Roy E. Jorgensen Memorial Scholarship Award for Civil Engineering

Each year Roy Jorgensen Associates, Inc. awards a $15,000 scholarship to qualifying civil engineering senior or graduate student applicants to aid in the rising costs of education.  This year’s award went to Tyler Kleinsasser who is pursuing a M.Eng. degree in Civil Engineering and Engineering Management at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.

Roy E. Jorgensen was a degreed civil engineering graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and a licensed professional engineer. In 1961 he founded Roy Jorgensen Associates, Inc., a specialized highway management consulting firm. The organization has grown to nearly 800 associates and has translated the management techniques applied to the highway industry for application to other sectors, including the maintenance management of toll roads, building systems, and port facilities for both private and public owners and operators in the United States and internationally.

With Roy Jorgensen’s passing in 2004, the Board of Directors established a memorial scholarship foundation to honor his outstanding career and to continue his commitment to supporting the academic goals of young men and women in the engineering field. Made each August, the scholarship award is based upon the committee’s evaluation of the qualifying applications submitted. Interested students may review scholarship award criteria and access an application by visiting www.royjorgensen.com/scholarships. 

Should you know of a qualifying student in the civil engineering field, please pass along this information and encourage them to apply for the 2024 award.