August 29, 2006

The Inaugural UIC George Krambles Scholarship Fund CTA Charter Train Outing

Saturday September 30, 2006

George Krambles Legacy

The scholarship fund is named after the former Executive Director of the Chicago Transit Authority, George Krambles. He served the region's transit system for 43 years starting with the Chicago Rapid Transit Company in 1937. George graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1936 and has been a friend and supporter of UIC's Urban Transportation Center. He was inducted into the American Public Transit Association's Hall of Fame and is one of the most noted public transit officials of all time in the United States.

George Krambles Scholarship Fund

The fund was established by George to provide financial assistance to students embarking on careers in transportation, urban transit, urban planning, engineering and related fields. In 2005, the Krambles fund endowed the UIC George Krambles Transportation Scholarship exclusively for CUPPA transportation students. The mission of the fund is to encourage young people to embark upon a professional career in public transportation and related fields by providing financial assistance to full-time undergraduate or graduate students enrolled at UIC in transportation related degree programs in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs. Each fall, two students are awarded scholarships based upon the quality of their scholarship application and accompanying paper submission. The 2006 student scholarship award winners will be announced during this year's fund raising event.

Fund Raising Event Description

This year's event is the inaugural fund raising event. It is the intent of the scholarship fund's directors to annually hold an event each fall to raise monies that will go toward the endowment of the scholarship fund. The inaugural event, scheduled for Saturday, September 30, is a special opportunity to tour Chicago's rapid transit system that George was so instrumental in shaping. The narrated tour will cover portions of CTA's Green, Pink, Blue, Brown, Red and Yellow lines and will highlight points of interest related to urban planning, architecture and transit history. Equipment permitting, we expect two special trains to be used. One train will have an example of every type of railcar currently running in CTA revenue service. The other train, to be operated on the "Skokie Swift", is expected to use CTA's historic (circa 1924) 4000 series "L" cars. Attendees will have numerous photo opportunities along the way as the trains travel in and around the Loop and the Chicagoland area.

Early bird registration and payment of $50.00 per person must be received by September 15th. After September 15th tickets are $60.00 per person.

Note: Space is limited so be sure to confirm your participation and secure your ticket for this historic event before September 15th.

Special thanks to this year's event sponsors:

-- McDonough & Associates
-- Continental Airport Express
-- Parsons Brinckerhoff.

Registration Form

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