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the department of theatre and will have shown
cooperation, productivity and initiative as
well as qualities of dedication, leadership and
humanity through their junior and senior years.
The cash award is to be used to help graduating
seniors establish themselves in an arts profession
after graduation from Butler, but not to be
used for graduate study.
College of Pharmacy and
Health Sciences Awards
*The following is a list of the current
scholarships. Most are used to underwrite
Butler University financial aid programs and
cannot be applied for directly unless otherwise
indicated.
Joseph N. Allegretti Scholarships. Joseph
N. Allegretti, Class of 1959, established these
scholarships to be awarded in both the College
of Business and the College of Pharmacy and
Health Sciences. The COB scholarship is
awarded on the basis of merit to a junior
majoring in accounting or a related field who is
a resident of Lake or Porter County in Indiana.
In addition, the student must have a cumulative
grade point average of 3.0 and be involved
in an extracurricular activity. The Pharmacy
scholarship is awarded to a deserving pharmacy
major who is a resident of Lake or Porter
County Indiana (preferably Lake County) who
is a current fourth-year pharmacy student with
a cumulative 3.0 grade point average who is involved
in some type of extracurricular activity.
D. J. Angus Scientech Educational Foundation
Scholarship. The primary criterion for this
award is the greatest improvement in grade
point average from the previous year by a science
and/or a pharmacy student. The recipient is to
be an undergraduate who has displayed a good
citizenship record.
Dr. Jennifer L. Ash Memorial Endowed
Scholarship. The family of Jennifer Ash, Class
of 2003, established this scholarship in her
memory, and many more friends contributed to
it. After a residency at Clarian Hospital and a
faculty position at Rutgers University, Dr. Ash
returned to Butler as a faculty member. She
died in 2008 as the result of a snowboarding
accident. Preference is given to a P4 (sixthyear)
student who aspires to a career in clinical
pharmacy and/or pharmacy education. Further
Butler University
preference is given to a student who exhibits
the personal and professional traits that made
Dr. Ash greatly respected for her teaching skills,
high standards, exuberance for life, allegiance to
friends and dedication to her patients.
Patricia Ann Crook Bennett Scholarship. Ms.
Bennett established this scholarship in 2000
with a bequest she received from the estate of
her mother Elizabeth F. Crook. It is reserved
for a P1 (third year) or P2 (fourth year) student
studying to be a registered pharmacist in the
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences who
has a minimum 3.2 to 3.5 grade point average.
One or more scholarships may be awarded
annually, and the scholarship is renewable.
Francis A. Britt, Sr. Memorial Scholarship.
This scholarship, established in the 1960s, is
given to two students from the Evansville area
(Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Spencer, Gibson
or Davies counties). Originally known as the
Southwestern Indiana Pharmaceutical Association
Award, the name was changed in 1981 to
the Francis A Britt, Sr. Memorial Scholarship
Fund to honor the 1916 graduate of the Indiana
College of Pharmacy (now Butler’s College of
Pharmacy and Health Sciences). Mr. Britt was
born in 1895 and started his pharmacy career
by working in a drugstore at the age of 10.
From 1918 to 1959, he owned and operated
three pharmacies in Evansville. After selling the
last one in 1959, he worked for several other
pharmacies in the Evansville area until two
weeks before his death in 1980 at age 85. He
was one of three pharmacists chosen in 1940
to revise the Pharmacopoeia.
Ralph E. and June W. Brooks Scholarship.
Established in 1999 by the family of Ralph
and June Brooks, this fund assists pharmacy
students based on financial need and academic
achievement as evidenced by a grade point
average of 3.0 or better. Recipients must also
be U.S. citizens and residents of Indiana. The
scholarship is renewable and may be given to
a fourth- or sixth-year student.
COPHS Centennial Legacy Scholarship.
The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Centennial Legacy Scholarship was established
in fiscal year 2005 to commemorate the 100-
year anniversary of pharmacy education in central
Indiana. More than 120 alumni and friends
of the college, including both individuals
and companies, supported the scholarship. It