Dudley Vanness Sutphin (October 25, 1875 – May 18, 1926) was a prominent resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, a well-known attorney and judge, a French Legion of Honor medal winner, and an outstanding amateur tennis player.

Sutphin graduated from the Franklin School in Cincinnati and went on to Yale University where he was a member of the Freshman Crew team (which rowed on the River Thames in England against Harvard and Columbia1).

After the armistice of World War I, he served as Judge Advocate and as Commanding Officer of the Rents, Requisitions, and Claims Department of American Embarkation Center at Le Mans, France.

Although his official cause of death was tuberculosis (which was due in part from a disease he contracted while in France), it occurred following an operation at what is now St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City.

The scholarship is awarded to entering students with a bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts or Business Administration, and preference is given to residents of Cincinnati.

In the 1913 event he was a doubles finalist, and in 1915 he reached the third round in singles before falling to eventual tournament champion and future International Tennis Hall of Famer Charles S. Garland.