Weed, Robert D. and Peggy A. Scholarship for Excellence in Business
Established in 1998 by Robert D. Weed, The Robert D. and Peggy A. Weed Scholarship for Excellence in Business promotes the ideals of dedication, integrity, innovation, and growth. As owner and founder of Robert Weed Plywood, a wholesale warehouse distribution center for RV manufacturers, Mr. Weed attributes his success to people. To Weed, the most important asset for any business is skilled professionals committed to superior service and doing the job right. Through this scholarship, The University of Akron will attract the most talented and dedicated students pursuing careers in business.
Mr. Weed attended The University of Akron during the evenings on the GI Bill while working at BFGoodrich Company. After graduating with a degree in business in 1950, he became involved in the plywood industry at Cleveland Plywood Corp. In 1954, Mr. Weed took a position with Jamestown Veneer & Plywood in New York. Here, he expanded his knowledge of the mobile home industry during this industry's early stages of growth. By 1966, Mr. Weed moved to Elkhart, Ind., home of the mobile home industry in the United States, where he established Robert Weed Plywood. Today, his company markets and manufacturers products to RV manufacturers, manufactured housing, kitchen cabinet makers, and furniture manufacturing industries.