This scholarship was established by Felix Infausto’s widow, Clara Infausto in her will. Felix Infausto was inducted into Epsilon Chapter in 1929. He was a national leader in the enactment of interstate laws to protect children during his long legal career with the New York State Department of Social Services.  Mrs. Infausto's gift establishing this scholarship was the largest single donation at the time in the history of Alpha Phi Delta Foundation for a scholarship.

Felix was born in Buffalo, NY in 1909 and died in 1992. He graduated from the Buffalo School of Law in 1932.   Felix then entered private practice and began his 32 years of dedication to child support as legal counsel for the New York Department of Social Services.  Most notably, he chaired the Family Law Section of the American Bar Association and was a life member Public Welfare Attorney’s Association, the American Judicature Society, the Inter-American Bar Association and both the National and Child Support Conferences. In 1970, he co-authored with W.J. Brockelbank, Interstate Enforcement of Family Support (2nd Edition) which is considered by child support professionals to be the authoritative reference for interstate and international child support. This book answered the crucial legal question in the late sixties and early seventies – “Did the law have meaning if thousands of families and children were left destitute and dependent, even though the obligor had the ability to pay and was in another state?”.

Throughout his vibrant and prodigious career, he maintained a number of prestigious affiliations and was appointed by the United States Secretary of State to attend the Conference on Private International Law at The Hague on Family Support.

His wife, Clara, also endowed the Felix Infausto scholarship at the University of Buffalo in honor of her husband  to provide scholarships for disabled students with financial need.