JQ Engineering, LLP, established the JQ Engineering Endowed Fellowship in Sustainability in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Distributions from this endowment will provide one or more fellowships to full-time students in good standing pursuing a graduate civil engineering degree focusing on sustainable development.
JQ Engineering CEO Stephen Lucy and his partners were the driving forces behind this fellowship.
“My partners in JQ Engineering, Christopher Story ‘95 and John Hoenig ‘00, are Aggies and civil engineering graduates,” Lucy said. “We all wanted to give back and provide support targeted at first-generation and underrepresented groups. Through our shared commitment to Texas A&M, we have established several fellowships within the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.”
Lucy’s father, Dan H. Lucy ‘48, was also a graduate of the civil engineering department, and was a first-generation college student. “Since second grade, I told everyone I was going to attend Texas A&M and be a civil engineer,” Lucy said. “Both myself and my brother Dan, class of ‘81, followed in our father’s footsteps and became civil engineers.”
Ultimately, Lucy said that Texas A&M is second only to his family regarding the positive impact on his life. “Education opens up so many opportunities,” he said. “In addition to a great education, Texas A&M also provides access to the Aggie network, which is of immeasurable value.”