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Roda Selleck Scholarship. This scholarship
was originally awarded to a Shortridge High
School graduate determined by that school’s
art department and the principal. Later, it
was awarded in alternate years to students at
Butler and the Herron School of Art. In the
late 1960s, legal counsel determined that the
Selleck Scholarship could be used solely for
Butler students.
J. Fenley Shepperd Endowed Scholarship.
This fund provides general academic scholarships
for students of the Christian Science
religion as taught by Mary Baker Eddy. The
Office of Financial Aid determines the number
of recipients, their qualifications and the scholarship
amounts. If for any reason a student who
meets this preference cannot be identified, the
scholarship is not awarded.
Herbert Hill Smeltzer and Rebecca Bond
Blackley Smeltzer Memorial Scholarship.
The Smeltzers’ son, David, in their memory,
created this general scholarship in 1998. Both
were members of the Class of 1936. The
scholarship is awarded to students based on
academic achievement and financial need with
preference to students who are completing their
freshman year.
Helen M. Smith Scholarship. This scholarship
is made possible by a generous bequest from
Helen Smith, Class of 1924. In her memory,
the Butler University Board of Trustees designated
the gift as an endowed scholarship fund.
Reverend Jean McAnulty Smith Endowed
Scholarship. Rev. Jean McAnulty Smith, Class
of 1965, established this scholarship to provide
financial support to full-time, African-American
(including biracial) students with preference
given to those from a single-parent home.
More than one recipient may be named each
year, and the scholarship is renewable.
Student Opportunity Scholarship. Lori and
the late Daniel Efroymson established this as a
special fund to assist students who would not
otherwise be able to attend Butler University.
The scholarship is based on need and can be
awarded to new or returning students, and it
can be renewed for multiple years of attendance
at Butler.
Kevin and Beth Theile Family Scholarship.
Kevin and Beth Theile established this scholarship
on the 20th anniversary of their graduation
from Butler to credit their alma mater
for their relationship, for being instrumental
in shaping their individual characters and for
providing a solid foundation and essential tools
for their careers and professional pursuits. The
award goes to an incoming freshman and is
renewable for up to four years as long as the
student maintains a 3.0 grade point average.
Chris Theofanis Memorial Scholarship.
Known to many as “Mr. Butler,” Chris Theofanis
graduated in 1952 and except for service
during the Korean War, never left the University.
He served Butler in many capacities related
to public relations for 42 years. Very few were
untouched by Theofanis’ smiling face, words
of encouragement and “can-do” spirit. The
Theofanis Scholarship was established shortly
after his death in 1999 with gifts given in his
memory. In fact, the Theofanis scholarship
received the largest volume of donor response
of any memorial scholarship in Butler’s history.
Theofanis’ wife Katie is also a Butler graduate
as are their three children and their children’s
spouses.
Bernard F. Topmiller Memorial Scholarship.
This fund provides a scholarship to a student
or students at Butler University and may be in
addition to other scholarship assistance except
when such aid is contrary to state law.
Albert and Hazel R. Spikes Memorial
Tibor Toth Memorial Scholarship. Tibor
Scholarship. Albert Spikes was illiterate
Toth, a native of Budapest, Hungary, and a
throughout his life but nonetheless had a deep World War II veteran of the Hungarian military,
yearning to help young people acquire as much
was a prisoner of war in Siberia in Russia.
education as their talents and desires would He immigrated to the United States in 1956.
permit. A successful businessman, he left the Mr. Toth established this scholarship in 2000
considerable accumulation of his hard-earned through a bequest in his will to help deserving
life savings to Butler to establish an endowed students obtain an undergraduate education.
scholarship fund for African-American students.
The scholarship is named in memory of him
and his second wife Hazel.
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