Lawrence “Larry” Cate and Daniel “Dan” Mathias ’89 established the Cate and Mathias Current-Use Scholarship in Fire Protection Engineering in February 2025. This fund provides merit-based scholarships for undergraduate students in the Department of Fire Protection Engineering in the A. James Clark School of Engineering.
This scholarship is being established to honor the professional career Larry Cate and Dan Mathias have shared which includes co-founding Absolute Fire Protection in 1989. Absolute Fire Protection designs, builds, services, monitors and inspects electrical and fire alarm systems to protect families and businesses against the devastating effects of fire.