Ellen Stinson ’68

Ellen Stinson’s husband Walter is the founder of Sebago Technics, a site/civil engineering firm more than 25 years old. The company began at the Stinsons’ kitchen table, is now 92 people strong, and became employee-owned in 2007.

The Stinsons’ established the Sebago Technics Scholarship fund in 1996 with preference given to family members of Sebago Technics current employees.

“We believe in higher education and we created this scholarship as a tribute to our employees. We also felt that the scholarship might help ‘tip the scales’ toward the University of Maine when a young person was considering a college,” says Ellen.

“We also want to encourage young people to stay in Maine. Over the years, we have hired a number of University of Maine Engineering graduates. We find them well prepared to enter the workplace.”

“We will continue to give annually to our scholarship fund,” says Ellen. “We enjoy watching the fund grow and flourish.”