AE student benefits from Carr scholarship

News-Gazette (Nov. 29) -- Today, on Giving Tuesday, Illinois alumnus Robert Carr plans to officially donate $1 million to the UI, enough money to cover the tuition, fees and room-and-board expenses for 50 future students. The gift will come from his foundation, Give Something Back, which he started in 2003 to put students from working-class and low-income families through college. Most of those chosen end up being first-generation college students and about 60 percent are minorities, Carr said. Like Alberto Davila, a UI senior set to graduate in May with a degree in aerospace engineering. The first person in his family to go to college, Davila's tuition has been covered in full by Carr's foundation.