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Catherine Beath, '70 B.S., recently pledged $50,000 to create the John J. and Matilda R. Beath Trustee Matching Scholarship in the Eberly College of Science to honor her parents. Trustee Matching Scholarships are designed to help keep a Penn State education accessible to qualified undergraduates, regardless of their financial means.

"The Trustee Matching Scholarships are a good value since there is an immediate payout to students and it is matched by the University's Board of Trustees, "says Beath.

John J. and Matilda R. Beath were both from Philadelphia , where John was a truck driver for Charles Jacquins Et Cie, Inc. until his death in 1976. Matilda was an executive secretary until she retired in 1985. She continues to live in their family home in Bucks County .

"My parents were always there for me, not with money, but with love and support for whatever I wanted to do. I think their unqualified support of my nontraditional career choices was a pretty big deal considering I was a female growing up in the 50s and 60s."

Catherine Beath is the Worldwide Vice President for Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance at Ethicon, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology from Penn State and an MBA from Rider University . She is a lifetime member of the Penn State Alumni Association and currently serves as president of the Eberly College of Science Alumni Society, of which she has been a member since 2001. In addition, she has served on the Dean's Advisory Board and the B.S./MBA Advisory Board.

Beath's previous philanthropy to Penn State includes support for the Life Sciences Building, the Eberly College of Science Alumni Board Endowment, and the Beath Excellence Endowment.

She was named a Penn State Alumni Fellow in 2002 and received the Eberly College of Science Outstanding Science Alumni award in 2000.

In 2002, Penn State 's Board of Trustees approved a groundbreaking philanthropy program that makes donors partners with the University in supporting our students. Through the Trustee Matching Scholarship Program, scholarship endowments created through 2007 will have their average payout (five percent of the original gift) matched, in perpetuity, from the University's operating budget. The University will begin distributing named scholarships for each endowment as soon as the pledge is signed, even though donors may pay over time. Gifts to Trustee Matching Scholarships will have twice as much impact on the lives of students, doubling the amount of scholarship dollars available for distribution.