b'her $500,000 gift to the Founda- ship with Lockheed Martin helpedASIDE FROM HIS PASSION tion, Evalyn is providing scholar- him identify his passion for writing ship funds of up to $10,000 overnew functions and optimizing com- FOR AGGIELAND, THE CORPS four years for each recipient her giftputer code for aircraft. He is excited supports. Her generosity has fundedto begin a full-time position withAND COMPUTER SCIENCE, 10scholarshipsannuallysinceLockheed Martin as a software engi-fall 2017. neer in September. GALEN IS A HUGE STAR WARS Making the Impossible Tran said he couldnt imagine study- FAN AND HAS A LIGHT SABER ing engineering anywhere else andTO PROVE IT!Possible that Ellis scholarship has made his A spring 2020 manufacturing andTexas A&M experience even more mechanical engineering technologyenjoyable.Amonghelpingwith graduate, Jaimes interned with Bellother expenses, this scholarship hasInterested in creating a living legacy Textron in summer 2019, where sheallowed me to stay in the Corps,for someone who has made an discoveredherloveofhands-onhe said. I hope one day I can pay itundeniable difference in your life? mechanical work, especially as itforward to another cadet. Learn more at give.am/Honor.pertains to the V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft. Last September, the formerJaimes added that while she cant tellReady to honor a loved one by student began her first career asEvalyn how much her bequest hassupporting the Corps with a a quality manufacturing engineerimpacted her life, she regularly con- planned gift? Contact Amy Bacon at with Lockheed Martin Missiles andnects with other scholarship donorsabacon@txamfoundation.com or Fire Control. who have helped finance her edu- (979) 845-8161.cation and made possible what she Galen Tran 20, another Ellis Gen- once deemed impossible. eral Rudder recipient from Keller, Texas, will graduate this summerI thank God for every person who and has his eyes set on the skies.helped me, Jaimes said. For some-Tran is a computer science majorone like me, going to Texas A&M andamemberoftheCorps1stwouldnt be feasible if not for people Wing staff. A two-summer intern- like Mrs. Ellis.SPIRIT OF SHARING|SUMMER 2021|5'