Burton B. Delack, distinguished Union College alumnus (Class of 1936), has endowed a scholarship fund, the Burton and Violet Delack Scholarship at Union College. The fund was created from gifts of the Delack family.
First preference for the awards will go to Union College undergraduates from Schenectady or Niskayuna.
Violet Delack died in 2003. Delack, of Niskayuna, retired from General Electric in 1973 after 37 years with the company and has long supported the College and the local community. In 2004, he endowed Delack House, a student residence that is part of Union's Schenectady initiative in College Park Neighborhood.