This scholarship was established in 2005. Dr. Allen Wittchow (1926-2016) attended St. Mark Lutheran School in Watertown, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin (Madison) School of Medicine and Public Health and completed an ophthalmology residency at the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Wittchow and his wife, JoAnn, served the Wisconsin Rapids community, where he owned and operated a medical practice for 33 years.

Dr. Wittchow’s elementary years left a lasting mark on his life. That early Christian education was the impetus to establish this endowed scholarship for students with financial need. When he died in 2016, his obituary included this note: “Allen’s Christian faith and Lutheran upbringing were important to him. Allen and his wife, JoAnn, established a scholarship fund at Martin Luther College in New Ulm, Minnesota.”

Through the prompting of the Holy Spirit, Dr. Wittchow created this fund decades in the past. It will continue decades into the future, helping students as they respond to the prompting of the Holy Spirit and pursue the public ministry at MLC. To God be the glory.

Scholarship recipients are MLC students who demonstrate financial need.