Memorial Scholarship

Maria C. Mari was an accounting and economics professor at Miami Dade College for 30 years. She was the recipient of four Endowed Teaching Chair awards: the 1998 Carlos Arobleya/Barnett Bank award, the 2004 John A. and Elizabeth Rode award, the 2008 Louis Wolfson III award and the 2012 Juan A. Galan, Jr. Endowed Teaching Chair in Entrepreneurship. Professor Mari also served as lead advisor to the Phi Beta Lambda organization at Kendall Campus for 13 years, as she devoted considerable time to training business professionals. In honor of her work and dedication, this scholarship will be awarded to an outstanding accounting student who is an active Phi Beta Lambda member.