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University Park , Pa. --John Frink , the son of two former Penn State mathematics professors, has given the University $100,000 to create the Orrin and Aline Frink Trustee Matching Scholarship in the Department of Mathematics in his parents' memory. Trustee Matching Scholarships are designed to help keep a Penn State education accessible to qualified undergraduates, regardless of their financial means.

Orrin and Aline Frink met while they were faculty members at Penn State , and married in 1931. "My parents dedicated their professional lives to teaching math at Penn State , and I'm pleased to be able to help that legacy continue," said John Frink .

Orrin Frink was born in Brooklyn , N.Y. , and earned his bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in mathematics from Columbia University . He joined Penn State 's faculty in 1928 and served as head of the department from 1949 to 1960. In 1944-45 he served as an assistant chief engineer for the Army Air Force. He retired from the University in 1969.

A Connecticut native, Aline Frink earned her bachelor's degree in mathematics from Mount Holyoke College , and her master's and doctorate from the University of Chicago . She joined the Penn State faculty in 1930 and was a mathematics professor at the University for more than 30 years. She was fluent in several languages and translated a Russian math book into English, which was published in 1961. After their retirement, the Frink s lived in Kennebunkport , Maine . Orrin died in 1988, and Aline in 2000.

John Frink grew up in State College and graduated from Penn State with a mathematics degree in 1964. He worked for DuPont as a senior consultant, retired in 2001 and resides in Delaware with his wife, Erica. Of his three siblings, his sister Elizabeth and brother Peter also are Penn State graduates.

Penn State 's Trustee Scholarship program, launched in 2002, aims to raise $100 million in private support for new undergraduate scholarships across the University by June 30, 2007 . To underscore its commitment to this effort, the Board of Trustees agreed to match 5 percent of the gift with University funds, and to make these matching funds available to assist students as soon as the donor completes scholarship pledge forms and guidelines. The matching funds continue in perpetuity and are combined with income from the endowment to increase the financial impact of the scholarship.