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Sometimes it is easy to forget that The Kilts Legacy is not just
about the sort of people Ed and Alverda Kahle Kilts were. Rather it
is also how their establishment of the Foundation has carried their
legacy forward. This legacy involves helping a diverse group of
scholars who have followed diverse paths. Yet they all were Kendall
County residents and Kilts Scholars even though they attended
colleges throughout the US and have now spread throughout the US and
even beyond.
As of 2012:
Many majored in education from a first year recipient (1991) who has taught for many years in Iowa to a recent graduate who is now teaching in Plainfield. Most of the scholars have taught in public schools but a few have taught in parochial schools. Some have taught the ‘little kids’ while others have worked with teenagers. And, of course, many have not only taught but have coached and sponsored various school groups. Even though the financial influence of a Kilts scholarship was minimal, it played a part in the influence that these Kilts scholars have and are having on students.
Second to education in the number of recipients is medicine. Most in this field are nurses and can be found working in hospitals from emergency rooms to surgeries and in clinics. Illinois has received the majority of these nurses but some have ventured South and West and East. A small number of recipients in the medical field are medical doctors, chiropractors and even vets. A few of the medical doctors are involved in research.
Engineering is another field where many of the recipients can be found. They range from electrical engineering to mechanical engineering to environmental engineering to biomedical engineering. These engineering recipients can also be found throughout the US and many now have advanced degrees.
Some recipients were business majors and are working in various areas from finance to public relations to marketing. And a few recipients are working in the field of religion. They range from a Lutheran minister in Wisconsin to a young man who is presently studying for the priesthood.
There are those who are working or will soon work in unusual fields. These range from the Kendall County farm girl who is now with the Department of Agricultural-DC to the Kendall County farm boy who is working for a farm management firm. Another recipient is in graduate school but hopes to play with a major symphony orchestra. Or there is the young man who is busy with journalism and translating English into Chinese. And finally there is the young man who is director of a University Choir in North Carolina.
Ed and Alverda Kahle Kilts would be happy to know that their
foundation has helped, in a small way, all of these past recipients.
And, of course, this is part of their legacy.
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