Ben W. Fortson Scholarship

SAMSEF maintains several scholarships designed to encourage and financially assist students seeking education in the field of land surveying. Recipients of our annual scholarships are selected each year by a group of land surveyors from an adjoining state land surveying society. All annual scholarships are awarded by July each year.

SAMSEF manages the Ben W. Fortson Scholarship fund. This fund was established in 1980 by members of SAMSOG and is named in memory of Ben W. Fortson. Ben W. Fortson was a longtime and devoted Secretary of State and Surveyor General for the State of GA, as well as a strong advocate for the land surveying profession in the state of GA. This scholarship is devoted to benefit those students pursuing their bachelor's degree in land surveying or a directly related course of study. Through the years, this fund has benefited many land surveying students with financial assistance as they endeavored to further educate themselves in land surveying. One student per academic year is selected for this scholarship.