Sigmund Sternberger Foundation Scholarship

Scholarships to assist Guilford County residents enrolled full-time in an undergraduate program at UNCSA.

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Established by The Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation in 1995 to honor Sigmund Sternberger’s parents, Herman and Elizabeth Sternberger.

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Sigmund Sternberger was born in Darlington, South Carolina on May 8, 1887. He moved with his family to Greensboro, North Carolina in 1899 and remained a resident until his death in I 964. His father and uncle were the founders of Revolution Cotton Mill Corporation in Greensboro.

Sigmund Sternberger started working at Revolution Cotton Mill at a young age as an errand boy and ultimately worked his way through every department and virtually every job provided in the Mill.

In 1916, at age 29, he became Assistant Treasurer and a Director of Revolution Mills. In 1919, he became Treasurer. Revolution Mills merged with Cone Mills Corporation in 1948 and Mr. Sternberger became a Director of Cone Mills.

Throughout his life, Sigmund Sternberger was involved in numerous civic, charitable and religious activities. He served as Treasurer of Temple Emanuel for 47 consecutive years. He was an active member of Revolution Lodge No. 552, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, which was founded by his father, and became a 32nd Degree Mason and a Knight Co1mnander of the Court of Honor.

Above all, Sigmund Sternberger was a friend to others, especially those in need. He was a generous man, whose desire was that the Foundation he established would enrich the lives of residents of Guilford County. At his death in 1964, Mr. Sternberger was survived by his sister, Mrs. Rosa S. Williams, and by his niece, Mrs. Leah Louise B. Tannenbaum, both of whom provided strong and thoughtful leadership to the Foundation for so long as they lived. Along with other Directors, Leah Tannenbaum’s four children now continue the family’s leadership of the Foundation by serving on the Foundation Board. It is the hope of the Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation that recipients of scholarship and other assistance available to them because of Sigmund Sternberger’s generosity will be able later in life to continue this tradition of service by contributing money to their college or university or community programs serving people in need.