195 P P E N D I C E S N D E X - Harding University

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Scholarship, Loan and Endowment Funds
The information contained herein is presented in
grateful appreciation of those who have given generously
to provide funds to students at Harding.
Not all scholarships listed have funds available.
Students applying for admission are automatically considered
for most scholarships for which funds are still
available. Information about new scholarships, scholarships
requiring a separate application, and other
sources of scholarship funds is available on the Office
of Student Financial Services’ Web site, located at
www.harding.edu/finaid, or by contacting the office at
(501) 279-4257.
SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS
SETH ELWOOD ADAMS MEMORIAL SCHOLAR-
SHIP: Established by family and friends in memory of
Seth Adams of Fayetteville for full-time students.
AGAPE SCHOLARSHIP FUND: Established by Ken
and Martha Norton to benefit full-time students with financial
need.
AILEEN ALEXANDER SCHOLARSHIP FUND: Established
by Thurman Alexander to benefit students who demonstrate
leadership and diligence and have a financial need.
THURMAN AND RUBY ALEXANDER ENDOWED
SCHOLARSHIP FUND: Established for full-time students
who demonstrate leadership, diligence, capability and
financial need.
AMERICAN FOUNDERS SCHOLARSHIP FUND:
Established by the American Founders Insurance Company
of Austin, Texas. Awarded on the basis of scholarship and need.
IRIS ANDREWS SCHOLARSHIP FUND: Established
by Ken and Amy Stamatis in honor of Iris Andrews. Special
preference will be given to full-time students in the M.Ed.
Reading Program.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN ACCOUNTING SCHOLAR-
SHIP FUND: Established by Harding alumni employed by
Arthur Andersen. Open to students at the junior and senior
level who are majoring in accounting.
KENNETH PAUL ARD MEMORIAL FUND: Established
by the family of Kenneth Paul Ard. Provides grants
to Chorus members for participation in summer campaigns.
ASSOCIATED WOMEN FOR HARDING ENDOWED
SCHOLARSHIP FOR HARDING GRADUATE
SCHOOL OF RELIGION: Established for the specific purpose
of providing financial aid to U.S. male citizens majoring
in preaching and missions in the Harding Graduate
School of Religion.
ASSOCIATED WOMEN FOR HARDING NEED-
BASED SCHOLARSHIP: Established through the fundraising
activities of AWH chapters throughout the nation.
Aids freshman students.
S.A. (LUM) AND IRMA N. ATKISON ENDOWED
SCHOLARSHIP FUND: Established for children of missionaries
(missionaries shall be defined in the broadest sense,
as United States or foreign), children from children’s homes
and students in need.
E.B. BAGGETT MEMORIAL MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP:
Established by the family and friends of the late Elmer B.
Baggett for members of both the Band and either the
Concert Choir or the Chorus.
LUCIEN BAGNETTO ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
FUND: Established by the family and friends of Lucien
Bagnetto for chemistry or biochemistry majors who have
demonstrated a Christian servant attitude.
BAKER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND: Established
by Donna Baker Barlar of Nashville, Tenn., in memory
of her parents, Asa and Mary Ann Morton Baker, for
Christian young men who plan to preach or teach the
Gospel.
J.D. AND MARY BALES SCHOLARSHIP FUND: Established
to provide financial assistance to families who have
two or more children attending Harding simultaneously.
T.H. BARTON SCHOLARSHIP FUND: Established by
Colonel T.H. Barton of El Dorado, Ark.
CHARLIE AND NADINE BAUM ENDOWED
SCHOLARSHIP FUND: Established by the Baum family
to assist academically average students from middle-income
families who have difficulty obtaining financial aid.
LOU ANNA McNEIL BAWCOM ENDOWED SCHOL-
ARSHIP FUND: Established for students majoring in missions
and who, in good faith, plan to work full time in the
mission field upon graduation. Second preference shall be
given to Bible majors.
MILDRED L. BELL FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCI-
ENCES SCHOLARSHIP FUND: Established by faculty,
friends, and family members as a tribute to Dr. Mildred L.
Bell, Chairman of the Harding University Family and Consumer
Sciences Department from 1959-1984.
Z. BENSKY SCHOLARSHIP FUND: Established by Z.
Bensky of Little Rock, Ark., to provide scholarship aid for
a student in dramatics.
MARGUERITE O’BANION BENSON ENDOWMENT
SCHOLARSHIP FUND: Established at the Graduate
School of Religion for outstanding young men who are
preparing for the ministry.
HENRY ANDREW BISSELL AND TABITHA BISSELL
ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR PREACH-
ING: Established by Ruth Jewell Owen in memory of Henry
Andrew and Tabitha Bissell to provide scholarships to stu-