Stephen F. Briggs Society
Stephen F. Briggs Society
Stephen F. Briggs was a 1907 electrical engineering graduate of South Dakota State. Even during his student days, Briggs’ interest was drawn to gasoline engines. In 1909, he established in Milwaukee his first manufacturing company, Briggs & Stratton, in which he continued the development of engines. He served as president and later as chairman of the board for the Outboard Marine Manufacturing Company, especially noted for Evinrude and Johnson outboard engines.
In 1958, he created the Briggs Scholarship program to recognize scholastic excellence among SDSU students.
In honor of the Briggs’ prestigious scholarship program, the Stephen F. Briggs Society recognizes donors with lifetime gifts and commitments through the SDSU Foundation of $1 million to $2,499,999.
Members of the Stephen F. Briggs Society:
- 3M Foundation
- American Dairy Association of South Dakota
- David B. and Carol A. Anderson
- Dennis L. and Carol E. Anderson
- Keith A. and Glynn E. Bartels
- Bob and Jean Bartling
- BASF Corporation
- Bayer
- Bob and Midge Binnewies
- Loren J. and Irma Blankenhorn
- Della T. M. Bork
- Craig D. Bortnem
- Bowes Construction, Inc.
- Brookings Health System
- Joyce A. Haak and Paul Brooks
- Ed and Judy Cannon
- CAPITAL Services
- Marcia K. and David L. Chicoine
- Larry L. Christensen
- Sam M. Cordes and Patricia Brown Cordes
- Davisco Foods International, Inc.
- Arlo and Barbara DeKraai
- Richard Deming
- Frank E. and Mildred T. Denholm
- Dian Graves Owen Foundation
- Everett D. and Bernetta L. DuBois
- Gary J. and Judy Duffy
- James O. Edwards Jr. and Rita M. Edwards
- Errol EerNisse and Sonja Chesley
- Cindy J. Eilers
- Lawrence and Janice Embry
- Marny K. Eulberg
- First Dakota National Bank
- Horace Fishback, III
- William J. and Kay A. Folkerts
- Roger D. and Marcia J. Gerdes
- Eugene and JoAnn Goodale
- Bruce G. Haggar
- Carl T. Hansen
- Duane D. and Barbara Reed Harms
- Carmen Hegge-Kleiser
- Mylo A. and Lillian G. Hellickson
- Richard J. and Mary A. Helsper
- Donald C. Henderson, Jr.
- Charles and Donna Hendricks
- Leo and Pat Hindery
- Bill and Carolyn Hinks
- Harold C. and Marilyn Hohbach
- Virginia Holtry
- IBM Corporation
- Jeffrey L. Ihnen
- John T. Vucurevich Foundation
- Alan C. and Carole L. Johnson
- Ralph E. and Alice M. (Zantow) Kane
- Mansour and Ruth Karim
- Craig D. and Tonya S. Korkow
- Susan A. Lahr and Gordon D. Niva
- Bill and Rita Larson
- Maree Larson
- J. Bruce Laughrey
- Sue E. Mabee
- William and Jean Macksam
- Barry L. and Sharon J. Markl
- Linda H. and David F. Marquardt
- Philip J. and Viola May
- Richard and Karen McComish
- Midco
- James and Melody Mielke
- Francis J. Miller
- Susan L. Moe and Vaughn K. Jensen
- Jack L. Mohror
- Jim and Dorothy Morgan
- David and Sela Nagelhout
- Rudy and Marilyn Nef
- Joseph F. Nelson
- Norman Nerland
- Milton Nies
- Arthur and Maxine Norby
- Roberta K. and David P. Olson
- LuVerne R. Peterson
- The Ramsdell Family
- Tate Profilet and Mary DeJong
- C. Scotty and Margaret Roberts
- SA Education Foundation
- Duane and Phyllis Sander
- Elton D. Schafer
- Paul Schellpeper Family
- Theron E. and Paulette M. Schenck
- John (Jack) D. Schneider
- Vern L. and Deanna D. Schramm
- Norman D. and Jaye S. Smith
- South Dakota Wheat Commission
- Dr. Julie C. Stevens
- Gerald P. and Mary Pat Sweetman
- Syngenta Crop Protection
- Al and Sharon Tuntland
- Myron and Joan Van Buskirk
- Jon A. and Suzanne M. Veenis
- James and Sharon Weinel
- Mark S. White
- Zeno W. Wicks, III and Roxanne Savaryn-Wicks
- William R. Hoch Family Foundation Inc.
- Paul and Maria Wintrode
- Anson A. and Ada May Yeager
- Tom and Lynne Zimmer
