession, the scholarship will be awarded for the first time in 2017. By the time it is awarded, scholarship will hopefully be a full-tuition scholarship for a single student.
Widdicombe was hired in 1966 by President Jess Davis as an assistant librarian to then-Director Frances I. Duck. In 1973, Widdicombe was promoted to Director, a position he held until his retirement last year. During Widdicombe's approximately 30 years as Director, he was responsible for the mass computerization of the S. C. Williams Library. In a time when the computer was just starting to become available, Widdicombe strived to make the S. C. Williams Library a successful example of how computers could be integrated into the library system.
According to Marjorie Everitt, Vice President for Development and University Communications, during his tenure, Widdicombe started numerous campus organizations, including the paintball and ski club. He had also been an advisor to the Delta Tau Delta fraternity some 20-odd years ago. As Director of the library, Widdicombe reported to Eric Rosenberg, Associate Vice President - Information Technology/Administrative Computing.
Widdicombe's retirement does not mean that students will not see him on campus. He will continue to be the Frederick Winslow Taylor Curator of Special Collections. He will be responsibile for the maintenance, preservation and expansion of the collection, which includes Taylor's works on scientific management. Donations to the scholarship can be made at http://www.widdicombe.com.
Widdicombe was hired in 1966 by President Jess Davis as an assistant librarian to then-Director Frances I. Duck. In 1973, Widdicombe was promoted to Director, a position he held until his retirement last year. During Widdicombe's approximately 30 years as Director, he was responsible for the mass computerization of the S. C. Williams Library. In a time when the computer was just starting to become available, Widdicombe strived to make the S. C. Williams Library a successful example of how computers could be integrated into the library system.
According to Marjorie Everitt, Vice President for Development and University Communications, during his tenure, Widdicombe started numerous campus organizations, including the paintball and ski club. He had also been an advisor to the Delta Tau Delta fraternity some 20-odd years ago. As Director of the library, Widdicombe reported to Eric Rosenberg, Associate Vice President - Information Technology/Administrative Computing.
Widdicombe's retirement does not mean that students will not see him on campus. He will continue to be the Frederick Winslow Taylor Curator of Special Collections. He will be responsibile for the maintenance, preservation and expansion of the collection, which includes Taylor's works on scientific management. Donations to the scholarship can be made at http://www.widdicombe.com.
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