Gutenberg Endowments recognize significant contributions that help expand scholarship opportunities and support the continued growth of graphic communications education for future industry professionals.
Graphic Arts Alliance Scholarship
The Bernard Taymans Memorial Scholarship
The John (Jack) Kronenberg Memorial Scholarship
The Elverda Zunk Memorial Scholarship
Stanley Freimuth Scholarship/FUJIFILM USA, Inc
The Edward McSweeney Memorial Scholarship
Brian Gill/EPET
Westvaco Corporation Scholarship
Flint Ink Scholarship
Heidelberg USA Corporation Scholarship
International Prepress Association/ Robert Swan Scholarship
The Henry Wurst, Inc. Scholarship
Melvin Pfaelzer/Ink Systems
The Zeb and Winnifred Green Scholarship
The William Krueger Scholarship
Gilbert and Jean Bassett
The Suttle-Straus/John Berthelsen Scholarship
Johannes Gutenberg, German printer and pioneer, conceived the idea for movable type and brought together the technologies of paper, oil-based ink, and the screw-press to print books. He is sometimes identified as the first European to print with hand-set type cast in molds. Detailed records of Gutenberg’s life and work are scant; his name does not appear on any of the works attributed to him. He was born around the year 1400, probably in Mainz, and trained as a goldsmith.
In 1438 Gutenberg entered into a partnership with Andreas Dritzehn to conduct experiments in printing. Gutenberg used hand-set type cast in molds to print multiple copies of manuscripts. The series of bibles attributed to Gutenberg were printed in approximately 1454 in Mainz, Germany. The invention of movable-type printing facilitated an easier exchange of ideas throughout Europe and helped spread the ideas of the Renaissance.
