Gutenberg Endowments recognize significant contributions that help expand scholarship opportunities and support the continued growth of graphic communications education for future industry professionals.
The John Berthelsen Scholarship
Michael Bruno/TAGA Scholarship
Graphic Arts Alliance Scholarship
The Bernard Taymans Memorial Scholarship
The John (Jack) Kronenberg 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
The Gilbert and Jean Bassett Scholarship
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.
