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THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- Family and friends have created an endowed Texas A&M University scholarship as a legacy for Kelli M. Flanagan, an Anadarko Petroleum Corporation engineer who died in a January car crash.
To honor her memory, her parents Bruce and Judy Flanagan and other family members request gifts to the Kelli Marie Flanagan ’06 Memorial Scholarship established through the Texas A&M Foundation.
“After the first day or two, I thought of doing the scholarship,” said Flanagan’s mother, Judy Flanagan of Kingwood. “I called my sister-in-law, who’s an Aggie, and asked her to get it started. Anadarko also asked if they could help.”
Christie Schultz, Kelli Flanagan’s colleague at Anadarko in The Woodlands, coordinated fellow employees’ contributions because “it is important to remember her. She was such a special person.”
Kelli Flanagan came from an Aggie family that includes her sister, Kacey L. Flanagan, Class of 2010; her grandfather, Edward E. Adams, Class of 1953; and an aunt, uncle and cousins.
“She grew up going to Aggie football games and was very loyal to Texas A&M,” Judy Flanagan said. “She was on Anadarko’s recruitment team for summer internships for A&M students.” Flanagan herself benefited from four internships: two with Anadarko, one with Ocean Energy and one with Kerr-McGee Corp.
Kelli Flanagan became interested in petroleum engineering when her father, who also works in the oil and gas industry, encouraged her participation in a petroleum engineering career seminar at Kingwood High School. While still in high school, Flanagan shadowed two female engineers to learn more about their work. Bruce Flanagan said she appreciated these opportunities and was committed to paying it forward for future students.
Judy Flanagan believes the endowed scholarship, which will assist Aggie petroleum engineering majors forever, is an especially fitting tribute to her daughter because she received a Society of Petroleum Engineers scholarship all four years as she earned her Texas A&M degree.
“I want the scholarship to help other students afford college,” Judy Flanagan said. “I also hope it makes young people aware of the opportunities in petroleum engineering and furthers that industry.”
Dr. Stephen A. Holditch, head of A&M’s Department of Petroleum Engineering and holder of the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Endowed chair, said Kelli Flanagan “personified what it meant to be an Aggie petroleum engineer. We feel her loss keenly and are honored that her family and friends have chosen to remember her with this perpetual scholarship. Countless deserving students will benefit from this tribute in her name.”
To honor her memory, her parents Bruce and Judy Flanagan and other family members request gifts to the Kelli Marie Flanagan ’06 Memorial Scholarship established through the Texas A&M Foundation.
“After the first day or two, I thought of doing the scholarship,” said Flanagan’s mother, Judy Flanagan of Kingwood. “I called my sister-in-law, who’s an Aggie, and asked her to get it started. Anadarko also asked if they could help.”
Christie Schultz, Kelli Flanagan’s colleague at Anadarko in The Woodlands, coordinated fellow employees’ contributions because “it is important to remember her. She was such a special person.”
Kelli Flanagan came from an Aggie family that includes her sister, Kacey L. Flanagan, Class of 2010; her grandfather, Edward E. Adams, Class of 1953; and an aunt, uncle and cousins.
“She grew up going to Aggie football games and was very loyal to Texas A&M,” Judy Flanagan said. “She was on Anadarko’s recruitment team for summer internships for A&M students.” Flanagan herself benefited from four internships: two with Anadarko, one with Ocean Energy and one with Kerr-McGee Corp.
Kelli Flanagan became interested in petroleum engineering when her father, who also works in the oil and gas industry, encouraged her participation in a petroleum engineering career seminar at Kingwood High School. While still in high school, Flanagan shadowed two female engineers to learn more about their work. Bruce Flanagan said she appreciated these opportunities and was committed to paying it forward for future students.
Judy Flanagan believes the endowed scholarship, which will assist Aggie petroleum engineering majors forever, is an especially fitting tribute to her daughter because she received a Society of Petroleum Engineers scholarship all four years as she earned her Texas A&M degree.
“I want the scholarship to help other students afford college,” Judy Flanagan said. “I also hope it makes young people aware of the opportunities in petroleum engineering and furthers that industry.”
Dr. Stephen A. Holditch, head of A&M’s Department of Petroleum Engineering and holder of the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Endowed chair, said Kelli Flanagan “personified what it meant to be an Aggie petroleum engineer. We feel her loss keenly and are honored that her family and friends have chosen to remember her with this perpetual scholarship. Countless deserving students will benefit from this tribute in her name.”
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