Love for Family, Love for Football
“It was super important to me to have a legacy for him so that his story is still out there.”
Helen and George Wade
Charles “Dutch” Brembs, IM 1948, was an accomplished athlete, a successful businessman, and a beloved member of his community. After graduating from Georgia Tech, he began his nearly 50-year-long career as an insurance agent at Allstate.
Helen Wade, Brembs’ stepdaughter, deeply respected and admired him. “He was my stepfather but more of a second dad,” she said. George Wade, Helen’s husband, echoed her admiration for Brembs’ dedication, kindness, and warmth. “I loved Dutch and I was very impressed with the way he handled himself all the time,” George said. “He was a guy you could always look up to.”
While at Georgia Tech, Brembs was a star football player in the leather helmet days. Despite his record-setting successes on the field, Brembs was not one to boast of his collegiate athletic triumphs. “He was a live-in-the-moment kind of guy, and super humble,” Helen said.
The Wades determined that a football scholarship for Georgia Tech students would be the perfect way to preserve Brembs’ legacy on and off the field. Through a living trust provision, they have established the Dutch Brembs Athletic Scholarship to perpetuate Brembs’ example of sportsmanship.
Charles “Dutch” Brembs
To celebrate her husband’s own love of football and many years as a high school football coach, Helen surprised George upon his 60th birthday by including an additional provision to establish the George Wade Athletic Scholarship, honoring his lifelong involvement in sports, as well as his hard work, integrity, and passion. This football scholarship also supports student-athletes, with preference given to students from Pinellas County, Florida.
Each of these endowed football scholarships will honor Dutch Brembs and George Wade in perpetuity while providing much-needed support for some of Georgia Tech’s hardworking and talented student-athletes.
You can join Helen and George — and many others just like them — by creating your own planned gift to Georgia Tech that honors someone you love. Contact Gift Planning at 404.894.4678 or giftplanning@dev.gatech.edu to learn more.