The Scobey Scholarship

Named after Dr. Porter Scobey, Professor at Saint Mary’s University, this scholarship is awarded annually and is worth $500 towards each winning student’s continued education.

 Past Winners

2012 – Heidi Landy of Saint Mary’s University.

2011 – Layton Mason of Saint Mary’s University.

Dr. Porter Scobey teaches introductory problem solving and computer programming, data structures and algorithms, object-oriented programming, Internet technologies, and web programming at St. Mary’s University.

Scobey wrote Pascal and C++ lab manuals that were used in first year courses for many years, and started the annual High School Programming Competition in 2000. Scobey also developed an extensive web site for use as a C++ STL reference, and received the Father William A. Stewart, S. J., Medal for Excellence in Teaching (2004).

Dr. Porter Scobey is currently co-authoring a university text on web programming to be published by Jones and Bartlett.