New NC State engineering scholarship to benefit Randolph County students

Students from Randolph County, NC, are eligible for a new endowed scholarship that was recently established in the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University.

The endowment gift from Frances Stalvey Fuller honors her late husband, Allen Jefferson Fuller, who graduated with honors from NC State in 1960 with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. He passed away in 2009.

“This wonderful gift exemplifies the affection that College of Engineering alumni and their families have for NC State,” said Dr. Louis A. Martin-Vega, dean of the College of Engineering. “These scholarships will help the College attract talented engineering and computer science students who will go on to outstanding careers and make a difference in our world.”

The Allen Jefferson and Frances Stalvey Fuller Endowment will provide scholarships for undergraduate engineering students from Randolph County, where both Fullers grew up. Allen Fuller was a graduate of Liberty High School in Liberty, NC, and Frances Fuller graduated from Asheboro High School in Asheboro, NC.

Those eligible for the awards include Randolph County high school students who are interested in studying engineering at NC State after graduation, students from Randolph County currently enrolled in the College of Engineering, and students from Randolph County who transfer to NC State from Randolph Community College.

Allen Fuller served in the US Army Signal Corps and was a veteran of the Korean War. He worked for General Electric in Virginia for 25 years before moving to Illinois and joining Bally Manufacturing in Chicago, where he was vice president of engineering. He later joined Life Fitness in nearby Franklin Park, Illinois, from which he retired in 2002 as the company’s executive vice president of manufacturing and engineering.

He was a licensed professional engineer and held a master’s degree in physics from Lynchburg College.