Saratoga Rotary Thompson Fund Scholarship

The Saratoga Rotary Thompson Fund is named for Mrs. Eileen Mae Thompson, as it was her generous gift to the Saratoga Rotary Charitable Foundation that established a separate scholarship fund. Not yet eighteen years old in 1936, she arrived in San Jose alone on a train from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Mrs. Thompson made her home in Willow Glen with her husband Marcellus Thompson. She reitred as a Personnel Supervisor with the United States Postal Service after a long and a successful career. Mrs. Thompson included the Saratoga Rotary Charitable Foundation in her Estate Plan, with the stipulation that the funds were to be available for undergraduate scholarships and a modest GPA was to be achieved. She passed away in San Jose in 2010 at the age of 91. The Saratoga Rotary Charitable Foundation has been administering scholarships from her initial gift and gifts of others since 2011. This endowment fund was established with the West Valley-Mission Foundation in 2022 to recognize students who have made contributions to their school and community through their service and leadership.