University Ladies Club was formed on November 19, 1896, with the stated purpose of “providing social, educational and recreational meetings for its members, and to give such assistance to the life of the University, as in the judgment of the Executive Council, may seem advisable.”
The President of University Ladies Club, elected in 1935, was Lucille Taylor Moore, who died before she could assume office. The Lucille Taylor Moore Fund was established, in her honor, as a loan fund to support students in financial need.
In 1983, University Ladies Club provided funds to support a scholarship known as The Centennial Endowed Scholarship, to be awarded to students who are graduates of high schools in the Austin area.
By 1998 the Moore Fund was merged with the Centennial Endowed Scholarship Fund. It was then renamed The University Ladies Club Centennial Endowed Presidential Scholarship. UT Resource Development Office invests the money. The scholarship checks, from the income, are dispersed by the Student Financial Services Office.
The University Ladies Club now awards three to five scholarships each year to University of Texas at Austin students who have achieved academic excellence. This support from the University is made possible by donations and memorials given by our members and friends. For your convenience, a scholarship donation form is included on the last page of the yearbook, and on this page.