Launched in 2013, the Greer Scholars Program provides funding and a support network for lower income and first generation students pursuing engineering studies at Lehigh.
Initiated through the philanthropic efforts of Dr. Carl '62 and Pat Greer, close to 90% of the nearly Greer Scholars have remained in engineering―a dramatic improvement, on the roughly 30% of his Class of '62 engineers who stayed the course.
Mr. Greer, a "career alchemist" of sorts, has lived many lives since graduating from Lehigh as a metallurgical engineer. He's been a finance professor, an oil executive, as well as an author, clinical psychologist, Jungian analyst, and shamanic practitioner.
Based in Chicago, Carl and his wife, Pat, also a Jungian analyst, supervise the Greer Foundation, which supports alternative-healthcare programs, shelters for abused women and children, and many other causes.
