A 1974 graduate of Sangamon State University, W. Robert “Bob” Felker has established a distinguished business career, including the 2008 chairmanship of the National Futures Association, as well as chairman of JP Morgan Futures. The W. Robert and Patricia W. Felker Scholarship was initiated in 1998 and is awarded to an incoming freshman with a min. GPA of 3.25 or a National Merit achievement, or other academically based recognition in high school.