Scott Hausmann’s Estate Gift to Fund Scholarships in His Parents’ Names

Scott Hausmann ’69 built a long career protecting Wisconsin’s water and lakes with the Department of Natural Resources that started with knowledge gained while studying biology and chemistry at Carroll.

“When I think of my time at Carroll, I have very mixed memories. Yet it gave me a start, new friends, some good and not so good experiences, life lessons (whether I wanted them or not), and a superior education that became obvious when I entered graduate school,” he said.

After Carroll, he attended the Center for Great Lakes Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for a master’s degree in limnology, or fresh water science. (That pathway has been formalized through a 3-2 bachelor’s, master’s partnership with Carroll and UW-Milwaukee.)

Growing up, Scott lived in Elm Grove with the family before eventually moving west to Delafield. The family later sold their property and donated their home—now the Hausmann Nature Center—as a major addition to the Lapham Peak Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest, where people enjoy hiking and skiing the land today. The area might best be remembered by older Pioneers as the site of “Hillers.”

His Carroll and Waukesha roots inspired Scott to leave a generous gift for Carroll in his will.

“Looking back, I realize I owe Carroll and its future students the experiences and opportunities that I had—which is why I added Carroll to my estate plan to fund scholarships in memory of my mother and father and to help fund old and new programs for the classes of students that will attend Carroll. I encourage others to take a similar step to foster the future of Carroll.”