Application
San Diego City & County High School Seniors with financial need are eligible to apply for a $1,000 - $3,000 a year scholarship to a 4-year university or to a community college with intent to transfer to a 4-year university. More information and requirements can be found in the link below (open in February and March)
About US
Our History
Jessie Weegar Klicka, wife of Emil Klicka, was a pioneer of the San Diego County backcountry. She had a local reputation as an excellent horsewoman and markswoman. She attended schools in Yuma, Arizona, and at Our Lady of Peace Academy in San Diego. She passed away in 1957.
Emil Klicka, her husband, was born in Chicago, Illinois, and moved to San Diego County in the 1920s. He became an outstanding citizen of the community and served as a vice president of Bank of America. Early in his career, he established commercial enterprises in the then-undeveloped North Park area of San Diego, including the Klicka Lumber Company, for which he was recognized as having outstanding foresight.
Later in his career, he was instrumental in bringing Consolidated Aircraft (Convair) to San Diego from Buffalo, New York. He served as treasurer of the 1935–1936 Exposition in Balboa Park, as a Port of San Diego Harbor Commissioner, and for sixteen years as secretary of the Pilot Commission of the San Diego Harbor. In addition to his many contributions to the San Diego community, he was active in the establishment of the Del Mar Racetrack.
In 1959, upon the death of Emil Klicka, his will established the Jessie Klicka Foundation, a scholarship foundation whose purpose is to assist deserving San Diego City and County high school students in obtaining a college education. Stephen Klicka, great-nephew of Jessie and Emil, serves as president of the Foundation, along with other family members: Milissa Klicka, Katharine Klicka, Erika Bonham, Mark Paynter, and Andrew Klicka.